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David Howell
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1812
David Howell , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. David Howell (January 1, 1747 – July 30, 1824) was a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Attorney General of Rhode Island and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
Education
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1766
- Rhode Island College (now Brown University)A.M., 1769
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
Biography
David Howell (January 1, 1747 – July 30, 1824) was a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Rhode Island, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Attorney General of Rhode Island and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
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