Who appointed Fenton Whitlock Booth?

President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Fenton Whitlock Booth to the Court of Claims in 1905.

Was Fenton Whitlock Booth appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Fenton Whitlock Booth was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Fenton Whitlock Booth's confirmation vote?

Fenton Whitlock Booth was confirmed by voice vote on March 17, 1905. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Court of Claims / Appointed 1905 / Served to 1947

Fenton Whitlock Booth

Chief Justice, Court of Claims

Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 and confirmed by voice vote, Fenton Whitlock Booth was a Chief Justice on the Court of Claims. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1892. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1869–1947
Appointed by: Theodore Roosevelt, 1905
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Michigan Law School 1892
Succeeded: Francis Marion Wright
Succeeded by: Richard Smith Whaley

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1905	Court of Claims succeeded Francis Marion Wright	T. Roosevelt (R)	Voice vote
1928	Court of Claims succeeded Edward Kernan Campbell	Coolidge (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

DePauw University
University of Michigan Law School	LL.B.	1892

Judicial Record

In our data, Booth authored 2 published opinions for the court (1930). Most cited: Bankers' Reserve Life Co. v. United States (25 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
1930	Bankers' Reserve Life Co. v. United States	44 F.2d 1000	25
1930	Hellman v. United States	44 F.2d 83	20

Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 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 Fenton Whitlock Booth?: President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Fenton Whitlock Booth to the Court of Claims in 1905.
Was Fenton Whitlock Booth appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Fenton Whitlock Booth was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Fenton Whitlock Booth's confirmation vote?: Fenton Whitlock Booth was confirmed by voice vote on March 17, 1905. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Fenton Whitlock Booth on?: Fenton Whitlock Booth was a Chief Justice on the Court of Claims.

Sources

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42 years on the Court of Claims. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).