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Joseph F. Quinn (1857–1929) was the first Irishman elevated to the bench in Massachusetts who served for in that capacity for any significant period of time. He served on the Essex County Superior Court after being appointed by Governor Eugene Foss in 1911. He lived in Salem and was the son of an immigrant from the days of the potato famine. He attended University of Ottawa in Canada due to discrimination against the Irish in the U.S.