1. | Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase was born on 13 Jan 1808 in Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; died on 7 May 1873 in New York, New York County, New York. Other Events:
- Group: Famous Historical Figure
- Occupation: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Chief Justice, U. S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, Cabinet member, Supreme Court chief justice.
He was born in Cornish, N.H.
A lawyer in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was an active abolitionist, known as "the attorney general for runaway Negroes." He served as governor of Ohio (1855--60) and was twice elected to the U.S. Senate (Dem./Free-Soil, 1849--53; Rep., 1860--61). He resigned to serve as Lincoln's secretary of the treasury during the Civil War (1861--64). A vocal cabinet member who often disagreed with Lincoln over slavery issues and military matters, he attempted to resign three times before Lincoln accepted his fourth offer (1864) after a radical faction called for Chase to replace Lincoln as the Republican candidate. Upon his re-election and despite their differences, Lincoln appointed him Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1864-73). Despite his strong personal antipathy to slavery and secession, he made a number of impartial decisions during the Reconstruction and reluctantly but scrupulously presided over the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson.
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