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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJohn LOWELL
(1743-1802)
LOWELL, John, a Delegate
from Massachusetts; born in Newburyport, Mass., June 17, 1743; was
graduated from Harvard College in 1760; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1762 and commenced practice in Newburyport, Mass.; an
officer in the militia in 1776; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1777;
member of the State house of representatives 1778 and 1780-1782;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1780; Member of
the Continental Congress in 1782; served in the State senate in
1784 and 1785; commissioner on the New York and Massachusetts
boundary line in 1784; judge of the court of appeals 1784-1789, of
the United States district court 1789-1801, and of the United
States Circuit Court for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and
Connecticut in 1801 and 1802; died in Roxbury, Mass., May 6,
1802.
Bibliography
Deane, Charles. Judge Lowell and the Massachusetts Declaration
of Rights. Boston: Press of J. Wilson and Sons, 1874.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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