Who appointed Albert John Henderson?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Albert John Henderson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1979.

Was Albert John Henderson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Albert John Henderson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Albert John Henderson's confirmation vote?

Albert John Henderson was confirmed by voice vote on July 12, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eleventh Circuit / Appointed 1981 / Served to 1999

Albert John Henderson

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Albert John Henderson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from Mercer University School of Law in 1947. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1920–1999
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Mercer Law 1947
Succeeded by: James Larry Edmondson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1968	Northern District of Georgia succeeded Lewis Render Morgan	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote
1979	Fifth Circuit	Carter (D)	Voice vote
1981	Eleventh Circuit	Reassigned	–

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Mercer University School of Law

LL.B.

1947

Judicial Record

In our data, Henderson authored 38 published opinions for the court (1968–1980). Most cited: Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. v. a & a FIBERGLASS, INC. (34 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1977	Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. v. a & a FIBERGLASS, INC.	428 F. Supp. 689	34
1973	Newmon v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.	374 F. Supp. 238	22
1978	Housworth v. Glisson	485 F. Supp. 29	18
1972	United States v. Crow, Pope & Land Enterprises, Inc.	340 F. Supp. 25	18
1975	Barksdale v. Peoples Financial Corp. of Alpharetta	393 F. Supp. 112	17
1973	Adema v. Great Northern Development Co.	374 F. Supp. 318	16
1969	United States v. Georgia Power Company	301 F. Supp. 538	16
1980	Allen v. Terminal Transport Co., Inc.	486 F. Supp. 1195	15
1975	Thornton v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc.	397 F. Supp. 476	15
1972	DeKalb County v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.	358 F. Supp. 498	15
1975	NAACP (ATLANTA LOC.) v. United States Postal Serv.	398 F. Supp. 562	14
1969	Weiss v. Blackwell	310 F. Supp. 360	14
1976	In Re Williams	422 F. Supp. 342	13
1971	Becker v. Thompson	334 F. Supp. 1386	12
1970	Masson v. Slaton	320 F. Supp. 669	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 38 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Albert John Henderson?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Albert John Henderson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1979.
Was Albert John Henderson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Albert John Henderson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Albert John Henderson's confirmation vote?: Albert John Henderson was confirmed by voice vote on July 12, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Albert John Henderson on?: Albert John Henderson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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17 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).