James Trecothick Austin (January 7, 1784 – May 8, 1870) was the 22nd Massachusetts Attorney General.
[1] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1824.
[8] 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!
"[9][a] Austin married Catharine Gerry,[6] the eldest daughter[6] of Elbridge Gerry,[5] they had a son, Ivers James Austin, born February 14, 1808,[6] and a daughter, Marie Cornelia Ritchie Austin, born on March 8, 1821.