Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Title
Associate Justice
Appointed by
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic president
Seat
SCT0413
Nominated
Jan. 11, 1943
Committee hearing
Jan. 22, 1943
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Feb. 1, 1943
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Feb. 8, 1943
Commissioned
Feb. 11, 1943
Service ended
Sept. 10, 1949Death

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 District of Columbia Circuit Associate Justice May 2, 1939 Feb. 15, 1943 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Feb. 11, 1943 Sept. 10, 1949 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.