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Lincoln, Levi (Lawyer jurist congressman)

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 15, 1749, in Hingham, Mass. He was a judge of probate; a state senator in 1797; and county prosecutor in 1775. He was a representative in congress from 1799 to 1801. In 1801 he was appointed attorney-general of the United States, and acted as secretary of state until Mr. Madison reached Washington. He was a state counselor in 1806, 1810, and 1811; and in 1807 was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, acting as governor in 1809. He died April 14, 1820, in Worcester, Mass.