John Lowell

Judge 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

Court Name:

Massachusetts District Court

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