John Patrick Hartigan
Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1951 and confirmed by voice vote, John Patrick Hartigan was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1913. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1887–1968
- Appointed by
- Harry S Truman, 1951
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brown 1910 · Columbia Law School 1913
- Succeeded
- John Christopher Mahoney
- Succeeded by
- Frank Morey Coffin
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | District of Rhode Island succeeded John Christopher Mahoney | F.D. Roosevelt (D) | Voice vote |
| 1951 | First Circuit succeeded John Christopher Mahoney | 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
| Harvard University | ||
| Brown University | A.B. | 1910 |
| Columbia University | A.M. | 1913 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1913 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Hartigan authored 8 published opinions for the court (1942–1950). Most cited: United States v. Collyer Insulated Wire Co. (17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | United States v. Collyer Insulated Wire Co. | 94 F. Supp. 493 | 17 |
| 1947 | Andrade v. American Mail Lines, Ltd. | 71 F. Supp. 201 | 8 |
| 1950 | Providence Journal Co. v. McCoy | 94 F. Supp. 186 | 5 |
| 1950 | Corrigan v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. | 91 F. Supp. 424 | 5 |
| 1946 | Continental Bank & Trust Co. v. First Nat. Petroleum Trust | 67 F. Supp. 859 | 4 |
| 1942 | Lady Esther, Limited v. Flanzbaum | 44 F. Supp. 666 | 3 |
| 1947 | Park-In Theatres, Inc. v. Loew's Drive-In Theatres, Inc. | 70 F. Supp. 880 | 2 |
| 1943 | Biasotti v. Clarke | 51 F. Supp. 608 | 2 |
Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 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 Patrick Hartigan?
- President Harry S Truman appointed John Patrick Hartigan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1951.
- Was John Patrick Hartigan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Patrick Hartigan was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Patrick Hartigan's confirmation vote?
- John Patrick Hartigan was confirmed by voice vote on January 2, 1951. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Patrick Hartigan on?
- John Patrick Hartigan was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Unknown authorUnknown author (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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17 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).