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James Mitchell Chase
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byWilliam I. Swoope
Succeeded byJ. Banks Kurtz
Personal details
Born(1891-12-19)December 19, 1891
Glen Richey, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 1, 1945(1945-01-01) (aged 53)
Political partyRepublican

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.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byWilliam I. Swoope Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

1927–1933
Succeeded byJ. Banks Kurtz
Pennsylvania's delegation(s) to the 70th–72nd United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)
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