Samuel Chase

Judge 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