Chase, Salmon Portland (01/13/1808-05/07/1873)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Statesman, Secretary of Treasury under Lincoln
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: ex-officio as Chief Justice of the United States; elected Chancellor of Board on 01/09/1865

Subject

  • Chase, Salmon Portland
  • Board of Regents
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
  • Chief Justice of the United States
  • United States Supreme Court

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Crocker Art Museum; Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History; United States Department of the Treasury; The White House; The Supreme Court of the United States; United States Capitol; National Museum of American History, Division of Political History, Smithsonian Institution; Chicago Historical Society; Harvard University Law School; Dartmouth College; Brooklyn Historical Society; Union League Club; Oberlin College; Ohio Historical Society; State of Ohio Department of Public Works; Union League of Philadelphia; Chester County Historical Society; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Chief Justice

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch. "1774-1971." Edited by Robert Sobel. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1971; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

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Date

Regent Tenure: 12/6/1864-05/07/1873

Topic

  • Judges
  • Regents

Form/Genre

Biographies

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