James Lovell (politician)

James Lovell (born October 31, 1737 in Boston , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † July 14, 1814 in Windham , Maine ) was an American politician .

Career

James Lovell attended a public school. Then he graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1752 and Harvard College in 1756 . He then completed his postgraduate studies at Harvard in 1759. Lovell taught at the Boston Latin School between 1757 and 1775 and was a Masters at the North Grammar School (now Eliot School ). After the War of Independence broke out, he was imprisoned by General Howe and in 1775 transferred to Halifax ( Nova Scotia ). Lovell was later released. He was then a member of the Continental Congress between 1777 and 1782 . During this time he signed the Articles of Confederation . He was then responsible for the collection of continental taxes between 1784 and 1788. In 1788 and 1789 he worked as a tax collector in Boston. Lovell was appointed Naval Officer for the Port of Boston and Charlestown on August 3, 1789 , a position he held in Windham, Maine until his death in 1814.

family

His son, James S. Lovell (1758–1850), served in the Continental Army between 1776 and 1782 . After graduating from Harvard College in 1776, he entered the 16th Massachusetts Regiment , where he initially held the rank of lieutenant . In this capacity he took part in the Battle of Monmouth and in the fighting in Rhode Island . Then in 1779 he was assigned as an adjutant and now a major in the Southern Legion of Henry Lee and so took part in the southern campaigns.

His great-grandson Joseph Lovell was between 1818 than the position by the Congress was created and as surgeon general of the 1836 Army ( Surgeon General of the United States Army active).

literature

• James Lovell in the Continental Congress 1777-1782. by Helen Frances Jones, Columbia University, 1968.

Web links

• James Lovell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Lovell in the database of Find a Grave (English)