Jonathan Chace

Jonathan Chace

Jonathan Chace (born July 22, 1829 in Fall River , Bristol County , Massachusetts , †  June 30, 1917 in Providence , Rhode Island ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Rhode Island in both chambers of the US Congress represented.

After attending school, Jonathan Chace moved to Central Falls , Rhode Island, where he worked in the cotton industry. He took his first political mandate between 1876 and 1877 as a member of the Senate of Rhode Island . In 1880 he was elected to the US House of Representatives, to which he was a member from March 4, 1881 until his resignation on January 26, 1885.

After the death of US Senator Henry B. Anthony on September 2, 1884, William Paine Sheffield was initially appointed as his acting successor. The by-election then decided Chace for himself, so that he could move into the Senate in January 1885. He stayed there until his resignation on April 9, 1889. During this time he was, among other things, chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment .

Chace then retired from politics and subsequently served as President of the Phoenix National Bank in Providence; He was also involved in numerous other businesses. He had been married to Jane C. Moon since 1854, with whom he had three children. Jonathan Chace was the nephew of the abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace and was also temporarily active in the Underground Railroad .

Web links

• Jonathan Chace in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jonathan Chace in the database of Find a Grave (English)