Herman M. Chapin

Herman M. Chapin (July 29, 1823 – May 24, 1879) was the mayor of Cleveland from 1865–1866.

Chapin was born in Walpole, New Hampshire to Nathaniel and Fanny Bowen Brown Chapin. He was educated locally and eventually moved to Cleveland in 1848 where he became a partner in the grocery business. In 1852, he established his own meat packing company. He initially moved to Chicago but decided to move back to Cleveland after a few years. Chapin raised money for the Union during the Civil War and was elected as mayor in 1865 without having known that he was even nominated. The Metropolitan Police Act, which transferred the police powers of the mayor, police marshal, and city council to a board of police commissioners, was passed during his term. Chapin was also president of the Cleveland Library Association in 1854 and 1858 and helped to establish the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland in 1854. Chapin built the Chapin Block at Public Square in 1854 where Chapin Hall is located. Chapin died in Cleveland and is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Chapin married Matilda Fenno, from Boston on October 15, 1849 and the two had five children: Erving, Matilda, Fanny, Jeanie, and Agnes.

Political offices
Preceded by George B. Senter	Mayor of Cleveland 1864–1865	Succeeded by Stephen Buhrer

Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio

Mayors of Cleveland (1836–1854)	Willey Mills Dockstader Allen Mills Hayward Starkweather Hoadley Harris Kelsey Bingham Case Brownell

Mayors of Ohio City (1836–1854)	Barber Burrows Baldwin Standart Lord Lamb Griffith Beverlin Burnham Sheldon Castle

Mayors of Cleveland since 1854	Castle Starkweather Senter Flint Masters Senter Chapin Buhrer Pelton Otis Payne Rose Herrick Farley Gardner Babcock Gardner Rose Blee McKisson Farley Johnson Baehr Baker Davis Fitzgerald Kohler Hopkins (manager) Morgan (manager) Miller Davis Burton Blythin Lausche Burke Celebrezze Locher Stokes Perk Kucinich Voinovich White Campbell Jackson

References

The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History by Cleveland Bicentennial Commission (Cleveland, Ohio), David D. Van Tassel (Editor), and John J. Grabowski (Editor) ISBN 0-253-33056-4

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