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Chipman, Nathaniel

Born November 15, 1752, in Salisbury, CT
Died February 17, 1843, in Tinmouth, VT

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
Nominated by George Washington on March 4, 1791, to a new seat authorized by 1 Stat. 197. Confirmed by the Senate on March 4, 1791, and received commission on March 4, 1791. Service terminated on January 1, 1793, due to resignation.

Education:
Yale College, 1777

Professional Career:

Continental Army, 1777-1778
Private practice, Tinmouth, Vermont, 1779-1784, 1785-1787, 1793-1796, 1804-1806, 1809-1810, 1811-1813, 1817-1843
State's attorney, Montpelier, Vermont, 1781-1785
State representative, Vermont, 1784-1785, 1806-1809, 1811
Judge, Vermont Supreme Court, 1787-1789
Chief judge, Vermont Supreme Court, 1790-1791, 1796-1798, 1813-1815
U.S. senator from Vermont, 1798-1804
Member, Vermont Council of Censors, 1813
Professor of law, Middlebury College, 1816-

Bibliography

Chipman, Daniel. The Life of Hon. Nathaniel Chipman, LL.D. Formerly Member of the United States Senate, and Chief Justice of the State of Vermont. With Selections from His Miscellaneous Papers. Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1846.

Gillies, Paul S. “Ruminations – Nathaniel Chipman and the Common Law.” Vermont Bar Journal, vol. 35, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 8-19.

Honeywell, Roy J. "Nathaniel Chipman: Political Philosopher and Jurist." New England Quarterly 5 (July 1932): 555-84.

Sapienza, Madeline. “Nathaniel Chipman and the Importance of Legal Virtue.” Vermont Bar Journal, vol. 18, no. 5 (Oct. 1992): 20-22.

Portraits

Nathaniel Chipman (1752-1843); artist unknown; Oil on canvas; ca. 1800; Collection of the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Vermont, ref.#: 1978.145.001. Reference image courtesy of the Henry Sheldon Museum. Further reproduction prohibited without permission of the repository.

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