BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Samuel Chase UID:2008-04-30-05-24-32-62-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:TRANSPARENT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=4;BYMONTHDAY=17 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250417 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250418 DTSTAMP:20260416T180845 CATEGORIES:Signers of the Declaration of Independance,Revolution People LOCATION:Princess Anne\, Maryland GEO:38.2028993;-75.692427 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

Samuel Chase (1741 - 181 1) was born on April 17, 1741 in Princess Anne, Maryland. He was an Americ an lawyer, politician, and jurist, best known for his role as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. A strong advocate for America n independence, Chase was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and played a significant role in the Continental Congress. Before his appointm ent to the Supreme Court, he served as a Maryland delegate to the Continen tal Congress and as the state’s treasurer.

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In 1796, President Ge orge Washington appointed him to the Supreme Court, where he became known for his outspoken views and his support for a strong federal government. C hase was involved in several significant cases, often reflecting his Feder alist views. His tenure on the Court was marked by his controversial impea chment proceedings in 1804. He was impeached by the House of Representativ es on charges of political bias and misconduct, but he was acquitted by th e Senate, setting an important precedent that impeachment should not be us ed for political disagreements. Chase continued to serve on the Supreme Co urt until his death in 1811.

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DESCRIPTION:Samuel Chase (1741 - 1811) was born on April 17\, 1741 in Princ ess Anne\, Maryland. He was an American lawyer\, politician\, and jurist\, best known for his role as an Associate Justice of the United States Supr eme Court. A strong advocate for American independence\, Chase was a signe r of the Declaration of Independence and played a significant role in the Continental Congress. Before his appointment to the Supreme Court\, he ser ved as a Maryland delegate to the Continental Congress and as the state’ s treasurer.\nIn 1796\, President George Washington appointed him to the S upreme Court\, where he became known for his outspoken views and his suppo rt for a strong federal government. Chase was involved in several signific ant cases\, often reflecting his Federalist views. His tenure on the Court was marked by his controversial impeachment proceedings in 1804. He was i mpeached by the House of Representatives on charges of political bias and misconduct\, but he was acquitted by the Senate\, setting an important pre cedent that impeachment should not be used for political disagreements. Ch ase continued to serve on the Supreme Court until his death in 1811.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/1,5872-samuel-c hase?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR