Horace Chase

Horace B. Chase (December 25, 1810 – September 1, 1886) was an American Democratic politician and Milwaukee County pioneer. He was the 14th mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (1862) and represented southern Milwaukee County in the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1st Wisconsin Legislature (1848).

Horace Chase
From History of Milwaukee from its first settlement to the year 1895 (1895)
14th Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
In office
April 1862 – April 1863
Preceded byJames S. Brown
Succeeded byEdward O'Neill
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Milwaukee 6th district
In office
June 5, 1848 – January 1, 1849
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEnoch Chase
Personal details
Born(1810-12-25)December 25, 1810
Derby, Vermont, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1, 1886(1886-09-01) (aged 75)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Sarah Ann Gray
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    (m. 1837; died 1852)​
  • Mary H. Davis
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    (m. 1858; died 1882)​
Children
  • Frances Chase
  • (b. 1846; died 1846)
RelativesEnoch Chase (brother)

Biography

Chase was born in Vermont, on Christmas Day of 1810 and lived near Derby, Vermont. One of Milwaukee's pioneers, he first arrived in Milwaukee in December 1834, left for Chicago, and returned to settle in Milwaukee in March 1835. Later in that year, Chase was the clerk of the first election in ever held in Milwaukee. He was an alderman, county supervisor, served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846, and served as mayor of Milwaukee in 1862. He also served in the first Wisconsin State Assembly in 1848.[1][2][3]

Chase died on September 1, 1886, at his home in Milwaukee, after an illness of several months. His body was interred at Milwaukee's historic Forest Home Cemetery.[4] Near the time of his death, he was referred to as the oldest remaining settler of Milwaukee.[5]

References
  1. Mayors of Milwaukee
  2. Forest Home Cemetery Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Ex-Mayor Horace Chase". The Weekly Wisconsin. September 4, 1886. p. 5. Retrieved August 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Horace Chase Dying". Wisconsin State Journal. August 25, 1886. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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