Shearjashub Bourne

Shearjashub Bourne
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1795
Serving with Peleg Coffin Jr. (3rd District-GT)
Preceded by George Partridge (5th)
Elbridge Gerry (3rd)
Succeeded by 5th District eliminated until 1795
Samuel Lyman (3rd)
Constituency 5th district (1791–93)
3rd district (1793–95)
Member of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives
In office
1788–1790
Member of the Massachusetts
House of Representatives
In office
1782–1785
Personal details
Born June 14, 1746
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died March 11, 1806(1806-03-11) (aged 59)
Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Political party Pro-Administration
Alma mater Harvard College, 1764

Shearjashub Bourne (June 14, 1746 – March 11, 1806) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Massachusetts who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and United States House of Representatives.[1]

Bourne was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts on June 14, 1746, the son of Timothy and Elizabeth Bourne.[2]

He graduated from Harvard University in 1764, studied law and became an attorney in Barnstable. He served in local office including justice of the peace.[2] Among the individuals who studied law with him and later embarked on their own legal careers was Lot Hall, who served as a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.[3]

From 1782 to 1785 and 1788 to 1790 he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was also a delegate to the Massachusetts convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution.[1]

Bourne represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1795. He later served as Chief Justice of the Suffolk County, Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas. He died in Boston on March 11, 1806.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "BOURNE, Shearjashub - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov.
  2. 1 2 3 Congress, United States. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress. Government Printing Office. p. 684. ISBN 9780160731761.
  3. ↑ Hall, Benjamin Homer (1858). History of Eastern Vermont: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Co. pp. 658–666.
  • United States Congress. "Shearjashub Bourne (id: B000671)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
George Partridge		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793		 Succeeded by
District eliminated
Preceded by
Elbridge Gerry		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district
(alongside Peleg Coffin, Jr. on a General ticket)
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795		 Succeeded by
Samuel Lyman
Legal offices
Preceded by
 Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of Suffolk County
1799 - March 11, 1806		 Succeeded by


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