At the U.S. Treasury Department, Secretary Salmon Chase planned on a speedy and a cheap war – this was his contribution to the general atmosphere of deluded optimism in the north in those days ...

This week, I finished reading Walter Stahr’s recent biography of Salmon P. Chase, the Ohio politician and statesman who helped shape American politics in the middle of the 19th century as much ...

Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, now in the spotlight for his 1869 ruling on “insurrection,” offers a lesson about the link between law and politics.

Lord's autograph quilt Photo courtesy American History Museum As part of the ongoing 150th anniversary of the Civil War at the Smithsonian Institution, the Around the Mall team will be reporting ...

Chase is directing his comment, or warning, at his daughter Kate, who proved him wrong. She was much talked about in her day, the Civil War era, but only with admiration. This exquisitely nuanced ...

Chief Justice Salmon Chase’s handling of cases involving Confederate President Jefferson Davis and a Black man in Virginia help inform the Supreme Court ahead of Feb. 8 hearing.

Salmon P. Chase may not be history's most familiar name, but he made quite a mark on American politics.

The Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture and Society — a new intellectual diversity center funded by Ohio Senate Bill 117, which was added to and passed in last year’s state operating ...