Who appointed Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.?

President William J. Clinton appointed Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1997.

Was Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. 96–0 on September 4, 1997.

District of Columbia / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2011

Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by the Senate 96–0, Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: 96–0
Education: Princeton 1970 · Harvard Law School 1973
Succeeded: Joyce Hens Green
Succeeded by: Ketanji Brown Jackson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	District of Columbia succeeded Joyce Hens Green	Clinton (D)	96–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 96–0 on September 4, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 218. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 96

45 D, 51 R

Did not vote · 4

4 R

Education

Princeton University	A.B.	1970
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Kennedy was assigned 1,571 district-court cases (1979–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 316 days across 1,568 closed cases.

Other federal statutes21%

Civil rights21%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Personal-injury torts9%

Contract9%

Labor & ERISA9%

Other17%

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.

On appeal

Of 82 of Kennedy’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 68 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 2 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Kennedy authored 567 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Scolaro v. District of Columbia Bd. of Elections and Ethics (388 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
2000	Scolaro v. District of Columbia Bd. of Elections and Ethics	104 F. Supp. 2d 18	388
2010	Span v. United States Department of Justice	696 F. Supp. 2d 113	131
2004	Judicial Watch, Inc. v. United States Postal Service	297 F. Supp. 2d 252	114
2005	Daisley v. Riggs Bank, N.A.	372 F. Supp. 2d 61	96
2011	Dormu v. District of Columbia	795 F. Supp. 2d 7	95
2001	Broaddrick v. Executive Office of the President	139 F. Supp. 2d 55	89
2009	Sturdza v. United Arab Emirates	658 F. Supp. 2d 135	77
2010	The Urban Institute v. Fincon Services	681 F. Supp. 2d 41	67
2009	A.C. Ex Rel. Clark v. District of Columbia	674 F. Supp. 2d 149	62
2002	Jane Does I Through III v. District of Columbia	238 F. Supp. 2d 212	60
2006	Flynn v. Tiede-Zoeller, Inc.	412 F. Supp. 2d 46	51
2004	Carroll v. England	321 F. Supp. 2d 58	50
2006	Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Department of Justice	416 F. Supp. 2d 30	43
2008	Miller v. United States Department of Justice	562 F. Supp. 2d 82	42
2011	Hyson v. Architect of the Capitol	802 F. Supp. 2d 84	41

Showing the 15 most-cited of 567 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 Harold Kennedy Jr.?: President William J. Clinton appointed Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1997.
Was Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. 96–0 on September 4, 1997.
Which court is Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. on?: Henry Harold Kennedy Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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