Background
Lowell, Francis Cabot was born on January 7, 1855 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George G. and Mary Ellen (Parker) Lowell.
Lowell, Francis Cabot was born on January 7, 1855 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George G. and Mary Ellen (Parker) Lowell.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Lowell attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Admitted to bar, 1880, and practiced in Boston until appointed judge. Member Boston Common Council, 1889-1892. Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1895-1898.
United States district judge, District of Massachusetts, 1898-1905.
United States circuit judge, 1st Circuit, February 23, since 1905.
He served as private secretary for Justice Horace Gray of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court as well as short terms as a member of the Boston City Council and the Massachusetts General Court (legislature).
Married Cornelia Prime Baylis, November 27, 1882.