Horace B. Chase (December 25, 1810September 1, 1886) was an

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Democratic politician and

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pioneer. He was the 14th mayor of

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, (1862) and represented southern Milwaukee County in the

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during the

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(1848).

Biography

Chase was born in

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, on

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of 1810 and lived near

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. 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

in 1848. 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

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. Near the time of his death, he was referred to as the oldest remaining settler of Milwaukee.

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* "Tales of Fifty Years Ago". (Sept. 19, 1885). ''Milwaukee Journal''. * , - Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly County supervisors in Wisconsin Milwaukee Common Council members Mayors of Milwaukee 1810 births 1886 deaths People from Orleans County, Vermont 19th-century American politicians {{Wisconsin-mayor-stub