OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Salmon Portland Chase

BORN:
January 13, 1808
Cornish, New Hampshire

DIED:
May 7, 1873 (age 65)
New York City, New York

EDUCATION:
Dartmouth College (BA, 1826)
Read Law (1829)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1841)
Liberty (1841–1848)
Free Soil (1848–1854)
Republican (1854–1868)
Democratic (1868–1873)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1826:
Moved to Washington, DC
1827-1829:
Studied Law Under Supervision of William Wirt,
Taught School in Washington, DC 
1829:
Admitted to the Bar
1830:
Began Practicing Law in Cincinnati, Ohio
1833-1835:
Compiled Statutes of Ohio
1840:
Elected to the Cincinnati City Council as a Whig
1849-1855;
U.S. Senator  (Free Soil-Ohio)
1856-1860:
Governor of Ohio 
March 4-6- 1861:
U.S. Senator (R-Ohio)
Resigned from Senate to become Secretary of the Treasury 
1861-1864:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 
1864-1873:
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 
1868:
Presided over the Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly 
Department of the Treasury
Lehrman Institute
Oyez
Library of Congress
Supreme Court Historical Society
Supreme Court of Ohio
Ohio History Central
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress (digitized)

PORTRAITS: