Who appointed Howard Francis Corcoran?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Howard Francis Corcoran to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1965.

Was Howard Francis Corcoran appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Howard Francis Corcoran was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Howard Francis Corcoran's confirmation vote?

Howard Francis Corcoran was confirmed by voice vote on March 11, 1965. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Columbia / Appointed 1965 / Served to 1989

Howard Francis Corcoran

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

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 and confirmed by voice vote, Howard Francis Corcoran was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1931. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1906–1989
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Princeton 1928 · Harvard Law School 1931
Succeeded: Charles Francis McLaughlin
Succeeded by: Joyce Hens Green

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1965	District of Columbia succeeded Charles Francis McLaughlin	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

Princeton University	A.B.	1928
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1931

Judicial Record

In our data, Corcoran authored 61 published opinions for the court (1966–1984). Most cited: Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (66 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1976	Ashland Oil, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission	409 F. Supp. 297	66
1970	Underwater Storage, Inc. v. United States Rubber Co.	314 F. Supp. 546	62
1981	Houston v. Bechtel Associates Professional Corp.	522 F. Supp. 1094	42
1983	United States v. Foster	566 F. Supp. 1403	28
1974	Fitzgerald v. Sigler	372 F. Supp. 889	26
1984	Da Silva v. Sanders	600 F. Supp. 1008	22
1977	Larsen v. Hoffman	444 F. Supp. 245	22
1983	Towers Tenant Ass'n, Inc. v. Towers Ltd. Partnership	563 F. Supp. 566	21
1983	Sanchez-Espinoza v. Reagan	568 F. Supp. 596	20
1971	Congress of Railway Unions v. Hodgson	326 F. Supp. 68	20
1970	Carter v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY	314 F. Supp. 386	20
1978	United States v. Hill	458 F. Supp. 31	19
1974	Sullivan v. Murphy	380 F. Supp. 867	19
1983	Heffez v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	569 F. Supp. 1551	18
1970	International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. National Railway Labor Conference	310 F. Supp. 905	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 61 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 Howard Francis Corcoran?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Howard Francis Corcoran to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1965.
Was Howard Francis Corcoran appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Howard Francis Corcoran was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Howard Francis Corcoran's confirmation vote?: Howard Francis Corcoran was confirmed by voice vote on March 11, 1965. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Howard Francis Corcoran on?: Howard Francis Corcoran was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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24 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).