Jonathan Chace

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Jonathan Chace

Born	(1829-07-22)July 22, 1829 Fall River, Massachusetts
Died	June 30, 1917(1917-06-30) (aged 87) Providence, Rhode Island
Known for	U.S. Congressman

Jonathan Chace (July 22, 1829 – June 30, 1917) was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born at Fall River, Massachusetts, the son of Harvey Chace and the grandson of Oliver Chace. In 1854, he married Jane C. Moon, and they had three children: Anna H., Elizabeth M. and Susan A. (the latter deceased).^[1] 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.^[2]

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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Jonathan Chace at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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

v t e United States Senators from Rhode Island

Class 1	Foster 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 2	Stanton Bradford R. Greene Ellery Fenner Mathewson Howell Burrill Knight Simmons Clarke Allen Anthony Sheffield Chace Dixon III Wetmore Colt Metcalf Green Pell Reed

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 78126968 LCCN: n2001083416

Persondata
Name	Chace, Jonathan
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	July 22, 1829
Place of birth	Fall River, Massachusetts
Date of death	June 30, 1917
Place of death	Providence, Rhode Island

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