George W. Chase

Who was George W. Chase?

George William Chase was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in the town of Maryland, New York, Chase attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He also engaged in mercantile and milling pursuits at Schenevus, New York.

Chase was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress. He resumed his former agricultural and business pursuits. He died in Chaseville, Maryland Township, New York, April 17, 1867. He was interred in the Chase vault in Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus, New York.