Who appointed Harrison Lee Winter?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Harrison Lee Winter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1966.

Was Harrison Lee Winter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Harrison Lee Winter was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Harrison Lee Winter's confirmation vote?

Harrison Lee Winter was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Fourth Circuit / Appointed 1966 / Served to 1990

Harrison Lee Winter

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

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Harrison Lee Winter was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) in 1944. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1921–1990
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Johns Hopkins 1942 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1944
Succeeded by: Paul Victor Niemeyer

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1962	District of Maryland	Kennedy (D)	Voice vote
1966	Fourth Circuit	L.B. Johnson (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

Johns Hopkins University	A.B.	1942
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)	LL.B.	1944

Judicial Record

In our data, Winter authored 32 published opinions for the court (1962–1968). Most cited: Donohue v. Maryland Casualty Company (29 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
1965	Donohue v. Maryland Casualty Company	248 F. Supp. 588	29
1968	Baumel v. Rosen	283 F. Supp. 128	27
1962	Potter v. Carvel Stores of New York, Inc.	203 F. Supp. 462	24
1964	Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America	228 F. Supp. 896	21
1965	United States v. Custer Channel Wing Corporation	247 F. Supp. 481	20
1963	Port Welcome Cruises, Inc. v. S. S. Bay Belle	215 F. Supp. 72	20
1962	United States v. Bethlehem Steel Company	215 F. Supp. 62	19
1962	Savon Gas Stations No. 6, Inc. v. Shell Oil Company	203 F. Supp. 529	17
1963	Spanos v. United States	212 F. Supp. 861	16
1965	Ohio Casualty Insurance v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance	238 F. Supp. 706	15
1963	United States Ex Rel. Gulfport Piping Co. v. Monaco & Sons, Inc.	222 F. Supp. 175	15
1962	In Re Hare	205 F. Supp. 881	15
1963	Marion v. United States	214 F. Supp. 320	13
1965	Palumbo v. Nello L. Teer Company	240 F. Supp. 226	12
1966	Snyder v. Travelers Insurance Company	251 F. Supp. 76	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 32 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 Harrison Lee Winter?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Harrison Lee Winter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1966.
Was Harrison Lee Winter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Harrison Lee Winter was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Harrison Lee Winter's confirmation vote?: Harrison Lee Winter was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Harrison Lee Winter on?: Harrison Lee Winter was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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