James T. Austin

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James Trecothick Austin
22nd Massachusetts
Attorney General
In office
1832–1843
Preceded by Perez Morton
Succeeded by John H. Clifford
(From 1849; Office Abolished from 1843–1849)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Attorney[1]
In office
1812[1] – 1832[1]
Personal details
Born January 7, 1784[1]
Boston, Massachusetts[1]
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Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Political party Anti-Federalist,[1][2] National Republican Party[3][4]
Spouse(s) Catharine Gerry[5]
Children Ivers James Austin, born February 14, 1808, d June 11, 1889;[6] Marie Cornelia Ritchie Austin, b. March 8, 1821, d, December 6, 1864.[5]
Profession Attorney[1]

James Trecothick Austin (January 7, 1784 – May 8, 1870) was the 22nd Massachusetts Attorney General.[1] Austin was the son of Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts Jonathan L. Austin.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1824.[7]

Family

Austin married Catharine Gerry,[6] the eldest daughter[6] of Elbridge Gerry,[5] they had a son, Ivers James Austin, born February 14, 1808,[6] and a daughter, Marie Cornelia Ritchie Austin, born on March 8, 1821.[5]

Writings

  • The Life of Elbridge Gerry, with Contemporary Letters to the Close of the American Revolution. 2 Volumes, (1827–1829).

References

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Bibliography

  • Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge (1871), The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass., Volume II., Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell, p. 1206.
  • Linzee, John William (1917), The Linzee families of Great Britain and the United States of America and The Allied Families, Volume II., Boston, Massachusetts: John William Linzee, p. 768.
  • Wilson, James Grant (1888), Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. I., Aaron-Crandall, New York, N.Y.: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, p. 120.
Legal offices
Preceded by 22nd Attorney General of Massachusetts
1832–1843
Succeeded by
John H. Clifford