Hugh Henry Bownes (March 10, 1920 – November 5, 2003) was an American federal judge who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, after previously serving as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Hugh Henry Bownes
First Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1920 in New York, NY
Died 2003 in New Haven, CT
FJC ID: 224
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 48/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,895/year
New Hampshire District Court · 1968–1977First Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–2003
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
- Superior Court of the State of New HampshireAssociate justice · 1966–1968
- Private practice, Laconia, New Hampshire1948–1967
- Laconia, New HampshireMayor · 1963–1965
- Laconia, New HampshireCity councilman · 1953–1957
U.S. Marine Corps major1941–1946
Appointments
1977–2003 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1968–1977 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1948- Columbia UniversityB.A. · 1941