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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NebraskaJackson Burton CHASE
(1890-1974)
CHASE, Jackson Burton, a
Representative from Nebraska; born in Seward, Nebr., August 19,
1890; in early life lived in California and Illinois; worked for
the Burlington Railroad; graduated from high school in Omaha,
Nebr., in 1907; employed by John Deere Plow Co., 1907-1910;
attended the University of Nebraska 1910-1912; LL.B., University of
Michigan Law School, 1913; was admitted to the bar the same year
and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; during the First World War
served with the Field Artillery, United States Army; assistant
attorney general of Nebraska in 1921 and 1922; engaged in the
practice of law in Omaha, Nebr., 1923-1942; legal adviser to Omaha
Welfare Board in 1930 and 1931; member of the State house of
representatives in 1933 and 1934; owner and manager of farmland in
Nebraska and Iowa; served as a major, Judge Advocate
General’s Department, 1942-1945; chairman of Nebraska Liquor
Control Commission in 1945 and 1946; judge of the fourth judicial
district court of Nebraska, 1946-1954; elected as a Republican to
the Eighty-fourth Congress (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1957); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth
Congress; again elected judge of the fourth judicial district court
of Nebraska 1956-1960; died in Atlanta, Ga., May 4, 1974; interment
in Hillcrest Cemetery, Omaha, Nebr.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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