Sullivan, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman, author, was born April 22, 1744, in Berwick, Maine. In 1775 he was a member of the provincial congress. 1776 he was appointed judge of the superior court; was a delegate to the continental congress in 1782; and was a member of the executive council and judge of probate. In 1790 was appointed attorney-general, which office he retained till 1807, when he was elected governor of Massachusetts.
He was the author of History of Land Titles of Massachusetts; Observations on the Government of the United States; The Path to Riches, or a Dissertation on Banks; The Altar of Baal Thrown Down, or the French Nation Defended; and Impartial Review of Causes of the French Revolution. He died Dec. 10, 1808, in Boston, Mass.