Samuel Chase
Personal
Birthday:
4/17/1741
Birthplace:
Somerset County, MD
Date of Death:
6/19/1811
Place of Death:
Baltimore, MD
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Member, Lower House, Maryland Proprietary Assembly, 1764-1774
Convention member, Maryland Provisional Government, 1774-1776
State delegate, Maryland, 1777-1788
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1778, 1784, 1785
Judge, Baltimore County [Maryland] Criminal Court, 1788-1796
Chief judge, Maryland General Court, 1791-1796
Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, March 12, 1804, and found not guilty by the U.S. Senate, March 1, 1805.
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1763 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
George Washington
Commission Date:
01/27/1796
Termination Date:
06/19/1811
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Eastern Circuit, Spring 1796, Spring 1799
Southern Circuit, Spring 1797
Middle Circuit, Spring 1798-Fall 1798, Spring 1800
Fourth Circuit, April 29, 1802-June 19, 1811