Who appointed Charles Casper Simons?

President Herbert Hoover appointed Charles Casper Simons to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1932.

Was Charles Casper Simons appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Charles Casper Simons was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Charles Casper Simons's confirmation vote?

Charles Casper Simons was confirmed by voice vote on January 26, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Sixth Circuit / Appointed 1932 / Served to 1964

Charles Casper Simons

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

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Casper Simons was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1900. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1876–1964
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1932
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Michigan 1898 · University of Michigan Law School 1900
Succeeded: Arthur Carter Denison
Succeeded by: Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1923	Eastern District of Michigan	Harding (R)	Voice vote
1932	Sixth Circuit succeeded Arthur Carter Denison	Hoover (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

University of Michigan	B.L.	1898
University of Michigan Law School	LL.B.	1900

Judicial Record

In our data, Simons authored 10 published opinions for the court (1924–1931). Most cited: In Re Kunkle (16 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
1930	In Re Kunkle	40 F.2d 563	16
1931	Second Nat. Bank of Saginaw v. Woodworth	54 F.2d 672	11
1931	In Re Taylor	46 F.2d 326	8
1927	United States v. Detroit Steel Products Co.	20 F.2d 675	8
1931	In Re Louis Wohl, Inc.	50 F.2d 254	6
1931	Arrowsmith v. Voorhies	55 F.2d 310	5
1927	Kales v. Woodworth	20 F.2d 395	4
1924	Frey v. Woodworth	2 F.2d 725	3
1927	Film Transport Co. v. Michigan Public Utilities Commission	17 F.2d 857	2
1929	Clayton & Lambert Mfg. Co. v. City of Detroit	34 F.2d 303	1

Showing the 10 most-cited of 10 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 Casper Simons?: President Herbert Hoover appointed Charles Casper Simons to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1932.
Was Charles Casper Simons appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Charles Casper Simons was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles Casper Simons's confirmation vote?: Charles Casper Simons was confirmed by voice vote on January 26, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Charles Casper Simons on?: Charles Casper Simons was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sources

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