William Paca (1740-1799)
MSA SC 3520-965
Governor of Maryland, 1782-1785 (anti-Federalist)
Biographical Profile-
Born: October 31, 1740 near Abingdon, Baltimore
(now Harford) County1
Father: John Paca2
Mother: Elizabeth (Smith) Paca3
Marriages: May 26, 1763 to Mary
Lloyd Chew; February 28, 1777 to Ann
Harrison4
Children: Henrietta Maria (died young), John Philemon,
William, Henry, Henrietta Maria, Hester5
Education: attended Academy and Charity School,
Philadelphia, 1752-1756; College of Philadelphia, B.A. 1759, M.A., 1762;
studied law with Stephen Bordley, 1759-1760; attended Inner Temple, Inns
of Court, London, 17616
Religious affiliation: Anglican7
Positions held:
Common Councilman, Annapolis, 1766
Maryland's Lower House, 1768-1774, 1786-1787
Conventions, Anne Arundel County, 1774-1776
Delegate, Continental Congress, June 1774-December 1780
First Council of Safety, 1775
Signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776
Maryland Senate, 1777, 1778-1780 (resigned)
Judge, Court of Appeals for Admiralty and Prize Cases, appointed 1780
Elected to Maryland Senate, 1786 (declined to serve)
Alderman, Annapolis, 1781
General Court, appointed February 1778 (resigned October)
Special Council on the Defense of the State, appointed 1780
Commissioner, Confiscated British Property, appointed 1781 (resigned)
Governor of Maryland, 1782-1785
Executive Council, 1786 (resigned)
Delegate, Constitution Ratification Convention, 1788
Board of Visitors and Governors, Washington College, 1783, 1789
Judge, Federal District Court of Maryland8
Died: October 13, 1799 at "Wye Hall," Queen Anne's
County9
Burial: family cemetery, Queen Anne's County10
Link to New National Dictionary of National Biography Entry
Link to Biography from Frank White's Governors of Maryland
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