John Putnam Chapin

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John Putnam
John Putnam Chapin
In office
1846 – 1847
Preceded by Augustus Garrett
Succeeded by James Curtiss
Born April 21, 1810
New Hampshire
Died July 27, 1864
Chicago,Illinois]]
Political party Whig
Residence Chicago, Illinois

John Putnam Chapin (born: April 21, 1810 in Bradford, Vermont; died: July 27, 1864; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1846-1847) for the Whig Party.

Chapin arrived in Chicago from New Hampshire in 1832 and became a member of the wholesale and retail merchants firm Wadsworth, Dyer & Chapin.

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