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Salmon Chase
Republican · Senate · Ohio · 1849–1861
Salmon Chase was a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, serving 1849–1861. Cast 1,175 votes and missed 16.4%.
- Years in Congress
- 5
- Votes missed
- 16.4%
- Born
- 1808
- Died
- 1873
Biography
Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808 – May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. Earlier, he had served as the 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury in the Abraham Lincoln administration from 1861 to 1864, during the American Civil War.
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Terms in office
- Senate, Ohio1849–1855 · Free Soil
- Senate, Ohio1861–1861 · Republican
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Capitol Receipts, “Salmon Chase (R-OH), Senate 1849–1861,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/C000332/salmon-chase (accessed 2026-10-13).