Ray P. Chase

Ray Park Chase (born March 12, 1880 in Anoka County , Minnesota , †  September 18, 1948 in Anoka , Minnesota) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ray Chase attended the public schools of his home country and then the University of Minnesota until 1903 . Between 1904 and 1914 he worked as a printer and publisher; from 1916 to 1920 he was assistant auditor and land commissioner for the Minnesota state government. After studying law at St. Paul College of Law , he was admitted to the bar in 1919. However, he did not work in this profession then. Instead, Chase continued to be State Auditor and Land Commissioner between 1921 and 1931.

Politically, Chase was a member of the Republican Party . In 1930 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Minnesota; he was defeated by Floyd B. Olson of the Farmer Labor Party . In the 1932 congressional elections, which were exceptionally held nationwide, he was elected for the second seat of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Frank Clague on March 4, 1933 . Since he was no longer nominated by his party for a further legislative period in 1934, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time the 18th amendment from 1919 was revoked by the 21st amendment to the constitution . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages, the so-called Prohibition Act .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Ray Chase worked as a lawyer between 1935 and 1943. He specialized in legal questions in the field of research. Between 1944 and 1948, Chase was a member of the Minnesota State's Railroad and Warehouse Commission . He died in Akona on September 18, 1948.

Web links

• Ray P. Chase in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ray P. Chase in the database of Find a Grave (English)