Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase

1808 - 1873  (65 years)

• Name	Salmon Portland Chase
  Prefix	Chief Justice
  Born	13 Jan 1808	Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  Group	Famous Historical Figure
  	Famous People
  Occupation	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Died	7 May 1873	New York, New York County, New York
  Person ID	I6220	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Ithamar Chase,   b. 27 Sep 1762, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Aug 1817, Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Jannette "Janet" Ralston, of Keene, NH,   b. 26 Jul 1771, Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 6 Apr 1832, Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire  (Age 60 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1792
  Family ID	F4326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Jan 1808 - Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire Died - 7 May 1873 - New York, New York County, New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) By Matthew Brady

  
  

• Notes

  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.