Chapman L. Anderson

Chapman L. Anderson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th district
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by	Otho R. Singleton
Succeeded by	Joseph H. Beeman
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
In office 1879–1880
Personal details
Born	(1845-03-15)March 15, 1845
Died	April 27, 1924 (1924-04-28) (aged 79)
Political party	Democratic
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	Confederate States Army
Rank	Second lieutenant
Unit	39th Mississippi Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Chapman Levy Anderson (March 15, 1845 – April 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, serving two terms from 1887 to 1891. A Confederate Army veteran, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography

Born near Macon, Mississippi, Anderson attended the common schools in Jackson, Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi at Oxford. In 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate States Army on March 5, 1862, as a private in the Thirty-ninth Regiment, Mississippi Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted through the successive grades of noncommissioned officer until July 1864, when he was transferred to Bradford's cavalry corps of scouts with the rank of second lieutenant, in which capacity he served until the close of the war. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1868.

He commenced practice in Kosciusko, Mississippi. He served as mayor of Kosciusko, Mississippi in 1875. He served as member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1879 and 1880.

Congress

Anderson was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890.

Anderson's Republican opponent, Marsh Cook,^[1] contested the election results. Cook was ambushed and murdered by a gang of white supremacists in 1890 while campaigning to be a delegate at Mississippi's 1890 Constitutional Convention.

Later career and death

He served as United States district attorney for the northern district of Mississippi in 1896 and 1897.

He worked at his law office in Kosciusko, Mississippi, until his death, April 27, 1924. He was interred in Kosciusko Cemetery.

References

Sources

• United States Congress. "Chapman L. Anderson (id: A000183)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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