Arthur Chapin

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Arthur Beebe Chapin (November 17, 1868 – March 20, 1943) was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as the 19th Mayor of Holyoke from 1899 to 1904 and later as the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1905 to April 1, 1909.

Born in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Chapin attended Phillips Academy and Amherst College, finishing his studies in 1891. He spent two years as a writer for The Youth's Companion, then studied law with his father, Judge Henry Chapin, and was admitted to the Hampden County bar in 1895. He became Holyoke’s Solicitor in 1896 and was elected Mayor in 1899.

Chapin resigned as Massachusetts Treasurer in 1909 to become State Bank Commissioner, a position he held until January 15, 1912, when he left to become a vice-president of the American Trust Company. He died in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on March 20, 1943. He was a Republican and worked as a bank director, writer, lawyer, and politician.