Biography

04/18/1828 - 01/09/1909


Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties (1857), Susquehanna County (1858-1859)

CHASE, Simeon Brewster, a Representative from Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties; born, April 18, 1828 in Gibson, Susquehanna County, Pa.; graduated, Hamilton College, 1851; deputy prothonotary, Susquehanna County; lawyer; editor, Montrose Democrat (1847-1851); banker; chair, Susquehanna County Republican Convention (1856); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican for the 1857 term; reelected to the House for the 1858 and 1859 terms; Speaker pro tempore (1859); not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1860 term; president, Prohibition Party National Convention (1872); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Governor (1872); unsuccessful campaign, judge, Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1878); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1886); died, January 9, 1909 in Hallstead, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; interred. Rose Hill Cemetery, Hallstead, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

 

Bibliography

Chase, S.B. Manual or Exposition of the Independent Order of the Good Templars: Embracing Its History, Objects and Workings. Chicago: Press of the Templar’s Offering, 1864.

Chase, Simeon B. A Digest of the laws, decisions, rules and usages of the independent order of Good Templars. Erie: Dispatch Street Print Co, 1868.

Chase, S.B. The Good of the Order: Being a Series of Practical Articles Relative to the Working of Good Templar Lodges. Philadelphia, J.C. Garrigues and Company, 1870.

 


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