About Roy H. Chapman
Lived 1883 – 1952 (aged 68–69). Roy H. Chapman was an American lawyer and judge.
Roy Harrison Chapman (July 15, 1883 – August 9, 1952) was a justice of the Florida Supreme Court from 1937 to 1952.
Chapman was born on July 15, 1883, in Blairsville, Georgia. His family had fled to Florida to get out of the path of Sherman's March to the Sea. He was raised in Lake Butler, Florida, and attended the East Seminary at Gainesville. This appointment was controversial and criticized by many.
Chapman died on August 9, 1952, in Tallahassee, Florida. Governor Fuller Warren appointed E. Harris Drew to the court in his place. In 1957, a park in Tallahassee was named in his honor.
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American lawyer and judge (1883–1952)
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