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Pleasant Thomas Chapman (October 8, 1854 – January 31, 1931) was a
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. Born on a farm near
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, Chapman attended the public schools, and then went to McKendree College, in
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. Chapman graduated from McKendree in June, 1876. He taught school while studying law, and served as superintendent of public schools of Johnson County from 1877 to 1882. He was admitted to the bar at
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, in 1878 and commenced
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. He also engaged in banking and in agricultural pursuits. He served as judge of Johnson County from 1882 to 1890. He was a member of the Illinois State Senate from 1890 to 1902. Chapman was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth. He was reelected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses, and served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1911. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. After leaving Congress Chapman resumed his legal, banking, business and farming interests. He was a delegate to the
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. He died in Vienna on January 31, 1931, and was interred in Vienna's Fraternal Cemetery.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Pleasant Thomas 1854 births 1931 deaths People from Vienna, Illinois Illinois state court judges Republican Party Illinois state senators Illinois lawyers McKendree University alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois School superintendents in Illinois