Enoch Chase
Enoch Chase | |
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6th district | |
In office January 2, 1882 – January 5, 1885 | |
Preceded by | George Howard Paul |
Succeeded by | Julius Wechselberg |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
In office January 3, 1870 – January 2, 1871 | |
Preceded by | Henry Roethe |
Succeeded by | Valentin Knœll |
Constituency | Milwaukee 9th district |
In office January 3, 1853 – January 2, 1854 | |
Preceded by | William Beck |
Succeeded by | Peter Lavies |
Constituency | Milwaukee 7th district |
In office January 1, 1849 – January 5, 1852 | |
Preceded by | Horace Chase |
Succeeded by | Edward Hasse |
Constituency | Milwaukee 6th district |
Personal details | |
Born | Derby, Vermont, U.S. | January 16, 1809
Died | August 23, 1892 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged 83)
Resting place | Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Relatives | Horace Chase (brother) |
Alma mater | Bowdoin College Dartmouth College |
Enoch Colby Chase (January 16, 1809 – August 23, 1892) was an
Wisconsin State Senate and five terms in the State Assembly
, representing southern Milwaukee County.
Early life
Chase was born in
glassware.[2]
Political career
Chase served in various political positions in Wisconsin. He was a member of the Assembly three times, in 1852 and 1853 as a Whig and in 1870 as a Democrat.
Personal life and family
Horace Chase, the 14th mayor of Milwaukee, was a younger brother of Enoch Chase.
Enoch Chase married twice and had at least 11 children, though four died in childhood. His son Lucian served in the 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, and died of disease after the Battle of Perryville.
Electoral history
Wisconsin Assembly (1851)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 4, 1851 | |||||
Democratic | Edward Hasse | 198 | 40.99% | ||
Free Soil | Morgan L. Burdick | 151 | 31.27% | ||
Whig | Enoch Chase (incumbent) | 134 | 27.74% | ||
Total votes | 483 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic gain from Whig |
Wisconsin Assembly (1852)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 2, 1852 | |||||
Whig | Enoch Chase | 243 | 44.75% | ||
Democratic | Francis Ward | 215 | 39.59% | ||
Free Soil | Mr. Johnson | 85 | 15.65% | ||
Total votes | 543 | 100.0% | |||
Whig gain from Democratic |
Wisconsin Assembly (1869)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 2, 1869 | |||||
Democratic | Enoch Chase | 742 | 62.04% | ||
Republican | Andrew Douglas | 454 | 37.96% | ||
Total votes | 1,196 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
Wisconsin Senate (1881)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 8, 1881 | |||||
Democratic | Enoch Chase | 2,495 | 53.30% | ||
Republican | Peter Barth | 2,092 | 44.69% | ||
Greenback | Newell Daniels | 94 | 2.01% | ||
Total votes | 4,681 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
References
- ^ "Chase, Enoch 1809 - 1892". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ Frank, Louis Frederick (1915). The Medical History of Milwaukee: 1834-1914. Germania Publishing Company. p. xx. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1893). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Historical Society of Wisconsin. p. 23. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
enoch chase born derby vermont.
- ^ Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1893). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Historical Society of Wisconsin. p. 23. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
enoch chase born derby vermont.
- Newspapers.com.
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- ^ "Wisconsin State Government and State Institutions" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1870. p. 367. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- ^ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 530. Retrieved August 18, 2021.