Who appointed James C. Connell?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed James C. Connell to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1954.

Was James C. Connell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James C. Connell was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James C. Connell's confirmation vote?

James C. Connell was confirmed by voice vote on August 10, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Ohio / Appointed 1954 / Served to 1973

James C. Connell

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, James C. Connell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from John Marshall School of Law (now Cleveland-Marshall College of Law) in 1918. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1897–1973
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: John Marshall Law (now Cleveland-Marshall College of Law) 1918
Succeeded by: Leroy John Contie Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	Northern District of Ohio	Eisenhower (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

John Marshall School of Law (now Cleveland-Marshall College of Law)

LL.B.

1918

Judicial Record

In our data, Connell authored 33 published opinions for the court (1955–1971). Most cited: Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (126 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1965	Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company	243 F. Supp. 793	126
1964	Lennerth v. Mendenhall	234 F. Supp. 59	68
1966	Buchanan v. Rhodes	249 F. Supp. 860	44
1966	United States v. Blank	261 F. Supp. 180	39
1964	National Casualty Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America	230 F. Supp. 617	33
1967	Petition of Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S	276 F. Supp. 163	29
1965	Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company	237 F. Supp. 96	25
1971	La Fleur v. Cleveland Board of Education	326 F. Supp. 1208	21
1960	Chavers v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company	188 F. Supp. 39	21
1960	McKnight v. NM Paterson & Sons, Limited	181 F. Supp. 434	21
1966	United States v. Blank	251 F. Supp. 166	20
1964	Wirtz v. W. G. Lockhart Construction Co.	230 F. Supp. 823	19
1965	Morrisey v. S.S. A. & J. Faith	252 F. Supp. 54	17
1958	Gruber v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.	158 F. Supp. 593	16
1964	Wirtz v. Local Union No. 125, International Hod Carriers', Building & Common Laborers' Union	231 F. Supp. 590	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 33 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 James C. Connell?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed James C. Connell to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1954.
Was James C. Connell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James C. Connell was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James C. Connell's confirmation vote?: James C. Connell was confirmed by voice vote on August 10, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James C. Connell on?: James C. Connell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

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