Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Title
Associate Justice
Appointed by
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican president
Seat
SCT0711
Nominated
March 2, 1957
Committee hearing
March 18, 1957
Committee action
Reported (favorably)March 18, 1957
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
March 19, 1957
Commissioned
March 22, 1957
Senior status
March 31, 1962
Service ended
Sept. 30, 1965Resignation

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Judge July 8, 1954 June 22, 1956 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Judge June 5, 1956 March 25, 1957 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice March 22, 1957 Sept. 30, 1965 Resignation Dwight D. Eisenhower

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.