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Katherine Jane Chase Sprague (August 13, 1840 – July 31, 1899) was a Washington society hostess during the American Civil War. During the war, she married Rhode Island Governor William Sprague . She was the daughter of Ohio politician Salmon P. Chase , who served as Treasury Secretary during President Abraham Lincoln 's first administration and later Chief Justice of the United States .
Daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, Kate Chase Sprague married Rhode Island Senator William Sprague during the Civil War. She was beautiful, charming, precocious, a leading social figure in Washington at 19, and a top political aide to her father until his death. Salmon P. Chase had little luck building a family.
May 11, 2020 · American Queen: The Rise and Fall of Kate Chase Sprague, Civil War “Belle of the North” By John Oller (Da Capo Press, October 2014, 416 pages) From the publisher: Had People magazine been around during the Civil War and after, Kate Chase would have made its “Most Beautiful” and “Most Intriguing” lists every year.
Later, Chase’s son-in-law, Rhode Island Senator William Sprague, bought the house for $32,000. Sprague and Chase’s daughter Kate shared the house with Chase and his other daughter Nettie. The house was one of the social and political centers of Washington because whatever Chase lacked in charisma, he made up for in ambition.
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