Salmon Chase
| Salmon P. Chase | |
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| 6th Chief Justice of the United States | |
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In office December 6, 1864 – May 7, 1873 |
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| Nominated by | Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | Roger Taney |
| Succeeded by | Morrison Waite |
| 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office March 7, 1861 – June 30, 1864 |
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| President | Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | John Dix |
| Succeeded by | William Fessenden |
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United States Senator from Ohio |
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In office March 4, 1861 – March 6, 1861 |
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| Preceded by | George Pugh |
| Succeeded by | John Sherman |
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In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Preceded by | William Allen |
| Succeeded by | George Pugh |
| 23rd Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 14, 1856 – January 9, 1860 |
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| Lieutenant |
Thomas Ford Martin Welker |
| Preceded by | William Medill |
| Succeeded by | William Dennison |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Salmon Portland Chase January 13, 1808 Cornish, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 1873 (aged 65) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party |
Whig (Before 1841) Liberty (1841–1848) Free Soil (1848–1854) Republican (1854–1868) Democratic (1868–1873) |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine Garmiss Eliza Ann Smith Sarah Dunlop Ludlow |
| Children | 2 (including Kate) |
| Education |
University of Cincinnati Dartmouth College (BA) |
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Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. Earlier in his career, Chase was the 23rd Governor of Ohio and a U.S. Senator from Ohio prior to service under Abraham Lincoln as the 25th Secretary of the Treasury.
As Secretary of the Treasury, Chase strengthened the federal government, introducing its first paper currency as well as a national bank, both during wartime.
Chase articulated the "slave power conspiracy" thesis, devoting his energies to the destruction of what he considered the Slave Power—the conspiracy of Southern slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty. He coined the slogan of the Free Soil Party, "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men". Chief Justice Chase presided over the Senate trial of Andrew Johnson during the President's impeachment proceedings in 1868.
Chase was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 13, 1808, to Janet Ralston and Ithamar Chase, who died in 1817 when Salmon was nine years old. His mother was left with ten children and few resources, and so Salmon lived from 1820 to 1824 in Ohio with his uncle Bishop Philander Chase, a leading figure in the Protestant Episcopal Church in the West. U.S. Senator Dudley Chase of Vermont was another uncle.
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