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Salmon Chase - Gene C - 11-05-2012 02:35 PM
What is your opinion of Salmon Chase, and why?
RE: Salmon Chase - Rob Wick - 11-05-2012 04:00 PM
I like his fish.
Seriously, he was the second-worst cabinet pick Lincoln made because of his disloyalty (first was Simon Cameron for his dishonesty...it was said that the only thing the man wouldn't steal was a red-hot stove).
That said, he was a very effective secretary of the treasury, so some might argue that the latter cancels out the former. I'm not sure.
Best
Rob
RE: Salmon Chase - Hess1865 - 11-11-2012 09:10 PM
Well, he did do a lot of wheeling and dealing [some probably questionable] to finance the war...
RE: Salmon Chase - Gene C - 11-11-2012 10:29 PM
In writing about Lincoln's cabinet selections, Benjamin Thomas wrote in his book - Abraham Lincoln,
"Next on Lincoln's list came Salmon P. Chase. Tall, erect, with a finely shaped head and level blue eyes that lent a certain majesty to his appearance, Chase's sterling honesty qualified him for the Treasury. Touchy, ambitious, unbending, he was a leader of the antislavery radicals." (chpt. 12 Peace or a Sword, p.233)
(I had not read this far in the book when I posted the question)
RE: Salmon Chase - Thomas Thorne - 11-11-2012 11:45 PM
Chase brings to mind Churchill's remark about Montgomery--- "indomitable in defeat,insufferable in victory"
Tom
RE: Salmon Chase - Jim Garrett - 11-13-2012 07:37 PM
Chase is certainly one of the less studied of the war cabinet. Either because he was less controversial, or just plain boring. He seems to be notable for three things: 1) financing the war effort, 2) father of Kate, 3) being on the $10,000 bill.
RE: Salmon Chase - wsanto - 11-20-2012 02:09 PM
(11-13-2012 07:37 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote: Chase is certainly one of the less studied of the war cabinet. Either because he was less controversial, or just plain boring. He seems to be notable for three things: 1) financing the war effort, 2) father of Kate, 3) being on the $10,000 bill.I never noticed him on the $10,000 dollar bill before. I'll have to check my wallet when I get home.