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Salmon P. Chase

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Salmon P. Chase was born in Cornish, New Hampshire. He was born to Ithamar Chase and Janet Chase. He was their only child.
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    family

    Salmon's family was Kate Chase who was his daughter, Alexander Ralston Chase who was his brother, Eliza Chase another daughter, his parents and his 3 wives.

  • early childhood

    Salmon's father died in 1817 and left them with many issues when he was only nine. Chase then moved to Ohio to live with his uncle Philander Chase

  • adult

    Salmon Chase was mostly guided by three principles. The first was the belief that slavery should be abolished. The second one was the religious conviction on the dogmatic. The third was the third was his obsession with the political life.
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    a sad life

    Salmon Chase had suffered a lot of losses. All of his wives died of cancer or a disease. Two of his four children died.
    sad life

  • Marriages

    Salmon married many people. He had 3 wives. His first wife Was Katherine Jane Garmiss. They were married for 1 year. His second wife was Eliza Ann Smith. They were married for 6 years. His third wife was Sarah Bella Dunlop Ludlow. They were also married for 6 years.

  • career

    Salmon was a us senator, governor of Ohio and chief justice who served the secretary of treasury during the civil war.

  • lawyer

    lawyer
    Chase spent his early career being a lawyer, he then became known as “the attorney general for fugitive slaves”.

  • election

    election
    Salmon chase helped create a Liberty party (interested in abolishing slavery) which became the free soil party. Because of that, he was elected to the U.S Senate.

  • Becoming Chief Justice

    Becoming Chief Justice
    Salmon P Chase became the 6th chief justice of the USA in 1864 because he helped create a Liberty Party.
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    supreme court

    Salmon P chase was in supreme court for 9 years. Some of the cases he dealt with are:
    Ex parte Milligan
    Mississippi v. Johnson
    US v. Klien
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  • Death

    Salmon died of a stroke in new York city, 1870 and because of that, he could not participate in the supreme court. he didn't care so he decided to return to the bench and leaded until his death.
    Salmon P. Chase Death