Who appointed Gerald McLaughlin?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gerald McLaughlin to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1943.

Was Gerald McLaughlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Gerald McLaughlin's confirmation vote?

Gerald McLaughlin was confirmed by voice vote on June 8, 1943. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Third Circuit / Appointed 1943 / Served to 1977

Gerald McLaughlin

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 and confirmed by voice vote, Gerald McLaughlin was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1917. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1893–1977
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1943
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Fordham College 1914 · Fordham Law 1917
Succeeded: William Clark
Succeeded by: John Joseph Gibbons

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1943	Third Circuit succeeded William Clark	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

Fordham College	A.B.	1914
Fordham University School of Law	LL.B.	1917

Judicial Record

In our data, McLaughlin authored 6 published opinions for the court (1944–1948). Most cited: Kay v. General Cable Corporation (63 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
1944	Kay v. General Cable Corporation	144 F.2d 653	63
1948	Van Sant v. American Express Co.	169 F.2d 355	53
1948	Bank of New York v. United States	170 F.2d 20	31
1948	Doreau v. Marshall	170 F.2d 721	25
1948	United States v. Kensington Shipyard & Drydock Corp.	169 F.2d 9	17
1948	Marine National Bank of Erie v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	168 F.2d 400	2

Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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 Gerald McLaughlin?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gerald McLaughlin to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1943.
Was Gerald McLaughlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gerald McLaughlin was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gerald McLaughlin's confirmation vote?: Gerald McLaughlin was confirmed by voice vote on June 8, 1943. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Gerald McLaughlin on?: Gerald McLaughlin was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Sources

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