page_title: Henry Chapin
section_title: Later public service
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Chapin / Later public service
caption_attribution_description: English: Uxbridge, MA, Unitarian Church, built circa 1840, Judge Henry Chapin, 3 term Worcester Mayor, delivered a historical address here in 1864.
context_page_description: Henry Chapin was a judge, a state legislator, and a three-term mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.
context_section_description: Chapin represented the local district in the state legislature, served as the State's Commissioner of Insolvency, and on the State Board of Education.
  In 1848, he was appointed chief Judge of the Worcester County Probate and Insolvency Court. Judge Chapin was later elected for three terms as Mayor of Worcester. In 1853, Mayor Chapin was nominated by the Republican Party for a Congressional seat, which he declined. A lifelong Unitarian, Chapin served in church leadership positions.
   Chapin was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1853.
caption: Unitarian Church at Uxbridge where Judge Henry Chapin delivered an address in 1864
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