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Francis Cabot Lowell

Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Francis Cabot Lowell served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and confirmed Feb 23, 1905.

Appointed by
Theodore Roosevelt
Confirmed
Feb 23, 1905
Born
1855

Appointments

  • Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of MassachusettsWilliam McKinley · Jan 10, 1898 – Apr 15, 1905
  • Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the First CircuitTheodore Roosevelt · Feb 23, 1905 – Mar 6, 1911
  • Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitTheodore Roosevelt · Feb 23, 1905 – Mar 6, 1911

Education

  • Harvard UniversityA.B., 1876
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1879

Career

Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1880-1898; Private secretary, Hon. Horace Gray, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1880-1882; City councilman, Boston, Massachusetts, 1889-1891; State representative, Massachusetts, 1895

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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