- 1876-1879: Inaugural US Senator for Colorado
- 1871-1875: Colorado Territory Congressional Delegate
- Co-Founder: Denver, Colorado
- Namesake: Chaffee County, Colorado
Biography
Sen Jerome B Chaffee was born 17 April 1825 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, United States to Warren Chaffee (1797-1888) and Elizabeth Otto (1801-1840) and died 9 March 1886 US Grant's Home, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mariam Barnard Comstock (1829-1857) 24 September 1848 .
Jerome Bonaparte Chaffee was an American entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado. Chaffee County, Colorado is named after him.
He was born in Cambria, Niagara County, New York. He moved to Adrian, Michigan in 1844 and worked as a teacher until starting a dry goods business in the late 1840s. In 1852 he moved to St. Joseph, Missouri, and later to Elmwood, Kansas Territory where he started banking businesses and engaged in land speculation.
In 1860 he moved to Colorado to invest in mining. He was one of the founders of the City of Denver, Colorado, and founded the First National Bank of Denver in 1865. Chaffee entered politics and helped organize the Colorado Territory, serving in its first legislature as speaker. He was the territorial delegate to the United States Congress starting in 1870.
In 1876, after Colorado was admitted to the Union, Chaffee was elected to the United States Senate. He served for the duration of his term, until 1879, but did not seek reelection due to poor health.
In 1884, Chaffee was elected state chairman of the Colorado Republican Party.
Marriage and Family
His sole surviving child, daughter Frances Josephine Chaffee (1857-1909), married Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., a son of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885).
Chaffee died March 9, 1886 at the Grants' home in Salem Center, Westchester County, New York. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Adrian, Michigan.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Horace Jerome Chaffee (1849-1850) | |||
| Nellie Virginia Chaffee (1853-1861) | |||
| Edward Fenton Chaffee (1855-1855) | |||
| Frances Josephine Chaffee (1857-1909) | 16 January 1857 United States | 10 November 1909 San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States | Ulysses Simpson Grant (1852-1929) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Ann Chafee (1820-1840) | |||
| Jerome Bonaparte Chaffee (1825-1886) | 17 April 1825 Lockport, Niagara County, New York, United States | 9 March 1886 US Grant's Home, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York, United States | Mariam Barnard Comstock (1829-1857) |
| Eliza Abigail Chaffee (1827-1891) | |||
| Francis Warren Chaffee (1829-) | |||
| Julia Etta Chaffee (1832-) | |||
| Anna Chaffee (1835-1863) | |||
| Sara A Chaffee (1835-) | |||
| Charlotte Chaffee (1837-1844) | |||
| Lizzie Otto Chaffee (1840-1932) | |||
| Baby Chaffee (1841-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Emaline Chaffee (1842-1896) | |||
| Elizabeth Allen Chaffee (1843-1925) | |||
| Corwin Wallace Chaffee (1845-1917) | |||
| Jarville Chaffee (1847-1900) | |||
| Estelle Chaffee (1849-) | |||
| Adele Chaffee (1853-1909) | |||
References
- wikipedia:en:Jerome B. Chaffee - Wikipedia
- Jerome B Chaffee - US Congress Biography
- Chaffee Family of Boston - Boston Brahmin