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John Lowell
Chief Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit · 1789–1801
John Lowell , Chief Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the First Circuit. John Lowell (June 17, 1743 – May 6, 1802) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, a judge of the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture under the Articles of Confederation, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the First Circuit.
Education
- Harvard College1760
- Read law1763
Career
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
Biography
John Lowell (June 17, 1743 – May 6, 1802) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, a judge of the Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture under the Articles of Confederation, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the First Circuit.
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