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Samuel Chase

1741 - 1811

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Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811) was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Continental Association and United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. In 1804, Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of letting his partisan leanings affect his court decisions, but was acquitted the following year by the Senate and remained in office. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Chase has received more than 1,066,717 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Chase is the 39th most popular judge (down from 38th in 2019), the 11,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,136th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Judge.

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  • 1.1M

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  • 41.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, Samuel Chase ranks 39 out of 53. Before him are Harlan F. Stone, Brett Kavanaugh, David Souter, Leila Seth, Elliott Belgrave, and Elena Kagan. After him are John Davies, Ninian Stephen, George Wythe, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Harry Blackmun, and Neil Gorsuch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Samuel Chase ranks 31. Before him are William Withering, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Charles Willson Peale, Carl Hindenburg, Sarah Trimmer, and John Langdon. After him are Thomas Fitzsimons, and George Walton. Among people deceased in 1811, Samuel Chase ranks 26. Before him are Mariano Moreno, Johann Beckmann, Juan Aldama, Ivan Osterman, György Bessenyei, and Benjamin Vulliamy. After him are Thomas Percy, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and Thomas Fitzsimons.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Chase ranks 11,394 out of 20,380. Before him are Tris Speaker (1888), Naomi Wolf (1962), David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1915), Percy Lavon Julian (1899), Dawn Olivieri (1981), and Allison Anders (1954). After him are Fred Savage (1976), Jamie Chung (1983), Madge Bellamy (1899), Rodney Mullen (1966), Chris Botti (1962), and Richard Denning (1914).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Samuel Chase ranks 20. Before him are John Paul Stevens (1920), Walter Q. Gresham (1832), Harlan F. Stone (1872), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), David Souter (1939), and Elena Kagan (1960). After him are Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970), Harry Blackmun (1908), Neil Gorsuch (1967), Michael Mukasey (1941), George Henry Williams (1823), and Potter Stewart (1915).

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