Ray P. Chase

Ray P. Chase

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's General Ticket (Seat Two) district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	District abolished
9th Minnesota State Auditor
In office 1921–1931
Preceded by	J.A.O. Preus
Succeeded by	Stafford King
Personal details
Born	March 12, 1880 Anoka County, Minnesota
Died	September 18, 1948 (aged 68) Anoka, Minnesota
Political party	Republican
Residence	Anoka, Minnesota
Alma mater	University of Minnesota St. Paul College of Law
Profession	Attorney, judge

Ray Park Chase (March 12, 1880 – September 18, 1948) was a United States Representative from Minnesota and a Minnesota State Auditor.

Life and career

Chase was born in Anoka County, Minnesota on March 12, 1880. He attended the public schools and graduated from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1903. Chase attended the University of Minnesota Law School in 1904, 1905, 1915, and 1916, but did not graduate. He engaged in the publishing and printing business at Anoka, Minnesota from 1904 to 1914.

Chase served as municipal judge of Anoka, Minnesota from 1911 to 1916, and as deputy State auditor and land commissioner of Minnesota from 1916 through 1920. Chase returned to law school at William Mitchell College of Law (then the St. Paul College of Law) and finally graduated in 1919;^[1] was admitted to the bar the same year but did not practice. He was elected state auditor as a Republican in 1920, and served through 1931. He stood unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1930.

Chase was elected as a Republican to the 73rd congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935) during a period when the state elected all Representatives at-large. He unsuccessfully sought renomination in 1934 when the seats were again broken into districts. After serving in Congress, Chase practiced law, specializing in legal research from 1935 through 1943. From 1944 through 1948 he served as a member of the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission.

During the 1938 gubernatorial race, Chase authored a book "Are They Communists or Catspaws: A Red Baiting Article", trying to trying to prove a link between the incumbent DFL administration and the Communist Party, however the book blatantly introduced anti-Semitism into Minnesota politics as all of his examples were addressing Jews.^[2]^[3] The book helped his side win the election, but it also prompted the organization, Jewish Community Relations Council, to combat local anti-Semitism.^[2]

Chase died in Anoka, Minnesota, on September 18, 1948. He is interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Anoka.

References

↑ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000331
1 2 Patrick Coleman, A Dark Chapter in Minnesoa's Political History, Minnesota Historical Society, January 2009.
↑ Berman, Hyman; Mack Schloff, Linda (May 1, 2002). Jews in Minnesota (1st ed.). Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 0873514181. Retrieved 10 Feb 2015.

United States Congress. "Ray P. Chase (id: C000331)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by General Ticket Established	U.S. Representative from Minnesota General Ticket Seat Two 1933–1935	Succeeded by General Ticket Abolished
Political offices
Preceded by J. A. O. Preus	State Auditor of Minnesota 1921–1931	Succeeded by Stafford King

State Auditors of Minnesota

Dunbar McIlrath Whitcomb Braden Biermann Dunn Iverson Preus Chase King O'Brien Hatfield Mattson Carlson Dayton Dutcher Anderson Otto

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota

Districts 1–8 (active)

1st district	Territorial Delegate, 1849–1858 Sibley Rice Kingsbury 1863–1933 Windom Wilkinson Dunnell While T. Wilson Dunnell Harries Tawney Anderson Furlow Christgau 1935–present Andresen Quie Erdahl Penny Gutknecht Walz

2nd district	1863–1933 Donnelly E.M. Wilson Averill Strait Poehler Strait Wakefield Lind McCleary Hammond Ellsworth Clague 1935–present Ryan O'Hara Nelsen Hagedorn Weber Minge Kennedy Kline Lewis (elect)

3rd district	1873–1933 Averill King Stewart Washburn Strait MacDonald D. Hall O. Hall Heatwole Davis Andresen 1935–present Lundeen Teigan Alexander Gale Gallagher MacKinnon Wier MacGregor Frenzel Ramstad Paulsen

4th district	1883–1933 Washburn Gilfillan Rice Snider Castle Kiefer Stevens Van Dyke Keller Maas 1935–present Maas Starkey Devitt McCarthy Karth Vento McCollum

5th district	1883–1933 Nelson Comstock Halvorson Fletcher Lind Fletcher Nye Smith Lundeen Newton W. Nolan 1935–present Christianson D. Johnson Youngdahl Judd Fraser Sabo Ellison

6th district	1893–1933 Baldwin Towne Morris Buckman Lindbergh H. Knutson 1935–present H. Knutson Marshall Olson Zwach R. Nolan Weber Sikorski Grams Luther Kennedy Bachmann Emmer

7th district	1893–1933 Boen Eddy Volstead O. Kvale P. Kvale 1935–present P. Kvale Andersen Langen Bergland Stangeland Peterson

8th district	1903–1933 Bede Miller Carss Larson Carss Pittenger 1935–present Pittenger Bernard Pittenger Blatnik Oberstar Cravaack R. Nolan

Districts 9–10 and Statewide General Ticket (obsolete)

9th district	1903–33 Steenerson Wefald Selvig 1935–63 Buckler Hagen C. Knutson Langen

10th district	1915–33 Schall Goodwin

General Ticket	1858–63 Cavanaugh Phelps Windom Aldrich 1913–15 Manahan 1933–35 Arens Chase Christianson Hoidale Johnson H. Knutson P. Kvale Lundeen Shoemaker

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 43238787 LCCN: n84086996 US Congress: C000331

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