Chase, Dudley – Chase, William Thomas
Chase, Dudley
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Dec. 30, 1771, in Cornish, N. H. He was state's attorney for Orange county; was a member of the constitutional conventions of 1814 and 1822; was a representative from Randolph to the legislature of Vermont in 1805-12, during five years of which he was speaker.
He was again elected representative from the same town in 1823 and 1824; and was elected United States senator from Vermont from 1813 to 1819. He resigned his seat in 1817; and was chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont in 1817-21. In 1824 he was again chosen 'United States senator from 1825 to 1831. He died Feb. 23, 1846, in Randolph, Vt.
Chase, Epaphras B
soldier, legislator, was born Oct. 10, 1800, in Bradford, Vt. He was president of the Lyndon bank from its organization till his death.
He was one of the organizers of the Vermont state agricultural society, and a long time director. From 1833-36 he was general of the first Vermont brigade, and was a representative in the Vermont state legislature. He died in September, 1867.
Chase, Frederic Augustus
clergyman, educator, college president, was born Jan. 29, 1833, in King's Ferry, N. Y.
After being ordained as a presbyterian clergyman, he had charge of churches in Parishville and Lyndonville, N. Y. From 1868 till 1870 he was president of a female seminary in Lyons, Iowa; and in 1872 became professor of natural sciences in Fisk university of Nashville, Tenn.
Chase, George
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 29, 1849, in Portland, Maine. He is a professor of criminal law at Columbia college, and the author of The American Students' Blackstone.
Chase, George Colby
educator, college president, was born March 15, 1844, in Unity, Maine. He has filled the chair of professor of ancient classics in New Hampton literary institution, and from 1872-94 was professor of English literature in Bates college, when he was appointed president of that institution.
Chase, George Lewis
underwriter, was born Jan. 13, 1828, in Millbury, Mass. In 1866 he became president of the Hartford Insurance company; and in 1876 was elected president of the national board of fire underwriters. He has been a prominent directorate of many banking and financial institutions of Hartford, Conn.
Chase, George Wingate
congressman, author, was born in 1826 in Haverhill, Mass. During 1853-55 he was a representative in congress from New York state. He was the author of History of Haverhill, 1640-1860; The Freemason's Monitor; Masonic Dictionary and Manual of Masonic Law; and Tactics for Knights Templars and Appendant Authors. He died May 1, 1867, in Maryland, N. Y.
Chase, Harry
painter was born in 1853 in Woodstock, Vt. His principal works are Breezy Afternoon off the Battery in New York; Low Tide on the Welsh Coast; Outward-bound Whaler; Bringing the Fish Ashore; and New York Harbor.
Chase, Hiram W
banker, was born Jan. 12, 1823, in Auburn, N. Y. He has been prominently identified with the railroad interests of Lafayette, Ind. He was largely instrumental in establishing the Lafayette Savings bank in 1869.
Chase, Horace
state legislator, was born in New England. He was a member of the first constitutional convention of Wisconsin and a member of the first state legislature. He was mayor of Milwaukee in 1862-63. He died in 1887.
Chase, Irah
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 5, 1793, in Stratton, Vt. He was a baptist clergyman of prominence who founded the theological seminary at Newton Centre, Mass., and was professor there in 1825-45. He was the author of Life of Bunyan; Design of Baptism; The Jewish Tabernacle; Infant Baptism an Invention of Men; and The Constitutions of the Holy Apostles. He died Nov. 1, 1864, in Newton, Mass.
Chase, Jeremiah T
congressman.
He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1783 to 1784.
Chase, Julia Clarke
poet, was born April 9, 1856, in Neosho, Wis. She has written one thousand poems, besides a great deal of prose, stories and sketches for children.
Chase, Lucien B
congressman, author, was born Aug. 9, 1817, in Vermont. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1845 to 1847, and for a second term, ending in 1849. He was the author of a work entitled History of President Polk's Administration. He died Dec. 14, 1864, in Vermont.
