Who appointed George Thomas VanBebber?

President George H.W. Bush appointed George Thomas VanBebber to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1989.

Was George Thomas VanBebber appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

George Thomas VanBebber was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was George Thomas VanBebber's confirmation vote?

George Thomas VanBebber was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Kansas / Appointed 1989 / Served to 2005

George Thomas VanBebber

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by voice vote, George Thomas VanBebber was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. He earned a law degree from University of Kansas School of Law in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1931–2005
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1989
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Kansas 1953 · University of Kansas Law 1955
Succeeded: Richard Dean Rogers
Succeeded by: Julie A. Robinson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1989	District of Kansas succeeded Richard Dean Rogers	G.H.W. Bush (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

University of Kansas	B.A.	1953
University of Kansas School of Law	LL.B.	1955

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, VanBebber was assigned 4,623 district-court cases (1985–2005). Median time from filing to termination: 198 days across 4,622 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas47%

Civil rights13%

Contract11%

Personal-injury torts10%

Other federal statutes6%

Labor & ERISA4%

Other9%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

In our data, VanBebber authored 128 published opinions for the court (1998–2005). Most cited: Boe v. AlliedSignal Inc. (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
2001	Boe v. AlliedSignal Inc.	131 F. Supp. 2d 1197	34
2005	Cline v. Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc.	370 F. Supp. 2d 1130	33
2004	Park University Enterprises, Inc. v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA	314 F. Supp. 2d 1094	24
2003	DirecTV, Inc. v. Hosey	289 F. Supp. 2d 1259	18
2002	Stewart v. Mitchell Transport	241 F. Supp. 2d 1216	17
2002	Kansas Pipeline Co. v. 200 Foot by 250 Foot Piece of Land	210 F. Supp. 2d 1253	16
2002	Swearingen v. Honeywell, Inc.	189 F. Supp. 2d 1189	16
2000	Fireworks Spectacular, Inc. v. Premier Pyrotechnics, Inc.	86 F. Supp. 2d 1102	15
1998	Gearhart v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Inc.	27 F. Supp. 2d 1263	15
2004	McDaniel v. South & Associates, P.C.	325 F. Supp. 2d 1210	13
2004	McCormick v. City of Lawrence	325 F. Supp. 2d 1191	12
2002	Jenkins v. Hodes	287 B.R. 561	11
1999	Goodwin-Haulmark v. Menninger Clinic, Inc.	76 F. Supp. 2d 1235	11
2001	Fireworks Spectacular, Inc. v. Premier Pyrotechnics, Inc.	147 F. Supp. 2d 1057	10
2004	Multi-Media International, LLC v. Promag Retail Services, LLC	343 F. Supp. 2d 1024	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 128 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 Thomas VanBebber?: President George H.W. Bush appointed George Thomas VanBebber to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1989.
Was George Thomas VanBebber appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: George Thomas VanBebber was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was George Thomas VanBebber's confirmation vote?: George Thomas VanBebber was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was George Thomas VanBebber on?: George Thomas VanBebber was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Sources

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