Who appointed Archibald K. Gardner?

President Herbert Hoover appointed Archibald K. Gardner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1929.

Was Archibald K. Gardner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Archibald K. Gardner was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Archibald K. Gardner's confirmation vote?

Archibald K. Gardner was confirmed by voice vote on May 23, 1929. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1929 / Served to 1962

Archibald K. Gardner

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

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1929 and confirmed by voice vote, Archibald K. Gardner was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Iowa College of Law in 1893. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1867–1962
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1929
Confirmed: by voice vote
Chief judge: Eighth Circuit, 1948 to 1959
Education: University of Iowa 1892 · University of Iowa College of Law 1893
Succeeded by: Albert Alphonso Ridge

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1929	Eighth Circuit chief judge 1948 to 1959	Hoover (R)	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

University of Iowa	A.B.	1892
University of Iowa College of Law	LL.B.	1893

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

Private practice, Greenfield, Missouri	1893-1895
Private practice, Rapid City, South Dakota	1895-1897, 1899-1907
City attorney, Rapid City, South Dakota	1897-1904
General attorney, Chicago and Northwestern Railway, South Dakota	1907-1929
Member, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1947-1948, and Judicial Conference of the United States	1948-1959

Judicial Record

In our data, Gardner authored 12 published opinions for the court (1929–1933). Most cited: Iowa Bridge Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (39 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
1930	Iowa Bridge Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	39 F.2d 777	39
1930	Spalitto v. United States	39 F.2d 782	31
1930	Tingle v. United States	38 F.2d 573	27
1933	American Surety Co. of New York v. Bankers' Savings & Loan Ass'n of Omaha	67 F.2d 803	25
1930	NORTHWESTERN JOBBERS'CREDIT BUREAU v. Com'r of Int. Rev.	37 F.2d 880	25
1933	General Casualty & Surety Co. v. Kierstead	67 F.2d 523	24
1929	Security Life Ins. Co. of America v. Brimmer	36 F.2d 176	22
1930	Sternberg v. Drainage Dist. No. 17 of Mississippi County	44 F.2d 560	18
1930	Yelloway, Inc. v. Hawkins	38 F.2d 731	16
1930	Inter-Southern Life Ins. Co. v. McElroy	38 F.2d 557	14
1930	Concordia Fire Ins. Co. of Milwaukee v. Commercial Bank of Liberty	39 F.2d 826	13
1930	Andresen v. Kaercher	38 F.2d 462	10

Showing the 12 most-cited of 12 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 Archibald K. Gardner?: President Herbert Hoover appointed Archibald K. Gardner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1929.
Was Archibald K. Gardner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Archibald K. Gardner was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Archibald K. Gardner's confirmation vote?: Archibald K. Gardner was confirmed by voice vote on May 23, 1929. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Archibald K. Gardner on?: Archibald K. Gardner was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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32 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).