Political Career
Among the other young lawyers in Annapolis at the time was Samuel Chase, who would become a close friend and political colleague of . Together, and Chase led local opposition to the British Stamp Act of 1765 and established the Anne Arundel County chapter of the Sons of Liberty.
He was elected to the Maryland legislature in 1771 and appointed to the Continental Congress in 1774. He was reelected, serving until 1779, when he became chief justice of the state of Maryland. In 1782 he was elected governor of Maryland. On December 22, 1789, received a recess appointment from President George Washington to a seat on the newly created United States District Court for the District of Maryland, created by 1 Stat. 73. Formally nominated on February 8, 1790, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 10, 1790, and received his commission the same day, serving as such until his death.
William Paca died in 1799 at his estate of Wye Hall in Queen Anne's County, Maryland and was buried in the family cemetery there. His obituaries report he died on Oct. 13, 1799, so the date of Oct. 23, 1799, reported above is most likely in error. See: Federal Gazette (Baltimore, MD), Oct. 16, 1799 Daily Advertiser (New York, NY), Oct. 21, 1799 Centinel of Liberty (Georgetown, DC), Oct. 22, 1789 New-York Gazette (New York, NY), Oct. 22, 1799
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