Who appointed John Hazelton Cotteral?

President Calvin Coolidge appointed John Hazelton Cotteral to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1928.

Was John Hazelton Cotteral appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Hazelton Cotteral was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Hazelton Cotteral's confirmation vote?

John Hazelton Cotteral was confirmed by voice vote on May 23, 1928. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Tenth Circuit / Appointed 1929 / Served to 1933

John Hazelton Cotteral

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

Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928 and confirmed by voice vote, John Hazelton Cotteral was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1864–1933
Appointed by: Calvin Coolidge, 1928
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded by: Sam Gilbert Bratton

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1908	Western District of Oklahoma	T. Roosevelt (R)	Voice vote
1928	Eighth Circuit succeeded Walter Henry Sanborn	Coolidge (R)	Voice vote
1929	Tenth Circuit	Reassigned	–

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

University of Michigan
Read law		1885

Judicial Record

In our data, Cotteral authored 8 published opinions for the court (1928–1929). Most cited: Denver Live Stock Com'n Co. v. Com'r of Internal Revenue (25 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
1928	Denver Live Stock Com'n Co. v. Com'r of Internal Revenue	29 F.2d 543	25
1929	Lonsdale v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	32 F.2d 537	19
1929	GENERAL ACC. FIRE & LIFE ASSUR. CORPORATION v. Savage	35 F.2d 587	13
1929	United States v. Waite	33 F.2d 567	10
1929	Page v. Natural Gas & Fuel Co.	35 F.2d 462	6
1929	United States v. Dietz	33 F.2d 576	6
1929	Millett v. Omaha Nat. Bank	30 F.2d 665	4
1929	Goodman v. School Dist. No. 1, City and County of Denver	32 F.2d 586	3

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Questions & answers

Who appointed John Hazelton Cotteral?: President Calvin Coolidge appointed John Hazelton Cotteral to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1928.
Was John Hazelton Cotteral appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Hazelton Cotteral was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Hazelton Cotteral's confirmation vote?: John Hazelton Cotteral was confirmed by voice vote on May 23, 1928. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Hazelton Cotteral on?: John Hazelton Cotteral was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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