William Chamberlain (politician)
William Chamberlain (April 27, 1755September 27, 1828) was an American politician from Vermont. He served as a United States representative and as the fourth lieutenant governor of Vermont. Biography Chamberlain was born in Hopkinton in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to Samuel and Martha Mellen Chamberlain. He attended the common schools and worked as a school teacher in Hopkinton until he moved with his father to Loudon in the Province of New Hampshire in 1774. He served as a sergeant during the American Revolutionary War and took part in the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the invasion of Canada. He later engaged in land surveying and farming. He moved to Peacham, Vermont, in 1780. Engaging in politics, he was the clerk of the proprietors of the town the same year. He was town clerk from 1785 to 1797. Chamberlain served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1785, from 1787 to 1796, in 1805 and in 1808. He also served as a Justice of the Peace from 1786 to 1796 and as a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1791. He was a member of the Vermont's Governor's Council from 1796 until 1803. He was