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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJames SULLIVAN
(1744-1808)
SULLIVAN, James, (brother
of John Sullivan and uncle of George Sullivan), a Delegate from
Massachusetts; born in Berwick, Maine (then a part of
Massachusetts), April 22, 1744; completed preparatory studies;
studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1782 and commenced
practice in Biddeford; King’s attorney for York County;
active in pre-Revolutionary movements; member of the Provincial
Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775; member of the general
court in 1775 and 1776; justice of the superior court 1776-1782;
elected to the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783 but did not
attend; member of the executive council in 1787; judge of probate
for Suffolk County in 1788; state attorney general 1790-1807;
governor of Massachusetts in 1807 and 1808; died in Boston, Mass.,
December 10, 1808; interment in Central Boston Common Cemetery.
Bibliography
Sprague, John Francis. Three Men from Maine: Sir William
Pepperrell, Sir William Phips, James Sullivan. And A Bit of
Old England in New England by Bertram E. Packard.
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine: Sprague’s Journal of Maine History,
1924.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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