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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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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.
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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
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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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Salmon Chase had suffered a lot of losses. All of his wives died of cancer or a disease. Two of his four children died.
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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.
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Salmon was a us senator, governor of Ohio and chief justice who served the secretary of treasury during the civil war.
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Chase spent his early career being a lawyer, he then became known as “the attorney general for fugitive slaves”.
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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.
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Salmon P Chase became the 6th chief justice of the USA in 1864 because he helped create a Liberty Party.
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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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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
