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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VermontDudley CHASE
(1771-1846)
Senate Years of Service:
1813-1817; 1825-1831Party: Democratic Republican;
Anti-JacksonianCHASE, Dudley, (uncle of
Salmon Portland Chase and Dudley Chase Denison), a Senator from
Vermont; born in Cornish, N.H., December 30, 1771; attended the
common schools, and graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover,
N.H., in 1791; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1793 and
practiced in Randolph, Vt.; prosecuting attorney for Orange County
1803-1812; member, State house of representatives 1805-1812, and
served as speaker 1808-1812; delegate to the State constitutional
conventions in 1814 and 1822; elected as a Democratic Republican to
the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1813, to November
3, 1817, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Judiciary
(Fourteenth Congress); chief justice of the supreme court of
Vermont 1817-1821; member, State house of representatives
1823-1824; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the United States
Senate and served from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1831; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; died in Randolph Center, Vt., February 23,
1846; interment in Randolph Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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