Dudley Chase was a United States Senator from Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

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He graduated from Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

 in 1791, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1793. He worked as a prosecuting attorney for Orange County, Vermont from 1803 to 1812.

He served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives

Vermont House of Representatives

The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member...

 from 1805 to 1812, and speaker from 1808 to 1812.

Chase was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1813 and again as an National Republican in 1825.

Dudley Chase was an uncle of Salmon P. Chase

Salmon P. Chase

Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and the 23rd Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.Chase was one of the most prominent members...

 (Treasury Secretary, 1861–1864 and Chief Justice of the United States

Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...

, 1864–1873) and Dudley Chase Denison

Dudley Chase Denison

Dudley Chase Denison was a United States Congressman from Vermont.He was born in Royalton, Vermont, attended Royalton Academy, graduated from the University of Vermont in 1840, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Royalton. He was a member of the Vermont State...

 (a U.S. Representative from Vermont.)