Bailey Aldrich (April 23, 1907 – September 25, 2002) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Bailey Aldrich
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Born 1907 in Boston, MA
Died 2002 in Cambridge, MA
FJC ID: 23
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 343/year
Massachusetts District Court · 1954–1959Massachusetts District Court · 1954–1959First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1959–2002
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1965–1972
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts1932–1954
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitChief Judge1959–2002 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
1954–1959 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1932- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 1928