De Lanson Alson Newton Chase (26 April 1875 – 19 October 1953) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1929 he served as Lieutenant Governor of

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...

Life

De Lanson Chase was born in

Jay, Vermont Jay is one of the northernmost towns in Orleans County, Vermont, United States, located on the Canada–US border. The population was 551 at the 2020 census. Jay is named for John Jay, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The US ...

. In 1893 he graduated from the ''Central Business College'' at Leavenworth, Kansas. Afterwards he studied law at the ''Omaha School of Law'' and after his admission to the bar in 1901 he began to work as an attorney. Later he got involved in many other business activities and he founded several companies such as the ''D. A. N. Chase Motor Company'', the ''Pleasanton Monument Company'' and the ''D. A. N. Chase Dry Goods Company''. In addition he owned the ''Burke Printing Company''. Chase was also engaged in the real estate business and in banking. Eventually he reached the position of the President of the ''First National Bank of Pleasanton''. Chase joined the Republican Party. For nine years he was treasurer of the Pleasanton school district and between 1916 and 1920 he was a member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafti ...

. From 1920 until 1924 he served as a State Senator. In 1924 he was elected to the office of

Lieutenant Governor of Kansas The lieutenant governor of Kansas is the second-ranking member of the executive branch of Kansas state government. The lieutenant governor is elected on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. The lieutenant governor succeeds to the off ...

. After being re-elected in 1926 he served two terms in the position between 12 January 1925 and 14 January 1929 when his second term ended. In this function he was the deputy of Governor

Benjamin S. Paulen Benjamin Sanford Paulen (July 14, 1869 – July 11, 1961) was an American banker and the 23rd Governor of Kansas from 1925 to 1929. He served as mayor of Fredonia, Kansas and in the Kansas Senate. Biography Paulen was born in DeWitt County, I ...

. In 1928 he ran unsuccessfully for the Republican ticket for Governor. He died on 19 October 1953 in

Ottawa, Kansas Ottawa (pronounced ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is located on both banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the c ...

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The Political Graveyard

The Lieutenant Governors of Kansas

1875 births 1953 deaths 20th-century American politicians Republican Party Kansas state senators Lieutenant Governors of Kansas People from Orleans County, Vermont People from Pleasanton, Kansas {{Kansas-politician-stub