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- catalog abstract ""Chase wanted so much to make a name for himself in American politics that early in his career he considered changing his 'fishy' appellation to the more important sounding Spencer Paynce Cheyce. That alteration never came about, but even without a fancy name, the New England-born, Ohio-bred attorney devoted his life to public service at many levels of government. Chase served as Free-Soil Senator from Ohio, as Governor of that pivotal Midwestern state, as Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, and as Chief Justice of the United States, although he never realized his primary ambition--the presidency. Complex, overly ambitious, and deeply religious, Chase perhaps undermined his presidential hopes partly by his strong antislavery stance, but primarily by his failure to organize systematically his drive for national office. Chase worked hard for the rights of fugitive slaves and became prominent in the antislavery movement and in the establishment of the Liberty and Free-Soil parties, but he was often accused of being concerned only with his personal advancement. Frederick Blue has done extensive research among Chase's voluminous and often hard-to-read correspondence, and has incorporated pertinent collateral primary and secondary sources as well, to produce the first modern biography of this key Civil War era personality."--book jacket.".
- catalog contributor b833288.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1849-1877.".
- catalog created "c1987.".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog date "c1987.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1987.".
- catalog description ""Chase wanted so much to make a name for himself in American politics that early in his career he considered changing his 'fishy' appellation to the more important sounding Spencer Paynce Cheyce. That alteration never came about, but even without a fancy name, the New England-born, Ohio-bred attorney devoted his life to public service at many levels of government. Chase served as Free-Soil Senator from Ohio, as Governor of that pivotal Midwestern state, as Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, and as Chief Justice of the United States, although he never realized his primary ambition--the presidency. Complex, overly ambitious, and deeply religious, Chase perhaps undermined his presidential hopes partly by his strong antislavery stance, but primarily by his failure to organize systematically his drive for national office. Chase worked hard for the rights of fugitive slaves and became prominent in the antislavery movement and in the establishment of the Liberty and Free-Soil parties, but he was often accused of being concerned only with his personal advancement. Frederick Blue has done extensive research among Chase's voluminous and often hard-to-read correspondence, and has incorporated pertinent collateral primary and secondary sources as well, to produce the first modern biography of this key Civil War era personality."--book jacket.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [324]-403.".
- catalog description "Portrait of an ambitious young man -- Family, friends, and fugitives -- Liberty advocate -- Free-Soil politico -- From Columbus to Washington -- The politics of finance -- The blue, the gray, and the black -- Chase and Lincoln -- Chase, Johnson, and the Republicans -- Chief Justice as presidential candidate -- Chase in decline.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 420 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Salmon P. Chase.".
- catalog identifier "0873383400 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Salmon P. Chase.".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog issued "c1987.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Salmon P. Chase.".
- catalog spatial "Ohio".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1849-1877.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/092/4 B 19".
- catalog subject "Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873.".
- catalog subject "E415.9.C4 B58 1987".
- catalog subject "Governors Ohio Biography.".
- catalog subject "Judges United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Legislators United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress. Senate Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Portrait of an ambitious young man -- Family, friends, and fugitives -- Liberty advocate -- Free-Soil politico -- From Columbus to Washington -- The politics of finance -- The blue, the gray, and the black -- Chase and Lincoln -- Chase, Johnson, and the Republicans -- Chief Justice as presidential candidate -- Chase in decline.".
- catalog title "Salmon P. Chase : a life in politics / Frederick J. Blue.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".