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Chase, Salmon Portland
Born: 1808 AD
Died: 1873 AD, at 65 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1873 AD, at 65 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US jurist and politician
Senator from Ohio 1849-1855, 1861
governor of Ohio 1856-1860
Secretary of the Treasury 1861-1864
Supreme Court chief justice 1864-1873
wrote decisions for Mississippi v. Johnson 1867 (9-0, Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over political acts of US president), Ex parte McCardle 1869 (9-0, Congress can limit appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court)
presided over Senate trial of Andrew Johnson 1868
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