BATES, Isaac
Chapman
(1779—1845)
Senate Years of Service: 1841-1845
Party: Whig
BATES, Isaac Chapman, a Representative and a Senator from
Massachusetts; born in Granville, Mass., January 23, 1779; tutored
privately; graduated from Yale College in 1802; admitted to the bar
and commenced the practice of law in Northampton, Hampshire County,
Mass., in 1808; member, State house of representatives 1808-1809;
elected to the Twentieth and to the three succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1827-March 3, 1835); chairman, Committee on Military
Pensions (Twenty-first Congress); declined to be a candidate for
renomination in 1834; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate
to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1841, caused by the
resignation of John Davis and on the same day elected for the term
commencing March 4, 1841, and served from January 13, 1841, until
his death in Washington, D.C., March 16, 1845; chairman, Committee
on Pensions (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment
in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
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