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John Samuel Sherburne

John Samuel Sherburne

New Hampshire District Court

Born 1757 in Portsmouth, NH

Died 1830 in Portsmouth, NH

FJC ID: 2175

John Samuel Sherburne (1757 – August 2, 1830) was a United States representative from New Hampshire and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. U.S. attorney for the District of New Hampshire
    1789–1793, 1801–1804
  2. Private practice, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
    1776–1789, 1797–1801
  3. New Hampshire, 1790-ca.
    State representative · 1793, 1801
  4. U.S. representative from New Hampshire
    1793–1797
  5. Continental Army brigade major of staff

Appointments

  1. New Hampshire District Court
    1804–1830 · Appointed by Thomas Jefferson (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Harvard University
  2. Read law
    1776
  3. Dartmouth College
    1776