Draft:Arthur Chapman (judge)
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Arthur Chapman (August 6, 1873 – January 5, 1959),[1] of Portland, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from November 4, 1942 until his resignation on July 27, 1945.
"Chapman, an 1894 graduate of Bowdoin College, had a brief background of teaching before he was admitted to the bar in 1900".[1]
[E]ducated at Deering High School, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1894. Prior to his legal career, Chapman was a teacher in Michigan and Connecticut, and was the first football coach of Portland High School.[3]
Chapman was the United States Attorney for the District of Maine from 1904 to 1915, when he was appointed a United States Commissioner.[3]
Chapman died at a Portland hospital at the age of 85, about four weeks after falling and fracturing his skull in his home.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Retired Maine Supreme Court Justice Dies Monday", The Brunswick Times Record (January 6, 1959), p. 3.
- ^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ a b "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
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