[Grand Old Partisan]

Salmon Chase was one of the founders of the Free Soil Party and then of the Republican Party. A Radical Republican, he did a superb job as Treasury Secretary and probably would have been the 1864 GOP presidential nominee had Lincoln not opted for a second term. He resigned from the Cabinet when he did not get the nomination, and President Lincoln then appointed him Chief Justice, replacing the recently deseaced Democrat Chief Justice, Roger Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision. Chase (formerly Chase Manhattan) Bank is named after him.

[billbears]

Awww, come on!! You're only up to 1864. Tell us about some of the 'important' decisions he made after the tyrant appointed him to SCOTUS

[honeygrl]

" Chase (formerly Chase Manhattan) Bank is named after him. "

Hey that's the bank that steals all my money with fee after fee after fee on my Wal-Mart credit card! I keep expecting to see a Multiple Fee Fee. They even wanted to charge me 12.50 fee to pay my bill on the phone once.