Samuel Chase
Samuel Chase
Samuel Chasewas an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland. Early in life, Chase was a "firebrand" states-righter and revolutionary. His political views changed over his lifetime, and, in the last decades of his career, he became well known as a staunch Federalist and was impeached on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions. He was acquitted by the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSupreme Court Justice
Date of Birth17 April 1741
CitySomerset County, MD
CountryUnited States of America
Samuel Chase quotes about
I cannot subscribe to the omnipotence of a State legislature.