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David Howell

David Howell

Rhode Island District Court

Born 1747 in Morristown, NJ

Died 1824 in Providence, RI

FJC ID: 1107

David Howell (January 1, 1747 – July 30, 1824) was a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Attorney General of Rhode Island and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Brown University
    Professor · 1766–1824
  2. New York City
    Boundary commissioner · 1794
  3. State of Rhode Island
    Attorney general · 1789
  4. Supreme Court of Rhode Island
    Associate justice · 1786–1787
  5. Continental Congress
    Delegate · 1782–1785
  6. Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island
    1768–1779, 1781–1782
  7. Rhode Island Court of Common Pleas, Providence County
    Justice · 1780
  8. Providence, Rhode Island
    Justice of the peace · 1779

Appointments

  1. Rhode Island District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
    1812–1824 · Appointed by James Madison (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Rhode Island College (now Brown University)
    A.M. · 1769
  2. College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
    1766