J. Mitchell Chase
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{For|the English member of parliament|James Chase (apothecary)}}
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| name = James Mitchell Chase
| image = Cong. J. Mitchell Chase of Penna., 3-5-27 LCCN2016842809.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|12|19}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|1|1|1891|12|19}}
| birth_place = Glen Richey, Pennsylvania
| state = Pennsylvania
| district = 23rd
| term_start = March 4, 1927
| term_end = March 3, 1933
| preceded = William I. Swoope
| succeeded = J. Banks Kurtz
| party = Republican
}}
James Mitchell Chase (December 19, 1891 – January 1, 1945) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
J. Mitchell Chase was born in Glen Richey, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1916. He was admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. During the First World War, he enlisted in the Air Service and served with the American Expeditionary Forces from 1917 to 1919. He served as commander of the American Legion, Department of Pennsylvania, in 1924 and 1925.
Chase was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932. He resumed the practice of law and died in Clearfield. Interment in Hillcrest Cemetery.
References
{{CongBio|C000328}} Retrieved on 2008-02-10
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chase.html The Political Graveyard]
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Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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