David Howell

1747–1824 · Morristown, NJ

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode IslandJudgeJames Madison (Jeffersonian Republican)Nov 17, 1812Death, Jul 30, 1824

Education

  • College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1766
  • Rhode Island College (now Brown University), A.M., 1769

Professional Career

Professor, Brown University, 1766-1824; Private practice, Providence, Rhode Island, 1768-1779, 1781-1782; Justice of the peace, Providence, Rhode Island, 1779; Justice, Rhode Island Court of Common Pleas, Providence County, 1780; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1782-1785; Associate justice, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1786-1787; Attorney general, State of Rhode Island, 1789; Boundary commissioner, New York City, 1794

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