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|name = Reuben Chapman<br />
|image = Governor Reuben Chapman.jpg<br />
|order1 = 13th<br />
|office1 = Governor of Alabama<br />
|term_start1 = December 16, 1847<br />
|term_end1 = December 17, 1849<br />
|predecessor1= [[Joshua L. Martin]]<br />
|successor1 = [[Henry W. Collier]]<br />
|state2 = [[Alabama]]<br />
|district2 = [[Alabama's 6th congressional district|6th]]<br />
|term_start2 = March 4, 1843<br />
|term_end2 = March 3, 1847<br />
|preceded2 = ''District inactive''<br />
|succeeded2 = [[Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb]]<br />
|state3 = [[Alabama]]<br />
|district3 = [[Alabama's at-large congressional district|at-large]]<br />
|term_start3 = March 4, 1841<br />
|term_end3 = March 3, 1843<br />
|preceded3 = ''District inactive''<br />
|succeeded3 = ''District inactive''<br />
|state4 = [[Alabama]]<br />
|district4 = [[Alabama's 1st congressional district|1st]]<br />
|term_start4 = March 4, 1835<br />
|term_end4 = March 3, 1841<br />
|preceded4 = [[Clement Comer Clay]]<br />
|succeeded4 = ''District inactive''<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1799|7|15}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Bowling Green, Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1882|5|17|1799|7|15}}<br />
|death_place = [[Huntsville, Alabama]], [[United States|U.S.]]<br />
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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />
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'''Reuben Chapman''' (July 15, 1799 – May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served six terms in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1835 to 1847, and as the 13th [[Governor of Alabama]] from 1847 to 1849.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born on July 15, 1799, in [[Bowling Green, Virginia]], he moved to Alabama in 1824, where he established a law practice.<br />
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== Political career ==<br />
He represented [[Alabama]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1847, and served as the [[List of Governors of Alabama|13th]] [[Governor of Alabama|Governor]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alabama]] from 1847 to 1849. <br />
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=== Relationship with French ambassador ===<br />
While a member of the House of Representatives, he had a very contentious relationship with the French ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt. In 1844 the ambassador had made remarks towards him, and Virginia congressman [[George Washington Hopkins|George W. Hopkins]], and Chapman challenged Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt to a [[duel]]. However, the French ambassador backed down. That same year the French ambassador also offended Virginia congressman [[Lewis Steenrod]], though it is unknown precisely what words were exchanged. Chapman and Hopkins grew so hostile towards the French ambassador that in 1846, President [[James K. Polk]] eventually asked the French government to send Monsieur Fourier home and select a new ambassador to the United States.<ref>Governor Reuben Chapman by Thomas McAdory Owen · 1921</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died in [[Huntsville, Alabama]] on May 17, 1882.<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]<br />
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908174914/http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html |date=September 8, 2016 }}<br />
*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama <br />
*Governor Reuben Chapman by Thomas McAdory Owen · 1921<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000316 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]<br />
*[http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html Alabama Department of Archives and History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908174914/http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_chapma.html |date=September 8, 2016 }}<br />
*[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1530 Reuben Chapman 1847-1849]- Encyclopedia of Alabama<br />
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