Who appointed Alfred Dickinson Barksdale?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Alfred Dickinson Barksdale to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in 1940.

Was Alfred Dickinson Barksdale appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alfred Dickinson Barksdale was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alfred Dickinson Barksdale's confirmation vote?

Alfred Dickinson Barksdale was confirmed by voice vote on February 1, 1940. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Western District of Virginia / Appointed 1940 / Served to 1972

Alfred Dickinson Barksdale

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and confirmed by voice vote, Alfred Dickinson Barksdale was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1915. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1892–1972
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Virginia Military Institute 1911 · University of Virginia Law 1915
Succeeded: Armistead Mason Dobie
Succeeded by: Roby Calvin Thompson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1940	Western District of Virginia succeeded Armistead Mason Dobie	F.D. Roosevelt (D)	Voice vote

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

Virginia Military Institute	B.S.	1911
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.B.	1915

Judicial Record

In our data, Barksdale authored 30 published opinions for the court (1940–1966). Most cited: Hodges v. Johnson (67 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1943	Hodges v. Johnson	52 F. Supp. 488	67
1941	Magann v. Long's Baggage Transfer Co.	39 F. Supp. 742	24
1948	Farm Bureau Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Preferred Acc. Ins. Co.	78 F. Supp. 561	18
1953	Sigmon v. United States	110 F. Supp. 906	16
1947	Huffman v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.	71 F. Supp. 564	16
1954	Ayers v. Hobby	123 F. Supp. 115	14
1946	United States v. Newton	68 F. Supp. 952	14
1944	Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. Local No. 6167, United Mine Workers	53 F. Supp. 935	14
1953	United States v. One Hudson Hornet Sedan	110 F. Supp. 41	13
1942	Burruss v. Early	44 F. Supp. 21	12
1961	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Drewry	191 F. Supp. 852	11
1947	Clark v. Edmunds	73 F. Supp. 390	9
1943	Jordan v. Shelby Mut. Plate Glass & Casualty Co.	51 F. Supp. 240	9
1943	Reliance Storage & Inspection Co. v. Hubbard	50 F. Supp. 1012	9
1954	Walton v. Stephens	119 F. Supp. 1	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 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 Alfred Dickinson Barksdale?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Alfred Dickinson Barksdale to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in 1940.
Was Alfred Dickinson Barksdale appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alfred Dickinson Barksdale was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alfred Dickinson Barksdale's confirmation vote?: Alfred Dickinson Barksdale was confirmed by voice vote on February 1, 1940. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Alfred Dickinson Barksdale on?: Alfred Dickinson Barksdale was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).