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American politician
Jonathan Chace
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In office
January 20, 1885 ? April 9, 1889
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Preceded by
| William P. Sheffield
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Succeeded by
| Nathan F. Dixon, III
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In office
March 4, 1881 ? January 26, 1885
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Preceded by
| Latimer Whipple Ballou
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Succeeded by
| Nathan F. Dixon, III
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In office
1876-1877
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Born
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1829-07-22
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July 22, 1829
Fall River, Massachusetts
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Died
| June 30, 1917
(1917-06-30)
(aged 87)
Providence, Rhode Island
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Resting place
| North Burial Ground
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Nationality
| American
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Political party
| Republican
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Jonathan Chace
(July 22, 1829 – June 30, 1917) was a
United States representative
and
Senator
from
Rhode Island
.
Biography
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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).
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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.
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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), and sponsored a bill presaging the
International Copyright Act of 1891
, sometimes referred to as the Chace Act. 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, and was interred in the
North Burial Ground
.
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Post Office and Post Roads
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Civil Service and Retrenchment
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Civil Service
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Post Office and Civil Service
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