John Samuel Sherburne

John Samuel Sherburne (* 1757 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; † August 2, 1830 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1793 and 1797 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Sherburne attended until 1776 Dartmouth College in Hanover. At the outbreak of the Revolution he joined the American movement. During the Revolutionary War he served in the Continental Army. He rose to the Major and lost in August 1778 leg. After retiring from military service Sherburne studied at Harvard University law. After qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession in Portsmouth.

Between 1790 and 1792 Sherburne was a deputy in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Politically, he joined the opposition to the then Federal Government under President George Washington. Later he became a member of, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1792, which were held all across the state, Sherburne was elected for the third parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he met on March 4, 1793 the successor of Samuel Livermore. After a re-election in 1794 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1797 two legislative sessions.

After his time in Congress Sherburne was 1801-1804 Attorney for New Hampshire. Since May 1804, he served as a judge at the Federal District Court for the District of New Hampshire. This office he held until his death in 1830. Sherburne was the brother of John Langdon ( 1741-1819 ), U.S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire was.