Who appointed Hugh Dean McLellan?

President Herbert Hoover appointed Hugh Dean McLellan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1932.

Was Hugh Dean McLellan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Hugh Dean McLellan was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Hugh Dean McLellan's confirmation vote?

Hugh Dean McLellan was confirmed by voice vote on February 3, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Massachusetts / Appointed 1932 / Served to 1941

Hugh Dean McLellan

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and confirmed by voice vote, Hugh Dean McLellan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1902. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1876–1953
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1932
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Colby College 1895 · Columbia Law School 1902
Succeeded: James Madison Morton Jr.
Succeeded by: Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1932	District of Massachusetts succeeded James Madison Morton Jr.	Hoover (R)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Colby College	A.B.	1895
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1902

Judicial Record

In our data, McLellan authored 29 published opinions for the court (1933–1941). Most cited: Boynton v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (34 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1941	Boynton v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.	36 F. Supp. 593	34
1941	Momand v. Paramount Pictures Distributing Co.	36 F. Supp. 568	17
1940	Carpenter v. Mary R. Mullins, Inc.	33 F. Supp. 10	12
1941	United States v. One 1940 Packard Coupe	36 F. Supp. 788	11
1936	Norden v. Oliver Ditson Co.	13 F. Supp. 415	10
1939	Caggiano v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.	27 F. Supp. 240	9
1933	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. v. Bijou Theatre Co.	3 F. Supp. 66	9
1939	Buck v. Crescent Gardens Operating Co.	28 F. Supp. 576	7
1938	Tachna v. Insuranshares Corporation of Delaware	25 F. Supp. 541	7
1937	W. S. Bessett, Inc. v. Germain	18 F. Supp. 249	7
1937	A. S. Boyle Co. v. Harris-Thomas Co.	18 F. Supp. 177	7
1936	Small v. Heywood-Wakefield Co.	13 F. Supp. 825	7
1939	F. & M. SKIRT CO. v. A. Wimpfheimer & Bro.	27 F. Supp. 239	6
1938	Lowe v. Greyhound Corporation	25 F. Supp. 643	6
1938	In Re Jeandros Dye & Print Works, Inc.	22 F. Supp. 26	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 29 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Hugh Dean McLellan?: President Herbert Hoover appointed Hugh Dean McLellan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1932.
Was Hugh Dean McLellan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Hugh Dean McLellan was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Hugh Dean McLellan's confirmation vote?: Hugh Dean McLellan was confirmed by voice vote on February 3, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Hugh Dean McLellan on?: Hugh Dean McLellan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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9 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).