Chase, Samuel
jurist, statesman, was born April 17, 1741, in Somerset county, Maryland. He was sent by Maryland as a delegate to the continental congress, where he served from 1774 to 1778, and in 1784 and 1785. He wasa signer of the declaration of independence.
In 1788 he was appointed chief justice of the criminal court; a member of the convention that ratified the federal constitution, and in 1796 was appointed an associate on the supreme bench. He died June 19, 1811. was