Chadwick, Stephen Fowler, 1894-1975

In 1900 Colfax, Whitman co WA, Stephen F Chadwick (Aug 1894, WA)was with parents Stephen J Chadwick (April 1863, OR, married 13 years, father b. CT, mother b. VA) and Emma P Chadwick (Nov 1863, California, parents from PA, mother of 4), along with Washington born sisters Claire L (Feb 1888 ), Harriet (May 1892 ), and Elizabeth P ( Jan 1897). In 1910, the family lived in Olympia, Thurston Co WA.

Stephen F Chadwick (24, b. in Colfax WA) married Margaret G Tyler (22, b. Washington, DC) on July 5 1919 in Charles City, Virginia. She was daughter of D.G. and M.J. Tyler

In 1930 Seattle, Stephen F Chadwick (36, WA) was with wife Margaret (33, District of Columbia), daughter Mary T (8, WA) and son Steven F Chadwick Jr. (5, WA)

In 1940 Seattle, Stephen Chadwick (45, WA) was with wife Margaret and children Mary and Stephen, with a maid, Margaret Takatsuka.

Son Stephen Foster Chadwick, 40, married Annie Buckner Cisyek (sp?), 38, on May 28 1965 in Seattle

Stephen Fowler Chadwick was born in Colfax, Washington, in 1894, the son of Stephen J. Chadwick, who was a judge of the Supreme Court of the state of Washington and its chief justice from 1918-1919. Stephen F. Chadwick attended schools in Colfax and Olympia, Washington, and then the University of Washington, 1911-1912. He graduated from the law school at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1914 and from the University of Washington law school in 1915, entering the practice of law in Seattle in 1915.

Chadwick withdrew from the law practice to enter the U.S. Army in May 1917, serving with the 91st Division at Camp Lewis, Washington, and the 8th Division at Camp Fremont, California, before being assigned to the 27th Infantry American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia from August 1918 to May 1919. He was honorably discharged from the service in May 1919 and resumed his law practice in Seattle.

Chadwick was active in veteran's associations, particularly the American Legion, and helped in handling legal matters for the legion. Chadwick served as the legion's national commander from 1938 to 1939. He was also a member of the operating committee of the United Service Organization and the chair of the Council on Services to Armed Forces (United Service Organization Council) in Seattle.

Chadwick was a member of a number of other civic commissions and committees, and was a trustee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Chadwick ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for Congress in 1926, for the Senate in 1932, and as an anti-New Deal Democrat who broke with the party in 1940 to run as a Republican for the United States Senate. Stephen F. Chadwick died in 1975.