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    Salmon P. Chase

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  1. Signature. 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. Chase served as the 23rd governor of Ohio from 1856 to 1860, represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1849 to 1855 and again in 1861, and ...

  2. Dec 18, 2009 · Salmon P. Chase: Early Life . Salmon Portland Chase was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 13, 1808.Following his father’s death in 1817, Chase was sent to Ohio to live with his uncle ...

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  3. Jan 12, 2024 · Salmon Portland Chase was the twenty-third Governor of Ohio, a U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War, and the sixth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Serving as Secretary of the Treasury throughout most of the Civil War, Salmon P. Chase successfully managed the daunting task of maintaining the nation’s ...

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  5. Salmon P. Chase was a lawyer and politician, antislavery leader before the U.S. Civil War, secretary of the Treasury (1861–64) in Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s wartime Cabinet, the sixth chief justice of the United States (1864–73), and repeatedly a seeker of the presidency.

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  6. Cincinnati, OH. Cemetery Name: Spring Grove Cemetery. When Salmon Chase was nine years old, his father died and he was raised by an uncle, who was the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Ohio. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1826, Chase moved to Washington, D.C., where he studied law under U.S. Attorney General William Wirt.

  7. www.oyez.org › justices › salmon_p_chaseSalmon P. Chase | Oyez

    Morrison R. Waite. Salmon Portland Chase was born in New Hampshire to a prominent family whose roots were established in the early colonial period. Chase went to Dartmouth College and then studied law under Attorney General William Wirt. He moved to Cincinnati where he established his law practice. Chase was deeply involved in the antislavery ...

  8. May 11, 2018 · The American statesman Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) was an ardent advocate of African American rights. He was appointed secretary of the Treasury by President Lincoln, who later made him chief justice of the Supreme Court. Salmon P. Chase was born at Cornish, N.H., on Jan. 13, 1808.

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