Who appointed Henry Bramwell?

President Gerald Ford appointed Henry Bramwell to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1974.

Was Henry Bramwell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Henry Bramwell's confirmation vote?

Henry Bramwell was confirmed by voice vote on December 20, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of New York / Appointed 1974 / Served to 2010

Henry Bramwell

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1974 and confirmed by voice vote, Henry Bramwell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1919–2010
Appointed by: Gerald Ford, 1974
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Brooklyn Law School 1948
Succeeded: John Ries Bartels
Succeeded by: Arthur Donald Spatt

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	Eastern District of New York succeeded John Ries Bartels	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

Brooklyn Law School

LL.B.

1948

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bramwell was assigned 75 district-court cases (1967–1985).

Criminal100%

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, Bramwell authored 48 published opinions for the court (1975–1987). Most cited: Johanna Farms, Inc. v. Citrus Bowl, Inc. (60 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1978	Johanna Farms, Inc. v. Citrus Bowl, Inc.	468 F. Supp. 866	60
1977	United States v. Aloi	449 F. Supp. 698	45
1983	Dundon v. United States	559 F. Supp. 469	43
1983	Carlos v. Philips Business Systems, Inc.	556 F. Supp. 769	36
1976	Freeman v. Marine Midland Bank-New York	419 F. Supp. 440	25
1978	Dollcraft Industries, Ltd. v. Well-Made Toy Manufacturing Co.	479 F. Supp. 1105	22
1976	United States v. Orsini	424 F. Supp. 229	19
1978	In Re Air Crash Disaster at John F. Kennedy International Airport	479 F. Supp. 1118	17
1986	State of NY v. Shore Realty Corp.	648 F. Supp. 255	15
1980	Newport Tire & Rubber Co. v. Tire & Battery Corp.	504 F. Supp. 143	15
1980	San Juan Hotel Corp. v. Greenberg	502 F. Supp. 34	13
1975	Tempo Trucking and Transfer Corp. v. Dickson	405 F. Supp. 506	13
1975	United States v. Loskocinski	403 F. Supp. 75	11
1987	United States v. Mattiace Industries, Inc.	73 B.R. 816	10
1975	Securities and Exchange Commission v. Kaplan	397 F. Supp. 564	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 48 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 Henry Bramwell?: President Gerald Ford appointed Henry Bramwell to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1974.
Was Henry Bramwell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Henry Bramwell was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Henry Bramwell's confirmation vote?: Henry Bramwell was confirmed by voice vote on December 20, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Henry Bramwell on?: Henry Bramwell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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