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Salmon P. Chase
U.S. Congressperson
1808 – 1873
Who was Salmon P. Chase?
Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as 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.
Chase articulated the "slave power conspiracy" thesis, devoting his energies to the destruction of what he considered the Slave Power—the conspiracy of Southern slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty. He coined the slogan of the Free Soil Party, "Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men". Chief Justice Chase presided over the Senate trial of Andrew Johnson during the President's impeachment proceedings in 1868.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1808
Cornish - Also known as
- Salmon Portland Chase
- Salmon Chase
- Spouses
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Dartmouth College
- University of Cincinnati
- Lived in
- New Hampshire
- Died
- May 7, 1873
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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