Who appointed James Robert Elliott?

President John F. Kennedy appointed James Robert Elliott to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia in 1962.

Was James Robert Elliott appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Robert Elliott was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Robert Elliott's confirmation vote?

James Robert Elliott was confirmed by voice vote on February 7, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Georgia / Appointed 1962 / Served to 2000

James Robert Elliott

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and confirmed by voice vote, James Robert Elliott was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1934. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1910–2006
Appointed by: John F. Kennedy, 1962
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Emory 1930 · Emory Law 1934
Succeeded: Thomas Hoyt Davis
Succeeded by: Clay D. Land

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1962	Middle District of Georgia succeeded Thomas Hoyt Davis	Kennedy (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

Emory University	Ph.B.	1930
Emory University School of Law	LL.B.	1934

Judicial Record

In our data, Elliott authored 41 published opinions for the court (1962–1998). Most cited: United States v. Cross (30 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1981	United States v. Cross	516 F. Supp. 700	30
1975	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. C & D Sportswear Corp.	398 F. Supp. 300	29
1995	Bush Ranch, Inc. v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.	918 F. Supp. 1524	23
1990	McBride Ex Rel. Estate of McBride v. General Motors Corp.	737 F. Supp. 1563	23
1963	A. C. Samford, Inc. v. United States	226 F. Supp. 72	23
1963	Passailaigue v. United States	224 F. Supp. 682	20
1966	Hand v. United States	260 F. Supp. 38	15
1979	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bray Lumber Co.	478 F. Supp. 993	13
1962	Swift v. Fourth National Bank of Columbus, Georgia	205 F. Supp. 563	13
1974	Interstate Commerce Commission v. Southern Railway Co.	380 F. Supp. 386	12
1985	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.	626 F. Supp. 90	11
1972	Simmons v. United States	341 F. Supp. 947	9
1962	Hodges v. GEORGIA KAOLIN COMPANY	207 F. Supp. 374	9
1970	GAS LIGHT COMPANY OF COLUMBUS v. Georgia Power Company	313 F. Supp. 860	8
1976	Horn v. C. L. Osborn Contracting Co.	423 F. Supp. 801	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 41 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 Robert Elliott?: President John F. Kennedy appointed James Robert Elliott to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia in 1962.
Was James Robert Elliott appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James Robert Elliott was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James Robert Elliott's confirmation vote?: James Robert Elliott was confirmed by voice vote on February 7, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James Robert Elliott on?: James Robert Elliott was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia.

Sources

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