Frederic Dodge (April 4, 1847 – March 7, 1927) 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.
Frederic Dodge
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1847 in Cambridge, MA
Died 1927 in Belmont, MA
FJC ID: 627
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Massachusetts District Court · 1905–1912Massachusetts District Court · 1905–1912First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1912–1918
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, Massachusetts1869–1905
Appointments
1912–1918 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Resignation
1905–1912 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1869- Harvard CollegeB.A. · 1867