James T. Austin

James Trecothick Austin
22nd Massachusetts
Attorney General
In office
1832–1843
GovernorLevi Lincoln Jr.
John Davis
Samuel Turell Armstrong
Edward Everett
Marcus Morton
Preceded byPerez Morton
Succeeded byJohn H. Clifford
(From 1849; Office Abolished from 1843–1849)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Attorney
In office
1812–1832
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded bySamuel D. Parker
Personal details
BornJanuary 7, 1784
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 8, 1870(1870-05-08) (aged 86)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
PartyAnti-Federalist, National Republican Party
SpouseCatharine Gerry
ChildrenIvers James Austin
(1808–1889)
Marie Cornelia Ritchie Austin (1821–1864)
ProfessionAttorney

James Trecothick Austin (January 7, 1784 – May 8, 1870) was the 22nd Massachusetts Attorney General. Austin was the son of Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts Jonathan L. Austin. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1824. He graduated from Harvard College in 1802.

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!"

Personal life and family

Austin was born on January 7, 1784, in Boston, Massachusetts.

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

Death

Austin died on May 8, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 86.

Notes

  1. ↑ The phrase is a reference to 2 Samuel 3:33, "And the king lamented over Abner, and said, 'Died Abner as a fool dieth?'"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wilson, James Grant (1888), "Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. I., Aaron-Crandall", D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, New York, N.Y., p. 120
  2. ↑ Larned, Josephus Nelson (1902), "The Literature of American History: a Bibliographical guide", Houghton, Mifflin & CO., Boston, Ma, p. 157
  3. ↑ Massachusetts Historical Society (1907), "Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society Second Series, Vol. XX", Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 499
  4. ↑ White, James Terry White, "The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of the United States as Illustrated in the lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the men and women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the thought of the Present Time, Volume XXII", James T. White & Company, New York, N.Y., p. 209
  5. ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Founders Online: James T. Austin to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July 1811".
  7. ↑ Darling, Arthur (1924). Political Changes in Massachusetts, 1824–48. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. p. 248.
  8. ↑ Linzee, John William (1917), "The Linzee Family of Great Britain and the United States of America and The Allied Families, Volume II.", John William Linzee, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 768
  9. ↑ Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge (1871), "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass., Volume II.", Joel Munsell, Albany, N.Y., p. 1206

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