Jeremiah Chase

Jeremiah Townley Chase (born May 23, 1748 in Baltimore , Province of Maryland , † May 11, 1828 in Annapolis , Maryland ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1783 and 1784 he was a delegate for Maryland to the Continental Congress .

Career

Jeremiah Chase was a cousin of Samuel Chase (1741-1811) one of the Founding Fathers of the United States . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1771, he began to work in this profession in Annapolis and Baltimore. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. In 1774 he was a member of the Committees of Observation and Correspondence . Two years later he was a delegate to the constitutional convention of the future state of Maryland. Since 1779 he lived permanently in Annapolis. In 1783 he became mayor of this city. Between 1780 and 1784 and again from 1786 to 1788 he was a member of the governor's advisory staff .

In 1783 and 1784, Jeremiah Chase represented his homeland in the Continental Congress. In 1788 he was a member of the congregation that ratified the United States Constitution for Maryland . Chase was initially against this document because it did not mention human rights. After the Bill of Rights was passed , in which these were enshrined, he was in favor of the federal constitution. He later supported the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . Between 1789 and 1805, Jeremiah Chase was General Court Judge in Anne Arundel County ; from 1808 to 1824 he served as the presiding judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals . He died on May 11, 1828.

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SURNAME	Chase, Jeremiah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Chase, Jeremiah Townley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baltimore , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	May 11, 1828
Place of death	Annapolis , Maryland