Thomas Johnson
Personal
Birthday:
11/4/1732
Birthplace:
Calvert County, MD
Date of Death:
10/26/1819
Place of Death:
Frederick, MD
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Annapolis, Maryland, 1760-1762
Member, Lower House, Maryland Proprietary Assembly, 1762-1774
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1777
Maryland Militia brigadier general, 1776-1777
Governor, Maryland, 1777-1780
Private practice, Frederick, Maryland, 1780-1790
State delegate, Maryland, 1780-1782, 1786-1788
Chief judge, Maryland General Court, 1790-1791
Nominated to U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, September 24, 1789; confirmed, September 26, 1789; declined appointment
Nominated to be chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, February 28, 1801; confirmed, March 3, 1801; declined appointment
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1760 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
George Washington
Commission Date:
11/07/1791
Termination Date:
01/16/1793
Termination Reason:
Resignation Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Southern Circuit, Fall 1792