# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chester-w-chapin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:19:30.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chester-w-chapin"
name: "Chester W. Chapin"
slug: "chester-w-chapin"
description: "Chester William Chapin was an American businessman, president of the Boston and Albany Railroad from 1868 to 1878, and U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was a multimillionaire at his death in 1883, and controlled one of New England’s most important rail lines."
tagline: "American politician, railroad executive (1798–1883)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CWChapin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1798-12-16"
deathDate: "1883-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.48
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.804788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88._%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86"
    title: "تشيستر دبليو. شابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B2%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "چزتر دبلیو. چاپین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Chapin"
    title: "Chester W. Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Chapin"
    title: "Chester W. Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Chapin"
    title: "Chester W. Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1070746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump