Who appointed John Marshall Harlan?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1955.

Was John Marshall Harlan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Marshall Harlan was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Marshall Harlan's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed John Marshall Harlan 71–11 on March 16, 1955.

Supreme Court / Appointed 1955 / Served to 1971

John Marshall Harlan

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955 and confirmed by the Senate 71–11, John Marshall Harlan was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He earned a law degree from New York Law School in 1924. He previously served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 171 opinions of the Court ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1899–1971
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955
Confirmed: 71–11
Education: Princeton 1920 · New York Law School 1924
Succeeded: Robert Houghwout Jackson
Succeeded by: William Hubbs Rehnquist

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	Second Circuit succeeded Augustus Noble Hand	Eisenhower (R)	Voice vote
1955	Supreme Court succeeded Robert Houghwout Jackson	Eisenhower (R)	71–11

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

The Senate’s published per-senator roll-call records begin in 1989, so no senator-by-senator breakdown is available for this vote.

Education

University of Oxford, Balliol College, Rhodes Scholar
Princeton University	A.B.	1920
New York Law School	LL.B.	1924

Opinions of the Court

Harlan delivered 171 opinions of the Court in the covered window (October Term 1954 – October Term 1970). Most cited: Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. (15,427 citations).

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1971	Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America et al. v. Lockridge	403 U.S. 274 (1971)	945
1971	Cohen v. California	403 U.S. 15 (1971)	1777
1971	Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union	402 U.S. 570 (1971)	271
1971	McGautha v. California	402 U.S. 183 (1971)	1077
1971	United States v. United States Coin & Currency	401 U.S. 715 (1971)	577
1971	Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary	401 U.S. 560 (1971)	1845
1971	Ohio v. Wyandotte Chemicals Corp. et al.	401 U.S. 493 (1971)	117
1971	Boddie et al. v. Connecticut et al.	401 U.S. 371 (1971)	3052
1971	Sanks et al. v. Georgia et al.	401 U.S. 144 (1971)	–
1971	United States v. Jorn	400 U.S. 470 (1971)	2215
1970	United States v. Sisson	399 U.S. 267 (1970)	388
1970	Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., et al.	398 U.S. 375 (1970)	1104
1970	Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.	398 U.S. 144 (1970)	15427
1970	Rosado et al. v. Wyman, Commissioner of Social Services of New York, et al.	397 U.S. 397 (1970)	1401
1970	United States v. W. M. Webb, Inc., et al.	397 U.S. 179 (1970)	–
1970	Mills et al. v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. et al.	396 U.S. 375 (1970)	1683
1969	Zuber et al. v. Allen et al.	396 U.S. 168 (1969)	541
1969	United States v. Knox	396 U.S. 77 (1969)	266
1969	Bryson v. United States	396 U.S. 64 (1969)	297
1969	Noyd v. Bond et al.	395 U.S. 683 (1969)	231
1969	Lear, Inc. v. Adkins	395 U.S. 653 (1969)	551
1969	Gaston County, North Carolina v. United States	395 U.S. 285 (1969)	104
1969	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Stanisic	395 U.S. 62 (1969)	–
1969	United States v. Covington	395 U.S. 57 (1969)	193
1969	Leary v. United States	395 U.S. 6 (1969)	1672
1969	Kramer v. Caribbean Mills, Inc.	394 U.S. 823 (1969)	260
1969	Street v. New York	394 U.S. 576 (1969)	632
1969	Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen et al. v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.	394 U.S. 369 (1969)	492
1969	Spinelli v. United States	393 U.S. 410 (1969)	6223
1968	Mancusi, Warden v. Deforte	392 U.S. 364 (1968)	745
1968	Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service	392 U.S. 206 (1968)	336
1968	Maryland et al. v. Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, et al.	392 U.S. 183 (1968)	526
1968	United States et al. v. Southwestern Cable Co. et al.	392 U.S. 157 (1968)	450
1968	Reading Co. v. Brown, Trustee in Bankruptcy, et al.	391 U.S. 471 (1968)	339
1968	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Gordon et Ux.	391 U.S. 83 (1968)	135
1968	Federal Power Commission v. Sunray Dx Oil Co. et al.	391 U.S. 9 (1968)	126
1968	Continental Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission	390 U.S. 747 (1968)	1042
1968	Simmons et al. v. United States	390 U.S. 377 (1968)	6700
1968	Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co., Administrator v. Patterson, Administrator, et al.	390 U.S. 102 (1968)	1299
