David Howell (lawyer)

David Howell

David Howell (born January 1, 1747 in Morristown , Province of New Jersey , †  July 21, 1824 in Providence , Rhode Island ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1782 and 1785 he was a delegate for the Rhode Island Colony in the Continental Congress .

Career

David Howell graduated from Eaton's Academy in Hopewell and then studied at the College of New Jersey until 1766 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1768, he began to work in Providence in this profession. After that he was part of the faculty at Brown University there for a long time . There he taught law and philosophy in addition to his political and legal activities. In Providence he was judge of the peace in 1779 and appellate judge in 1780. From 1782 to 1785 he sat for Rhode Island in the Continental Congress.

Howell served as a judge on the Rhode Island Supreme Court in 1786 and 1787, and served as the attorney general of his state from 1789 to 1790 . From 1780 to 1806 he was Secretary of the Board of Directors of Brown University. In the years 1790 and 1791 he acted as acting director of this university. At times he was also the federal commissioner for border issues and federal prosecutor in his home country. From 1812 until his death on July 21, 1824, he was a judge in the Federal District Court for Rhode Island. He was the father of US Senator Jeremiah B. Howell (1771-1822), who died before him.

Web links

• David Howell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Howell in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• David Howell in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry Goodwin	Attorney General of Rhode Island 1789–1790	Daniel Updike
David Leonard Barnes	District Attorney for the District of Rhode Island 1801–1812	Asher Robbins
David Leonard Barnes	Federal District Court Justice for the District of Rhode Island November 17, 1812-21. July 1824	John Pitman