Lucien Bonaparte Chase (December 5, 1817 – December 4, 1864) was an American politician and a member of the
United States House of Representatives for
Tennessee's
9th congressional district.
Biography
Chase was born in
Derby Line, Vermont on December 5, 1817, the son of Jacob and Hannah W. Chase.
Career
Chase moved to
Dover, Tennessee around 1838 and taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the
bar
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, and began his
practice
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in
Charlotte, Tennessee in
Dickson County
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. He moved to
Clarksville, Tennessee and resumed the
practice of law.
Elected as a member of the
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to the
Twenty-ninth and
Thirtieth Congresses, Chase served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. He declined to be a candidate for re-election in 1848, and he moved to
New York City in 1849. He again resumed the practice of law.
Death
Chase died in Derby Line, Vermont on December 4, 1864 (age 46 years, 365 days). He is interred in
Green-Wood Cemetery in
Brooklyn,
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Bibliography
History of the Polk administration(1850)
English serfdom and American slavery or, Ourselves--As others see us(1854)
References
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1817 births
1864 deaths
Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
People from Derby, Vermont
Tennessee lawyers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
19th-century American politicians
People from Dover, Tennessee
People from Dickson County, Tennessee
People from Clarksville, Tennessee
19th-century American lawyers