Horace B. Chase was an American

United States

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 politician who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Chase was born in Vermont

Vermont

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, on Christmas Day of 1810 and lived near Derby, Vermont

Derby, Vermont

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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 and served as mayor of Milwaukee in 1862. He also served in the first Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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 in 1848

Chase died in 1886 and is buried in Forest Home Cemetery

Forest Home Cemetery

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in Milwaukee.