Who appointed Delmas Carl Hill?

President John F. Kennedy appointed Delmas Carl Hill to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 1961.

Was Delmas Carl Hill appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Delmas Carl Hill was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Delmas Carl Hill's confirmation vote?

Delmas Carl Hill was confirmed by voice vote on September 21, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Tenth Circuit / Appointed 1961 / Served to 1989

Delmas Carl Hill

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

Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and confirmed by voice vote, Delmas Carl Hill was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Washburn College School of Law in 1929. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1906–1989
Appointed by: John F. Kennedy, 1961
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Washburn College Law 1929
Succeeded by: James Kenneth Logan

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1950	District of Kansas	Truman (D)	Voice vote
1961	Tenth Circuit	Kennedy (D)	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

Washburn College School of Law

LL.B.

1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Hill authored 8 published opinions for the court (1951–1961). Most cited: White v. Brodrick (19 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
1952	White v. Brodrick	104 F. Supp. 213	19
1959	State Corp. Commission of State of Kansas v. United States	184 F. Supp. 691	16
1957	United States v. Nationwide Trailer Rental System, Inc.	156 F. Supp. 800	16
1951	Hineman v. Brodrick	99 F. Supp. 582	10
1960	Sampson v. Flemming	189 F. Supp. 725	7
1958	Coffman v. City of Wichita	165 F. Supp. 765	7
1960	In Re Bingham	190 F. Supp. 219	5
1961	Axe v. United States	191 F. Supp. 671	3

Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 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 Delmas Carl Hill?: President John F. Kennedy appointed Delmas Carl Hill to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 1961.
Was Delmas Carl Hill appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Delmas Carl Hill was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Delmas Carl Hill's confirmation vote?: Delmas Carl Hill was confirmed by voice vote on September 21, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Delmas Carl Hill on?: Delmas Carl Hill was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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