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John S. Sherburne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's At-large district
In office
1793–1797
Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
In office
March 26, 1804 – August 2, 1830
Preceded byJohn Pickering
Succeeded byMatthew Harvey
US Attorney for the District of New Hampshire
In office
1801–1804
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office
1790–1793
US Attorney for the District of New Hampshire
In office
1789–1793
Personal details
Born1757
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
DiedAugust 7, 1830(1830-08-07) (aged 72–73)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Political partyAnti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Alma materDartmouth College

John Samuel Sherburne (1757 – August 2, 1830) was a lawyer, politician, and United States federal judge from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sherburne was a descendant of John Sherburne, an early New Hampshire pioneer who arrived from England in 1632. John Samuel Sherburne graduated from Dartmouth College in 1776 and attended the law department of Harvard University. He read law to be admitted to the bar and commenced private practice in Portsmouth in 1776. He served in the Continental Army as a member of the New Hampshire Militia during the Revolutionary War, rising to become brigade Major on the staff of General William Whipple. He left the service after he lost a leg in the engagement at Butts Hill in Rhode Island in August 1778. His private practice continued until 1789, when he became the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from 1789 to 1793, and again from 1801 to 1804.

Sherburne served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1790–1793, and then represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797. Following his congressional service, he resumed his private practice in Portsmouth until 1801, when he returned to the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and began his second stint as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, until 1804.

On March 22, 1804,[1] Sherburne was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire vacated by John Pickering, who became the first federal official to be removed from office through impeachment on March 12, 1804.[2] Sherburne was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1804, and received his commission on March 26, 1804. Sherburne, who as a witness for the prosecution managers had aided the case for Pickering's removal even though the latter was insane and did not knowingly commit "high crimes and misdemeanors" on the bench,[3] himself became insane and was for all intents and purposes removed from the bench in 1826, though he continued to receive his salary until his 1830 death.[4]

References

  1. ^ Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr., 1949), p. 505.
  2. ^ Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr., 1949), p. 504.
  3. ^ Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr., 1949), p. 501.
  4. ^ Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr., 1949), p. 506.

Sources

  • "John S. Sherburne". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • John Samuel Sherburne at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the District Court for the District of New Hampshire
1804-1830 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's At-large congressional district
1793-1797 		Succeeded by
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