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Samuel Chilton
American politician

Samuel Chilton

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American politician
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Male
Place of birth
Fauquier County, Virginia, U.S.A.
Place of death
Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia, U.S.A.
Age
61 years
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Samuel Chilton (September 7, 1804 – January 7, 1867) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia.

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Born in Warrenton, Virginia, Chilton moved to Missouri with his family as a child and attended private school there. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1826, commencing practice back in Warrenton. He got involved in politics and was elected a Whig to the United States House of Representatives in 1842, when he narrowly defeated William "Extra Billy" Smith following a redistricting. Chilton served one term from 1843 to 1845, during which he advocated abolishing imprisonment for debt. Afterward, he returned to practicing law and was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention from 1850 to 1851. At the convention, he proposed a key compromise on legislative apportionment.

Chilton moved to Washington, D.C., by 1853 and became a member of American Party, or Know-Nothings. In 1859 he was appointed as a defense attorney for abolitionist John Brown after his previous defense attorneys had advocated that the defendant advance a plea of insanity as his defense.

Chilton died in Warrenton on January 7, 1867 and was interred there at Warrenton Cemetery.

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