John Locke (Massachusetts politician)

John Locke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by	Samuel Clesson Allen
Succeeded by	Joseph G. Kendall
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1804–1805 1813 1823
Personal details
Born	(1764-02-14)February 14, 1764 Hopkinton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	March 29, 1855(1855-03-29) (aged 91) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Hannah Goodwin
Profession	Lawyer

John Locke (February 14, 1764 – March 29, 1855), was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Locke was born in Hopkinton in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] He attended Andover Academy and Dartmouth College, eventually graduating from Harvard University in 1792. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar and began practicing law in Ashby in 1796.^[2]

Locke was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1804, 1805, 1813, and 1823. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1820.^{[citation needed]} He was elected to the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth U.S. Congress, serving March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1829. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1828. Locke was a member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1830, and of the state executive council in 1831.^{[citation needed]} At this time he also resumed the practice of law.^{[citation needed]}

He wrote two "essays" about how the Articles of Confederation were wrong, and was ridiculed greatly by peers.^{[citation needed]}

Locke married Hannah Goodwin.^[2] Locke died in Boston, Massachusetts on March 29, 1855; he is interred in Lowell Cemetery in Lowell.^[1]