Frederic Dodge
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In office
July 23, 1912  June 30, 1918
Appointed byWilliam Howard Taft
Preceded byWilliam Schofield
Succeeded byGeorge W. Anderson
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
In office
February 23, 1905  September 10, 1912
Appointed byTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byFrancis Cabot Lowell
Succeeded byJames Madison Morton Jr.
Personal details
Born
Frederic Dodge

(1847-04-04)April 4, 1847
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 7, 1927(1927-03-07) (aged 79)
Belmont, Massachusetts
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Harvard Law School (LLB)

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.

Education and career

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dodge received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1867 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1869. He was in private practice of law in Boston, Massachusetts from 1869 to 1905.[1]

Federal judicial service

Dodge was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 15, 1905, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by Judge Francis Cabot Lowell. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 23, 1905, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on September 10, 1912, due to his elevation to the First Circuit.[1]

Dodge was nominated by President William Howard Taft on July 10, 1912, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated by Judge William Schofield. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 23, 1912, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 30, 1918, due to his resignation.[1]

Death

Dodge died on March 7, 1927, in Belmont, Massachusetts.[1]

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