In 1885 he was admitted to the bar, and entered the practice of law in Eastern Washington.

[2] served until 1919, when he resigned to return to private practice in Seattle, focusing on corporation and probate law, and procedural matters in the law firm of Chadwick, McMicken, Ramsey & Rupp.

[3] In 1887, Chadwick married Emma Plummer, with whom he had four children.

[4] Chadwick's son Stephen Fowler Chadwick ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1926 and the United States Senate in 1932 and 1940.

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