Hiram Hamilton Ward
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and confirmed by voice vote, Hiram Hamilton Ward was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. He earned a law degree from Wake Forest College School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2002
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1972
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Wake Forest College Law 1950
- Succeeded
- Edwin Monroe Stanley
- Succeeded by
- Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Middle District of North Carolina succeeded Edwin Monroe Stanley | Nixon (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
| Wake Forest College School of Law | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Ward was assigned 255 district-court cases (1982–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 149 days across 255 closed cases.
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, Ward authored 108 published opinions for the court (1972–1996). Most cited: Mason v. International Business MacHines, Inc. (59 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Mason v. International Business MacHines, Inc. | 543 F. Supp. 444 | 59 |
| 1976 | Gordon v. Forsyth County Hospital Authority, Inc. | 409 F. Supp. 708 | 47 |
| 1977 | Crawford v. University of North Carolina | 440 F. Supp. 1047 | 34 |
| 1974 | C. P. Robinson Construction Co. v. National Corp. for Housing Partnerships | 375 F. Supp. 446 | 32 |
| 1985 | Coburn Optical Industries, Inc. v. Cilco, Inc. | 610 F. Supp. 656 | 31 |
| 1974 | Warren Bros. v. Community Building Corp. of Atlanta, Inc. | 386 F. Supp. 656 | 29 |
| 1976 | Gammons v. Domestic Loans of Winston-Salem, Inc. | 423 F. Supp. 819 | 28 |
| 1972 | Webb v. Nolan | 361 F. Supp. 418 | 28 |
| 1977 | Parsons v. Hornblower & Weeks-Hemphill, Noyes | 447 F. Supp. 482 | 25 |
| 1996 | Pardasani v. Rack Room Shoes Inc. | 912 F. Supp. 187 | 24 |
| 1992 | Patterson v. McLean Credit Union | 784 F. Supp. 268 | 23 |
| 1988 | Pinehurst Enterprises, Inc. v. Town of Southern Pines | 690 F. Supp. 444 | 22 |
| 1975 | Brown v. Brannon | 399 F. Supp. 133 | 22 |
| 1985 | Moody v. Empire Life Insurance (In Re Moody) | 46 B.R. 231 | 20 |
| 1981 | Sheppard v. Moore | 514 F. Supp. 1372 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 108 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 Hiram Hamilton Ward?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Hiram Hamilton Ward to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in 1972.
- Was Hiram Hamilton Ward appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Hiram Hamilton Ward was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Hiram Hamilton Ward's confirmation vote?
- Hiram Hamilton Ward was confirmed by voice vote on June 28, 1972. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Hiram Hamilton Ward on?
- Hiram Hamilton Ward was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).