Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
CHIEF JUSTICE SALMON P. CHASE
Born: January 13, 1808 in Cornish, New Hampshire
Died: May 7, 1873 in New York City, New York
Died: May 7, 1873 in New York City, New York
Chase (1808-1873) represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate as a Free-Soil Democrat from 1849-1855, when he was elected Governor of Ohio as a Free Soil Democrat in 1855. He was reelected as a Republican in 1857. Chase returned to the Senate on March 4, 1861, but resigned two days later to become President Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury. During his term in the Treasury Department, Chase and Lincoln frequently disagreed, and Chase regularly offered to resign. In February 1864, a group of radical Republicans proposed Chase for President. Chase did nothing to stop the movement. At the June 7-8, 1864 convention, Lincoln was nominated on the first ballot. After another quarrel with the President three weeks later, Chase once again submitted his resignation. To his surprise, on June 30, 1864, Lincoln accepted it. In another surprise move, President Lincoln appointed Chase Chief Justice on December 6, 1864. In that position, which he occupied until his death in 1873, Chase was dedicated to the rights of Black Americans and supported the Reconstruction Acts. In 1868, his impartial conduct of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial angered his Radical Republican friends. Some Democrats suggested Chase as their 1868 presidential candidate, to no avail.
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SALMON P. CHASE Free-Soil Democrat, later a Republican, sends Senate reports. ALS: "S.P. Chase", 1p, 7¾x9¾. Senate Chamber, 1850 June 17. To an unnamed recipient. In full: "I send you all you ask for except the Report of the Omnibus Committee & W. Carey Jones' Report. read more...
Sale Price $510.00
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SALMON P. CHASE. ALS: "S P Chase", 2p, 5x8. Washington, 1869 September 18. To W. Prescott Smith, Esq. In full: "A week ago, coming from New York I & my daughter took seats in your compartment car, & paid our two dollars with much satisfaction. read more...
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SALMON P. CHASE. Manuscript LS: "S.P. Chase" as Chief Justice of the United States, 1p, 4¾x5¼. Washington, 1871 May 17. On graph-like paper. read more...
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While Chief Justice (1870), he signs a very revealing manuscript letter to a former member of Buchanan's Cabinet, the still influential Jeremiah S. Black, correcting several misunderstandings about decisions made by Lincoln's Cabinet. Framed in the Gallery of History style to 48x24. read more...
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[SALMON P. CHASE]. Carte de Visite, unsigned. Sepiatone, 2½x3½ overall, image 2¼x3¼ (two surfaces). Imprinted on verso: "Published by/E. & H.T. Anthony./501 Broadway./New York./from Photographic Negative/in/Brady's/National Portrait Gallery." Windowed to show verso. read more...
Sale Price $405.00
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SALMON P. CHASE. Engraving unsigned. B/w, 8x11 overall, image 5½x7½ (one surface). Facsimile signature. New York, Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers. Entered according to an Act of Congress, 1863. Likeness from a recent photograph, painted by Alonse Chappel. Chase represented Ohio in the U.S. read more...
Sale Price $126.00
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