John Locke (Massachusetts)

For other people named John Locke, see John Locke (disambiguation).

John Locke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Samuel C. Allen
Succeeded by	Joseph G. Kendall
Personal details
Born	February 14, 1764 Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Died	Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)	Hannah Goodwin
Profession	Attorney

John Locke (February 14, 1764 – March 29, 1855), was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, and attended Andover Academy and Dartmouth College, eventually graduating from Harvard University in 1792. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar and began practicing law in Ashby in 1796.

Political career

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1804, 1805, 1813, and 1823, and was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820. He was elected to the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth U.S. Congresses (March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829); He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1828. Locke was then a member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1830, and of the State executive council in 1831. At this time he also resumed the practice of law.

Writing

He wrote two "essays" about how the Articles were wrong, and was ridiculed greatly by peers.

Death

Locke died in Boston, Massachusetts on March 29, 1855; he is interred in Lowell Cemetery in Lowell.

Footnotes

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel C. Allen	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829	Succeeded by Joseph G. Kendall

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