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Chase having left the Cabinet for the chief-justiceship, by far the two strongest secretaries remaining were Seward and Stanton.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring

Roldan kept his chief-justiceship; and his friends received lands and slaves.

From The Life of Columbus by Helps, Arthur, Sir

But he held the chief-justiceship only for a year and a half, when he was raised to the summit of the bar, and sat down lord chancellor.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

I recommended Charles Andrews, who, although in the fullest vigor of mind and body, had been retired from the chief-justiceship of the State on his arrival at the age of seventy years.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by White, Andrew Dickson

As to the duties of your chief-justiceship, they are very different from those for which you have received the office.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund