Arthur Beebe Chapin (November 17, 1868 – March 20, 1943) was an American politician who served as the

Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts The Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts (commonly called the "treasurer") is an executive officer, elected statewide every four years. The Treasurer oversees the Office of Abandoned Property, escheated accounts, the State Retirement ...

from 1905 to 1909. Chapin was born on November 17, 1868, in

Chicopee, Massachusetts Chicopee ( ) is a city located on the Connecticut River in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 55,560, making it the second-largest city in Western Massachusetts after Springfield. C ...

. He attended

Phillips Andover Academy ("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness , address = 180 Main Street , city = Andover , state = Ma ...

and graduated from

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...

in 1891. He spent two years as a writer for ''

The Youth's Companion ''The Youth's Companion'' (1827–1929), known in later years as simply ''The Companion—For All the Family'', was an American children's magazine that existed for over one hundred years until it finally merged with ''The American Boy'' in 1929. ...

''. He was admitted to the Hampden County bar in 1895 after studying law under his father, Judge

Henry Chapin Henry Chapin (May 13, 1811 – October 13, 1878) was a judge, a state legislator, and a three-term mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life and career Chapin, a native of Upton, Massachusetts, graduated from Brown University in 1835. He ser ...

. Chapin was hired as the Solicitor of

Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,238. Located north of Springfield ...

, 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. He resigned as bank commissioner on January 15, 1912, in order to become a vice-president of the American Trust Company. Chapin died on March 20, 1943, in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

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1868 births 1943 deaths Amherst College alumni Mayors of Holyoke, Massachusetts State treasurers of Massachusetts Massachusetts Republicans Phillips Academy alumni Massachusetts lawyers People from Chicopee, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-mayor-stub