Samuel Chase was never Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Justice Chase is best known as the first and only US Supreme Court justice in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives (1804). He was acquitted during his Senate trial in 1805 and remained on the Court until his death in 1811.
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, ironically, presided over the first Senate Presidential impeachment trial when Andrew Johnson was brought up on charges of violating the Tenure of Office Act in 1868.
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Samuel Chase was the only supreme court justice to be impeached.
No, Justice Samuel Chase, who served on the US Supreme Court from 1796 - 1811, and Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, who presided over the Court from 1864 - 1873, were unrelated. Chief Justice Chase's paternal grandfather was named Samuel, but he died in 1800 at the age of 93. Samuel Chase, the justice, died in 1811.
Samuel Chase
Impeachment was the action voted by the House of Representatives against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. However, the Senate didn't uphold the impeachment.
President George Washington appointed Samuel Chase to the US Supreme Court in 1796. Justice Chase has the distinction of being the only Supreme Court justice impeached by the House of Representatives (1804). He was acquitted at his Senate trial in 1805, and remained on the Court until his death in 1811.
The state that Samuel Chase represented was Maryland. He served as Chief Justice in Baltimore until he was chosen by President Washington to serve on the Supreme Court.
Justice Samuel Chase served on the US Supreme Court from 1796 until his death in 1811. Chase is the only Supreme Court justice to have been impeached by the House of Representatives (1804). He was acquitted at his Senate trial in 1805 and remained on the Court another six years. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Samuel Chase
None. You have Samuel Chase, the US Supreme Court justice who was impeached, confused with Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court), who presided over Andrew Johnson's Senate impeachment trial.Salmon P. Chase was commemorated on the $10,000 bill (and gold notes) because he had been Secretary of the Treasury at the time the federal government began issuing currency.
When a vacancy occurs because a sitting justice retires, resigns, dies or is impeached and convicted.Only one US Supreme Court justice, Samuel Chase, has ever been impeached, but he was acquitted at trial.
Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments--most of them retire, but they can stay on the bench until they die like William Rehnquist did. They can be impeached, but that's the only way to get rid of one. The only justice to have ever been impeached was Samuel Chase, who was acquitted. Samuel Chase was nominated to the Court by George Washington.
Supreme Court justices have lifetime appointments--most of them retire, but they can stay on the bench until they die like William Rehnquist did. They can be impeached, but that's the only way to get rid of one. The only justice to have ever been impeached was Samuel Chase, who was acquitted. Samuel Chase was nominated to the Court by George Washington.