Who appointed Clarence G. Galston?

President Herbert Hoover appointed Clarence G. Galston to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1929.

Was Clarence G. Galston appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Clarence G. Galston was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Clarence G. Galston's confirmation vote?

Clarence G. Galston was confirmed by voice vote on April 29, 1929. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of New York / Appointed 1929 / Served to 1964

Clarence G. Galston

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1929 and confirmed by voice vote, Clarence G. Galston was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1899. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1876–1964
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1929
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: City College of New York 1895 · New York Law 1899
Succeeded by: Joseph Carmine Zavatt

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1929	Eastern District of New York	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

City College of New York	B.S.	1895
New York University School of Law	LL.B.	1899
New York University	A.M.	1900

Judicial Record

In our data, Galston authored 72 published opinions for the court (1929–1957). Most cited: Baim & Blank, Inc. v. Philco Corporation (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1957	Baim & Blank, Inc. v. Philco Corporation	148 F. Supp. 541	29
1951	De Vito v. United Air Lines, Inc.	98 F. Supp. 88	26
1938	United States v. C. M. Lane Lifeboat Co.	25 F. Supp. 410	24
1948	Fischer v. Haeberle	80 F. Supp. 652	16
1939	McInerney v. Wm. P. McDonald Const. Co.	28 F. Supp. 557	14
1948	Donlan v. F. H. McGraw & Co.	81 F. Supp. 599	13
1941	Henry Muhs Co. v. Farm Craft Foods, Inc.	37 F. Supp. 1013	13
1941	Petition of Soberman	37 F. Supp. 522	13
1954	Nichols v. Alker	126 F. Supp. 679	12
1954	Van Zuch v. United States	118 F. Supp. 468	11
1953	Fox v. the Giuseppe Mazzini	110 F. Supp. 212	11
1950	Neset v. Christensen	92 F. Supp. 78	11
1943	United States v. P. & W. COAT CO.	52 F. Supp. 792	11
1936	Lauricella v. Evening News Pub. Co.	15 F. Supp. 671	11
1951	Douds Ex Rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n, Local Union No. 28	101 F. Supp. 273	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 72 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 Clarence G. Galston?: President Herbert Hoover appointed Clarence G. Galston to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1929.
Was Clarence G. Galston appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Clarence G. Galston was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Clarence G. Galston's confirmation vote?: Clarence G. Galston was confirmed by voice vote on April 29, 1929. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Clarence G. Galston on?: Clarence G. Galston was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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