Chase, Lyman Cleveland
educator, clergyman, author, was born Oct. 2, 1839, in Rutland, Ohio. He attended the district schools in Ohio; commenced teaching at the age of fifteen, and in 1866 graduated from the Hillsdare college. The same year he entered Atwood institute, Ohio, as principal. In 1869 he was ordained a clergyman in the free baptist church. In 1882 he moved to Kansas, and the following year became superintendent of missions in the freewill baptist church and has ever since been engaged in ministerial work. He is the author of Contending for the Faith; and Christian's Manual of His Essentials to Success in Christian Life and Work.
Chase, Martha Ellen
educator, was born Dec. 5, 1846, in Lyndon, Vt. She is the daughter of General E. B. Chase; has always been engaged in educational work; and in 1877 established the Santa Rosa seminary, California, of which she is still principal. She has contributed extensively to the educational literature of the times; and also on current topics.
Chase, Philander
bishop, author, was born Dec. 14, 1775, in Cornish, N. H.
He was the first protestant episcopal bishop of Ohio, and later of Illinois. He founded Kenyon college at Gambier, Ohio.
He was the author of A Plea for the West; Defence of Kenyon College; and Reminiscences. He died Sept. 20, 1852, at Jubilee College, Ill.
Chase, Philip Stephen
soldier, legislator, was born Nov. 3, 1843, in Portsmouth, R. I. He was a soldier in the civil war, and in 1883 was appointed department commander Grand Army of the Republic. In 1868 he was a member of the Rhode Island legislature, and in 1895 was elected city auditor of Providence, R. I. He was an officer of the Rhode Island militia for fourteen years, thirteen of which was assistant adjutant general with rank of lieutenant colonel.
Chase, Pliny Earle
educator, scientist, author, was born Aug. 18, 1820, in Worcester, Mass. He was an educator and scientist of Philadelphia and the author of Numerical Relations of Gravity and Magnetism; Elements of Meteorology; Elements of Arithmetic; and Common School Arithmetic. He died Dec. 17, 1886, in Haverford, Pa.
Chase, Salmon Portland
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Jan. 13, 1808, in Cornish, N. H. His first public position was that of school examiner in Cincinnati, in 1839; in 1840 was a city councilman; in 1845 projected what was called a liberty convention; and was a member of the freesoil convention held at Buffalo in 1848.
He was a senator in congress, from Ohio, from 1849 to 1855; was elected governor of Ohio in 1855, and re-elected in 1857.
In 1860 he was again chosen a senator in congress. In 1864 he was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of the United States. By virtue of his position as chief justice he presided over the senate while acting as a court of impeachment, during the trial of President Andrew Johnson, in 1868. He died May 7, 1873, in New York city.
Chase, Samuel
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress, from New York, from 1827 to 1829.
Chase, Samuel
jurist, statesman, was born April 17, 1741, in Somerset county, Maryland. He was sent by Maryland as a delegate to the continental congress, where he served from 1774 to 1778, and in 1784 and 1785. He wasa signer of the declaration of independence.
In 1788 he was appointed chief justice of the criminal court; a member of the convention that ratified the federal constitution, and in 1796 was appointed an associate on the supreme bench. He died June 19, 1811. was
Chase, Thomas
educator, college president, author, was born June 16, 1827, in Worcester, Mass. He was an educator of Pennsylvania, and president of Haverford college. He was co-editor with George Stuart of a series of classical textbooks, and also published Hellas, her Monuments and Scenery, descriptive of his travels in Greece. He died in 1892.
Chase, William Ezra
educator, lawyer, was born Jan. 1, 1872, in Fremont, Neb. He graduated from the Iowa college in 1891, with the degree of A. B. For two years he was professor of ancient and modern languages in Hull, academy, Iowa; in 1893-94 was instructor in the Calumet high school, Michigan; in 1894- 95 was principal of public schools in Benjamin, Tex.; and in 1895-96 was connected with the Epworth seminary, Iowa.
Chase, William Merritt
painter, was born Nov. 1, 1849, in Franklin, Ind.
Fish Market; The Dowager; Broken Jug; Ready for a Ride; The Apprentice; portrait of General Webb; and portrait of Peter Cooper (1882).
Chase, William Thomas
clergyman, was born July 11, 1839, in Hallowell, Maine. He occupied the pulpit of the famous Ruggles Street church for two and one-half years, when he was called, in 1891, to the Fifth baptist church of Philadelphia. He is trustee of the Newton Theological institution and president of the baptist education society of Maine.