Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1954 / Served to 1980

Charles Joseph Vogel

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

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Joseph Vogel was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1923. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1898–1980
Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Minnesota Law School 1923
Succeeded by
Myron H. Bright

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1941District of North Dakota
succeeded Andrew Miller
F.D. Roosevelt (D)Voice vote
1954Eighth CircuitEisenhower (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

Judicial Record

In our data, Vogel authored 9 published opinions for the court (1944–1954). Most cited: Olson v. United States (21 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

YearCaseCitationCited
1950Olson v. United States93 F. Supp. 15021
1954Een v. Consolidated Freight-Ways120 F. Supp. 28917
1954Standard Oil Co. v. Standard Oil Co. of North Dakota123 F. Supp. 22712
1945Bowles v. Goebel58 F. Supp. 68612
1953United States v. 679.19 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.113 F. Supp. 59010
1953United States v. Adams115 F. Supp. 7317
1944United States Ex Rel. Umecker v. McCoy54 F. Supp. 6795
1948Lazier v. United States77 F. Supp. 2414
1946Kopycinski v. Farrar63 F. Supp. 8572

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Questions & answers

Who appointed Charles Joseph Vogel?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Charles Joseph Vogel to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1954.
Was Charles Joseph Vogel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Charles Joseph Vogel was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles Joseph Vogel's confirmation vote?
Charles Joseph Vogel was confirmed by voice vote on August 18, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Charles Joseph Vogel on?
Charles Joseph Vogel was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Sources

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