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This article is about the signer of the Declaration of Independence. For the U.S. Congressman, see Samuel Chase (congressman).
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Samuel Chase

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Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811), was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. He was well-known as a Federalist-partisan.

Youth and early career

Samuel was the son of the Rev. Thomas Chase, a clergyman who had immigrated to Somerset County, where his father took up a new pulpit. Samuel was educated at home he was eighteen when he left for Annapolis to read law. He was admitted to the bar in 1761 and started a law practice in Annapolis. In 1770, Chase married Lois Frank, a minister's daughter. The exact date of the marriage is not known.

Continental Congress

Chase represented Maryland at the Continental Congress, and was re-elected in 1775, serving until 1778. His involvement in an attempt to corner the flour market, using insider information gained through his position in the congress, resulted in his not being returned to the Continental Congress and damaging his reputation.

Judicial career

In 1786, Chase moved to Baltimore, which remained his home for the rest of his life. That same year he was appointed chief justice of the District Criminal Court in Baltimore, and then became Chief Justice of the Maryland General Court. In 1796, President George Washington appointed Chase as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Chase served on the Court until his death fifteen years later.

Impeachment

Chase was served with 6 articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives in late 1804, explicitly over Chase's handling of the trial of John Fries. Two more articles would later be added. The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate began an impeachment trial against Justice Chase in early 1805, primarily revolving around allegations of political bias. The Senate, with Vice President Aaron Burr presiding, voted to acquit Chase of all charges on March 1, 1805, and as a result he remained in office.

Chase remains the only U.S. Supreme Court justice to have been impeached. His acquittal is believed to have helped ensure that an independent Federal judiciary would survive partisan challenge in the U.S.

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Preceded by
John Blair		Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
February 4, 1796 – June 19, 1811		Succeeded by
Gabriel Duval


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Signatories of the Declaration of Independence
J. Adams • S. Adams • Bartlett • Braxton • Carroll of Carrollton • Chase • Clark • Clymer • Ellery • Floyd • Franklin • Gerry • Gwinnett • Hall • Hancock • Harrison • Hart • Hewes • Heyward • Hooper • Hopkins • Hopkinson • Huntington • Jefferson • F. L. Lee • R. H. Lee • Lewis • Livingston • Lynch • McKean • Middleton • L. Morris • R. Morris • Morton • Nelson • Paca • Penn • Paine • Read • Rodney • Ross • Rush • Rutledge • Sherman • Smith • Stockton • Stone • Taylor • Thornton • Walton • Whipple • Williams • Wilson • Witherspoon • Wolcott • Wythe


The Ellsworth Court
1796–1798:J. Wilson | Wm. Cushing | J. Iredell | Wm. Paterson | S. Chase|
1798–February 1799:Wm. Cushing | J. Iredell | Wm. Paterson | S. Chase|
February–October 1799:Wm. Cushing | J. Iredell | Wm. Paterson | S. Chase | B. Washington|
October 1799–April 1800:Wm. Cushing | Wm. Paterson | S. Chase | B. Washington|
April–December 1800:Wm. Cushing | Wm. Paterson | S. Chase | B. Washington | A. Moore|
The Marshall Court
1801–1804:Wm. Cushing | Wm. Paterson | S. Chase | B. Washington | A. Moore|
1804–1806:Wm. Cushing | Wm. Paterson | S. Chase | B. Washington | Wm. Johnson|
1807–1810:Wm. Cushing | S. Chase | B. Washington | Wm. Johnson | H.B. Livingston | Th. Todd|
1810–1811:S. Chase | B. Washington | Wm. Johnson | H.B. Livingston | Th. Todd|
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