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American judge

John Samuel Sherburne
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
In office
March 26, 1804 – August 2, 1830
Appointed byThomas Jefferson
Preceded byJohn Pickering
Succeeded byMatthew Harvey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1797
Preceded bySamuel Livermore
Succeeded byWilliam Gordon
Personal details
BornJohn Samuel Sherburne
1757 (1757)
Portsmouth,
Province of New Hampshire,
British America
DiedAugust 2, 1830(1830-08-02) (aged 72–73)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political partyAnti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
EducationHarvard University
Dartmouth College
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John Samuel Sherburne (1757 – August 2, 1830) was a United States representative from New Hampshire and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Education and career

Born in 1757, in Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire, British America, Sherburne attended Harvard University, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1776 and read law in 1776. During the American Revolutionary War he served in the Continental Army as a brigade staff major. He entered private practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 1776 to 1789, and from 1797 to 1801. He was United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from 1789 to 1793, and from 1801 to 1804. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1790 to c. 1793, and in 1801. He was also the runner-up in both the 1790 at-large election, in which the top 3 won and Sherburne placed 4th, and a 1789 special election for the U.S. House, after previous member-elect Benjamin West declined to serve.

Congressional service

Sherburne was elected as an Anti-Administration candidate from New Hampshire's at-large congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 3rd United States Congress and reelected as a Democratic-Republican to the 4th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1793, to March 3, 1797.

Federal judicial service

Sherburne was nominated by President Thomas Jefferson on March 22, 1804, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire vacated by Judge John Pickering. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1804, and received his commission on March 26, 1804. His service terminated on August 2, 1830, due to his death in Portsmouth.

Involvement in impeachment, conviction and removal of Pickering

Pickering was the first federal official to be removed from office through impeachment on March 12, 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, 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.

References

  1. ^ John Samuel Sherburne at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  3. "Our Campaigns - NH At-Large - Special Race - Jun 22, 1789". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  4. United States Congress. "John S. Sherburne (id: S000339)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  5. Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr. 1949), p. 505.
  6. Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr. 1949), p. 504.
  7. Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr. 1949), p. 501.
  8. Lynn W. Turner, "The Impeachment of John Pickering," The American Historical Review, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Apr. 1949), p. 506.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded bySamuel Livermore United States Representative from New Hampshire's at-large congressional district
1793–1797 		Succeeded byWilliam Gordon
Legal offices
Preceded byJohn Pickering Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
1804–1830 		Succeeded byMatthew Harvey
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