Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield (June 14, 1870 – June 24, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from

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, father of Robert Bruce Chiperfield.

Early life and military service

Born in

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, Chiperfield attended the public schools of Illinois and

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, and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and was a lawyer in private practice and prosecuting attorney for Fulton County, Illinois from 1896 to 1900. He served as a member of the

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from 1903 to 1913. He was secretary and trustee of the Western Illinois State Normal School (now

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), Macomb, Illinois from 1904 to 1909. He served as an officer in the Illinois National Guard for twenty years. He served in the

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, and was later in the

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from 1917 to 1919 and 1921 to 1934 and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In this capacity, he investigated claims of subversion in the Army and he also oversaw dozens of courts-martial. He also served in France during

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, and was in civil affairs with the Army of Occupation in Koblenz after the war."Burnett M. Chiperfield"
''The Army Lawyer'', Headquarters, Department of the Army, Department of the Army Pamphlet (DA PAM) 27-50-480, May 2013, page 4. He was also a banker.

Congressional career

Chiperfield was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the

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in 1912. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917). He did not seek renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the

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. He served as delegate to the

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s in 1920 and 1936. Chiperfield was elected simultaneously as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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-elect Edward J. King (November 4, 1930 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the

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in 1932 and for election to the

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in 1934. He died on June 24, 1940 in

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, and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

References

* Retrieved on 2009-5-15

External links

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