Who appointed John William Clancy?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John William Clancy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1936.

Was John William Clancy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John William Clancy was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John William Clancy's confirmation vote?

John William Clancy was confirmed by voice vote on June 20, 1936. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1936 / Served to 1969

John William Clancy

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 and confirmed by voice vote, John William Clancy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1912. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1888–1969
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Fordham College 1909 · Fordham Law 1912
Succeeded by: Charles Miller Metzner

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1936	Southern District of New York	F.D. Roosevelt (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

Fordham College	B.A.	1909
Fordham University School of Law	LL.B.	1912

Judicial Record

In our data, Clancy authored 30 published opinions for the court (1936–1955). Most cited: Davis v. General Foods Corporation (38 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1937	Davis v. General Foods Corporation	21 F. Supp. 445	38
1952	Isbrandtsen Co. v. Federal Ins. Co.	113 F. Supp. 357	26
1940	Collier Advertising Service, Inc. v. City of New York	32 F. Supp. 870	13
1946	United States Ex Rel. Flannery v. Commanding General	69 F. Supp. 661	12
1955	United States v. Pagan	140 F. Supp. 711	11
1940	Transbel Inv. Co. v. Roth	36 F. Supp. 396	11
1939	Moses v. United States	28 F. Supp. 817	11
1938	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Associated Gas & Electric Co.	24 F. Supp. 899	11
1942	City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Hoey	52 F. Supp. 665	10
1937	Shabotzky v. Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co.	21 F. Supp. 166	10
1943	Lucien Lelong v. George W. Button Corporation	50 F. Supp. 708	9
1942	Fawcett Publications, Inc. v. Elliot Pub. Co.	46 F. Supp. 717	9
1940	Rejsenhoff v. Colonial Nav. Co.	35 F. Supp. 577	9
1952	General Foods Corp. v. United States	104 F. Supp. 629	7
1941	United States v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.	41 F. Supp. 91	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 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 John William Clancy?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John William Clancy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1936.
Was John William Clancy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John William Clancy was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John William Clancy's confirmation vote?: John William Clancy was confirmed by voice vote on June 20, 1936. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John William Clancy on?: John William Clancy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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