Charles Richard Chapman (November 23, 1827 – January 25, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who was Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, and served in both houses of the Connecticut legislature.

[1] In 1829 he moved to Hartford with his family, where he continued to reside until his death.

He graduated from Trinity College in 1847, studied law for a year in Northampton, Massachusetts, and completed his legal studies in Now York in the office of John Van Buren, son of President Martin Van Buren.

[3] In 1857 he became a member of the State senate representing the first senatorial district.

[2] Chapman died at his home in Hartford on January 25, 1897, and is interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery.