John Lowell
Personal
Birthday:
6/17/1743
Birthplace:
Newburyport, MA
Date of Death:
5/6/1802
Place of Death:
Roxbury, MA
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1763-1771, 1773, 1775
Selectman, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1771-1772, 1774, 1776
Massachusetts militia major, 1776
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1777-1778, 1779-1781
State representative, Massachusetts, 1778, 1780-1782
Delegate, Massachusetts constitutional convention, 1780
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1782-1783
Judge, Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture, 1783-
Member, commission on the boundary between Massachusetts and New York, 1784
State senator, Massachusetts, 1784-1785
Education
Name of School:
Harvard College
Degree Year:
1760
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1763 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
President Nominating:
George Washington
Commission Date:
09/26/1789
Termination Date:
02/20/1801
Termination Reason:
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second:
U. S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit
Commission Date - Second:
02/20/1801
Termination Date - Second:
05/06/1802
Termination Reason - Second:
Death