Salmon P. Chase

**Salmon Portland Chase** (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who was U.S. Senator from Ohio and the 23rd Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States. He was one of the most famous Republicans of his time.

Chase was born on January 13, 1808 in Cornish, New Hampshire. He was raised in Windsor, Vermont and Worthington, Ohio. He studied at Cincinnati College and in Dartmouth College. Chase was married to Katherine Garmiss from 1834 until they divorced. Then he was married to Eliza Ann Smith from 1839 until they divorced. Then he was married to Sarah Dunlop from 1846 until his death in 1873. He had six daughters. Chase died on May 7, 1873 in New York City, New York from an illness, aged 65.

## Other websites

- _The Life of Salmon P. Chase, Attorney General of Fugitive Slaves_.
- The Salmon P. Chase papers, including correspondence and a myriad of biographical materials spanning the years 1820-1884, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Salmon P. Chase
- Eulogy on Chief-Justice Chase, delivered by William M. Evarts, 1874
- _Booknotes_ interview with John Niven on _Salmon P. Chase: A Biography_, May 28, 1995.

## Infobox (us cabinet official)

- **name**: Salmon P. Chase
- **birth name**: Salmon Portland Chase
- **image**: Mathew_Brady,_Portrait_of_Secretary_of_the_Treasury_Salmon_P._Chase,_officer_of_the_United_States_government_(1860–1865).jpg
- **imagesize**: 240px
- **order**: Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court#List of Chief Justices, 6th
- **title**: Chief Justice of the United States
- **term start**: December 15, 1864
- **term end**: May 7, 1873
- **nominator**: Abraham Lincoln
- **predecessor**: Roger B. Taney
- **successor**: Morrison Waite, Morrison R. Waite
- **order2**: 25th
- **title2**: United States Secretary of the Treasury
- **term start2**: March 7, 1861
- **term end2**: June 30, 1864
- **president2**: Abraham Lincoln
- **predecessor2**: John Adams Dix, John A. Dix
- **successor2**: William P. Fessenden
- **order3**: 23rd Governor of Ohio
- **term start3**: January 14, 1856
- **term end3**: January 9, 1860
- **lieutenant3**: Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Thomas H. Ford (1856–1858)
 Martin Welker (1858–1860)
- **predecessor3**: William Medill
- **successor3**: William Dennison, Jr., William Dennison
- **order4**: United States Senator
from Ohio
- **term start4**: March 4, 1849
- **term end4**: March 3, 1855
- **preceded4**: William Allen (governor), William Allen
- **succeeded4**: George E. Pugh
- **term start5**: March 4
- **term end5**: March 7, 1861
- **preceded5**: George E. Pugh
- **succeeded5**: John Sherman (politician), John Sherman
- **birth place**: Cornish, New Hampshire, U.S.
- **death place**: New York City, New York, U.S.
- **party**: Free Soil Party, Free Soil, Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **spouse**: Katherine Garmiss Chase
Eliza Ann Smith Chase
Sarah Dunlop Ludlow Chase
- **profession**: Politician, Lawyer, Judge
- **alma mater**: Cincinnati College
Dartmouth College
- **signature**: Salmon P Chase Signature.svg