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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic president
Seat
CA100402
Nominated
March 25, 1937
Committee action
Reported (favorably)April 15, 1937
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
April 20, 1937
Commissioned
April 21, 1937
Senior status
March 31, 1939
Service ended
April 10, 1948Death

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 Oklahoma Judge Jan. 7, 1919 April 19, 1937 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Judge April 21, 1937 April 10, 1948 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.