Edward Dumbauld (October 26, 1905 – September 6, 1997) was a United States federal judge and a distinguished legal scholar and legal and constitutional historian.
Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Dumbauld received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1926, an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1929, and an LL.M., also from Harvard Law School, in 1930. He received a J.D. from the University of Leiden, The Netherlands in 1932. He was in private practice in Uniontown, Pennsylvania from 1933 to 1935. From 1936 to 1949, he served as a special assistant in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice. In 1949, he returned to private practice in Uniontown, Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1957, when he became a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, serving until 1961.
On August 2, 1961, Dumbauld was nominated by President John F. Kennedy to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 2, 1961, receiving his judicial commission on August 3, 1961. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1976, serving in that capacity until his death, in 1997, in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.