Free-Soil Party Timeline By facebooker_100002933310252 May 21, 1830 Salmon P. Chase moved to Ohio to pursue politics Jun 19, 1835 Salmon P. Chase's wife dies, sparking his interest in abolition May 7, 1848 Salmon P. Chase creates the free-soil party Period: May 7, 1848 to Apr 4, 1854 Free-soil party Nov 6, 1848 Martin Van Buren nominated as presidential candidate for free-soilers Jan 1, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Nov 4, 1852 John P. Hale nominated as presidential candidate Jan 1, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 Apr 4, 1854 Free-soil party dissolved Mar 30, 1856 Remnants of the free-soil party create the republican party May 7, 1873 Salmon P. Chase dies Nov 19, 1873 John P. Hale dies