George Edward MacKinnon

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969 and confirmed by voice vote, George Edward MacKinnon was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1929. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived

1906–1995

Appointed by

Richard M. Nixon, 1969

Confirmed

by voice vote

Education

University of Minnesota Law School 1929

Succeeded

Charles Fahy

Succeeded by

Kenneth Winston Starr

Federal judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, MacKinnon authored 1 published opinion for the court (1982). Most cited: Miller v. Johnson (11 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

Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Edward MacKinnon?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed George Edward MacKinnon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1969.

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

George Edward MacKinnon was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was George Edward MacKinnon's confirmation vote?

George Edward MacKinnon was confirmed by voice vote on May 5, 1969. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Which court was George Edward MacKinnon on?

George Edward MacKinnon was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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