Born in Cornish, New Hampshire. Married Katherine Jane Garmiss March 4, 1834. She died in 1835. Married Eliza Ann Smith September 26, 1839. She died in 1845. Married Sarah Bella Dunlap Ludlow November 6, 1846. She died in 1852. He had six daughters. Attended Cincinnati College 1821 and 1822. Graduated from Dartmouth in 1826. Admitted to the bar in 1829. Practiced law in Cincinnati. Organized the Cincinnati Lyceum in 1830.

He campaigned against slavery and joined the Free Soil Party. Elected to U.S. Senate and served March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1855. Switched to the Republican Party. Elected Governor of Ohio in 1855. Elected to the Senate in 1860 but resigned to serve in Lincoln's cabinet.

Appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Lincoln and served March 7, 1861, to June 3, 1864. Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court serving from December 6, 1864, until his death in 1873. He died in New York City. Chase is listed as the consignor to a Hubbard auction in 1864.

Chase appears on paper money:

$1 Legal Tender Note of 1862

$10 Treasury Note, 6 percent compound interest, 1863 and 1864

$10 Treasury Note, 5 percent compound interest, 1863

$20 Treasury Note, 6 percent, 2 year, 1861

$1000 7.3 percent interest-bearing note, series of 1861, 1864, 1865

$10,000 Federal Reserve Note, series of 1918, 1928, 1934

$10,000 Gold Certificate, series of 1928 and 1934

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