David Howell

Judge 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