Background
Bourne was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts on June 14, 1746, the son of Timothy and Elizabeth Bourne.
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Bourne was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts on June 14, 1746, the son of Timothy and Elizabeth Bourne.
Graduated from Harvard, 1764, studied law.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1764, studied law and became an attorney in Barnstable. He served in local office including justice of the peace. From 1782 to 1785 and 1788 to 1790 he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
He was also a delegate to the Massachusetts convention which ratified the United States. Constitution.
Bourne represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1791 to March 3, 1795. He later served as Chief Justice of the Suffolk County, Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas.
He died in Boston on March 11, 1806.
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