Salmon P. Chase Quotes
I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.
Citations
Chase, Salmon P. Letter to J. T. Trowbridge. Mar. 1864. The Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase, edited by Jacob William Schuckers, D. Appleton and Company, 1874, p. 84.
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Salmon Portland Chase was a U.S. politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States. He also served as the 23rd Governor of Ohio, represented Ohio in the United States Senate, and served as the 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury. Chase was therefore one of a few U.S. politicians who served in all three branches of the federal government.