Who appointed Edward George Smith?

President Barack Obama appointed Edward George Smith to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2014.

Was Edward George Smith appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Edward George Smith was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Edward George Smith's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Edward George Smith 69–31 on March 26, 2014.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 2014 / Served to 2023

Edward George Smith

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate 69–31, Edward George Smith was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1986. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1961–2023
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2014
Confirmed: 69–31
Education: Franklin and Marshall College 1983 · Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1986
Succeeded: Berle M. Schiller
Succeeded by: Catherine Henry

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Berle M. Schiller	Obama (D)	69–31

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 69–31 on March 26, 2014 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 87. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 69

23 D, 45 R, 1 I

Voted against · 31

30 D, 1 I

Education

Franklin and Marshall College	B.A.	1983
Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law)	J.D.	1986
Naval Justice School		1987
Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School		2004

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Smith was assigned 1,909 district-court cases (1998–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 164 days across 1,908 closed cases.

Civil rights22%

Other civil matters21%

Personal-injury torts12%

Contract11%

Labor & ERISA8%

Other federal statutes8%

Other19%

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.

On appeal

Of 94 of Smith’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 77 were affirmed, 11 reversed or vacated, and 6 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Smith authored 6 published opinions for the court (1993–2003). Most cited: Drysdale v. Woerth (38 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
2001	Drysdale v. Woerth	153 F. Supp. 2d 678	38
1996	Willowby Ex Rel. McKoy v. City of Philadelphia	946 F. Supp. 369	6
2001	North American Specialty Insurance v. Chichester School District	158 F. Supp. 2d 468	5
2003	Fisher v. Walsh Parts & Service Co., Inc.	296 F. Supp. 2d 551	4
1993	Bloom v. Consolidated Rail Corp.	812 F. Supp. 553	3
2003	Fisher v. Walsh Parts & Service Co., Inc.	277 F. Supp. 2d 496	1

Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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 Edward George Smith?: President Barack Obama appointed Edward George Smith to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2014.
Was Edward George Smith appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Edward George Smith was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Edward George Smith's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Edward George Smith 69–31 on March 26, 2014.
Which court was Edward George Smith on?: Edward George Smith was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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