John Lowell

John Lowell

John Lowell (born June 17, 1743 in Newburyport , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  May 6, 1802 in Roxbury , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1782 he was a delegate for Massachusetts to the Continental Congress ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

John Lowell was the progenitor of a well-known Boston family whose members were active in many areas of public life. This included lawyers, industrialists, writers and local politicians. In 1760 he graduated from Harvard University . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1762, he began to work in Newburyport in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1771 and 1776 he was a member of the Newburyport City Council on several occasions. At the beginning of the revolution he leaned towards the British side, but soon turned and became a supporter of the American cause. In 1776 he became a major in the Massachusetts militia. In the meantime, he moved his law office and residence to Boston. In 1778 and from 1780 to 1782 he sat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives ; from 1784 to 1785 he was a member of the State Senate .

In 1780 Lowell was a delegate at a constitutional convention of his state, which he also represented in the Continental Congress in 1782. In 1780 he was one of the first members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He was also a member of a commission to determine the boundaries between New York and Massachusetts in 1784 . From 1784 to 1789 he served as an appeal judge. From 1789 he was a judge at the federal district court for Massachusetts before he was promoted to judge at the federal district court for the first district court in 1801 . John Lowell died in Roxbury on May 6, 1802.

Web links

• John Lowell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Lowell in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• John Lowell in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges