John Sullivan (general)
| John Sullivan | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire | |
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In office September 26, 1789 – January 23, 1795 |
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| Appointed by | George Washington |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | John Pickering |
| 3rd Governor of New Hampshire | |
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In office June 7, 1786 – June 4, 1788 January 22, 1789 – June 5, 1790 |
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| Preceded by | John Langdon (1786 & 1789) |
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John Langdon (1788) Josiah Bartlett (1790) |
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| Born | February 17, 1740 Somersworth, New Hampshire |
| Died | January 23, 1795 (aged 54) Durham, New Hampshire |
| Resting place | Sullivan Family Burial Ground, Durham |
| Political party | Federalist |
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John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was an American General in the Revolutionary War, a delegate in the Continental Congress, Governor of New Hampshire and a United States federal judge.
Sullivan, the third son of Irish settlers, served as a major general in the Continental Army and as Governor (or "President") of New Hampshire. He commanded the Sullivan Expedition in 1779, a scorched earth campaign against the Iroquois towns that had taken up arms against the American revolutionaries. As a member of Congress, Sullivan worked closely with the French Ambassador the Chevalier de la Luzerne.
Born in Somersworth, New Hampshire, Sullivan was the third son of Irish settlers from the Beara Peninsula in County Cork ; his father was a schoolmaster. One of his brothers, James Sullivan, became Governor of Massachusetts. Another brother, Benjamin, who served in the Royal Navy died before the American Revolution. A landing party from HMS Allegiance on 14 February 1781 kidnapped another brother, Captain David Sullivan, who later died of disease.
The father, John Owen ("Eoghan") O'Sullivan was the son of Philip O'Sullivan of Beare of Ardea, minor gentry in Penal Ireland and a scion of the O'Sullivan Beare Clan, Ardea Castle line. The Penal Laws reduced them (as Catholics) to the status of peasants. After emigrating to York, Maine, in 1723, the elder John became a Protestant.
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