Background
Lowell, James Arnold was born on February 5, 1869 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Lucy Buckminster (Emerson) Lowell.
Lowell, James Arnold was born on February 5, 1869 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John and Lucy Buckminster (Emerson) Lowell.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1891, Bachelor of Laws, 1894.
Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Lowell received an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1891 and an Bachelor of Laws 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. 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 Statistics
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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.
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.
Married Mary Wharton Churchman, December 2, 1897 (died 1920). Children: James A., Wharton.