Francis Cabot Lowell (January 7, 1855 – March 6, 1911) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Francis Cabot Lowell
Born 1855 in Boston, MA
Died 1911 in Boston, MA
FJC ID: 1428
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Massachusetts District Court · 1898–1905Massachusetts District Court · 1898–1905U.S. Circuit Courts for the First Circuit · 1905–1911First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1905–1911
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 practice, Boston, Massachusetts1880–1898
State representative · 1895- Boston, MassachusettsCity councilman · 1889–1891
- Hon. Horace Gray, Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsPrivate secretary · 1880–1882
Appointments
1905–1911 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death- 1905–1911 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
1898–1905 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1879- Harvard UniversityA.B. · 1876