Chief Justice Chase Elected Chancellor

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Summary

Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase is unanimously elected Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution by the Board of Regents after being appointed Chief Justice on 6 December 1864.

Subject

  • Chase, Salmon Portland
  • Board of Regents
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
  • Board of Regents

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Image of Chase is reproduced in Goode, 1897, facing page 362.
  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 65, 85, 837.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1864. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1865, p. 114.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

January 9, 1865

Topic

Judges

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