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Bird Chapman
Delegate to the
U.S. House of Representatives
from the Nebraska Territory's
at-large district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Preceded byNapoleon Giddings
Succeeded byFenner Ferguson
Personal details
BornBird Beers Chapman
(1821-08-24)August 24, 1821
Salisbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 21, 1871(1871-09-21) (aged 50)
Put-in-Bay, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Bird Beers Chapman (August 24, 1821 – September 21, 1871) was an American politician and lawyer from the Nebraska Territory; born in Salisbury, Connecticut, August 24, 1821; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio; moved to the Territory of Nebraska and settled in Omaha, Nebraska; was editor of the Omaha Nebraskan 1855-1859; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857); unsuccessfully contested the election of Fenner Ferguson to the Thirty-fifth Congress; died at Put in Bay, Ottawa County, Ohio, September 21, 1871; interment in Ridgelawn Cemetery, Elyria, Ohio.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byNapoleon Giddings Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
from the Nebraska Territory's at-large congressional district
1855–1857 		Succeeded byFenner Ferguson
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska
1st district
2nd district
3rd district
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At-large
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