Salmon P. Chase

Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as Chief Justice of the United States and previously as U.S. Treasury Secretary under Abraham Lincoln.

Further reading

• Hart, A. B., Salmon Portland Chase in the American Statesmen Series (1899).
• Shuckers, J. W., Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase (New York, 1874)
• Warden, R. B., Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, Cincinnati, 1874.
• Lamphier, P. A., Kate Chase and William Sprague: Politics and Gender in a Civil War marriage, Nebraska, 2003