James Trecothick Austin

James Trecothick Austin (January 7, 1784 – May 8, 1870) was the 22nd Massachusetts Attorney General. He graduated from Harvard College in 1802.

In 1837, he spoke at Faneuil Hall in praise of anti-abolitionists who had killed Elijah P. Lovejoy. He compared the mob to American patriots rising against the British and declared that Lovejoy "died as the fool dieth!"

Personal life and family Austin was born on January 7, 1784, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Austin married Catharine Gerry, the eldest daughter of Elbridge Gerry. They had a son, Ivers James Austin, born February 14, 1808, and a daughter, Marie Cornelia Ritchie Austin, born on March 8, 1821.

Death Austin died on May 8, 1870, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 86.