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|name = Horace Chase<br />
|image = Horace Chase.png<br />
|caption = From ''History of Milwaukee from its first settlement to the year 1895'' (1895)<br />
|order = 14th<br />
|title = [[List of mayors of Milwaukee|Mayor]] of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]<br />
| term_start = April 1862<br />
| term_end = April 1863<br />
| predecessor = [[James S. Brown]]<br />
| successor = [[Edward O'Neill (Wisconsin politician)|Edward O'Neill]]<br />
|state1 = Wisconsin<br />
|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin<br />
|district1 = [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]] 6th<br />
| term_start1 = June 5, 1848<br />
| term_end1 = January 1, 1849<br />
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''<br />
| successor1 = [[Enoch Chase]]<br />
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1810|12|25}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Derby, Vermont]], U.S.<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|1886|9|1|1810|12|25}}<br />
|death_place = [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin, U.S.<br />
|restingplace = [[Forest Home Cemetery]], {{nowrap|Milwaukee, Wisconsin}}<br />
|spouse = {{unbulleted list<br />
| {{marriage|Sarah Ann Gray|1837|1852|end=died }}<br />
| {{marriage|Mary H. Davis|1858|1882|end=died}}<br />
}}<br />
|children = {{unbulleted list<br />
| Frances Chase<br />
| (b. 1846; died 1846)<br />
}}<br />
|relatives = [[Enoch Chase]] (brother)<br />
}}<br />
'''Horace B. Chase''' (December 25, 1810{{spaced ndash}}September 1, 1886) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician and [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin|Milwaukee County]] pioneer. He was the [[List of mayors of Milwaukee|14th mayor]] of [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], (1862) and represented southern Milwaukee County in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] during the [[1st Wisconsin Legislature]] (1848).<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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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.<ref>[http://www.linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/mkemayors.php Mayors of Milwaukee]</ref><ref>[http://www.foresthomecemetery.com/historical.html Forest Home Cemetery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315140902/http://www.foresthomecemetery.com/historical.html |date=2010-03-15 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf Members of the Wisconsin Legislature] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209014416/http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |date=2006-12-09 }}</ref><br />
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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]].<ref name="obit-ww">{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83803441/horace-chase-obit-ww/ |title= Ex-Mayor Horace Chase |newspaper= The Weekly Wisconsin |date= September 4, 1886 |accessdate= August 20, 2021 |page= 5 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> Near the time of his death, he was referred to as the oldest remaining settler of Milwaukee.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83803764/horace-chase-dying/ |title= Horace Chase Dying |newspaper= [[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date= August 25, 1886 |page= 1 |accessdate= August 20, 2021 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* "Tales of Fifty Years Ago". (Sept. 19, 1885). ''Milwaukee Journal''.<br />
* {{Find a Grave|9513783}}<br />
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