James Trecothick Austin was the 22nd Massachusetts Attorney General. Austin was the son of Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts Jonathan L. Austin. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1824. He graduated from Harvard College in 1802.
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, writer, jurist
- Position held
- member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 7, 1784, 1784
- Died
