Ray P. Chase

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Ray Park Chase (March 12, 1880 – September 18, 1948) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Anoka County, Minnesota, March 12, 1880; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1903; attended the law department of the University of Minnesota in 1904, 1905, 1915, and 1916; engaged in the publishing and printing business at Anoka, Minnesota, 1904 – 1914; municipal judge of Anoka, Minnesota, 1911 – 1916; deputy State auditor and land commissioner of Minnesota 1916 – 1920; was graduated from the St. Paul, Minnesota College of Law in 1919; was admitted to the bar the same year but did not practice; State auditor and land commissioner of Minnesota 1921 – 1931; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1930; elected as a Republican to the 73rd congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; practiced law, specializing in legal research, 1935 – 1943; member of the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission 1944 – 1948; died in Anoka, Minnesota, on September 18, 1948; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.

Preceded by Frank Clague	U.S. Representative from Minnesota (at large) 1933 – 1935	Succeeded by Elmer Ryan
Preceded by J. A. O. Preus	State Auditor of Minnesota 1921 – 1931	Succeeded by Stafford King

State Auditors of Minnesota
Dunbar • McIlrath • Whitcomb • Braden • Biermann • Dunn • Iverson • Preus • Chase • King • O'Brien • Hatfield • Mattson • Carlson • Dayton • Dutcher • Anderson • Otto