George Clinton Sweeney (July 23, 1895 – November 5, 1966) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
George Clinton Sweeney
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Born 1895 in Gardner, MA
Died 1966
FJC ID: 2323
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Massachusetts District Court · 1935–1966Massachusetts District Court · 1935–1966
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 · 1958–1961
- Private practice, Gardner, Massachusetts1924–1935
U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant attorney general · 1933–1935- Gardner, MassachusettsMayor · 1931–1933
U.S. Army sergeant1917–1918
Appointments
1935–1966 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B. · 1922