11 Facts About Daniel Chipman

Daniel Chipman studied law and was admitted to the bar.

Daniel Chipman began the practice of law in Rutland, Vermont, and practiced law there from 1790 until 1794.

Daniel Chipman was a member of the state constitutional conventions in 1793,1814,1836,1843, and 1850.

Daniel Chipman served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1798 to 1808,1812 to 1814,1818, and 1821.

Daniel Chipman was named a Charter Trustee of Middlebury College and served in that position until his resignation in 1844.

Daniel Chipman served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives during the sessions of 1813 and 1814.

Daniel Chipman was a member of the Governor's council in 1808.

Daniel Chipman was elected as a Federalist Party candidate to the Fourteenth United States Congress, serving from March 4,1815, until his resignation on May 5,1816.

Daniel Chipman moved to Ripton, Vermont, in 1828 and continued the practice of law, and engaged in literary pursuits.

Daniel Chipman wrote a biography of his brother Nathaniel Daniel Chipman, a United States senator from Vermont, the first federal judge in Vermont, and, during the latter part of Vermont's years as an independent country, Chief Justice of Vermont.

Daniel Chipman is interred at West Cemetery in Middlebury, Vermont.