Who appointed Harlington Wood Jr.?

President Gerald Ford appointed Harlington Wood Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1976.

Was Harlington Wood Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Harlington Wood Jr. was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Harlington Wood Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Harlington Wood Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Seventh Circuit / Appointed 1976 / Served to 2008

Harlington Wood Jr.

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

Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, Harlington Wood Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Illinois College of Law in 1948. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1920–2008
Appointed by: Gerald Ford, 1976
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Illinois 1942 · University of Illinois College of Law 1948
Succeeded: John Paul Stevens
Succeeded by: Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	Southern District of Illinois succeeded Omer Poos	Nixon (R)	Voice vote
1976	Seventh Circuit succeeded John Paul Stevens	Ford (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 Illinois	A.B.	1942
University of Illinois College of Law	J.D.	1948

Judicial Record

In our data, Wood authored 2 published opinions for the court (1973–1974). Most cited: McCreery Angus Farms v. American Angus Ass'n (22 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
1974	McCreery Angus Farms v. American Angus Ass'n	379 F. Supp. 1008	22
1973	United States v. Cockerill	366 F. Supp. 856	3

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 Harlington Wood Jr.?: President Gerald Ford appointed Harlington Wood Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1976.
Was Harlington Wood Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Harlington Wood Jr. was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Harlington Wood Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Harlington Wood Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Harlington Wood Jr. on?: Harlington Wood Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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