Biography
Chipman was born in Salisbury, Connecticut to Samuel and Hannah Austin Chipman. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1788. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He began the practice of law in Rutland, Vermont, and practiced law there from 1790 until 1794. Chipman was a member of the state constitutional conventions in 1793, 1814, 1836, 1843, and 1850. He moved to Middlebury, Vermont in 1794.
Chipman served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1798 to 1808, 1812 to 1814, 1818 and 1821. He was named a Charter Trustee of Middlebury College, and served in that position until his resignation in 1844. He served as Speaker (politics) of the State House during the sessions of 1813 and 1814. From 1806 until 1818 he was a professor of law at Middlebury College. In 1848 he received an honorary LL.D from Middlebury College. He was a member of the Governor’s council in 1808.
He was elected as a Federalist Party candidate to the Fourteenth United States Congress, serving from from March 4, 1815 until his resignation on May 5, 1816. In 1824 he was appointed reporter of the superior court. He moved to Ripton, Vermont in 1828 and continued the practice of law, and engaged in literary pursuits.
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