Who appointed Harold Montelle Stephens?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Harold Montelle Stephens to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1935.

Was Harold Montelle Stephens appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Harold Montelle Stephens's confirmation vote?

Harold Montelle Stephens was confirmed by voice vote on July 24, 1935. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Columbia Circuit / Appointed 1935 / Served to 1955

Harold Montelle Stephens

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

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 and confirmed by voice vote, Harold Montelle Stephens was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1913. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1886–1955
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1935
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Cornell 1909 · Harvard Law School 1913
Succeeded: William Hitz
Succeeded by: Warren Earl Burger

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1935	District of Columbia Circuit succeeded William Hitz	F.D. Roosevelt (D)	Voice vote
1948	District of Columbia Circuit succeeded Duncan Lawrence Groner	Truman (D)	Voice vote
1948	District of Columbia Circuit	Reassigned	–

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 California, Berkeley
Cornell University	A.B.	1909
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1913
Harvard Law School	S.J.D.	1932

Judicial Record

In our data, Stephens authored 3 published opinions for the court (1943–1946). Most cited: United States v. United States Gypsum Co. (47 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
1946	United States v. United States Gypsum Co.	67 F. Supp. 397	47
1943	United States v. United States Gypsum Co.	51 F. Supp. 613	16
1943	United States v. United States Gypsum Co.	53 F. Supp. 889	10

Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 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 Harold Montelle Stephens?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Harold Montelle Stephens to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1935.
Was Harold Montelle Stephens appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Harold Montelle Stephens was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Harold Montelle Stephens's confirmation vote?: Harold Montelle Stephens was confirmed by voice vote on July 24, 1935. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Harold Montelle Stephens on?: Harold Montelle Stephens was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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19 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).