- Jackson B. Chase
Jackson Burton Chase (1890-1974) was a
Nebraska Republican politician.Early life
He was born in
Seward, Nebraska on August 19, 1890 and lived in California and Illinois while working for Burlington Railroad. He graduated from high school inOmaha, Nebraska in 1907 and was worked forJohn Deere Plow Co from 1907 to 1910. He got hisBachelor of Laws from theUniversity of Nebraska in 1912, where he was a member of theChi Phi Fraternity . He received his law degree from theUniversity of Michigan Law School in 1913, passing the bar in the same year setting up practice inChicago, Illinois Legal Career and Public Service
During
World War I he served with the Field Artillery in theUnited States Army . He was assistantattorney general of Nebraska in 1921 and 1922. He engaged in the practice of law in Omaha from 1923 to 1942. During his practice he was legal adviser to Omaha Welfare Board in 1930 and 1931. He was also elected a member of the Nebraska state house of representatives in 1933 and 1934. He owned and managed farmland in Nebraska andIowa .He served as a major in the Judge Advocate General’s Department from 1942 to 1945. He was the chairman of the Nebraska
Liquor Control Commission in 1945 and 1946. He was a Judge of the fourth judicial district court of Nebraska from 1946 to 1954.Congressional Service
He was elected as a Republican to the
Eighty-fourth United States Congress sering from January 3, 1955 to January 3, 1957. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to theEighty-fifth United States Congress instead he was again elected judge of the fourth judicial district court of Nebraska 1956 to 1960. He died inAtlanta, Georgia on May 4, 1974 and is buried in Omaha.References
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