Who appointed James Augustine Walsh?

President Harry S Truman appointed James Augustine Walsh to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 1952.

Was James Augustine Walsh appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Augustine Walsh was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Augustine Walsh's confirmation vote?

James Augustine Walsh was confirmed by voice vote on July 5, 1952. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Arizona / Appointed 1952 / Served to 1991

James Augustine Walsh

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

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1952 and confirmed by voice vote, James Augustine Walsh was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center) in 1928. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1906–1991
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1952
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown Law Center) 1928
Succeeded: Howard C. Speakman
Succeeded by: Mary Anne Richey

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1952	District of Arizona succeeded Howard C. Speakman	Truman (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

Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)

LL.B.

1928

Judicial Record

In our data, Walsh authored 7 published opinions for the court (1959–1972). Most cited: Healing v. Jones (70 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1962	Healing v. Jones	210 F. Supp. 125	70
1959	Healing v. Jones	174 F. Supp. 211	27
1966	Klahr v. Goddard	250 F. Supp. 537	24
1968	United States v. Citizen Publishing Company	280 F. Supp. 978	10
1972	Miranda Ex Rel. Miranda v. Nelson	351 F. Supp. 735	9
1959	Securities & Exchange Commission v. North American Finance Co.	214 F. Supp. 197	9
1972	Christenson v. Campbell	347 F. Supp. 82	3

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 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 Augustine Walsh?: President Harry S Truman appointed James Augustine Walsh to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 1952.
Was James Augustine Walsh appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James Augustine Walsh was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James Augustine Walsh's confirmation vote?: James Augustine Walsh was confirmed by voice vote on July 5, 1952. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James Augustine Walsh on?: James Augustine Walsh was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

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