Who appointed Archie Owen Dawson?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Archie Owen Dawson to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1954.

Was Archie Owen Dawson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Archie Owen Dawson was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Archie Owen Dawson's confirmation vote?

Archie Owen Dawson was confirmed by voice vote on April 23, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1954 / Served to 1964

Archie Owen Dawson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, Archie Owen Dawson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1923. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1898–1964
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Columbia 1921 · Columbia Law School 1923
Succeeded: Henry Warren Goddard
Succeeded by: Constance Baker Motley

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	Southern District of New York succeeded Henry Warren Goddard	Eisenhower (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

Columbia University	A.B.	1921
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1923

Judicial Record

In our data, Dawson authored 132 published opinions for the court (1954–1964). Most cited: Cochran v. Channing Corporation (63 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1962	Cochran v. Channing Corporation	211 F. Supp. 239	63
1957	American Crystal Sugar Co. v. Cuban-American Sugar Co.	152 F. Supp. 387	49
1962	Susser v. Carvel Corporation	206 F. Supp. 636	44
1962	Wood Harmon Corporation v. United States	206 F. Supp. 773	43
1961	Reader v. Hirsch & Co.	197 F. Supp. 111	37
1961	Wm. H. Wise & Co. v. Rand McNally & Company	195 F. Supp. 621	34
1961	McGuire v. City of New York	192 F. Supp. 866	34
1958	Bank of America v. Loew's International Corporation	163 F. Supp. 924	34
1957	In Re the Arbitration Between Ilios Shipping & Trading Corp. & American Anthracite & Bituminous Coal Corp.	148 F. Supp. 698	31
1963	Alleghany Corporation v. Kirby	218 F. Supp. 164	26
1958	Beirne v. Fitch Sanitarium, Inc.	167 F. Supp. 652	24
1955	Green v. Zuck	133 F. Supp. 436	23
1964	Axe-Houghton Fund A, Inc. v. Atlantic Research Corp.	227 F. Supp. 521	21
1962	Brevel Products Corp. v. H & B AMERICAN CORPORATION	202 F. Supp. 824	21
1961	Phillips v. Murchison	194 F. Supp. 620	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 132 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 Archie Owen Dawson?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Archie Owen Dawson to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1954.
Was Archie Owen Dawson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Archie Owen Dawson was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Archie Owen Dawson's confirmation vote?: Archie Owen Dawson was confirmed by voice vote on April 23, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Archie Owen Dawson on?: Archie Owen Dawson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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