ISAAC CHAPMAN BATES

Bates, Isaac Chapman (1779-1845), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Granville, Hampden, Mass., January 23, 1779; tutored privately; graduated from Yale College in 1802; admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., in 1808; member, State house of representatives 1808-1809; elected to the Twentieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1835); chairman, Committee on Military Pensions (Twenty-first Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1834; elected as a 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 in Washington, D.C., March 16, 1845; chairman, Committee on Pensions (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Mass.
Parents: Jacob Bates, Ruth Robinson
Spouse: Martha Henshaw
Born: 9 Jan 1783 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Died: 9 Nov 1874 in Northhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Marriage: 21 Sep 1807
Children Sex Birth
Issac Chapman Bates M 22 Oct 1817 in Northhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell