[1] Chapple attended public schools and spent one year at the University of Wisconsin before serving as a second lieutenant during World War I.
[1] Chapple left the Journal to attend Yale University, where he studied economics under Professor Irving Fisher and played jazz to earn money for tuition.
After meeting his wife, Irene Mary McDonnell, he left Yale and moved to Boston, where he worked for his uncle, a magazine publisher.
[1] Chapple entered politics in February 1931, when he traveled to Madison to protest tax increases sponsored by Governor Philip La Follette.
In 1960, Chapple was a write-in candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 10th congressional district, garnering 4.7% of the vote.