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Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) 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.
Samuel Chase (* 17. April 1741 in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Province of Maryland; † 19. Juni 1811 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist, der unter anderem als Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten fungierte.
Samuel Chase, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was impeached by the United States House of Representatives on March 12, 1804 on eight articles of impeachment alleging misconduct.
13. Apr. 2024 · Samuel Chase was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, whose acquittal in an impeachment trial (1805) inspired by Pres. Thomas Jefferson for political reasons strengthened the independence of the judiciary. Chase served as a member of the Maryland assembly (1764–84) and in the Continental.
5. Jan. 2024 · Samuel Chase was a Founding Father and a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He was a lawyer and politician from Maryland who rose to prominence during the American Revolution, despite a rough personality and often harsh way of dealing with people, especially political opponents.
The second impeachment trial, in 1804, removed a federal judge for reasons of drunkenness and insanity. More than the first two proceedings, however, this third trial challenged the Senate to explore the meaning of impeachable crimes. Samuel Chase had served on the Supreme Court since 1796.
Remembered largely as the only Supreme Court justice to ever have faced impeachment proceedings, Samuel Chase served as an associate justice from 1796 to 1811. Chase was born in 1741 in Maryland as the only child of Reverend Thomas Chase and his wife, Matilda Walker.
