Chapman L. Anderson

Chapman Levy Anderson (March 15, 1845 – April 27, 1924) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, from 1887 to 1891. A Confederate Army veteran, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography Anderson was born near Macon, Mississippi, on March 15, 1845. He attended the common schools in Jackson, Mississippi.

Family He was the son of Thomas Salmond Anderson (born 1819) and his wife, Flora E. (Levy) Anderson (born 1823). He was related to Chapman Levy. He was then admitted to the bar on February 14, 1868. unsuccessfully contested the election results.

Later, in 1890, Cook was ambushed and murdered by a gang of white supremacists while campaigning to be a delegate at Mississippi's 1890 Constitutional Convention.

Later career and death He served as United States district attorney for the northern district of Mississippi in 1896 and 1897.

He worked at his law office in Kosciusko, Mississippi, until his death, April 27, 1924. He was interred in Kosciusko Cemetery.

Personal life Anderson was an Episcopalian. He married Nancy Cunningham Johnson of Kirkwood, Madison County, Mississippi, on December 22, 1870. He had three children: Jenny Flora; Chapman Levy, who died on September 25, 1883; and Mary Ellen, who married lawyer James E. Teat on June 22, 1904.