Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Title
Associate Justice
Appointed by
Harry S TrumanDemocratic president
Seat
SCT0414
Nominated
Sept. 15, 1949
Committee hearing
Sept. 27, 1949
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Oct. 3, 1949
Senate vote
48โ€“16Roll Call
Confirmed
Oct. 4, 1949
Commissioned
Oct. 5, 1949
Senior status
Oct. 15, 1956
Service ended
April 9, 1965Death

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. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge May 22, 1941 Oct. 12, 1949 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Oct. 5, 1949 April 9, 1965 Death Harry S Truman

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 โ€” not that the judge has written nothing.