Bird Beers Chapman Explained

Bird Chapman
Office:Delegate to the
U.S. House of Representatives
from the Nebraska Territory's
at-large district
Term Start:March 4, 1855
Term End:March 3, 1857
Predecessor:Napoleon Giddings
Successor:Fenner Ferguson
Birth Name:Bird Beers Chapman
Birth Date:24 August 1821
Birth Place:Salisbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Death Place:Put-in-Bay, Ohio, U.S.
Party:Democratic

Bird Beers Chapman (August 24, 1821 – September 21, 1871) was an American politician and lawyer from the Nebraska Territory; born in Salisbury, Connecticut, August 24, 1821; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio; moved to the Territory of Nebraska and settled in Omaha, Nebraska; was editor of the Omaha Nebraskan 1855-1859; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857); unsuccessfully contested the election of Fenner Ferguson to the Thirty-fifth Congress; died at Put in Bay, Ottawa County, Ohio, September 21, 1871; interment in Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria, Ohio.