John Lowell (October 18, 1824 – May 14, 1897) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
John Lowell
Chief Judge — U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit
Born 1743 in Newburyport, MA
Died 1802 in Roxbury, MA
FJC ID: 1431
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Court of Appeals in Cases of CaptureJudge · 1783–present
State senator · 1784–1785- commission on the boundary between Massachusetts and New YorkMember · 1784
- Continental CongressDelegate · 1782–1783
- State representative · 1778, 1780–1782
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts1777–1778, 1779–1781
- Massachusetts constitutional conventionDelegate · 1780
- Newburyport, MassachusettsSelectman · 1771–1772, 1774, 1776
- Massachusetts militia major1776
- Private practice, Newburyport, Massachusetts1763–1771, 1773, 1775
Appointments
- U.S. Circuit Court for the First CircuitChief Judge1801–1802 · Appointed by John Adams (Federalist)Term ended: Death
1789–1801 · Appointed by George WashingtonTerm ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Read law1763
- Harvard College1760