Salmon P. Chase
(1808-1873) was an avid abolitionist who served in President
Lincoln's Cabinet as the Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil
War. He also was a U.S. Senator,
Governor of Ohio, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a
major candidate for the U.S. Presidency.
This Brady-Handy photo of Salmon P. Chase was
probably taken during Chase's Presidential bid in 1860. Courtesy of
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-B8172-1747
DLC.
