Who appointed Carol E. Jackson?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Carol E. Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1992.

Was Carol E. Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Carol E. Jackson was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Carol E. Jackson's confirmation vote?

Carol E. Jackson was confirmed by voice vote on August 12, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Missouri / Appointed 1992 / Served to 2017

Carol E. Jackson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Carol E. Jackson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Wellesley College 1973 · University of Michigan Law School 1976
Succeeded: William Leonard Hungate
Succeeded by: Stephen Robert Clark Sr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Eastern District of Missouri succeeded William Leonard Hungate	G.H.W. Bush (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

Wellesley College	B.A.	1973
University of Michigan Law School	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jackson was assigned 4,408 district-court cases (1974–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 272 days across 4,408 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas24%

Civil rights18%

Personal-injury torts15%

Contract12%

Labor & ERISA9%

Other federal statutes7%

Other15%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 214 of Jackson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 173 were affirmed, 24 reversed or vacated, and 17 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Jackson authored 50 published opinions for the court (1993–2011). Most cited: EEOC v. Danka Industries, Inc. (21 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
1997	EEOC v. Danka Industries, Inc.	990 F. Supp. 1138	21
2010	Crocker v. KV PHARMACEUTICAL CO.	782 F. Supp. 2d 760	12
1993	Stafford v. Intrav, Inc.	841 F. Supp. 284	11
2005	Hurocy v. Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank, NA	371 F. Supp. 2d 1058	10
2003	Union Ins. Co. of Providence v. Williams	261 F. Supp. 2d 1150	10
2004	Schubert v. Bethesda Health Group, Inc.	319 F. Supp. 2d 963	9
2003	XO Missouri, Inc. v. City of Maryland Heights	256 F. Supp. 2d 987	9
1995	Swartzbaugh v. State Farm Ins. Companies	924 F. Supp. 932	9
2010	Teague v. St. Charles County	708 F. Supp. 2d 935	8
1996	Franz v. Kernan	951 F. Supp. 159	8
2002	US Ex Rel. Schuhardt v. Washington University	228 F. Supp. 2d 1018	7
1995	EEOC v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.	894 F. Supp. 1329	7
2011	Carr v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.	791 F. Supp. 2d 672	6
2000	Morgan v. United Parcel Service of America, Inc.	143 F. Supp. 2d 1143	6
1997	Wade for Robinson v. Callahan	976 F. Supp. 1269	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 50 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 Carol E. Jackson?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Carol E. Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1992.
Was Carol E. Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Carol E. Jackson was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Carol E. Jackson's confirmation vote?: Carol E. Jackson was confirmed by voice vote on August 12, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Carol E. Jackson on?: Carol E. Jackson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Sources

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