萨蒙.P.蔡斯于1864年底接任联邦第六任首席大法官,直至其生命的结束。在职期间,蔡斯与其助理大法官出色的进行了战后司法重建、米利根案及约翰逊总统弹劾案审理等工作,维护了司法的独立性与权威性,出色的处理了战争、重建、发展与司法独立的关系。 Salmon P. Chase took over the sixth chief justice of the Commonwealth until the end of his life in 1864. During his tenure, Chase and his assistant judges performed well in the post-war judicial reconstruction, the Miligan case and the trial of President Johnson’s impeachment case, safeguarding the independence and authority of the judiciary and excellent handling of the war, reconstruction, development and Judicial independence.