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{{Short description|American politician (1895–1951)}}
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|name                = Virgil Munday Chapman
|image = Senator Virgil Chapman (1895-1951).jpg
|jr/sr               = United States Senator
|state               = [[Kentucky]]
|term_start          = January 3, 1949
|term_end            = March 8, 1951
|predecessor         = [[John Sherman Cooper|John S. Cooper]]
|successor           = [[Thomas R. Underwood]]
|office1             = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Kentucky]]
|term_start1         = March 4, 1925
|term_end1           = March 3, 1929
|preceded1           = [[Joseph W. Morris (politician)|Joseph W. Morris]]
|succeeded1          = [[Robert E. Lee Blackburn]]
|constituency1       = {{ushr|KY|7|C}}
|term_start2         = March 4, 1931
|term_end2           = January 3, 1949
|preceded2           = [[Robert E. Lee Blackburn]]
|succeeded2          = [[Thomas R. Underwood]]
|constituency2       = {{ushr|KY|7|C}} (1931–35)<br>{{ushr|KY|6|C}} (1935–49)
|birth_date         = {{birth date|1895|3|15}}
|birth_place        = [[Middleton, Kentucky]], US
|death_date         = {{death date and age|1951|3|8|1895|3|15}}
|death_place        = [[Bethesda, Maryland]], US
|party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
}}
'''Virgil Munday Chapman''' (March 15, 1895{{spaced ndash}}March 8, 1951) was an American attorney and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician who represented [[Kentucky]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] and in the [[United States Senate]].

Chapman was born in [[Middleton, Kentucky]], in Simpson County, near the Logan County line. He practiced law in [[Irvine, Kentucky]], then [[Paris, Kentucky]] and [[Lexington, Kentucky]]. He was married to Mary Chapman and had one daughter, Elizabeth.

In 1924 Chapman was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] and served two terms representing Kentucky's 7th District. He lost his seat to Republican [[Robert E. Lee Blackburn]] in the 1928 Republican landslide as [[Herbert Hoover]] was elected president, then defeated Blackburn in 1930. He was re-elected in 1932, when Kentucky members were elected statewide at large due to loss of a seat and lack of redistricting, then was elected in the 6th District in 1934. He served through 1948, when he defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. [[John Sherman Cooper]]. He died in an automobile accident in [[Washington, DC]] on March 8, 1951.

Chapman was succeeded in the House and the Senate by [[Thomas R. Underwood]], who had been editor of the Lexington Herald and managed the 1947 campaign of Gov. [[Earle C. Clements]]. [[Dan Quayle]], [[William Hathaway]], [[Henry C. Hansbrough]], [[Jonathan Chace]] and [[Tom Udall]] were also succeeded by the same person in both the House and Senate.

==See also==
* [[List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99)]]

==References==
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* [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b544714;view=1up;seq=7 Memorial services held in the House of Representatives together with remarks presented in eulogy of Virgil Munday Chapman, late a representative from Kentucky]

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