Who appointed Finis James Garrett?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Finis James Garrett to the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in 1937.

Was Finis James Garrett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Finis James Garrett was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Finis James Garrett's confirmation vote?

Finis James Garrett was confirmed by voice vote on November 30, 1937. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals / Appointed 1937 / Served to 1955

Finis James Garrett

Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 and confirmed by voice vote, Finis James Garrett was a Chief Judge on the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. He previously served on the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals). Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1875–1956
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Bethel College 1897
Succeeded: William Johnson Graham
Succeeded by: Noble Jacob Johnson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1929	U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) succeeded James Francis Smith	Coolidge (R)	Voice vote
1937	U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals succeeded William Johnson Graham	F.D. Roosevelt (D)	Voice vote
1948	U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals	Reassigned	–

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

Bethel College	A.B.	1897
Read law		1899

Judicial Record

In our data, Garrett authored 2 published opinions for the court (1949–1951). Most cited: Application of Johnson (20 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
1949	Application of Johnson	175 F.2d 791	20
1951	Hy-V Co., Inc. v. Campbell Soup Co.	193 F.2d 338	1

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 Finis James Garrett?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Finis James Garrett to the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in 1937.
Was Finis James Garrett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Finis James Garrett was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Finis James Garrett's confirmation vote?: Finis James Garrett was confirmed by voice vote on November 30, 1937. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Finis James Garrett on?: Finis James Garrett was a Chief Judge on the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Sources

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17 years on the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).