Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice / Treasury Secretary

Born: 13 January 1808
Birthplace: Cornish, New Hampshire
Death: 7 May 1873 (stroke)
Best Known As: The guy on the $10,000 bill
Name at birth: Salmon Portland Chase

Chase was U.S. Secretary of the Treasury for the first three years of Abraham Lincoln's term, after which Lincoln appointed him to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In that role Chase presided over the 1868 impeachment trial of president Andrew Johnson. He also served terms as U.S. senator from Ohio and as governor of the same state. In earlier years Chase was well-known for defending escaped slaves, earning him the nickname "The Attorney General of Fugitive Slaves."