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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
William H. TaftRepublican president
Seat
CA90401
Nominated
Dec. 12, 1910
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Jan. 31, 1911
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Jan. 31, 1911
Commissioned
Jan. 31, 1911
Senior status
Jan. 31, 1928
Service ended
Nov. 30, 1928Retirement

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 District of Montana Judge April 19, 1904 April 9, 1910 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Theodore Roosevelt
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Associate Judge March 30, 1910 Feb. 8, 1911 Appointment to Another Judicial Position William H. Taft
U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit Judge Jan. 31, 1911 Dec. 31, 1911 Abolition of Court William H. Taft
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Judge Jan. 31, 1911 Nov. 30, 1928 Retirement William H. Taft

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.