Who appointed Nathaniel Chipman?

President George Washington appointed Nathaniel Chipman to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont in 1791.

What was Nathaniel Chipman's confirmation vote?

Nathaniel Chipman was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1791. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Vermont / Appointed 1791 / Served to 1793

Nathaniel Chipman

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Appointed by President George Washington in 1791 and confirmed by voice vote, Nathaniel Chipman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. Sources ↓

Lived: 1752–1843
Appointed by: George Washington, 1791
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded by: Samuel Hitchcock

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1791	District of Vermont	Washington (–)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Yale College

1777

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

Continental Army	1777-1778
Private practice, Tinmouth, Vermont	1779-1784, 1785-1787, 1793-1796, 1804-1806, 1809-1810, 1811-1813, 1817-1843
State's attorney, Montpelier, Vermont	1781-1785
State representative, Vermont	1784-1785, 1806-1809, 1811
Judge, Vermont Supreme Court	1787-1789
Chief judge, Vermont Supreme Court	1790-1791, 1796-1798, 1813-1815
U.S. senator from Vermont	1798-1804
Member, Vermont Council of Censors	1813
Professor of law, Middlebury College	1816-

Questions & answers

Who appointed Nathaniel Chipman?: President George Washington appointed Nathaniel Chipman to the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont in 1791.
What was Nathaniel Chipman's confirmation vote?: Nathaniel Chipman was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1791. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Nathaniel Chipman on?: Nathaniel Chipman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.

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1 year on the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).