Frederic Dodge
Frederic Dodge (1847-1927) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He joined the First Circuit in 1912 after an appointment from William H. Taft. He joined the District of Massachusetts in 1905 after an appointment from Theodore Roosevelt. He served the First Circuit until his resignation on June 30, 1918. He passed away on March 7, 1927.[1]
Early life and education
- Harvard College, B.A., 1867
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1869[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1869-1905[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
First Circuit
Dodge was nominated by President William Howard Taft on July 10, 1912 to replace William Schofield. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 23, 1912, and received commission that same day. He resigned on June 30, 1918. He was succeeded in this position by George Weston Anderson.[1]
District Massachusetts
Dodge was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 15, 1905 to replace Francis Cabot Lowell. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 23, 1905, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until September 10, 1912. Dodge was succeeded in this position by James Madison Morton.[1]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Francis Cabot Lowell |
District of Massachusetts 1905–1912 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: James Madison Morton |
| Preceded by: William Schofield |
First Circuit 1912–1918 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: George Weston Anderson
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
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| 1909 |
Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard | ||
| 1910 |
Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White | ||
| 1911 |
Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer • Youmans • | ||
| 1912 |
Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle • | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dennis Saylor • Nathaniel Gorton • Richard Stearns • Patti Saris • Leo Sorokin • Denise Casper • Angel Kelley • Mark G. Mastroianni • Indira Talwani • Margaret R. Guzman • Allison Dale Burroughs • Myong Joun • Julia Kobick | ||
| Senior judges |
Mark Wolf • Edward Harrington • Rya Zobel • William G. Young (Massachusetts) • Douglas Woodlock • George O'Toole • Michael Ponsor • Timothy Hillman • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Kenneth Neiman • Robert Collings • Jerome Niedermeier • Jennifer Boal • David Hennessy • Mary Page Kelley • Donald L. Cabell • Katherine A. Robertson • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Joseph Tauro • Reginald Lindsay • Nancy Gertner • Levin Hicks Campbell • John A. Lowell • John Davis (District of Massachusetts) • Peleg Sprague • John Lowell (federal judge, 1865-1884) • Thomas Leverett Nelson • Francis Cabot Lowell • Frederic Dodge • James Madison Morton • Elisha Hume Brewster • James Arnold Lowell • Hugh Dean McLellan • George Clinton Sweeney • Francis Ford • David Sutherland Nelson • Bailey Aldrich • Andrew Caffrey • Frank Freedman • Wendell Garrity • Arthur Healey • Anthony Julian • Robert Keeton • David Mazzone • William T. McCarthy • John McNaught • Frank Murray • Walter Skinner • Charles Wyzanski • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Joseph Tauro • William G. Young (Massachusetts) • George Clinton Sweeney • Andrew Caffrey • Frank Freedman • Anthony Julian • Charles Wyzanski • | ||
Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Massachusetts • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Massachusetts
State courts:
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court • Massachusetts Appeals Court • Massachusetts Superior Courts • Massachusetts District Courts • Massachusetts Housing Courts • Massachusetts Juvenile Courts • Massachusetts Land Courts • Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts • Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts
State resources:
Courts in Massachusetts • Massachusetts judicial elections • Judicial selection in Massachusetts
