Norton Parker Chipman (March 7, 1834 – February 1, 1924) was an American Civil War army officer, military prosecutor, politician, author and judge. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
Born in Milford Center, Ohio, he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1859, prior to the school's merger with the University of Cincinnati into its present form. Milford Center is a village in Union County, Ohio, United States. The University of Cincinnati College of Law is the fourth oldest continually running Law school in the United States and a founding member of the Association of American Having enlisted in the Union Army's Iowa Infantry during the Civil War, Lieutenant Colonel Chipman fought courageously in battle and was nearly mortally wounded, leading his commanders to report him as dead at the Battle of Fort Donelson. The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 12 to February 16 1862 in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Chipman did in fact survive and, upon recovery, was appointed as a member of Abraham Lincoln's staff at Gettysburg. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal He was later brevetted a brigadier general. Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General.
As the Army's chief Judge Advocate General (JAG), Chipman successfully prosecuted Captain Henry Wirz, the commander of the Confederacy's infamous Andersonville prison camp, where over 14,000 Union soldiers lost their lives. Heinrich Hartmann Wirz, better known as Henry Wirz (November 1822 &ndash November 10, 1865 was a Confederate officer tried and executed in the aftermath The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 The Andersonville prison, officially known as Camp Sumter was the largest Confederate Military prison during the American Civil War. Chipman published his recollections of the famous Andersonville Trial in his 1911 book, The Tragedy of Andersonville, recently republished in a new edition titled The Andersonville Prison Trial: The Trial of Henry Wirz (Alabama Notable Trials Library/Gryphon, 1990), with an introduction by Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American Lawyer, Jurist, and political commentator. The story of the Andersonville Trial and Chipman's role in bringing Wirz to justice inspired the Emmy Award-winning film The Andersonville Trial, (1970) directed by George C. Scott. The Andersonville Trial was a television adaptation of a 1959 hit Broadway play by Saul Levitt, presented as an episode of PBS 's 1970-71 George Campbell Scott (October 18 1927 - September 22 1999 was an American stage and film Actor, director, and producer. In the film, William Shatner (in his post-Star Trek days) plays the protagonist Chipman, Richard Basehart plays Wirz, and Martin Sheen plays a supporting role. William Alan Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian double Emmy - Golden Globe - and Saturn Award -winning John Richard Basehart ( August 31 1914 - September 17 1984) was an American Actor. Martin Sheen (born Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez on August 3, 1940) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning American Actor who earned
After the Civil War, Chipman was appointed Secretary of the District of Columbia by President Ulysses S. Grant, and was later elected to Congress as representative of the District of Columbia, serving two terms. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States He was a co-founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, and authored the order creating Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) After moving to California in 1876, Chipman served as a member of the California State Board of Trade, eventually becoming its president. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Finally, he was appointed by California's governor George Pardee as the first presiding justice of the newly created California Third District Court of Appeal, a position he held until 1921. The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses George Cooper Pardee ( July 25, 1857 September 1, 1941) was an American Medical doctor and Politician.
He died in 1924 in San Francisco at the age of 89. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city An elaborate memorial remains in the library of the California Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento, complete with Chipman’s old photographs, letters, desk and gavels, in honor of his memory. Chipman remains to date the longest serving presiding justice of the court. He was interred in Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California. Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula In April of 2006, the Federalist Society of Chipman's alma mater, the University of Cincinnati College of Law, officially honored Chipman, renaming its local chapter the "Norton Parker Chipman Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, is an organization of Conservatives and Libertarians The University of Cincinnati College of Law is the fourth oldest continually running Law school in the United States and a founding member of the Association of American "
External links
- Norton P. Chipman at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-12
- nortonparkerchipman.com
- courtinfo.ca.gov
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Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia April 21, 1871–March 3, 1875 |
Succeeded by Position eliminated until 1971 Position next held by Walter E. Fauntroy |
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