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Salmon P. Chase

“The second man in importance and ability to be put into the Cabinet was Mr. [Salmon P.] Chase, of Ohio,” wrote fellow Administration official Charles A. Dana. “He was an able, noble, spotless statesman a man who would have been worthy of the best days of the old Roman republic. He had been a candidate for the presidency, though a less conspicuous one than Seward. Mr. Chase was a portly man; tall, and of an impressive appearance, with a very handsome, large head. He was genial, though very decided, and occasionally he would criticize the President, a thing I never heard Mr. Seward do. Chase had been successful in Ohio politics, and in the Treasury Department his administration was satisfactory to the public. He was the author of the national banking law. I remember going to dine with him one day – I did that pretty often, as I had known him well when I was on the Tribune – and he said to me: ‘I have completed to-day a very great thing. I have finished the National Bank Act. It will be a blessing to the country long after I am dead.'”

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Salmon P. Chase

Chief justice of the United States from 1864 to 1873

Not to be confused with Samuel Chase.

Salmon P. Chase

Chief Justice Chase, c. 1870

In office
December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873[1]
Nominated byAbraham Lincoln
Preceded byRoger B. Taney
Succeeded byMorrison Waite
In office
March 7, 1861 – June 30, 1864
PresidentAbraham Lincoln
Preceded byJohn Adams Dix
Succeeded byWilliam P. Fessenden
In office
March 4, 1861 – March 6, 1861
Preceded byGeorge Pugh
Succeeded byJohn Sherman
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byWilliam Allen
Succeeded byGeorge Pugh
In office
January 14, 1856 – January 9, 1860
Lieutenant
Preceded byWilliam Medill
Succeeded byWilliam Dennison
Born

Salmon Portland Chase


(1808-01-13)January 13, 1808
Cornish, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedMay 7, 1873(1873-05-07) (aged 65)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeSpring Grove Cemetery
Political party
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    About

    SALMON P. CHASE, the twenty-third governor of Ohio, was born in Cornish, New Hampshire on January 13, 1808. His education was attained at Worthington Church School, Cincinnati College, and at Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1826. He went on to study law in Washington, D.C., and then established his legal career in Cincinnati, Ohio. Chase first entered politics as a member of the Cincinnati city council, a position he won election to in 1840. He also served as a member of the U.S. Senate from 1849 to 1855. Chase next secured the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and was elected governor by a popular vote in the 1855 general election. He was reelected to a second term in 1857. During his tenure, a state geological survey was initiated; a railroad commission was formed; a woman’s property rights bill was sanctioned; and a bureau of statistics was organized. After leaving the governorship, Chase won reelection to the U.S. Senate. However, two days after taking his senatorial seat he resigned. He then assumed an appointment in President Lincoln’s cabinet,

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