David Howell
Personal
Birthday:
1/1/1747
Birthplace:
Morristown, NJ
Date of Death:
7/30/1824
Place of Death:
Providence, RI
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Professor, Brown University, 1766-1824
Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1768-1779, 1781-1782
Justice of the peace, Providence, Rhode Island, 1779
Justice, Rhode Island Court of Common Pleas, Providence County, 1780
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1782-1785
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1786-1787
Attorney general, State of Rhode Island, 1789
Boundary commissioner, New York City, 1794
Education
Name of School:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree Year:
1766
Name of School - Second:
Rhode Island College (now Brown University)
Degree - Second:
A.M.
Degree Year - Second:
1769 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
Court Name:
Rhode Island District Court
President Nominating:
James Madison
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
11/17/1812
Termination Date:
07/30/1824
Termination Reason:
Death