Thomas Johnson

Judge 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