Who appointed Calvert Magruder?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Calvert Magruder to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1939.

Was Calvert Magruder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Calvert Magruder's confirmation vote?

Calvert Magruder was confirmed by voice vote on June 1, 1939. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

First Circuit / Appointed 1939 / Served to 1968

Calvert Magruder

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

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and confirmed by voice vote, Calvert Magruder was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1916. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1893–1968
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland 1913 · Harvard Law School 1916
Succeeded: George Hutchins Bingham
Succeeded by: Bailey Aldrich

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1939	First Circuit succeeded George Hutchins Bingham	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

St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland	A.B.	1913
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1916
St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland	A.M.	1917

Judicial Record

In our data, Magruder authored 5 published opinions for the court (1940). Most cited: Cochran v. M & M TRANSP. CO. (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
1940	Cochran v. M & M TRANSP. CO.	110 F.2d 519	39
1940	Eastern S. S. Lines, Inc. v. Monahan	110 F.2d 840	26
1940	Raymor Ballroom Co. v. Buck	110 F.2d 207	24
1940	Ferro Concrete Const. Co. v. United States	112 F.2d 488	20
1940	Broderick v. Keefe	112 F.2d 293	14

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 Calvert Magruder?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Calvert Magruder to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1939.
Was Calvert Magruder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Calvert Magruder was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Calvert Magruder's confirmation vote?: Calvert Magruder was confirmed by voice vote on June 1, 1939. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Calvert Magruder on?: Calvert Magruder was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Sources

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