{{Short description|American politician (1779–1845)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Isaac Chapman Bates | image = IsaacBates.jpg | state2 = [[Massachusetts]] | district2 = [[Massachusetts's 8th congressional district|8th]] | term_start2 = March 4, 1827 | term_end2 = March 3, 1835 | preceded2 = [[Samuel Lathrop]] | succeeded2 = [[William B. Calhoun]] | order1 = [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]<br>from Massachusetts | term_start1 = January 13, 1841 | term_end1 = March 16, 1845 | predecessor1 = [[John Davis (Massachusetts governor)|John Davis]] | successor1 = John Davis | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term3 = 1808–1809 | birth_date = {{birth date|1779|1|23}} | birth_place = [[Granville, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1845|3|16|1779|1|23}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | party = [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]]<br>[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] | other_party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Yale College]] | occupation = | profession = [[Law]] | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Isaac Chapman Bates''' (January 23, 1779{{spaced ndash}}March 16, 1845) was an American politician from [[Massachusetts]].
He was born in [[Granville, Massachusetts]], and graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1802. He practiced law in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], in 1808.
== Political career ==
=== Massachusetts House of Representatives=== He was a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] (1808–1809).
=== United States House of Representatives=== Bates was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835), where he was an [[Anti-Jacksonian]]. He was chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Military Pensions|U.S. House Committee on Military Pensions]] in the [[Twenty-first United States Congress|Twenty-first Congress]]. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in [[United States House elections, 1834|1834]].
===United States Senate=== He was elected as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1841, caused by the resignation of John Davis and on the same day elected for the term commencing March 4, 1841, and served from January 13, 1841, until his death. He was chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Pensions|U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions]] (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Bridge Street Cemetery, [[Northampton, Massachusetts]].
==See also== *[[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)]]
==Sources and external links== {{CongBio|B000233}} *"Memoir of Hon. I.C. Bates, Late United States Senator from Massachusetts." American Whig Review 3 (February 1846): 186–192.
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