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|name = Jerome B. Chaffee
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'''Jerome Bunty Chaffee''' (April 17, 1825 – March 9, 1886) was an American entrepreneur and [[United States Senator]] from [[Colorado]]. [[Chaffee County, Colorado]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://
==Biography==
He was born in [[Cambria, 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|Elmwood]], [[Kansas Territory]] where he started banking businesses and engaged in land speculation.
[[Image:Jerome Bunty Chaffee grave Oakwood Cemetery Adrian Michigan.JPG|thumb|150px|left|Chaffee grave]]
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 [[FNB Corporation|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.
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In 1884, Chaffee was elected state chairman of the [[Colorado Republican Party]].
His sole surviving child, daughter Fannie Josephine (1857–1909), married [[Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.]], a son of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]]. The couple had five children, including [[Ulysses S. Grant IV]].
Chaffee died March 9, 1886, at the Grants' home in [[Salem Center, New York]]. He is buried in Adrian Cemetery, in [[Adrian, Michigan]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000271 ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'']</ref>
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| before = [[Allen Alexander Bradford]]
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