# $1,000 Bill **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 8, 1999, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130 "1999-08-08T01:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rich\_Barr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rich\_Barr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Barr)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 1999, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/1 "1999-08-08T01:28:00Z")
Note that Salmon P. Chase was Chief Justice of the United States, not just a justice. But the real reason he’s on the $1,000 bill is because he was Lincoln’s first Secretary of the Treasury, and thus was the one who came up with ways to finance the Union part of the Civil War. Also, there was a $100,000 bill with Woodrow Wilson on the front. I believe this was used only for transfers between Federal Reserve Banks. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 1999, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/2 "1999-08-08T12:48:00Z")
… and here’s the link to the Mailbag item. [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m1000.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m1000.html) Please, gang, provide the links to the item you are commenting on so that people wanting to response can at least read the original. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Barr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rich\_Barr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Barr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 1999, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/3 "1999-08-09T04:53:00Z")
My apologies. I plead newness and ignorance…and, besides, it’s my sister’s fault. * * * Nature abhors a vacuum, which means there are a lot of people whose brains are in mortal peril. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Barr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rich\_Barr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Barr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 1999, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/4 "1999-08-09T05:21:00Z")
Oops. I’m slowly figuring out what I’m doing here, and I’ve discovered there was already a thread on this topic. I’ll just go stand in a corner… * * * Nature abhors a vacuum, which means there are a lot of people whose brains are in mortal peril. ---
**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 1999, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/5 "1999-08-09T06:21:00Z")
What kind of a person would name a baby SALMON? * * * Signitorily yours, Mr John " Pardon me while I have a strange interlude."-Marx ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 1999, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/6 "1999-08-09T12:38:00Z")
Well, I dunno about Mr Chase’s situation, but I know that Salman (or Zalman) is the Russian/Yiddish version of the name Solomon. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 1999, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/7 "1999-08-10T01:48:00Z")
I named a baby salmon once. I named him clyde. Then I ate him. * * * I’m not flying fast, just orbiting low. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Barr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rich\_Barr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Barr)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 1999, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/8 "1999-08-13T02:02:00Z")
What’s wrong with the name Salmon? Edmund Muskie…Zebulon Pike…Fish from “Barney Miller”…lots of examples of aquatic names. * * * Nature abhors a vacuum, which means there are a lot of people whose brains are in mortal peril. ---
**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 1999, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/9 "1999-08-13T02:19:00Z")
As a FIRST name? ‘Ah isn’t he cute? Lets name him Carp.’ ‘No, Perch.’ * * * Signitorily yours, Mr John " Pardon me while I have a strange interlude."-Marx ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 1999, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/10 "1999-08-13T02:57:00Z")
“Sure, we’ll name him after a fish… after all, your mother drinks like one. So, we’ll name him after a fish just for the halibut.” “Not tonight, I have a haddock.” ---
**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 1999, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/11 "1999-08-13T03:35:00Z")
OK ,dex, the Fish Police got their eye on you now. They’re polishing their ray guns now. But don’t just take my word for it ,for this and many other fine fish stories, see if you can find the ‘fish truck’ topic, I couldn’t or I’d post a link. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Big\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Iron)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 1999, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/12 "1999-08-13T07:02:00Z")
“Mr. Burns … I think we can trust the PRESIDENT of Cuba.” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 1999, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/13 "1999-08-14T02:01:00Z")
If I had one of these bills would it be a collector’s items. By bills I mean one that is now discontinued. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Big\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Iron)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/14 "1999-08-15T06:40:00Z")
[[What’s wrong with the name Salmon? Edmund Muskie…Zebulon Pike…Fish from “Barney Miller”…lots of examples of aquatic names.]] Trout Fishing in America Shorty! ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Barr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rich\_Barr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Barr)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 1999, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/15 "1999-08-15T14:55:00Z")
Consider the name “Fox Mulder” for a moment…and then be grateful “X-Files” isn’t a CBS program. (“Columbia Mulder?”) My Grandmother was named Ethel. When I was little, I used to occasionally wonder why she was named after gasoline. (I don’t think anyone under 30 is gonna get that statement. Tough–that’ll teach 'em to be younger than me.) * * * Nature abhors a vacuum, which means there are a lot of people whose brains are in mortal peril. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@ChuckSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckSki)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 1999, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/16 "1999-09-01T05:42:00Z")
Folks, Just to set the record straight, Salmon P. Chase IS NOT on the $1,000, he’s on the $10,000 bill. Grover Cleveland is on the $1,000, James Madison on the $5,000, Chase on the $10,000, and Wilson on the $100,000. These, along with the $500 bill (William McKinley pictured), are all being withdrawn from circulation as they cross through the Federal Reserve system. I present [http://www.treas.gov/currency/](http://www.treas.gov/currency/) as my source. Chuck L. * * * “The intellectuals’ chief cause of anguish are one another’s works.” Jacques Barzun Cheers! CAL ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 1999, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/17 "1999-08-31T23:13:00Z")
Chuck, my friend, if you’d check out the Mailbag Answer, you’d find agreement with your comments. The link is in the second post in this topic. No one has said Mr Chase was on the $1000 bill. The OP listed the topic as $1000 bill, but we digressed (as we oft’ do) to Mr Chase’s amusing first name. Just as a friendly bit of advice, Chuck, you might find it helpful in future to READ the Mailbag answer and the comments before trying to correct what everyone else already rightly understood? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 1999, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/18 "1999-09-01T18:08:00Z")
FYI, CKD; the 1st post in this topic says Salmon Chase is on the $1,000 bill. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 1999, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/19 "1999-09-01T18:28:00Z")
Thanks, Daniel… and my apologies, Chuck. The Mailbag article clearly does NOT put Mr Chase on the $1K bill. ---
**Author:** ![ChuckSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@ChuckSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckSki)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 1999, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130/20 "1999-09-01T18:39:00Z")
CKDextHavn Apology accepted. I was responding to the OP , and I DO read the MB articles before responding, a good policy as you suggest. I should have prefaced my reply with a salutation to the OP and the quote to which I was responding. * * * “The intellectuals’ chief cause of anguish are one another’s works.” Jacques Barzun Cheers! CAL [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-000-bill/1130.md?page=2)