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LOTT, John A., jurist, born in 1805; died in Flatbush, L. I., 20 July, 1878. He was graduated at Union in 1823, studied law, and began practice in Brooklyn, New York, in 1835. In 1838 he was elected county judge of Kings county, which office he held for four years. In 1841 he was a member of the state assembly, and in 1842-'6 a state senator. He was justice of the supreme court in 1857-'65, and judge of the court, of appeals in 1869. He was also a member of the commission of appeals from 1870 until it completed its labors in 1875. In the latter year he was appointed on a commission to draft a uniform law for the government of cities in the state. Until a short time before his death he was president of the Flatbush and Coney Island railroad. He received the degree of LL.D. from Union college in 1859.
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