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Jonathan Chace

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Birth dateJuly 22, 1829
Place of birthFall River, Massachusetts
Date of deathJune 30, 1917
Death placeProvidence, Rhode Island
Known forU.S. Congressman

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Jonathan Chace (July 22, 1829 � June 30, 1917) was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born at Fall River, Massachusetts, he son of Harvey Chace and the grandson of Oliver Chace. In 1854, he married Jane C. Moon, and they had children: Anna H., Elizabeth M. and Susan A. (the latter deceased). He was also the nephew of famed 19th century abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace and had himself been active in the Underground Railroad during his time in Philadelphia, where he operated a dry goods store.

He attended the public schools and Friends' School at Providence. He moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island and engaged in cotton manufacturing; he was a member of the Rhode Island Senate in 1876-1877 and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, to January 26, 1885, when he resigned.

Chace was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry B. Anthony; he was reelected in 1888 and served from January 20, 1885, to April 9, 1889, when he resigned. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses). He was president of the Phoenix National Bank of Providence, Rhode Island, and was interested in several manufacturing enterprises. Chace died in Providence in 1917; interment was in the North Burial Ground.


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Worthington Daily Globe--Skyler Wenninger drove in a run in a two-run third and -Chace- Hoffman scored on Steven Verhey's hit in the sixth, giving Post 2757 a 12-2 victory. ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:08:11 GMT+00:00
Resident sought to fill vacancy on Easton Conservation Commission - Enterprise News Tweet this news
Enterprise News--Members include Kyla Bennett, John Grant, -Jonathan Chace- and Michael Ganshirt. Selectmen are also seeking a volunteer to serve as an alternate member of the ... - Date : Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:13:40 GMT+00:00
Police have made the following arrests: - Fall River Herald News Tweet this news
Fall River Herald News--James D. Coyle, 24, 320 -Chace- St., charged with failure to stop for police, having an unregistered motor vehicle, having an uninsured motor vehicle, ... - Date : Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:13:51 GMT+00:00
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Yahoo! Sports--Posted by TT-Tony Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:36 pm EDT If Phil leaves, which I don't see anyway he would with the opportunity to -chace- a 3peat, Shaw will take over ... - Date : Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:54:42 GMT+00:00
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BuddyTV--The Gossip Girl landscape will probably not be the same again thanks to -Chace- Crawford's arrest. Now they won't be able to do a decent narcotic story ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:14:33 GMT+00:00
Chace Crawford knows his inner 'Peace' - Monsters and Critics.com Tweet this news
Monsters and Critics.com--The film will shoot in New York's Hudson Valley with BCDF Pictures' Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch and -Jonathan- Burkhart producing. ... - Date : Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:59:14 GMT+00:00

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Latimer Whipple Ballou
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
1881 - 1885
Succeeded by
Nathan F. Dixon, III
United States Senate
Preceded by
William P. Sheffield
United States Senator (Class 2) from Rhode Island
1885 - 1889
Served alongside: Nelson W. Aldrich
Succeeded by
Nathan F. Dixon, III


United States Senators from Rhode Island

Class 1Foster * Potter * Howland * Malbone * Champlin * Hunter * De Wolf * Robbins * Dixon I * Sprague III * Francis * A. Greene * James * Simmons * Arnold * Sprague IV * Burnside * Aldrich * Lippitt * Gerry * Hebert * Gerry * McGrath * Leahy * Pastore * J. Chafee * L. Chafee * Whitehouse
Class 2Stanton * Bradford * R. Greene * Ellery * Fenner * Mathewson * Howell * Burrill * Knight * Simmons * Clarke * Allen * Anthony * Sheffield * Chace * Dixon III * Wetmore * Colt * Metcalf * Green * Pell * Reed



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