[1] The following year, he chaired the commission that divided Suffolk County into representative districts, and then in 1907 became secretary to Boston Mayor John F.
[1] On October 8, 1937, Governor Charles F. Hurley appointed Dolan as an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.
[1] Upon his appointment, the Boston Bar Association unanimously adopted the following resolution: Voted: That the Council of the Bar Association of the City of Boston notes with gratification the report of the choice of His Excellency, the Governor, of Hon.
The elevation is warranted by the excellent performance of his judicial duties in his present position and by his learning and capacity.
It was the first, and as of his death the last, time the Association had ever made that type of statement of a candidate who had been merely nominated.