Simeon B. Chase

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Simeon B. Chase

| image = Simeon Brewster Chase (1887).png

| caption =

| office = 2nd Chairman of the Prohibition Party

| term_start = 1872

| term_end = 1876

| predecessor = John Russell

| successor = James Black

| office1 = Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

| term_start1 = 1857

| term_end1 = 1861

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| birth_name = Simeon Brewster Chase

| birth_date = {{birth date|1828|04|18}}

| birth_place = Gibson, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1909|01|09|1828|04|18}}

| death_place = Hallstead, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| restingplace =

| party = Prohibition (1869–1909)

| otherparty = Republican (1856–1869)
Democratic Party (before 1856)

| father = Amasa Chase

| mother = Sarah Guile

| spouse = {{Marriage|Fanny DuBois|1851|1902|end=her death}}

| children = 4

| relatives =

| education = Hamilton College

| signature =

}}

Simeon Brewster Chase (April 18, 1828 – January 9, 1909) was an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and was active in the Prohibition Party.{{Cite web |title=Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8183&body=H |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=archives.house.state.pa.us}}

Life

Simeon Brewster Chase was born on April 18, 1828, to Amasa Chase and Sarah Guile in Gibson, Pennsylvania. In 1851, he graduated from Hamilton College with a law degree and later married Fanny DuBois. In 1851, he and Ezra Chase, who later served as the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, purchase the Montrose Democrat and served as an editor for the paper until he left the Democratic Party in 1856 to join the Republican.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47439969/the-montrose-democrat/ |title=Montrose Democrat |date=February 18, 1909 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200327123212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47439969/the-montrose-democrat/ |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 27, 2020 }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47439742/tunkhannock-new-age/ |title=Helped Form Political Parties |date=January 21, 1909 |work=Tunkhannock New Age |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327122434/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47439742/tunkhannock-new-age/ |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1856, he served as the chairman of the Susquehanna County Republican Convention and later served in the state House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. In 1869, he served as one of the founding members of the Prohibition Party and served as the president of the party's first national convention in 1872.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47439751/the-baltimore-sun/ |title=S. B. Chase |date=January 16, 1909 |work=The Baltimore Sun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200327123020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47439751/the-baltimore-sun/ |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 27, 2020 }}

In 1872, he received the Prohibition gubernatorial nomination, ran for Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1878, and ran for the House of Representatives in 1878, 1886, 1888, and 1892.

Chase died on January 9, 1909.

Electoral history

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{{Election box begin|title = 1872 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election{{Cite news |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=42030 |title=PA Governor 1872 |date=August 24, 2015}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John F. Hartranft

|votes = 353,287

|percentage = 52.55%

|change = +2.15%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Charles R. Buckalew

|votes = 317,700

|percentage = 47.26%

|change = -2.34%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = Simeon B. Chase

|votes = 1,250

|percentage = 0.19%

|change = +0.19%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Winthrop W. Ketchum (write-in)

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.00%

|change = +0.00%

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 672,238

|percentage = 100.00%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title = 1878 Pennsylvania Fifteenth Congressional district election{{Cite news |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=509557 |title=PA - District 15 1878 |date=January 9, 2009}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Edward Overton Jr. (incumbent)

|votes = 13,160

|percentage = 49.21%

|change = -3.93%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Greenback Party

|candidate = DeWitt C. DeWitt

|votes = 9,320

|percentage = 34.85%

|change = +34.85%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = William H. Dimmick

|votes = 3,783

|percentage = 14.15%

|change = -32.71%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = Simeon B. Chase

|votes = 482

|percentage = 1.80%

|change = +1.80%

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 26,745

|percentage = 100.00%

|change =

}}

{{Election box begin|title = 1884 Pennsylvania Tenth Congressional district election{{Cite news |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=516073 |title=PA - District 10 1884 |date=February 22, 2009}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = William Henry Sowden (incumbent)

|votes = 21,370

|percentage = 96.83%

|change = +37.66%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Prohibition Party

|candidate = Simeon B. Chase

|votes = 699

|percentage = 3.17%