Virgil Munday Chapman a Democrat, represented Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

 in the United States House of Representatives

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 and in the United States Senate

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.

Chapman, originally from Middleton, Kentucky

Middleton, Kentucky

Middleton is an unincorporated community in Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes 100 and 103 west of the city of Franklin, the county seat of Simpson County. Its elevation is 640 feet , and it is located approximately half way between Russellville and Franklin,...

, practiced law in Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine, Kentucky

Irvine is a city in and county seat of Estill County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 2,843 at the 2000 census. It is located on the Kentucky River at the junction of Kentucky Route 52 and Kentucky Route 89....

, then Paris, Kentucky

Paris, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,183 people, 3,857 households, and 2,487 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 4,222 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 84.23% White, 12.71% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.16%...

, then Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

. He was married to Mary Chapman and had one daughter, Elizabeth.

In 1924 Chapman was elected to the United States House of Representatives

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 and served two terms representing Kentucky's 7th Congressional District in the House, 1925-1929. In 1928 Chapman lost his House seat in the Republican landslide as Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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 was elected president. Chapman was ousted that year by Republican Robert E. Lee Blackburn

Robert E. Lee Blackburn

Robert E. Lee Blackburn was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born on a farm near Furnace, Kentucky, Blackburn as an infant moved with his parents to Stanton, Kentucky....

 but defeated Blackburn in a rematch two years later, in 1930. Chapman, re-elected to the House in 1930, served two terms, 1931-1935, representing the 7th district. Chapman then was elected to represent Kentucky's 6th district in the House and held that seat from 1935 through 1949.

In 1948 Chapman defeated incumbent John Sherman Cooper for a seat in the United States Senate. An automobile accident in Washington, DC killed Chapman on March 8, 1951. He was buried in the Paris Cemetery.

Chapman was succeeded in both the House of Representatives and the Senate by Thomas R. Underwood

Thomas R. Underwood

Thomas Rust Underwood served Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.Underwood was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky...

. This is rare but not unique — Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle

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, William Hathaway

William Hathaway

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, Spark Matsunaga

Spark Matsunaga

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, Henry C. Hansbrough

Henry C. Hansbrough

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, and Jonathan Chace

Jonathan Chace

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 were all also succeeded by the same person in both the House and Senate.

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