Salmon P. Chase

Salmon Portland Chase
Former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court From: December 6, 1864 – May 7, 1873
Nominator	Abraham Lincoln
Predecessor	Roger B. Taney
Successor	Morrison R. Waite
23rd Governor of Ohio From: January 14, 1856 – January 9, 1860
Predecessor	William Medill
Successor	William Dennison Jr.
U.S. Senator from Ohio From: March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855; March 4–7, 1861
Predecessor	William Allen; George E. Pugh
Successor	George E. Pugh; John Sherman
25th United States Secretary of the Treasury From: March 7, 1861 – June 30, 1864
President	Abraham Lincoln
Predecessor	John A. Dix
Successor	William P. Fessenden
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Party	Free Soil, Liberty, Republican, Democrat
Spouse(s)	Katherine Jane Garmiss Eliza Ann Smith Sarah Bella Dunlop Ludlow
Religion	Episcopalian

Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) was the Sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America from 1864-1873, succeeding Roger B. Taney and preceding Morrison R. Waite. Despite serving on the High Court, he is more commonly known for being the Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War. He also held the office of Governor of Ohio from 1856-1860.