{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Robert-m-chadwick-politician-common-history.jpg | caption = Robert Chadwick c.1885 | name = Robert M. Chadwick | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]] | term_start1 = 1881 | term_end1 = 1888 | predecessor1 = [[Young Singleton Walter]] | successor1 = | constituency1 = | birth_date = November 23, 1833 | birth_place = [[Rochdale, England]] | death_date = April 21, 1902 (aged 67) | death_place = [[Chester, Pennsylvania]], US | resting_place = [[Chester Rural Cemetery]], Chester, Pennsylvania, US | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | alma_mater = | occupation = | spouse = | children = | website = }} '''Robert M. Chadwick''' (November 23, 1833 – April 21, 1902) was an English American politician who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] for [[Delaware County, Pennsylvania|Delaware County]] from 1881 to 1888.
==Early life== Chadwick was born in [[Rochdale, England]] to Thomas and Sarah (Crabtree) Chadwick.<ref name=Wiley>{{cite book|last1=Wiley|first1=Samuel T.|title=Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Delaware County, Pennsylvania|date=1894|publisher=Gresham Publishing Company|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist00garn_0/page/205 205]-206|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalhist00garn_0|access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> His family emigrated to the United States in 1847 and settled in [[Upland, Pennsylvania]]. He was educated in the public schools of Upland and then learned the [[wheelwright]] trade in [[Frankford, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=oldchesterpa>{{cite web |title=Hon. Robert Chadwick |url=http://www.oldchesterpa.com/biographies/chadwick_robert.htm |website=www.oldchesterpa.com |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> He served as a private in Company I of the [[114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment]] (known as the Collis Zouaves) of the [[Union Army]] from 1862 to 1865 during the [[American Civil War]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web |title=Robert Chadwick |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=6347&body=H |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> In 1866, he moved to [[Chester, Pennsylvania]] and established a wagon factory and [[blacksmith]] shop at the corner of Third and Fulton Streets.<ref name=Wiley/>
==Career== [[File:Robert-m-chadwick-wheelwright-common-history.jpg|thumb|R. Chadwick Wheel Wrighting. Blacksmithing & Shoeing c.1885]] Chadwick was elected to the Chester City Council and served from 1877 to 1882. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County and served from 1881 to 1888.<ref name=Wiley/> He was not a candidate for reelection in 1888.
Chadwick was a member of the board of trustees of the [[Soldiers' Home]] at [[Erie, Pennsylvania]] for two years.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ray |first1=Wm. Stanley |title=Report of Trustees of the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home at Erie |date=1904 |publisher=State Printer of Pennsylvania |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adIOAQAAMAAJ&q=robert+chadwick+pennsylvania&pg=PA17 |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> He worked as [[postmaster]] for the [[United States Postal Service]] for the Chester [[post office]] from 1889 to 1894.
==Personal life== [[File:Robert Chadwick grave.jpg|thumb|Robert Chadwick grave in [[Chester Rural Cemetery]]]] In 1857, Chadwick married Louisa J. Gardner and together they had six children. He was a member of the Wilde Post, No. 25 [[Grand Army of the Republic]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=John Hill|title=Chester (and Its Vicinity,) Delaware County, in Pennsylvania|date=1877|publisher=WM. H. Pile & Sons|location=Philadelphia|page=389|isbn=9785871484241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Kg-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA389|access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> the Union Veteran League, Chester Lodge No. 235 [[Free and Accepted Masons]], Chester Chapter No. 258 of the [[Royal Arch Masons]], St. John Commandery No. 3 [[Knights Templar (Freemasonry)|Knights Templar]] of Philadelphia<ref name=oldchesterpa/> and the [[Odd Fellows]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cope |first1=Gilbert |title=Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania |date=1904 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |location=New York |page=51 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MwwAQAAMAAJ&q=robert+chadwick+pennsylvania&pg=PA50 |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref>
Chadwick died in Chester, Pennsylvania, and was interred at [[Chester Rural Cemetery]].<ref name=bio/>
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