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	'''Reuben Chapman''' (July 15, 1799 – May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served six terms in the [[United States House of Representatives \| U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1835 to 1847, and as the 13th [[Governor of Alabama]] from 1847 to 1849.		'''Reuben Chapman''' (July 15, 1799 – May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served six terms in the [[United States House of Representatives\|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1835 to 1847, and as the 13th [[Governor of Alabama]] from 1847 to 1849.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Sources==		==Sources==
	*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]		*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
	*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History]		*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908174914/http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html \|date=September 8, 2016 }}
	*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama		*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama
	*Governor Reuben Chapman by Thomas McAdory Owen · 1921		*Governor Reuben Chapman by Thomas McAdory Owen · 1921
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]		*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
	*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History]		*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908174914/http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html \|date=September 8, 2016 }}
	*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama		*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama

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{{Short description|American politician (1799–1882)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Reuben Chapman
|image = Governor Reuben Chapman.jpg
|order1 = 13th
|office1 = Governor of Alabama
|term_start1 = December 16, 1847
|term_end1 = December 17, 1849
|predecessor1= [[Joshua L. Martin]]
|successor1 = [[Henry W. Collier]]
|state2 = [[Alabama]]
|district2 = [[Alabama's 6th congressional district|6th]]
|term_start2 = March 4, 1843
|term_end2 = March 3, 1847
|preceded2 = ''District inactive''
|succeeded2 = [[Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb]]
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|term_end3 = March 3, 1843
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|succeeded3 = ''District inactive''
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|district4 = [[Alabama's 1st congressional district|1st]]
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|birth_place = [[Bowling Green, Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1882|5|17|1799|7|15}}
|death_place = [[Huntsville, Alabama]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|resting_place= [[Maple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville, Alabama)]]
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
}}

'''Reuben Chapman''' (July 15, 1799 – May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served six terms in the [[United States House of Representatives | U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1835 to 1847, and as the 13th [[Governor of Alabama]] from 1847 to 1849.

==Early life==
Born on July 15, 1799, in [[Bowling Green, Virginia]], he moved to Alabama in 1824, where he established a law practice.

== Political career ==
He represented [[Alabama]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1847, and served as the [[List of Governors of Alabama|13th]] [[Governor of Alabama|Governor]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]] from 1847 to 1849.

=== Relationship with French ambassador ===
While a member of the House of Representatives, he had a very contentious relationship with the French ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt. In 1844 the ambassador had made remarks towards him, and Virginia congressman [[George Washington Hopkins|George W. Hopkins]], and Chapman challenged Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt to a [[duel]]. However, the French ambassador backed down. That same year the French ambassador also offended Virginia congressman [[Lewis Steenrod]], though it is unknown precisely what words were exchanged. Chapman and Hopkins grew so hostile towards the French ambassador that in 1846, President [[James K. Polk]] eventually asked the French government to send Monsieur Fourier home and select a new ambassador to the United States.<ref>Governor Reuben Chapman by Thomas McAdory Owen · 1921</ref>

== Death ==
He died in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] on May 17, 1882.

==References==
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==Sources==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History]
*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama
*Governor Reuben Chapman by Thomas McAdory Owen · 1921

==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History]
*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama

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