Salmon P. Chase - Death and Legacy

Death and Legacy

Chase died in New York City in 1873. His remains were interred first in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C., and later re-interred in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Chase had been an active member of St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral, Cincinnati. Chase's birthplace in New Hampshire was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

The Chase National Bank, a predecessor of Chase Manhattan Bank which is now JPMorgan Chase, was named in his honor, though he had no financial affiliation with it.

Chase's portrait is on the $10,000 bill—the largest denomination of U.S. currency to publicly circulate, and an unusually large denomination of U.S. currency—which was printed in 1928 and 1934 series and is no longer in circulation. The bill was last printed in 1945. In 1969 "the Federal Reserve began taking the high-denomination bills out of circulation ... and as of May 30, 2009, there were only 336" remaining.

Chase County, Kansas and Chase City, Virginia are named in his honor. Chasevilles in Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina (which only lasted from 1868–1871), New York, Ohio, and Tennessee, were also named for him. Chase Hall, the main barracks and dormitory at the United States Coast Guard Academy, is named for Chase in honor of his service as Secretary of the Treasury, and the United States Coast Guard Cutter Chase (WHEC 718) is named for him, as are Chase Hall at the Harvard Business School and the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University.

The current Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Chase T. Rogers is genealogically connected to Salmon P. Chase.

Chase was portrayed by the actor Josh Stamberg in the 2012 movie Saving Lincoln.