Who appointed Clyde H. Hamilton?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Clyde H. Hamilton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1991.

Was Clyde H. Hamilton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Clyde H. Hamilton 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 Clyde H. Hamilton's confirmation vote?

Clyde H. Hamilton was confirmed by voice vote on July 18, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Fourth Circuit / Appointed 1991 / Served to 2020

Clyde H. Hamilton

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

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Clyde H. Hamilton was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1961. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1934–2020
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1991
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Wofford College 1956 · George Washington Law School 1961
Succeeded by: Dennis W. Shedd

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1981	District of South Carolina succeeded Robert Foster Chapman	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1991	Fourth Circuit	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

Wofford College	B.S.	1956
George Washington University Law School	J.D.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hamilton was assigned 355 district-court cases (1984–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 355 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas32%

Real property22%

Personal-injury torts21%

Contract12%

Civil rights4%

Social Security3%

Other6%

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.

In our data, Hamilton authored 68 published opinions for the court (1982–2009). Most cited: Jensen v. Conrad (37 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
1983	Jensen v. Conrad	570 F. Supp. 91	37
1983	Coffin v. South Carolina Department of Social Services	562 F. Supp. 579	30
1983	Frye v. Pioneer Logging MacHinery, Inc.	555 F. Supp. 730	27
1983	Wolfe v. Wolfe	570 F. Supp. 826	26
1990	Cooke v. Allstate Management Corp.	741 F. Supp. 1205	20
1984	Shirey v. United States	582 F. Supp. 1251	20
1982	McDabco, Inc. v. Chet Adams Co.	548 F. Supp. 456	20
1982	Cribb v. Pelham	552 F. Supp. 1217	18
1986	United States v. Carolina Eastern Chemical Co., Inc.	639 F. Supp. 1420	17
1987	Workman v. National Supaflu Systems, Inc.	676 F. Supp. 690	14
1988	Roberts v. Petroleum World, Inc. (Ex Parte Roberts)	93 B.R. 442	12
1986	United States v. CFW Const. Co., Inc.	649 F. Supp. 616	12
1989	Bellamy v. Lt. R.C. Borders	727 F. Supp. 247	11
1985	Baughman v. General Motors Corp.	627 F. Supp. 871	11
1984	Doe v. United States	618 F. Supp. 503	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 68 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 Clyde H. Hamilton?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Clyde H. Hamilton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1991.
Was Clyde H. Hamilton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Clyde H. Hamilton 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 Clyde H. Hamilton's confirmation vote?: Clyde H. Hamilton was confirmed by voice vote on July 18, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Clyde H. Hamilton on?: Clyde H. Hamilton was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Sources

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