Talk:Samuel Chase

Looking for info
Does anyone have more information about Samuel Chase? Such as did he marry and have offspring? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradeos Graphon (talk • contribs) 17:48, 20 October 2005


 * First wife was Anne Baldwin. They married when Chase was 20, the same year he started his practice in Annapolis.  They had seven children.  Anne died during the Revolutionary War.  Chase married again in 1784 to Hannah Kitty Giles (1758-1848), daughter of Samuel Giles and Mary Hart, and they had two children.


 * A daughter of the second marriage, Mary Elizabeth Chase (1785-1872) married William Bedford Barney, son of Commodore Joshua Barney (1759-1818), the U.S. Navy hero.


 * Samuel Chase is buried with his father and second wife Hannah at Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.10.178 (talk • contribs) 03:34, 7 February 2006

Just a random question: In the 70s musical "1776", Samuel Chase is portrayed as being rather obese and having perhaps an eating obsession. Is there any historical justification for this portrayal? (The portrait posted in the article doesn't corroborate it.) Or did the musical add this aspect merely for comedic effect? 98.212.223.45 (talk) 06:39, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

I am a direct descendent of samual chase. so yes, he had offspring — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.81.164.232 (talk) 00:58, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Impeachment
This section is woefully lacking detail. What was the acquittal vote? What were the allegations of "political bias"? It takes a complex and noteworthy issue (the impeachment process against a SCOTUS justice), and simplistically represents it as an ardent Federalist vs. a Jeffersonian-leaning Senate. Also "to have been impeached" seems inaccurate, at least ambiguous, since the impeachment vote failed to remove him from office. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.172.132.176 (talk • contribs) 04:21, 27 July 2007

All good questions - I'm doing an assignment on tenure and removal of justices and while I'm not dealing with Chase directly, the wording in Wikipedia surrounding the impeachment being for his work on lower circuit courts, is the only mention of this I can find. Others claim it was his reference to the republic sinking to a "mobocracy" under Jefferson. [Abraham at 76 & Oyez (see below)]. I haven't looked at the following sources, but for anyone who wants to do a clean up of the article (yes, I know the dates on them; you'll probably have to go to an actual library), they would make a good start.

Best source for any Supreme Court Justice is the invaluable Henry J. Abraham "Justices and Presidents" (3rd ed, 1991); for Chase, try George Lee Haskins & Herbert A. Johnson "History of the Supreme Court of the United States" (Vol 2, 1981) (at 205-245) or online there's Oyez . Abraham references an 'authoritative' article by Richard Tillich, "The Chase Impeachment" in 4 American Journal of Legal History (1960); alternatively try Raoul Berger, "Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems" (1973). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.222.183.154 (talk) 03:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Or any decent history of the United States; it would be a reasonable test of decency to see if Chase's scandals were explained. I know Morrison and Commager passes. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 21:30, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm not expert at all, but "to have been impeached" is accurate, since he was tried. Whether you're found guilty or not, you have still been impeached, if that's what you were talking about. Experimental Hobo Infiltration Droid (talk) 16:02, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That is my understanding as well. "Impeached" is akin to "indicted" or "charged".  Blacks Law6th ed. definition of impeach includes " To proceed against a public official for crime or malfeasance, before a proper court, by the presentation of a written accusation called 'articles of impeachment'.  Anyway, the US Congressional system is that the House impeaches, then the Senate tries.  IMHO (talk) 20:39, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Someone spammed the page
Hello all --

Someone added this sentence to the Samuel Chase Wikipedia entry: Since leaving the federal judiciary Justice Chase started an internet blog, Eight Articles. Seen here,

I'm not well versed in editing the entries. Could someone please remove the extraneous language?

Thanks,

Jaystew1 (talk) 20:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Taken care of. Warning issued.  7&amp;6=thirteen (talk) 21:20, 25 February 2009 (UTC) Stan

Problem in "Judicial career" section
I have found "In 1791, he became Chief Justice of the Maryland General Court, agef name=SCHS/>". Please fix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 20:39, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

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"Old bacon face"
This is just hanging out there with no explanation. I just happened onto the article but this line really stuck out. -- S l i m J i m  Talk 05:15, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Category:American slave owners
No mention of slave-owning. I feel that this category should be restricted to people whose slave-owning history was notable in itself. Valetude (talk) 19:52, 21 April 2021 (UTC)