Elisha Hume Brewster (September 10, 1871 – April 29, 1946) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Elisha Hume Brewster
Born 1871 in Worthington, MA
Died 1946 in Springfield, MA
FJC ID: 252
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
Massachusetts District Court · 1922–1946Massachusetts District Court · 1922–1946
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
- Private practice1896–1922
State representative · 1902–1904
Appointments
1922–1946 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1896