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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.4258.1
Virgil Chapman
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.4258.1

Virgil Chapman

American, 1895 - 1951
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U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1925-1929)
U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1931-1949)
U.S. Senator (1949-1951)

Virgil Chapman was elected as the U.S Representative from Kentucky in 1924. He served ten terms in office from 1925 to 1929 and 1931 to 1949. Chapman advanced his political career further when he was elected to the United States Senate in 1948, defeating Republican challenger John Sherman Cooper.
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Additional LBJ Library holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://www.discoverlbj.org/solr-search?q=Virgil+Chapman Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/142643803Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/3795960 
Place of Political Representation
Kentucky