John Lee Chapman
John Lee Chapman (1811 – November 18, 1880) was Mayor of Baltimore from 1862 to 1867. He also operated Maryland Glass Works in Baltimore and served as president of the Western Maryland Railway. Early life John Lee Chapman was born in 1811, in Fell's Point, Baltimore or Harford County, Maryland. He was born to parents with Scottish ancestry. He moved to Baltimore at an early age. Career Chapman worked as a clerk in a drug store at Baltimore and South Street in Baltimore. He then became a proprietor of a different drug store on South Street. Chapman then worked with his brother Jonathan in the glass business. He took over the business of his uncle George Chapman, Chapman's Glass Works, on Charles Street. He built Maryland Glass Works at Fell's Point around 1847 or 1848. He continued producing glassware until 1862. Before the American Civil War, Chapman was a Whig, but he joined the Union Party following the war. He served as a member of the first branch of the Baltimore City Council from 1860 to 1861. After the arrest of Mayor George William Brown, John C. Blackburn succeeded him as mayor due to his role as president of the