Robert N. Chamberlain

Hon. Robert Nelson Chamberlain
2nd Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court
In office January 23, 1917 – September 20, 1917
Preceded by	Robert G. Pike
Succeeded by	John Kivel
Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court
In office 1904–1917
Succeeded by	John Eliot Allen
Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office 1893–1895
Preceded by	Frank Gay Clarke
Succeeded by	Stephen S. Jewett
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Personal details
Born	July 24, 1856 Bangor, New York
Died	September 19, 1917
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer

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. Reminiscences of Early Berlin (PDF), Berlin, New Hampshire: Brown Company, February 1, 1926, p. 10
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

Political offices
Preceded by Frank Gay Clarke	Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 1893 – 1895	Succeeded by Stephen S. Jewett
Legal offices
Preceded by	Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court 1904-1917	Succeeded by John Eliot Allen
Preceded by Robert G. Pike	Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court January 23, 1917–September 20, 1917	Succeeded by John Kivel