Enoch Chase
Engraving by John Sartain, from History of Milwaukee from its first settlement to the year 1895 (1895)
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 6th district
In office
January 2, 1882 – January 5, 1885
Preceded byGeorge Howard Paul
Succeeded byJulius Wechselberg
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
January 3, 1870 – January 2, 1871
Preceded byHenry Roethe
Succeeded byValentin Knœll
ConstituencyMilwaukee 9th district
In office
January 3, 1853 – January 2, 1854
Preceded byWilliam Beck
Succeeded byPeter Lavies
ConstituencyMilwaukee 7th district
In office
January 1, 1849 – January 5, 1852
Preceded byHorace Chase
Succeeded byEdward Hasse
ConstituencyMilwaukee 6th district
Personal details
Born(1809-01-16)January 16, 1809
Derby, Vermont, U.S.
DiedAugust 23, 1892(1892-08-23) (aged 83)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeForest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • Julia Ann Ellsworth
    ​
    (died 1837)​
  • Nancy Marguerite Bromley
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1837⁠–⁠1892)​
Children
  • with Julia Ellsworth
  • Julia Ann (Brown)
  • (b. 1836; died 1901)
  • with Nancy Bromley
  • George Horace Chase
  • (b. 1838; died 1922)
  • Lucian B. Chase
  • (b. 1841; died 1863)
  • Hannah W. (Burrell)
  • (b. 1843; died 1904)
  • Lilias Chase
  • (b. 1846; died 1847)
  • Ann Follansbee (Sweet)
  • (b. 1848; died 1891)
  • Nell Chase
  • (b. 1851; died 1851)
  • Enoch Chase
  • (b. 1852; died 1854)
  • Clarence G. Chase
  • (b. 1855; died 1899)
  • Horace Chase
  • (b. 1857; died 1860)
  • Clifford C. Chase
  • (b. 1859; died 1927)
RelativesHorace Chase (brother)
Alma materBowdoin College
Dartmouth College

Enoch Colby Chase (January 16, 1809 – August 23, 1892) was an American physician, businessman, and Milwaukee County pioneer. He served three years in the Wisconsin State Senate and five terms in the State Assembly, representing southern Milwaukee County.

Early life

Chase was born in Derby, Vermont,[1] and attended the school of medicine at Bowdoin College before graduating from Dartmouth College as a Doctor of Medicine in 1831. After living for a time in Coldwater, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois, he moved to Wisconsin in 1835, settling in Milwaukee County, as a farmer and a manufacturer of brick and glassware.[2]

Political career

Chase served in various political positions in Wisconsin. He was a member of the Assembly three times, in 1852 and 1853 as a Whig and in 1870 as a Democrat.[3] During his first term he was the Whig candidate for Speaker of the House but was defeated by Moses M. Strong. He represented the southern half of Milwaukee County in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1882 through 1884. Chase, originally a Whig, ran as an independent in 1853 against Democrat Francis Ward and later was himself elected as a Democrat. Chase died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 1892.[4]

Personal life and family

Horace Chase, the 14th mayor of Milwaukee, was a younger brother of Enoch Chase.

Enoch Chase married twice and had at least 11 children, though four died in childhood. His son Lucian served in the 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, and died of disease after the Battle of Perryville.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1851)

Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 6th District Election, 1851[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 4, 1851
Democratic Edward Hasse 198 40.99%
Free Soil Morgan L. Burdick 151 31.27%
Whig Enoch Chase (incumbent) 134 27.74%
Total votes 483 100.0%
Democratic gain from Whig

Wisconsin Assembly (1852)

Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 7th District Election, 1852[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 2, 1852
Whig Enoch Chase 243 44.75%
Democratic Francis Ward 215 39.59%
Free Soil Mr. Johnson 85 15.65%
Total votes 543 100.0%
Whig gain from Democratic

Wisconsin Assembly (1869)

Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 9th District Election, 1869[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 2, 1869
Democratic Enoch Chase 742 62.04%
Republican Andrew Douglas 454 37.96%
Total votes 1,196 100.0%
Democratic hold

Wisconsin Senate (1881)

Wisconsin Senate, 6th District Election, 1881[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 8, 1881
Democratic Enoch Chase 2,495 53.30%
Republican Peter Barth 2,092 44.69%
Greenback Newell Daniels 94 2.01%
Total votes 4,681 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ "Chase, Enoch 1809 - 1892". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  2. ↑ Frank, Louis Frederick (1915). The Medical History of Milwaukee: 1834-1914. Germania Publishing Company. p. xx. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1893). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Historical Society of Wisconsin. p. 23. Retrieved 19 June 2014. enoch chase born derby vermont.
  4. ↑ Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (1893). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Historical Society of Wisconsin. p. 23. Retrieved 19 June 2014. enoch chase born derby vermont.
  5. ↑ "Official Returns from Milwaukee Co". Daily Free Democrat. November 14, 1851. p. 2. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Election Returns". The Weekly Wisconsin. November 10, 1852. p. 2. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Wisconsin State Government and State Institutions" (PDF). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1870. p. 367. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 530. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
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