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SAMUEL CHASE
was born in Somerset County, Maryland, on April 17, 1741.
He read law in the office of an Annapolis attorney and
was admitted to the bar in 1761. He practiced law at the
Mayor’s Court in Annapolis and appeared before other
courts throughout the County. In 1764, Chase was elected
to the Maryland General Assembly and served three for
twenty years. He served as a delegate to the First and
Second Continental Congresses and signed the Declaration
of Independence. Following the Revolutionary War, he served
as a Judge of the Baltimore Criminal Court from 1788 to
1796 and as Chief Judge of the General Court of Maryland
from 1791 to 1796. President George Washington nominated
Chase to the Supreme Court of the United States on January
26, 1796, and the Senate confirmed the appointment the
following day. In 1803, Chase became the only Justice
of the Supreme Court in history to be impeached, but the
Senate refused to convict him and the bill of impeachment
was dismissed. Chase served on the Supreme Court for fifteen
years and died on June 19, 1811, at the age of seventy.
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