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Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1873)

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Salmon P. Chase

Chief Justice of the United States from 1864 to 1873

Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. He earlier served as the 25th United States secretary of the treasury from 1861 to 1864, funding the American Civil War during…
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Chief Justice of the United States

Chief judicial officer of the United States

The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants plenary power to the president of the United…
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