Isaac Chapman Bates

Whig Senator of Massachusetts

Congresses Served

House Terms

Senate Terms

January 23, 1779 (66 years old)

Birthday

March 16, 1845

Death

Graduated from Yale College in 1802
Practiced law starting in 1808
Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1808 to 1809
Served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1835, and was an Anti-Jacksonian
Chaired the U.S. House Committee on Military Pensions during the Twenty-first Congress
Declined renomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1834
Elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate, serving from January 13, 1841, until his death on March 16, 1845
Chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions during the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses
Died in office as a U.S. Senator