Edward A. Counihan Jr. (1882 – February 1, 1961)Counihan Dies; Was On Mass. Supreme Court
, ''Holyoke Transcript-Telegram'' (February 1, 1961), p. 1. was a justice of the

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from 1949 to 1960. He was appointed by Governor

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. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and raised in Dorchester, Counihan attended Cambridge Latin School, and received an undergraduate degree from

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in 1904, followed by a law degree from

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in 1906.Justice Counihan Likes to Talk of Football, F. D.
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'' (August 31, 1949), p. 24. Counihan and Dever were friends from childhood, and Counihan's later classmates included

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at Harvard College, and Felix Frankfurter at Harvard Law School. Counihan was "active in city government" in Cambridge, and chaired the committee of arrangements of a charitable gala in 1909. He served in the Massachusetts Senate before becoming a judge. On March 23, 1921, Governor

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named Counihan to a seat on the District Court of East Cambridge,Judge Charles Almy Resigns After 29 Years on the Bench
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'' (March 23, 1921), p. 1. 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. Counihan died at his home in Cambridge at the age of 78.

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