OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 4, 1732;
St. Leonard, Maryland

DIED:
October 26, 1819 (age 86)
Frederick, Maryland

EDUCATION:
Read Law with Stephen Bordley (1760)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

HIGHLIGHTS:
1756:
Admitted to Bar of Annapolis
1760:
Admitted to Bars of Frederick and Baltimore Counties in Maryland
1760-1762:
Practiced Law in Annapolis, Maryland
1762-1774:
Represented Anne Arundel County in the Lower House of the Maryland General Assembly
1774-1776:
Member, Continental Congress
June 15, 1775:
Nominated George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
1776:
Delegate, First Constitutional Convention of Maryland
1776-1777
Senior Brigadier General, Maryland Militia;
Commanded troops sent to aid Washington during his retreat through New Jersey
1777-1779:
First Governor of Maryland
1780-1790:
Practiced Law in Frederick, Maryland
1780-1781, 1787-1788:
Member, Maryland House of Delegates
1788:
Member, Maryland Convention for Ratification of the Constitution
1790-1791:
Chief Judge, General Court of Maryland
1791-1793:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 
1791-1794:
Member, Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Maryland State Archives
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Thomas Johnson Letters
Maryland State Archives

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