Who appointed George Murray Hulbert?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed George Murray Hulbert to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1934.

Was George Murray Hulbert appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

George Murray Hulbert was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was George Murray Hulbert's confirmation vote?

George Murray Hulbert was confirmed by voice vote on June 14, 1934. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1934 / Served to 1950

George Murray Hulbert

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 and confirmed by voice vote, George Murray Hulbert was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1902. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1881–1950
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: New York Law 1902
Succeeded: Frank Joseph Coleman
Succeeded by: Edward Jordan Dimock

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1934	Southern District of New York succeeded Frank Joseph Coleman	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

New York University School of Law

LL.B.

1902

Judicial Record

In our data, Hulbert authored 58 published opinions for the court (1935–1950). Most cited: United States v. Foster (30 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1948	United States v. Foster	80 F. Supp. 479	30
1950	Magnetic Engineering & Mfg. Co. v. Dings Magnetic Separator Co.	86 F. Supp. 13	21
1943	Batkiewicz v. Seas Shipping Co.	53 F. Supp. 802	17
1939	Nekrasoff v. U. S. Rubber Co.	27 F. Supp. 953	17
1940	Suspine v. Compania Transatlantica Centroamericana, S. A.	37 F. Supp. 263	15
1936	Hunt v. United States	17 F. Supp. 578	15
1939	Tully v. Howard	27 F. Supp. 6	14
1942	Bulk Carriers Corp. v. Kasmu Laeva Omanikud	43 F. Supp. 761	13
1943	Bailey v. Karolyna Co.	50 F. Supp. 142	12
1940	The Irving	33 F. Supp. 59	11
1949	Kaufman & Ruderman, Inc. v. Cohn & Rosenberger, Inc.	86 F. Supp. 867	9
1949	Douds v. Confectionery & Tobacco Jobbers Employees Union Local 1175	85 F. Supp. 191	9
1948	McFadden v. Grace Line, Inc.	82 F. Supp. 494	9
1947	American President Lines, Ltd. v. United States	75 F. Supp. 110	9
1942	McGarrigle v. 11 West Forty-Second Street Corp.	48 F. Supp. 710	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 58 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 George Murray Hulbert?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed George Murray Hulbert to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1934.
Was George Murray Hulbert appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: George Murray Hulbert was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was George Murray Hulbert's confirmation vote?: George Murray Hulbert was confirmed by voice vote on June 14, 1934. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was George Murray Hulbert on?: George Murray Hulbert was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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