Jonathan Chapman (23 January 1807-25 May 1848) was the Whig Mayor of Boston from 1840 to 1842, succeeding Samuel Atkins Eliot and preceding Martin Brimmer.
Biography[]
Jonathan Chapman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1807, and he served as Mayor from 1840 to 1842. He supported the creation of a Cunard Line steamship service from Boston to Liverpool, as well as the reduction of the city's debt. He died in 1848.