George Weston Anderson

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George Weston Anderson (September 1, 1861 - February 14, 1938) was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

A native of New Hampshire, Anderson attended Williams College and the Boston University School of Law and then went into private practice as a lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1914 to 1917 he served as United States Attorney for Massachusetts, followed by one year as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson named Anderson as a Judge of the First Circuit. He served as an active judge for 13 years and is remembered for, among other things, dissenting from the court's upholding some of the convictions arising from the "Red Scare" of 1918-19. Anderson served as an active judge until 1931, when he took what is now referred to as senior status. He died in 1938.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of Federal Judges compiled by the Federal Judicial Center.

Preceded by: Frederic Dodge

Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1918-1938

Succeeded by: James Madison Morton, Jr.