Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Title
Associate Justice
Appointed by
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic president
Seat
SCT0708
Nominated
July 14, 1916
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 24, 1916
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 24, 1916
Commissioned
July 24, 1916
Service ended
Sept. 18, 1922Resignation

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 Northern District of Ohio Judge July 21, 1914 July 24, 1916 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Woodrow Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice July 24, 1916 Sept. 18, 1922 Resignation Woodrow Wilson

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.