James Trecothick Austin | |
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22nd
Massachusetts Attorney General | |
In office 1832–1843 | |
Governor |
Levi Lincoln Jr. John Davis Samuel Turell Armstrong Edward Everett Marcus Morton |
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] | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Samuel D. Parker |
Personal details | |
Born | January 7, 1784
[1] Boston, Massachusetts [1] |
Died | May 8, 1870[1] Boston, Massachusetts [1] | (aged 86)
Political party | Anti-Federalist, [1] [2] National Republican Party [3] [4] |
Spouse | 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] He graduated from Harvard College in 1802. [8]
In 1837, he spoke at Faneuil Hall in praise of anti-abolitionists who had killed Elijah P. Lovejoy. He compared the mob to American patriots rising against the British and declared that Lovejoy "died as the fool dieth!" [9] [a]
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]
James Trecothick Austin | |
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22nd
Massachusetts Attorney General | |
In office 1832–1843 | |
Governor |
Levi Lincoln Jr. John Davis Samuel Turell Armstrong Edward Everett Marcus Morton |
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] | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Samuel D. Parker |
Personal details | |
Born | January 7, 1784
[1] Boston, Massachusetts [1] |
Died | May 8, 1870[1] Boston, Massachusetts [1] | (aged 86)
Political party | Anti-Federalist, [1] [2] National Republican Party [3] [4] |
Spouse | 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] He graduated from Harvard College in 1802. [8]
In 1837, he spoke at Faneuil Hall in praise of anti-abolitionists who had killed Elijah P. Lovejoy. He compared the mob to American patriots rising against the British and declared that Lovejoy "died as the fool dieth!" [9] [a]
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]