John C. Chase

John Calvin Chase (1870–1937) was an American trade union activist and politician. Chase was elected to two terms as mayor of Haverhill, Massachusetts on the Social Democratic ticket. He is considered the first socialist to elected mayor of an American city. He later ran without success as a Socialist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts and New York, and as a Congressional candidate in Ohio and West Virginia.

John C. Chase

John Calvin Chase (1870–1937) was an American trade union activist and politician. Chase was elected to two terms as mayor of Haverhill, Massachusetts on the Social Democratic ticket. He is considered the first socialist to elected mayor of an American city. He later ran without success as a Socialist candidate for Governor of Massachusetts and New York, and as a Congressional candidate in Ohio and West Virginia.