Draft:Arthur Chapman (judge)

Arthur Chapman (August 6, 1873 – January 5, 1959),^[1] of Portland, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from November 4, 1942 until his resignation on July 27, 1945.

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[E]ducated at Deering High School, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1894. Prior to his legal career, Chapman was a teacher in Michigan and Connecticut, and was the first football coach of Portland High School.^[3]

Chapman was the United States Attorney for the District of Maine from 1904 to 1915, when he was appointed a United States Commissioner.^[3]

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^ "Retired Maine Supreme Court Justice Dies Monday", The Brunswick Times Record (January 6, 1959), p. 3.
^ "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

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Preceded by George H. Worster	Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1942–1945	Succeeded by Nathaniel Tompkins

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[Brunswick_obit-1] "Retired Maine Supreme Court Justice Dies Monday", The Brunswick Times Record (January 6, 1959), p. 3.

[2] "Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices". Maine State Legislature. Retrieved December 24, 2019.

[Cleaves-3] "The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009". Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

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