Bailey Aldrich

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

Years in office: 1972 - 2002

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Years in office: 1959 - 1972

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United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Years in office: 1954 - 1959

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard, 1928

Law

Harvard Law School, 1932

Personal

Birthplace

Boston, MA

Bailey Aldrich (1907-2002) was afederal judge for theFirst Circuit and theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He joined the First Circuit in 1959 after an appointment fromDwight Eisenhower. He joined theDistrict of Massachusetts in 1954 after an appointment fromDwight Eisenhower. Prior to service he was a private practice attorney. He assumed senior status on August 31, 1972 and served until his death on September 25, 2002.^[1]

Early life and education

• Harvard University, A.B., 1928
• Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1932^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1932-1954.^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

First Circuit

Nominated byDwight Eisenhower, Aldrich filled a seat vacated byCalvert Magruder in this new appointment. He was confirmed by the Senate on September 9, 1959, and received his commission onSeptember 10th. He served as chief judge from 1965-1972, assumedsenior status onAugust 31, 1972. He continued service until his death onSeptember 25, 2002.He was succeeded to this position byLevin Hicks Campbell.^[1]

District of Massachusetts

PresidentDwight Eisenhower nominated Judge Bailey to the District of Massachusetts on April 1, 1954, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 23, 1954, and received his commission onApril 27, 1954. His service on the court ended onSeptember 14, 1959, following a February 26, 1959 appointment by Dwight Eisenhower to theFirst Circuit. Aldrich was succeeded in this position byAnthony Julian.^[1]

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

External links

• Biography at theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Active judges	Chief Judge: Denise Casper  •  Nathaniel Gorton  •  Richard Stearns  •  Leo Sorokin  •  Angel Kelley  •  Mark G. Mastroianni  •  Indira Talwani  •  Margaret R. Guzman  •  Allison Dale Burroughs  •  Myong Joun  •  Julia Kobick  •  Brian Murphy (Massachusetts)  •  Benjamin Cheeks
Senior judges	Rya Zobel  •  William G. Young (Massachusetts)  •  Douglas Woodlock  •  Nathaniel Gorton  •  Patti Saris  •  George O'Toole  •  Michael Ponsor  •  Dennis Saylor  •  Timothy Hillman  •
Magistrate judges	Robert Collings  •  Jerome Niedermeier  •  Jennifer Boal  •  David Hennessy  •  Mary Page Kelley  •  Donald L. Cabell  •  Katherine A. Robertson  •
Former Article III judges	Mark Wolf  •  Edward Harrington  •  Joseph Tauro  •  Reginald Lindsay  •  Nancy Gertner  •  Levin Hicks Campbell  •  John A. Lowell  •  John Davis (District of Massachusetts)  •  Peleg Sprague  •  John Lowell (federal judge, 1865-1884)  •  Thomas Leverett Nelson  •  Francis Cabot Lowell  •  Frederic Dodge  •  James Madison Morton  •  Elisha Hume Brewster  •  James Arnold Lowell  •  Hugh Dean McLellan  •  George Clinton Sweeney  •  Francis Ford  •  David Sutherland Nelson  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  Andrew Caffrey  •  Frank Freedman  •  Wendell Garrity  •  Arthur Healey  •  Anthony Julian  •  Robert Keeton  •  David Mazzone  •  William T. McCarthy  •  John McNaught  •  Frank Murray  •  Walter Skinner  •  Charles Wyzanski  •
Former Chief judges	Joseph Tauro  •  William G. Young (Massachusetts)  •  Dennis Saylor  •  George Clinton Sweeney  •  Andrew Caffrey  •  Frank Freedman  •  Anthony Julian  •  Charles Wyzanski  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Active judges	•  Gustavo Gelpí  •  David Barron  •  Lara Montecalvo  •  Julie Rikelman  •  Seth Aframe  •  Joshua D. Dunlap
Senior judges	Levin Hicks Campbell  •  Jeffrey R. Howard  •  Kermit Lipez  •  Sandra Lea Lynch  •  O. Rogeriee Thompson  •  William Kayatta  •
Former judges	Stephen Breyer  •  David Souter  •  Norman Stahl  •  Bruce Marshall Selya  •  Michael Boudin  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hugh Bownes  •  Benjamin Bourne  •  John A. Lowell  •  Jeremiah Smith  •  John Lowell (federal judge, 1865-1884)  •  George Foster Shepley  •  LeBaron Bradford Colt  •  William LeBaron Putnam  •  Francis Cabot Lowell  •  Frederic Dodge  •  James Madison Morton  •  William Schofield  •  George Weston Anderson  •  George Hutchins Bingham  •  Charles Fletcher Johnson  •  Scott Wilson (Maine)  •  John Christopher Mahoney  •  Calvert Magruder  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  John Patrick Hartigan  •  Frank Coffin  •  Edward McEntee  •  Peter Woodbury  •
Former Chief judges	Stephen Breyer  •  Levin Hicks Campbell  •  Jeffrey R. Howard  •  Michael Boudin  •  Juan Torruella  •  Sandra Lea Lynch  •  Calvert Magruder  •  Bailey Aldrich  •  Frank Coffin  •  Peter Woodbury  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byDwight Eisenhower
1953	Boldt •Bruchhausen •Cecil •Dawkins, Jr. •Grooms •Hamlin •Hoffman •Knoch •Schnackenberg •Warren •Willson
1954	Aldrich •Anderson •Bastian •Bicks •Bootle •Boreman •Breitenstein •Brooks •Cecil •Chambers •Choate •Christensen •Connell •Danaher •Dawson •Day •Fee •Freeman •Halbert •Harlan •Hincks •Hoffman •Holder •Hunter •Ingraham •Laramore •Kent •Lemmon •Lord •McGarraghy •Mickelson •Miller •Palmieri •Parkinson •Rogers •Ross •Stewart •Taylor •Thomsen •Tuttle •Van Oosterhout •Vogel •Walsh •Whittaker •Wilson
1955	Alger •Brown •Cameron •Clarke •Davies •Devitt •East •Estes •Grubb •Harlan •Jertberg •Jones •Lumbard •McIlvaine •Miller •Register •Sorg •Van Dusen •Waterman •Watkins •Wortendyke • Wright
1956	Barnes •Bryan •Burger •Cashin •Hamley •Herlands •Johnson •Juergens •Kerr •Kraft •Levet •Lewis •Lieb •Mercer •Morgan •Rich •Rizley •Robinson •Smith •Sobeloff •Weick •Whittaker
1957	Arraj •Breitenstein •Brennan •Egan •Gignoux •Grant •Hastings •Haynsworth •Hicklin •Jameson •Layton •Moore •O'Sullivan •Parkinson •Richardson •Sirica •Stanley •Thompson •Van Pelt •Weber •Whittaker •Wisdom •Zavatt
1958	Beck •Burke •Carswell •Clayton •Hamlin •Henley •Jertberg •Knoch •Martin •Matthes •Miner •Morrill •Poos •Robson •Stanley •Steel •Stewart •Wollenberg
1959	Aldrich •Bartels •Blackmun •Boreman •Butler •Castle •Cecil •Crocker •Dalton •Field •Fisher •Forman •Friendly •Hart •Henderson •Henley •Julian •Kalbfleisch •Kilkenny •Koelsch •Kunzel •MacMahon •Merrill •Metzner •Powell •Smith •Sweigert •Walsh •Weick •Weinman •Wood •Worley •Young
1960	Caffrey •Chilson •Durfee •Hodge •Kaess •Lane •Lewis •Mishler •O'Sullivan •Paul •Smith •Stephenson •Tavares •Timbers