Legal Tender Cases
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The Legal Tender Cases were two 1871 United States Supreme Court cases that affirmed the constitutionality of paper money. The two cases were Knox v. Lee and Parker v. Davis.
Obverse of the first $1 bill, issued in 1862 as a legal tender note featuring Treasury Secretary Chase, who later held as Chief Justice that such bills are unconstitutional, before being overturned
Salmon P. Chase
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Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States from 1864 to his death in 1873. Earlier, he had served as the 25th United States
Portrait by Mathew Brady c. 1870
The Salmon P. Chase Birthplace in Cornish, New Hampshire
Salmon Portland Chase c. 1850–1855
Portrait by Francis Bicknell Carpenter c. 1855