Arthur_B._Chapin

Arthur Chapin

Arthur Chapin

American politician

Arthur Beebe Chapin (November 17, 1868 – March 20, 1943) was an American politician who served as the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1905 to 1909.

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Chapin was born on November 17, 1868, in Chicopee, Massachusetts. He attended Phillips Andover Academy and graduated from Amherst College in 1891. He spent two years as a writer for The Youth's Companion. He was admitted to the Hampden County bar in 1895 after studying law under his father, Judge Henry Chapin.[5]

Chapin was hired as the Solicitor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, in 1896 and two years later he was elected Mayor of the city. He was elected Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts in 1904, an office he held until April 1, 1909, when he resigned to become State Bank Commissioner.[5][7] He resigned as bank commissioner on January 15, 1912, in order to become a vice-president of the American Trust Company.[8]

Chapin died on March 20, 1943, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    City of Holyoke (1908), Municipal register of the City of Holyoke for 1908, Holyoke, MA: The Holyoke Board of Aldermen, p. 460
  2. [2]
    City of Holyoke (1908), Municipal register of the City of Holyoke for 1908, Holyoke, MA: The Holyoke Board of Aldermen, p. 465
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    City of Holyoke (1908), Municipal register of the City of Holyoke for 1908, Holyoke, MA: The Holyoke Board of Aldermen, p. 459
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    City of Holyoke (1908), Municipal register of the City of Holyoke for 1908, Holyoke, MA: The Holyoke Board of Aldermen, p. 466
  5. [5]
    Who's Who in State Politics. Boston, MA: Practical Politics. 1908. p. 31.
  6. [6]
    "ARTHUR B. CHAPIN, 74, BANKER AND LAWYER; Ex-Treasurer of Massachusetts, Once Mayor of Holyoke". The New York Times. March 20, 1943. p. Section BOOKS, Page 15.
  7. [7]
    "Chapin Is New Bank Commissioner". The Christian Science Monitor. March 31, 1909.
  8. [8]
    "A.B. CHAPIN, STATE BANK COMMISSIONER, RESIGNS HIS OFFICE". The Christian Science Monitor. December 27, 1911.
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