Dudley Chase

Dudley Chase
United States Senator from Vermont
In office March 4, 1813 – November 3, 1817
Preceded by	Stephen R. Bradley
Succeeded by	James Fisk
In office March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831
Preceded by	William A. Palmer
Succeeded by	Samuel Prentiss
Personal details
Born	December 30, 1771(1771-12-30) Cornish, Vermont
Died	February 23, 1846(1846-02-23) (aged 74) Randolph Center, Vermont
Political party	Democratic-Republican, National Republican

Dudley Chase (December 30, 1771 – February 23, 1846) was a United States Senator from Vermont.

He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1791, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1793. He worked as a prosecuting attorney for Orange County, Vermont from 1803 to 1812.

He served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1805 to 1812, and speaker from 1808 to 1812.

Chase was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1813 and again as an National Republican in 1825.

Dudley Chase was an uncle of Salmon P. Chase (Treasury Secretary, 1861–1864 and Chief Justice of the United States, 1864–1873) and Dudley Chase Denison (a U.S. Representative from Vermont.)

References

• Dudley Chase at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Dartmouth Alumni Bio from 1867

Political offices
Preceded by Aaron Leland	Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives 1808–1813	Succeeded by Daniel Chipman
United States Senate
Preceded by Stephen R. Bradley	United States Senator (Class 3) from Vermont 1813–1817 Served alongside: Jonathan Robinson, Isaac Tichenor	Succeeded by James Fisk
Preceded by William A. Palmer	United States Senator (Class 3) from Vermont 1825–1831 Served alongside: Horatio Seymour	Succeeded by Samuel Prentiss