Who appointed James Madison Morton Jr.?

President Herbert Hoover appointed James Madison Morton Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1932.

Was James Madison Morton Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Madison Morton Jr. was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Madison Morton Jr.'s confirmation vote?

James Madison Morton Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on January 6, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

First Circuit / Appointed 1932 / Served to 1940

James Madison Morton Jr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and confirmed by voice vote, James Madison Morton Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1894. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1869–1940
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1932
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Harvard College 1891 · Harvard Law School 1894
Succeeded: George Weston Anderson
Succeeded by: John Christopher Mahoney

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1912	District of Massachusetts succeeded Frederic Dodge	Taft (R)	Voice vote
1932	First Circuit succeeded George Weston Anderson	Hoover (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

Harvard College	A.B.	1891
Harvard College	A.M.	1894
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1894

Judicial Record

In our data, Morton authored 26 published opinions for the court (1924–1936). Most cited: Uproar Co. v. National Broadcasting Co. (89 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1936	Uproar Co. v. National Broadcasting Co.	81 F.2d 373	89
1928	Atlantic Monthly Co. v. Post Pub. Co.	27 F.2d 556	33
1930	The Showboat	47 F.2d 286	30
1930	Third Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Springfield v. White	45 F.2d 911	16
1930	United States v. Farrar	38 F.2d 515	16
1928	Whipple v. United States	25 F.2d 520	14
1926	American Mercury, Inc. v. Chase	13 F.2d 224	13
1930	Murphy v. Campbell Soup Co.	40 F.2d 671	12
1926	McCaffrey v. Wilson & Co.	10 F.2d 368	12
1925	Weld v. Nichols	9 F.2d 977	12
1936	Fuller v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	81 F.2d 176	11
1931	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer DistributIng Corp. v. Bijou Theatre Co.	50 F.2d 908	10
1926	Parker v. New England Oil Corporation	13 F.2d 497	10
1925	In Re Fitzroy	4 F.2d 541	10
1935	Commissioner of Int. Rev. v. National Grange Mut. L. Co.	80 F.2d 316	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 26 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 Madison Morton Jr.?: President Herbert Hoover appointed James Madison Morton Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1932.
Was James Madison Morton Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James Madison Morton Jr. was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James Madison Morton Jr.'s confirmation vote?: James Madison Morton Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on January 6, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James Madison Morton Jr. on?: James Madison Morton Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

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