Representative William B. Chapman View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 11/9/1937
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 25 (1894) - 26 (1896)
Home County: Woodbury
William B. Chapman
Woodbury County
The representative from Woodbury county outside of Sioux City is the Hon. W. B. Chapman. He was born at Wayne, Ashtabula county, Ohio, November 18, 1864. His parents sent him first to the public schools and then to Hiram College in Ohio. On removing to Iowa they settled in the northwestern part of the State and continued their son's education by sending him to the State University at Iowa City. Farming life is the only one which has had any charms for Mr. Chapman. Out in the field and with the livestock he feels more satisfied than cramped up in the close quarters of the town or city. Several times he has been tempted to lay aside the arduous duties of agriculture life, but the mere comparison of the dull routine of the town with the free life, the growing crops and broad fields of the country has always been enough to continue him at his post. There he will remain. Several times he has held local township offices, but this is his first venture into anything like official life which takes him from home. Mr. Chapman has always been a Republican. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and attends the Unitarian Church.
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