Hon.
Robert Nelson Chamberlain
2nd Chief Justice of the
New Hampshire Superior Court
In office
January 23, 1917 – September 20, 1917
Preceded byRobert G. Pike
Succeeded byJohn Kivel
Associate Justice of the
New Hampshire Superior Court
In office
1904–1917
Succeeded byJohn Eliot Allen
Speaker of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office
1893–1895
Preceded byFrank Gay Clarke
Succeeded byStephen S. Jewett
Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Personal details
BornJuly 24, 1856
Bangor, New York
DiedSeptember 19, 1917
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionLawyer

Robert Nelson Chamberlain (July 24, 1856 – September 20, 1917) (sometimes spelled Chamberlin[1][2]) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and as an Associate Justice and later as the second Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court.[3]

Life

Chamberlin was born on July 24, 1856, in Bangor, New York, but moved to Berlin, New Hampshire, when he was a child. As an adult, Chamberlain became interested in town and state affairs and became a lawyer, the first lawyer in said town.[2]

Chamberlin became involved with politics, and from 1893 to 1895, he served as the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[4] In 1904, he was appointed as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court. Chamberlain was appointed as Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court in 1917 to replace Robert G. Pike who had died.[3]

Chamberlain died in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 19, 1917.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Manual for the General Court by New Hampshire. Dept. of State. 1931. no. 22. pp. 117, 140.
  2. 1 2 Reminiscences of Early Berlin (PDF), Berlin, New Hampshire: Brown Company, February 1, 1926, p. 10
  3. 1 2 3 "Obituary Chief Justice R. N. Chamberlain", New York Times, New York, New York, September 21, 1917
  4. ↑ Richard Herndon, ed. (1898), Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in and of the State of New Hampshire, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Magazine, p. 46


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