# Absalom Harris Chappell

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**Absalom Harris Chappell** (December 18, 1801 – December 11, 1878) was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives), [Georgia Senate](/source/Georgia_Senate), and [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives). He owned slaves.[1]

## Biography

Absalom Harris Chappell was born on December 18, 1801, in [Mount Zion, Georgia](/source/Mount_Zion,_Georgia), the oldest son of Joseph and Dorothy Harris Chappell. He attended the [University of Georgia](/source/University_of_Georgia) in [Athens](/source/Athens,_Georgia) in 1820; however, he did not graduate from the school. Chappell continued the study of law under the tutelage of [Augustin Smith Clayton](/source/Augustin_Smith_Clayton), passed the state bar exam, and became a practicing lawyer.

Chappell was elected as to the [Georgia Senate](/source/Georgia_Senate) in 1832 and 1833 and served in the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) from 1834 through 1839. Upon the resignation of Representative-elect [John B. Lamar](/source/John_B._Lamar), Chappell was elected as his replacement in the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) in 1843 and served in that position until 1845 when he did not seek re-election. Chappell was subsequently elected to one more term as a state senator in 1845 and served as the president of that body.

In 1842, he married Loretto Rebecca Lamar, the younger sister of Judge [Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (I)](/source/Lucius_Quintus_Cincinnatus_Lamar_(I)) and [Mirabeau B. Lamar](/source/Mirabeau_B._Lamar), second President of Texas. The Chappells had five children who survived to adulthood. Their four sons had prominent careers,[2] [Joseph Harris Chappell](/source/Joseph_Harris_Chappell) was a president of normal schools, [Thomas Jefferson Chappell](/source/Thomas_Jefferson_Chappell) was a state legislator and judge,[3] and [Lucius Henry Chappell](/source/Lucius_Henry_Chappell) was a two-term mayor of Columbus

Chappell died in [Columbus, Georgia](/source/Columbus,_Georgia), on December 11, 1878, and was buried in [Linwood Cemetery](/source/Old_City_Cemetery_(Columbus,_Georgia)) (also known as Old City Cemetery) in that same city.

## References

1. Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (20 January 2022). ["More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation."](https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/). *[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post)*. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

1. ["Chappell Brothers"](https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/columbus/m-2960/)

1. [*Report of the ... Annual Session of the Georgia Bar Association*](https://books.google.com/books?id=jyL4AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22thomas+jefferson+chappell%22&pg=PA266-IA2). Georgia Bar Association. 1910.

- [*History of the University of Georgia*, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949 p.188](http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c03?seq=22)
- [William J. Northen](/source/William_J._Northen), *[Men of Mark in Georgia](https://books.google.com/books?id=Rg8ZD0XhkRMC&q=University+of+Georgia&pg=RA16-PA285)*, A. B. Caldwell, 1912, p. 285.
- ["Lamar-Chappell Collection (MC 1)Historical Note" Columbus State University](https://web.archive.org/web/20100611021619/http://archives.colstate.edu/findingaids/mc1.php)

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