Lemuel Chipman (July 25, 1754 – April 28, 1831) was an American politician, judge, and physician. Chipman held political office in both the Republic of Vermont, the subsequent state of Vermont, and the state of New York. He served as a judge in both the states of Vermont and New York.
Chipman served multiple terms as a member of the Vermont General Assembly, representing the town of Pawlet.[4][5][6] During his early tenure in the legislature, Chipman was a member of the State Convention of Vermont where the opted to support admittance as a state of the United States.[2] During the 1793–1794 assembly, Chipman was chosen to serve as the body's clerk pro tempore.[6]
In late 1793, Chipman was appointed an associate judge of Rutland County.[7] Chipman served as a judge of Rutland County for eight years.[2] On October 11, 1792, a petition sent by Matthew Lyon was received by Council of Censors calling for Judge Chipman to be impeached for maladministration. However, on October 13, 1792, the Council dismissed this petition, judging it to be a matter more appropriate for the General Assembly, finding it to be, "expedient that complaints of individual officers for offenses against the Constitution should be made in the first instance to the Gen'l Assembly."[8]
Chipman served as a presidential elector from Vermont in 1792. He voted for George Washington and John Adams.[9][10] He had been appointed to be an elector by the General Assembly.[11] He subsequently sought unsuccessfully to again be an elector from Vermont.[1] In 1796 he was elected president of the first Vermont Medical Association[12][13]