Dudley Chase
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| United States Senator from Vermont | |
| In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | William A. Palmer |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Prentiss |
| In office March 4, 1813 – November 3, 1817 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen R. Bradley |
| Succeeded by | James Fisk |
| Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | |
| In office 1817–1820 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Skinner |
| Succeeded by | Cornelius P. Van Ness |
| Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
| In office 1808–1813 | |
| Preceded by | Aaron Leland |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Chipman |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Randolph | |
| In office 1823–1825 | |
| Preceded by | Shubael Converse |
| Succeeded by | Lebbeus Egerton |
| In office 1805–1813 | |
| Preceded by | James Tarbox |
| Succeeded by | James Tarbox |
| State's AttorneyofOrange County, Vermont | |
| In office 1803–1812 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Bulkley |
| Succeeded by | Elisha Hotchkiss |
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| Born | (1771-12-30)December 30, 1771 Cornish, New Hampshire |
| Died | February 23, 1846(1846-02-23) (aged 74) Randolph Center, Vermont, US |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican, National Republican |
| Spouse | Olivia Brown (m. 1796) |
| Relations | Philander Chase (brother) Salmon P. Chase (nephew) Dudley Chase Denison (nephew) |
| Education | Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Attorney |
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Dudley Chase (December 30, 1771 – February 23, 1846) was a U.S. Senator from Vermont who served from 1813 to 1817 and again from 1825 to 1831. He was born in Cornish, New Hampshire.[1]
After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1791,[2] he studied law under Lot HallinWestminster, Vermont.[3] In 1793, he was admitted to the Vermont bar.[4]
Chase lived, farmed, and practiced law in Randolph, Vermont.[5] He was Orange County State's Attorney from 1803 to 1812.[6] He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1805 to 1812, serving as Speaker from 1808 to 1812.[7] He was elected to the state constitutional conventions in 1814 and 1822.[8]
Chase was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Democratic-Republican in 1812 and served from 1813 to 1817, when he resigned.[9] He was the first ever Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, serving from 1816 to 1817.[10]
After resigning in 1817, he returned to Vermont, where he was chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court until 1821.[11] He served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1823 to 1824.[12]
He returned to national politics in 1825 when he was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the U.S. Senate, serving until 1831.[13]
Dudley Chase died in Randolph on February 23, 1846.[14]
Dudley Chase was the son of Dudley & Alice (Corbett) Chase, an uncle of Salmon P. Chase[15] (Treasury Secretary, 1861–1864 and Chief Justice of the United States, 1864–1873) and Dudley Chase Denison[16] (aU.S. Representative from Vermont). He was the brother of Philander Chase.[17]
Dudley Chase's Randolph Center home still stands and is a private residence.[18]
Chase is one of between 40 and 50 U.S. Senators for whom the Senate historian has no portrait, photograph, or other likeness on file.[19] According to Randolph historian and Chase descendant Harriet M. Chase, no portrait of Dudley Chase was ever painted. Other efforts to locate a likeness of Dudley Chase have also proved unsuccessful.[20]
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| Preceded by | Anti-Jacksonian nominee for Governor of Vermont 1823 |
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives 1808–1813 |
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| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Vermont 1813–1817 Served alongside: Jonathan Robinson, Isaac Tichenor |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 3) from Vermont 1825–1831 Served alongside: Horatio Seymour |
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