History / Courts

U.S. Circuit Courts for the First Circuit

6 judges have served since Dec 22, 1869. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
6
6 R
Longest tenure
27 years
LeBaron Bradford Colt
Current
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nobody
history/court/circuit-courts-for-the-first-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020George Foster Shepley · 1869-12-22 – 1878-07-20 · RepublicanJohn Lowell · 1878-12-18 – 1884-05-01 · RepublicanLeBaron Bradford Colt · 1884-07-05 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanWilliam LeBaron Putnam · 1892-03-17 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanFrancis Cabot Lowell · 1905-02-23 – 1911-03-06 · RepublicanWilliam Schofield · 1911-06-06 – 1911-12-31 · Republican
William Schofield R
Jun 6, 1911 – Dec 31, 1911 · 7 months · appointed by William H. Taft
Francis Cabot Lowell R
Feb 23, 1905 – Mar 6, 1911 · 6 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
William LeBaron Putnam R
Mar 17, 1892 – Dec 31, 1911 · 20 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
LeBaron Bradford Colt R
Jul 5, 1884 – Dec 31, 1911 · 27 years · appointed by Chester A. Arthur
John Lowell R
Dec 18, 1878 – May 1, 1884 · 5.4 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
George Foster Shepley R
Dec 22, 1869 – Jul 20, 1878 · 8.6 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant

Dates are from the Federal Judicial Center (commission to senior status or departure). Consecutive terms of one person are merged.