James Arnold Lowell

James Arnold Lowell (February 5, 1869 November 30, 1933) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Lowell received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1891 and an LL.B. from Harvard University in 1894. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1894 to 1922, also serving as a Massachusetts state representative from 1904 to 1906, and as chairman of the Massachusetts Committee on Workmen's Compensation from 1910 to 1912, and of the Massachusetts Board of Labor and Industries from 1913 to 1914. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention from 1917 to 1918, and of the Massachusetts Commission to Consolidate the Laws from 1917 to 1920.

On September 20, 1922, Lowell was nominated by President Warren G. Harding to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 42 Stat. 837. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 1922, and received commission the same day, serving in that capacity until his death.

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Preceded by
new seat
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
1922–1933
Succeeded by
George Clinton Sweeney
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