Who appointed Augustus Noble Hand?

President Calvin Coolidge appointed Augustus Noble Hand to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1928.

Was Augustus Noble Hand appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Augustus Noble Hand was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Augustus Noble Hand's confirmation vote?

Augustus Noble Hand was confirmed by voice vote on January 18, 1928. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Second Circuit / Appointed 1928 / Served to 1954

Augustus Noble Hand

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

Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928 and confirmed by voice vote, Augustus Noble Hand was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1894. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1869–1954
Appointed by: Calvin Coolidge, 1928
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Harvard College 1890 · Harvard Law School 1894
Succeeded: Charles Merrill Hough
Succeeded by: John Marshall Harlan

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1914	Southern District of New York succeeded George Chandler Holt	Wilson (D)	Voice vote
1928	Second Circuit succeeded Charles Merrill Hough	Coolidge (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

Harvard College	A.B.	1890
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1894

Judicial Record

In our data, Hand authored 11 published opinions for the court (1926–1935). Most cited: Mellon v. Federal Ins. Co. (41 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
1926	Mellon v. Federal Ins. Co.	14 F.2d 997	41
1926	United States v. Fairall	16 F.2d 328	20
1926	In Re Geo. P. Schinzel & Son, Inc.	16 F.2d 289	15
1926	The Aquitania	14 F.2d 456	13
1927	Lamborn & Co. v. Compania Maritima Del Nervion	19 F.2d 155	10
1926	United States v. Lay Fish Co.	13 F.2d 136	10
1935	Wilmore SS Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	78 F.2d 667	7
1926	Slocum v. Bowers	15 F.2d 400	7
1926	Christensen v. Christensen	14 F.2d 475	6
1927	Tower Mfg. Co. v. Monsanto Chemical Works	20 F.2d 386	2
1926	The Pesaro	13 F.2d 468	1

Showing the 11 most-cited of 11 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 Augustus Noble Hand?: President Calvin Coolidge appointed Augustus Noble Hand to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1928.
Was Augustus Noble Hand appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Augustus Noble Hand was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Augustus Noble Hand's confirmation vote?: Augustus Noble Hand was confirmed by voice vote on January 18, 1928. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Augustus Noble Hand on?: Augustus Noble Hand was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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