James Jackson Storrow

James Jackson Storrow (July 29, 1837 – April 15, 1897) was an American patent attorney who represented Venezuela during the crisis of 1895.

Early life Storrow was born in Boston on July 29, 1837, to Charles Storer Storrow and Lydia Cabot (Jackson) Storrow.

Personal life On August 28, 1861, Storrow married Annie Maria Perry, granddaughter of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, in Andover, Massachusetts.

Legal career Storrow graduated from Harvard College in 1857. In 1875, Storrow represented Sidney Dillon before the U.S. Supreme Court in his suit against the trustees of Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. Storrow appeared before the United States Congress to defend patent laws.

In 1896, at the recommendation of his Harvard Law classmate Richard Olney, Storrow was hired as an associate counsel to William Lindsay Scruggs, who was representing Venezuela in its border dispute with British Guiana. Storrow represented Venezuela before the Venezuela Boundary Commission, attended the signing of the Anglo-Venezuelan arbitration treaty, and accompanied minister José Andrade back to Venezuela to present the treaty to President Joaquín Crespo.

Storrow died unexpectedly on April 15, 1897, in the Thomas Jefferson Building.