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.