Edward A. Counihan Jr. (1882 – February 1, 1961)[1] was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1949 to 1960. He was appointed by Governor Paul A. Dever.
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| Born | August 1882 East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | February 1, 1961 (aged 78) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[1] and raised in Dorchester, Counihan attended Cambridge Latin School, and received an undergraduate degree from Harvard College in 1904, followed by a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1906.[2] Counihan and Dever were friends from childhood,[2] and Counihan's later classmates included Franklin D. Roosevelt at Harvard College, and Felix Frankfurter at Harvard Law School.[1]
Counihan was "active in city government" in Cambridge,[1] and chaired the committee of arrangements of a charitable gala in 1909.[3] He served in the Massachusetts Senate before becoming a judge. On March 23, 1921, Governor Channing H. Cox named Counihan to a seat on the District Court of East Cambridge,[4] where Counihan remained for 28 years, before being named to the state supreme court in 1949. Counihan retired from the bench on November 23, 1960.[1]
Counihan died at his home in Cambridge at the age of 78.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Counihan Dies; Was On Mass. Supreme Court", Holyoke Transcript-Telegram (February 1, 1961), p. 1.
- ^ a b "Justice Counihan Likes to Talk of Football, F. D.", The Boston Globe (August 31, 1949), p. 24.
- ^ "Many At Charity Party", The Boston Globe (January 13, 1909), p. 7.
- ^ "Judge Charles Almy Resigns After 29 Years on the Bench", The Boston Globe (March 23, 1921), p. 1.
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