6th Chief Justice of the United States
Abraham Lincoln as the 6th Chief Justice of the United States and was seen as a complete change from his predessor pro-slavery Roger B. Taney, who had died in office.
With one of Lincoln's first acts as Chief Justice was to admit John Rock as the first African-American attorney to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
He supported Chase through out his second term and supported Republican President, General Benjamin Butler, who had been a find general, especially after taking over from Usyless Grant after he was shot during campaigning in 1868 by a confederate sympathist.
It was sad to see him unsuccessful effort to secure the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1876. They say he was passed over because of his stance in favor of voting rights for black men.
His death on February 15, 1889, three days after his 80th birthday, was the day America lost on of its finist Chief Justice.