WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan recognized Kenneth Chapman as March’s Granite Stater of the Month. Kenneth retired this year after 50 years of service as Woodstock’s town moderator.
After Kenneth was asked to moderator a special town election in 1975, he realized his passion for upholding democracy and continued to serve as Woodstock’s town moderator for 50 years, including through the 2025 town meeting season. During his service, Kenneth helped Woodstock grow and adapt to new technology while ensuring that Woodstock voters are able to freely and civilly participate in elections and town meetings.
Kenneth’s half-century commitment to upholding the democratic process is an excellent reflection of New Hampshire’s commitment to safeguarding free and fair elections – the foundation of our democracy. His devotion to serving his community is why Senator Hassan named him March’s Granite Stater of the Month.
Senator Hassan launched the “Granite Stater of the Month” initiative in 2017 to recognize outstanding New Hampshire citizens who go above and beyond to help their neighbors and make their communities stronger. To nominate a New Hampshire citizen to be a “Granite Stater of the Month,” constituents can complete the nomination form here.
To read Senator Hassan’s statement for the Congressional Record, see below.
I am honored to recognize Kenneth Chapman of Woodstock as March’s Granite Stater of the Month. Kenneth recently retired after serving as Woodstock’s town moderator for 50 years.
Kenneth was raised to believe that service to his community and to others needed to be a priority. After settling in Woodstock as a young adult, Kenneth began attending school board meetings and joined different town committees. Kenneth enjoyed the ways in which the small town allowed him to directly feel the impact of his efforts to give back to his community. After being asked to moderate a special town election in 1975, Kenneth realized that he had a passion for upholding democracy and ran for the official role of town moderator. He continued to serve in this all-important role through this year’s town meeting season, marking fifty years in service to Woodstock.
During his half century of service, Kenneth has had a tangible impact on his community. He has seen the town grow and adapt to new technology, personally overseeing the switch to more modern voting machines, even as he has continued to ensure that Woodstock voters freely and civilly participated in countless elections and town meetings. Over the years, Kenneth also helped his community as a nationally registered paramedic, as an incorporator and trustee of the North Country Center for the Arts, as a member of the Western White Mountains Chamber, and as a member of the Lincoln-Woodstock Cooperative School Board.
Kenneth’s commitment to service as town moderator is an excellent reflection of New Hampshire’s commitment to safeguarding free and fair elections – the foundation of our democracy. And his devotion to serving the Woodstock community in countless other ways as well is a great example of the way Granite Staters take it upon themselves to work with their friends and neighbors to solve problems. I am proud to name Kenneth Chapman as March’s Granite Stater of the Month.
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