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| Affiliation | Republican |
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1880-01-01 |
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| Name | Jonathan Chace |
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Central Falls, Rhode Island , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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July 22, 1829
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| Died | June 30, 1917
(87 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Dec 13, 2022 07:15am |
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| Info | CHACE, Jonathan, a Representative and a Senator from Rhode Island; born at Fall River, Mass., July 22, 1829; attended the public schools and Friends’ School at Providence, R.I.; moved to Central Falls, R.I.; engaged in cotton manufacturing
RI State Senate 1876-1877
US House (R-RI) 1881-1885; resigned on 1/26/1885
US Senate (R-RI) 1885-1889. Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry B. Anthony and took office on 1/20/1885. Resigned from office on 4/9/1889. Chairman, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses). He was the first Quaker to serve in the US Senate (Portland Daily Press, 3/18/1889), and his chief accomplishment was international copyright legislation that protected the rights of American authors whose works were re-printed abroad (Wichita Eagle, 11/26/1889).
President of the Phoenix National Bank of Providence, R.I., and interested in several manufacturing enterprises; died in Providence, R.I., June 30, 1917; interment in the North Burial Ground.
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