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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Chief Justice
Appointed by
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic president
Seat
CADC0105
Nominated
Nov. 26, 1937
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Dec. 2, 1937
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Dec. 3, 1937
Commissioned
Dec. 7, 1937
Senior status
March 8, 1948
Service ended
July 17, 1957Death

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 Eastern District of Virginia Judge June 2, 1921 March 3, 1931 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Warren G. Harding
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Associate Justice Feb. 21, 1931 Jan. 15, 1938 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Herbert Hoover
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Chief Justice Dec. 7, 1937 July 17, 1957 Death Franklin D. Roosevelt

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.