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{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Jonathan Chapman
| image =Jonathan Chapman 5210004 015 008 (3x4).jpg
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| order =8th
| office =Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
| term_start =1840
| term_end =1843
| office2 =Member of the<br>[[Boston Common Council]]<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/>
| term_start2 =1838<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/>
| term_end2 =1838<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/>
| term_start3 =1835<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/>
| term_end3 =1836<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/>
| predecessor =[[Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)|Samuel A. Eliot]]
| successor =[[Martin Brimmer]]
| birth_date =January 23, 1807
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| death_date ={{death date and age|1848|05|25|1807|01|23}}<ref name="MayofBost1914p15"/>
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| party =[[Whig party (United States)|Whig]]<ref name="MemHistBosV111JWinsor1881p247">{{Citation |last = Winsor | first = Justin | title = The Memorial History of Boston, Volume III | page = 247 | publisher = Ticknor and Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1881}}</ref>
| spouse =Lucinda Dwight (Born July 7, 1809; Married April 25, 1832)<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/><ref>{{Citation |last = Dwight | first = Benjamin Woodbridge | title = ''The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass'' Vol. 2 | page = 893 | publisher = Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (printed by John P. Trow and Sons) | location = New York, NY | year = 1874}}</ref>
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| children =Jonathan Chapman (b. March 11, 1836); Eliza Chapman (b. March 10, 1838)<ref>{{Citation |last = Dwight | first = Benjamin Woodbridge | title = The History of the Descendants of John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass, Vol. 2 | page = 893 | publisher = Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (printed by John P. Trow and Sons) | location = New York, NY | year = 1874}}</ref>
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| alma_mater =[[Phillips Exeter Academy]]<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8">{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PY8qAAAAYAAJ&dq=Mayor+Brimmer+of+Boston&pg=PA8 |title=The Boston Directory for the Year 1851 | page = 8 | publisher = George Adams | location = Boston, MA | year = 1851 }}</ref>[[Harvard University|Harvard]],<ref name="MayofBost1914p15">{{Citation
| title = Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done | page = 15 | publisher = State Street Trust Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1914}}</ref> class of 1825.<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/>
| occupation =
| profession =Attorney<ref name="TheBostDirectory1851p8"/><ref name="MayofBost1914p15"/>
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'''Jonathan Chapman''' (January 23, 1807 – May 25, 1848) was an American politician who served as the eighth [[Mayor of Boston|mayor]] of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] from 1840 to 1842.

== Early life ==
Jonathan Chapman was born on January 23, 1807, son of a man also named Jonathan Chapman. His father served as a member of the Town of [[Boston|Boston's]] [[Board of Selectmen]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Chapman, Jonathan, 1807-1848 {{!}} ArchivesSpace Public Interface |url=https://archives.boston.gov/agents/people/101 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=archives.boston.gov}}</ref>

Chapman attended [[Phillips Exeter Academy]], graduated from [[Harvard College]], and studied law under the direction of Judge [[Lemuel Shaw]].<ref name=":0" />

== Mayoralty ==
Chapman was elected [[mayor of Boston]] in the December [[1839 Boston mayoral election]] as the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] candidate; he was sworn into office in 1840; he served three one-year terms.<ref name="MayofBost1914p15" />

Because of a large increase of the debt of the city of Boston in the 18 years since it was incorporated, Mayor Chapman had as a chief aim of his administration the reduction of the city's debt.<ref name="MayofBost1914p15"/>

Although land had been purchased for a new city hall, Mayor Chapman did not favor that project. Because [[Suffolk County, Massachusetts|Suffolk County]] was constructing a new building for the Registry and Probate offices and was going to move out of the old courthouse building, Chapman instead recommended that the old Suffolk County Courthouse be remodeled for use as Boston's city hall.<ref>{{Citation |last = Koren | first = John | year = 1922 | title = ''Boston, 1822 to 1922: The Story of Its Government And Principal Activities During One Hundred Years'' | pages = 26–27 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department | location = Boston, MA}}</ref>

[[Image:Boston's Second City Hall 1841-1865.png|thumb|left|Boston's City Hall from 1841 to 1865 (Old Suffolk County Courthouse 1810–1841)]]

The city occupied the renovated structure on March 18, 1841.<ref name="MayofBost1914p15"/>
===Steamship Service===
Chapman spoke of the great importance of the establishment of the [[Cunard Line]]s<ref name="MayofBost1914p15"/> steamship<ref name="Koren 1922 26">{{Citation |last = Koren | first = John | year = 1922 | title = ''Boston, 1822 to 1922: The Story of Its Government And Principal Activities During One Hundred Years'' | page = 26 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department | location = Boston, MA}}</ref> service between Boston and Liverpool, England.

===The Western Railroad===
Chapman also spoke of the great importance of the opening up of the [[Boston and Albany Railroad|Western Railroad]] from Boston to the [[Hudson River]].<ref name="MayofBost1914p15"/><ref name="Koren 1922 26"/>

Chapman did not run for re-election in the [[1842 Boston mayoral election]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boston (Mass.) |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=n_BMAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA50 |title=A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers |date=1909 |publisher=City of Boston Printing Department |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Chapman married Lucindia Dwight (born July 7, 1809) on April 25, 1832. They had two children together, Jonathan (born March 11, 1836) and Eliza (born March 10, 1838).

Chapman died on May 25, 1848, at the age of 41.<ref name=":0" /> He is the shortest-lived mayor of Boston.

==See also==
* [[Timeline of Boston#1800s.E2.80.931840s|Timeline of Boston]], 1830s–1840s

==References==
* Image from ''Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done'', Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, Page 16, (1914).

==Notes==
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| before = [[Samuel Atkins Eliot (politician)|Samuel A. Eliot]]
| title = [[Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts]]
| years= 1840–1842
| after = [[Martin Brimmer]]}}
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