William Paca
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William Paca (October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a United States federal judge.
Paca was born in Abingdon, Maryland. Inner Temple, London, England. He received a M.A. from College of Philadelphia in 1759. He read law in 1761. He was in private practice of law in Annapolis, Maryland from 1764 to the present. Provincial legislator, Colony of Maryland, 1768-. He was a Member, First and Second Colonial Congresses, from Maryland from 1774 to 1779. He was a Maryland state senator in 1776. He was a Signer of Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was a Chief judge, Maryland General Court from 1778 to 1780. Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals in Admiralty and Prize Cases, 1780-. He was a State Governor, Maryland from 1782 to 1783 and from 1784 to 1785.
Paca was a federal judge to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Paca received a recess appointment from President George Washington on December 22, 1789, to a new seat created by 1 Stat. 73; nominated on February 8, 1790; He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 10, 1790, and received commission the same day. Paca's service was terminated on October 13, 1799, due to death.
He died in Talbot County, Maryland.
Sources
- William Paca at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Category:1740 births Category:1799 deaths Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland