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Samuel Chase.
American lawyer and politician, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1741–1811)
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About Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Continental Association and United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. In 1804, Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions, but was acquitted the following year by the Senate and remained in office. He is the only United States Supreme Court Justice to have ever been impeached.
Everything about Samuel Chase →- Occupation
- judge, politician
- Position held
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Citizenship
- United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- April 17, 1741
- Died
- June 19, 1811