Levi Lincoln, Sr.
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| Levi Lincoln, Sr. | |
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| In office December 10, 1808 – May 1, 1809 |
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| Preceded by | James Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Gore |
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| In office December 15, 1800 – March 5, 1801 |
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| Preceded by | Dwight Foster |
| Succeeded by | Seth Hastings |
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| In office May 29, 1807 – December 10, 1808 |
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| Governor | James Sullivan |
| Preceded by | Edward Robbins |
| Succeeded by | David Cobb |
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| In office March 5, 1801 – March 2, 1805 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Lee |
| Succeeded by | John Breckinridge |
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| Born | June 10, 1749 Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 14, 1820 (aged 70) Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Levi Lincoln, Sr. (May 15, 1749–April 14, 1820) was an American revolutionary and statesman who served as a Minuteman at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, a state legislator in Massachusetts, a participant in Massachusetts' state constitutional convention, Governor of Massachusetts, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, a U.S. Representative, Attorney General for President Thomas Jefferson and Acting Secretary of State.
Lincoln was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, on May 15, 1749. He graduated from Harvard in 1772 and studied law under Joseph Hawley. When the Battle of Lexington occurred he volunteered to fight with the Minutemen. From 1775 to 1781, he served as clerk of the court and probate judge of Worcester County. Though elected to the Continental Congress in 1781, he declined to serve. Lincoln was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1796, and of the Senate in 1797. In 1800, he was elected to Congress and served until March 5, 1801, when President Jefferson appointed him Attorney General of the United States. He held the office until March 5, 1805. Lincoln was acting Secretary of State from March 5, 1801 to May 2, 1801.
Lincoln was a member of the Council of Massachusetts in 1806, and served as Lieutenant Governor in 1807-1808. Upon the death of James Sullivan, he became Governor, but was not elected in 1809. In 1811 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court but declined. He died in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 14, 1820.
Lincoln was distantly related to General Benjamin Lincoln IV, Secretary of War 1781-1783, as well as Abraham Lincoln, sharing a common ancestor with the sixteenth U.S. President in Samuel Lincoln, who had settled in Hingham, Massachusetts, in the 17th Century.[citation needed] He had two sons who were also governors - Levi Lincoln, Jr., who was also Governor of Massachusetts, and Enoch Lincoln, who was Governor of Maine.
[edit] References
- Marvin J. Petroelje, "Levi Lincoln, Sr.: Jeffersonian Republican of Massachusetts". Ph.D. dissertaion, Michigan State University, 1969.
[edit] External links
- Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts Governor Biography
- Find-A-Grave
- This article contains material from the US Department of Justice Attorneys General of the United States which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
- Levi Lincoln, Sr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- People of Power: Abraham Lincoln
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Dwight Foster |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district December 15, 1800 – March 5, 1801 |
Succeeded by Seth Hastings |
| Preceded by Charles Lee |
United States Attorney General March 5, 1801 – December 31, 1804 |
Succeeded by John Breckinridge |
| Preceded by Edward H. Robbins |
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts May 29, 1807 – May 1, 1809 |
Succeeded by David Cobb |
| Preceded by James Sullivan (died) |
Acting Governor of Massachusetts December 10, 1808 – May 1, 1809 |
Succeeded by Christopher Gore (elected governor) |
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