[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E423]
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HONORING NORTON PARKER CHIPMAN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE 
                                 OF LAW

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                           HON. STEVE CHABOT

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 28, 2006

  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Norton Parker Chipman, 
an esteemed graduate of the Cincinnati Law School. On April 4, 2006, 
his memory will be honored as the newly ordained namesake for the 
Norton Parker Chipman Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy 
Studies located at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
  Norton Parker Chipman led a distinguished life, including time spent 
as a United States Congressman, author, first presiding justice of 
California's Third District Court of Appeal, and perhaps, most notably, 
a Civil War hero. Seriously injured and reported as dead at Fort 
Donelson in 1862, Chipman's bravery and resolve was rewarded with an 
assignment to President Abraham Lincoln's staff at Gettysburg. As judge 
advocate, Chipman's successful prosecution of Captain Henry Wirz, 
commander of the Confederacy's infamous Andersonville war prison camp, 
earned him a spot on the platform at Gettysburg next to his close 
friend President Lincoln while the President delivered his famous 
Gettysburg Address.
  Among several of his accolades, Chipman also was a co-founder of the 
Grand Army of the Republic and authored the order creating Memorial 
Day. He was appointed as the first presiding justice of California's 
Third District Court of Appeal in 1905 and served honorably until his 
retirement in 1921. To this date, Chipman remains the longest serving 
presiding justice of the court.
  It gives me great pleasure to recognize Norton Parker Chipman for his 
contributions to our country, and I am pleased that his legacy is being 
commemorated at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

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