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Salmon P. Chase
Lincoln's rival-turned-Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice. Presided over Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial and harbored presidential ambitions to the end.
6th Chief Justice of the United States1864–1873Appointed by LincolnJustice #39
Born January 13, 1808 · Cornish, NH
Died May 7, 1873 · New York City, NY
Buried Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH (reinterred 1886)