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Roger B. Taney was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when President Lincoln entered office in 1861, but died in October 1864. Lincoln nominated Salmon P. Chase to succeed Taney. Chase presided over the Court from December 1864 until his death in May 1873.

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Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who supported slavery, was in office for most of the Civil War, until his death on October 12, 1864. President Lincoln appointed Salmon P. Chase to succeed Taney on December 6, 1864. Chief Justice Chase served until his own death on May 7, 1873.

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