Charles Alvin Jones

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

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Alvin Jones was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1910. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived

1887–1966

Appointed by

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939

Confirmed

by voice vote

Education

Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1910

Succeeded

John Warren Davis

Succeeded by

Harry Ellis Kalodner

Federal judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Jones authored 1 published opinion for the court (1944). Most cited: Baur v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (29 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

Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Charles Alvin Jones?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Charles Alvin Jones to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1939.

Was Charles Alvin Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Charles Alvin Jones's confirmation vote?

Charles Alvin Jones was confirmed by voice vote on July 18, 1939. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Which court was Charles Alvin Jones on?

Charles Alvin Jones was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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