Who appointed Evan Alfred Evans?

President Woodrow Wilson appointed Evan Alfred Evans to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1916.

Was Evan Alfred Evans appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Evan Alfred Evans was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Evan Alfred Evans's confirmation vote?

Evan Alfred Evans was confirmed by voice vote on May 10, 1916. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Seventh Circuit / Appointed 1916 / Served to 1948

Evan Alfred Evans

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

Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and confirmed by voice vote, Evan Alfred Evans was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1899. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1876–1948
Appointed by: Woodrow Wilson, 1916
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Wisconsin 1897 · University of Wisconsin Law School 1899
Succeeded: William Henry Seaman
Succeeded by: Francis Ryan Duffy

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1916	Seventh Circuit succeeded William Henry Seaman	Wilson (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 Wisconsin	B.A.	1897
University of Wisconsin Law School	LL.B.	1899

Judicial Record

In our data, Evans authored 4 published opinions for the court (1924–1929). Most cited: Rosenwald v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (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
1929	Rosenwald v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	33 F.2d 423	19
1928	Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen	26 F.2d 413	11
1924	Slick v. United States	1 F.2d 897	10
1929	Biller v. Meyer	33 F.2d 440	5

Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 Evan Alfred Evans?: President Woodrow Wilson appointed Evan Alfred Evans to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1916.
Was Evan Alfred Evans appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Evan Alfred Evans was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Evan Alfred Evans's confirmation vote?: Evan Alfred Evans was confirmed by voice vote on May 10, 1916. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Evan Alfred Evans on?: Evan Alfred Evans was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Sources

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