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WILLIAM PACA

William Paca was an American politician. He was born in 1740 and died in 1799. He opposed all taxation of the colonies by England. He was a member of, the Maryland Legislature from 1771 to 1774. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1779 and signed the American Declaration of Independence. He was a State Senator from 1777 to 1779, Judge of the Federal Court of Appeals from 1780 until 1783, and Governor of Maryland from 1783 until 1786. He was US Judge for the District of Maryland from 1789 to 1799.
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