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Salmon P. Chase

Held 4 offices on file, 1849-1873.

About Salmon P. Chase

Written from the offices on file here and the facts Wikidata holds (the Wikidata item).

Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, and is on record as a United States senator (1849-1855 and 1861), Governor of Ohio (1856-1860), United States Secretary of the Treasury (1861-1864) and Chief Justice of the United States (1864-1873).

Salmon P. Chase studied at Dartmouth College. Salmon P. Chase's occupations on record: lawyer, judge and jurist. Salmon P. Chase died in New York City in 1873, aged 65, and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Ohio.

Offices held

Oldest first. Back-to-back terms in the same seat are one row.

YearsOfficePartyNotesSource
1849 to 1855 United States senator Free Soil bioguide.congress.gov
1851 to 1855 United States senator, Ohio Class 3 senate seat 2 terms. wikidata.org
1856 to 1860 Governor of Ohio Followed William Medill. Followed by William Dennison Jr.. wikidata.org
1861 to 1864 United States Secretary of the Treasury Followed John Adams Dix. Followed by William P. Fessenden. wikidata.org
1861 United States senator Republican bioguide.congress.gov
1864 to 1873 Chief Justice of the United States Followed Roger B. Taney. Followed by Morrison Waite. wikidata.org

Parties on record

  • Democratic
  • Free Soil Party
  • Liberty Party
  • Republican
  • Whig Party

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