Salmon Portland Chase

Born: 01/13/1808 (Cornish, NH)
Died: 05/07/1873 (New York, NY)

Political Party:
Free Soil, Republican

Demographics:
Male; Caucasian; Episcopalian

Profession:
Politician, Lawyer, Jurist

Political Positions:
U.S. Senate, OH (1849 - 1855);
Governor, OH (1856 - 1860);
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1861 - 1864);
U.S. Senate, OH (1861);
U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice (1864 - 1873)

Candidate:
For the Republican Nomination for President (1856, 1860)

Education:
Dartmouth College (1826)
Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Details:
Admitted to the Bar (1829)

Historical Info:
Active in the Free Soil movement of 1848; Significant role in establishing a national banking system; Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, December 6, 1864; Presided at the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868). The Chase Manhattan Bank was named in his honor (despite having no involvement with the institution).

Groups/Organizations:
Freemasons; Military Order of the Loyal Legion

Family:
m. Katherine Jane Garmiss (4-Mar-1834), m2. Eliza Ann Smith (26-Sep-1839), m3. Sarah Bella Dunlap Ludlow (6-Nov-1846)

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