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William Paca
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland · 1790
William Paca , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. William Paca ( PAY-kə or PAK-ə; October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. He was a Maryland delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress, governor of Maryland, and a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Education
- Inner Temple, London, England
- College of Philadelphia (now University of Pennsylvania)M.A., 1759
- Read law1761
Career
Private practice, Annapolis, Maryland, 1763-; Member, Lower House, Maryland Proprietary Assembly, 1767-1774; Delegate, First and Second Continental Congresses, 1774-1779; Signer of Declaration of Independence, 1776; State senator, Maryland, 1776-1777, 1778-1780; Judge, Maryland General Court, 1778; Judge, Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1780-1782; Governor, Maryland, 1782-1785; State delegate, Maryland, 1786
Biography
William Paca ( PAY-kə or PAK-ə; October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. He was a Maryland delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental Congress, governor of Maryland, and a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
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