Who appointed Duncan Lawrence Groner?

President Herbert Hoover appointed Duncan Lawrence Groner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1931.

Was Duncan Lawrence Groner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Duncan Lawrence Groner was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Duncan Lawrence Groner's confirmation vote?

Duncan Lawrence Groner was confirmed by voice vote on February 10, 1931. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Columbia Circuit / Appointed 1931 / Served to 1957

Duncan Lawrence Groner

Chief Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1931 and confirmed by voice vote, Duncan Lawrence Groner was a Chief Justice on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1873–1957
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1931
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded by: Harold Montelle Stephens

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1921	Eastern District of Virginia succeeded Edmund Waddill Jr.	Harding (R)	Unknown
1931	District of Columbia Circuit	Hoover (R)	Voice vote
1937	District of Columbia Circuit succeeded George Ewing Martin	F.D. Roosevelt (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

University of Virginia
Washington and Lee University

Judicial Record

In our data, Groner authored 8 published opinions for the court (1924–1936). Most cited: Ex Parte Wilson (11 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
1929	Ex Parte Wilson	33 F.2d 214	11
1927	Colonna's Shipyard, Inc. v. Lowe	22 F.2d 843	11
1936	American Trucking Ass'ns, Inc. v. United States	17 F. Supp. 655	10
1924	United States v. Lankford	3 F.2d 52	9
1925	Parrott v. Noel	8 F.2d 368	7
1925	The River Queen	8 F.2d 426	6
1929	West v. Bliley	33 F.2d 177	5
1929	Atlantic Life Ins. Co. v. Moncure	35 F.2d 360	2

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 Duncan Lawrence Groner?: President Herbert Hoover appointed Duncan Lawrence Groner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1931.
Was Duncan Lawrence Groner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Duncan Lawrence Groner was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Duncan Lawrence Groner's confirmation vote?: Duncan Lawrence Groner was confirmed by voice vote on February 10, 1931. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Duncan Lawrence Groner on?: Duncan Lawrence Groner was a Chief Justice on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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