James T. Austin
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James Trecothick Austin | |
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22nd Massachusetts Attorney General |
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In office 1832–1843 |
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Preceded by | Perez Morton |
Succeeded by | John H. Clifford (From 1849; Office Abolished from 1843–1849) |
Suffolk County, Massachusetts Attorney[1] |
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In office 1812[1] – 1832[1] |
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Personal details | |
Born | January 7, 1784[1] Boston, Massachusetts[1] |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[1] 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]
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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.
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Preceded by | 22nd Attorney General of Massachusetts 1832–1843 |
Succeeded by John H. Clifford |
Categories:
- Use mdy dates from October 2011
- 1784 births
- 1870 deaths
- Harvard University alumni
- Massachusetts lawyers
- Massachusetts Attorneys General
- District attorneys in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Lawyers from Boston, Massachusetts
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Massachusetts National Republicans