1968	Haynes v. United States	390 U.S. 85 (1968)	601
1968	Grosso v. United States	390 U.S. 62 (1968)	947
1968	Marchetti v. United States	390 U.S. 39 (1968)	1283
1967	Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts	388 U.S. 130 (1967)	1899
1967	Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al. v. Toilet Goods Association, Inc., et al.	387 U.S. 167 (1967)	434
1967	Toilet Goods Association, Inc., et al. v. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.	387 U.S. 158 (1967)	587
1967	Abbott Laboratories et al. v. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.	387 U.S. 136 (1967)	6135
1967	Securities and Exchange Commission v. United Benefit Life Insurance Co.	387 U.S. 202 (1967)	102
1967	Honda et al. v. Clark, Attorney General	386 U.S. 484 (1967)	221
1967	Spencer v. Texas	385 U.S. 554 (1967)	1416
1967	Lassen, Commissioner, State Land Department v. Arizona Ex Rel. Arizona Highway Department	385 U.S. 458 (1967)	154
1966	United States v. Fabrizio	385 U.S. 263 (1966)	–
1966	United States v. Blue	384 U.S. 251 (1966)	423
1966	Pure Oil Co. v. Suarez	384 U.S. 202 (1966)	127
1966	Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. et al.	384 U.S. 63 (1966)	308
1966	Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz, Secretary of Labor	383 U.S. 190 (1966)	224
1966	United States v. Johnson	383 U.S. 169 (1966)	407
1966	Segal, Dba Segal Cotton Products, et al. v. Rochelle, Trustee in Bankruptcy	382 U.S. 375 (1966)	646
1965	Hanna Mining Co. et al. v. District 2, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association, Afl-Cio, et al.	382 U.S. 181 (1965)	104
1965	Swift & Co., Inc., et al. v. Wickham, Commissioner of Agriculture & Markets of New York	382 U.S. 111 (1965)	469
1965	United Gas Improvement Co. v. Continental Oil Co. et al.	381 U.S. 392 (1965)	–
1965	Jaben v. United States	381 U.S. 214 (1965)	321
1965	United States v. California	381 U.S. 139 (1965)	–
1965	Maryland, for the Use of Levin, et al. v. United States	381 U.S. 41 (1965)	122
1965	Textile Workers Union of America v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. et al.	380 U.S. 263 (1965)	252
1965	Department of Mental Hygiene of California v. Kirchner, Administratrix	380 U.S. 194 (1965)	–
1965	Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox	379 U.S. 650 (1965)	1309
1964	King, Executrix, et al. v. United States	379 U.S. 329 (1964)	–
1964	Ryan v. United States	379 U.S. 61 (1964)	–
1964	United States et al. v. Powell et al.	379 U.S. 48 (1964)	1511
1964	United States v. Tateo	377 U.S. 463 (1964)	864
1964	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Flowers, Attorney General	377 U.S. 288 (1964)	361
1964	Massachusetts Trustees of Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates v. United States	377 U.S. 235 (1964)	128
1964	Mrvica v. Esperdy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service	376 U.S. 560 (1964)	–
1964	John Wiley & Sons, Inc., v. Livingston, President of District 65, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Afl-Cio	376 U.S. 543 (1964)	2000
1964	Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino, Receiver, et al.	376 U.S. 398 (1964)	984
1964	Local Union No. 721, United Packinghouse, Food & Allied Workers, Afl-Cio, v. Needham Packing Co., Doing Business as Sioux City Dressed Beef	376 U.S. 247 (1964)	–
1964	United States v. Healy et al.	376 U.S. 75 (1964)	295
1964	National Labor Relations Board v. Exchange Parts Co.	375 U.S. 405 (1964)	300
1963	United States v. Zacks et Ux.	375 U.S. 59 (1963)	–
1963	Braunstein et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	374 U.S. 65 (1963)	–
1963	United States v. Carlo Bianchi & Co., Inc.	373 U.S. 709 (1963)	470
1963	Local No. 207, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Union, et al. v. Perko	373 U.S. 701 (1963)	145
1963	Local 100, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices, v. Borden	373 U.S. 690 (1963)	199
1963	Boesche, Administrator, v. Udall, Secretary of the Interior	373 U.S. 472 (1963)	–
1963	Lopez v. United States	373 U.S. 427 (1963)	983
1963	Wisconsin et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.	373 U.S. 294 (1963)	114
1963	Interstate Commerce Commission v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. et al.	372 U.S. 744 (1963)	–
1963	United States v. Patrick et al.	372 U.S. 53 (1963)	–
1963	United States v. Gilmore et Ux.	372 U.S. 39 (1963)	685
1963	Cleary v. Bolger	371 U.S. 392 (1963)	152
1963	Shotwell Manufacturing Co. et al. v. United States	371 U.S. 341 (1963)	379
1962	Gilbert v. United States	370 U.S. 650 (1962)	147
1962	Link v. Wabash Railroad Co.	370 U.S. 626 (1962)	14398
1962	Central Railroad Company of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania	370 U.S. 607 (1962)	–
1962	Glidden Company v. Zdanok et al.	370 U.S. 530 (1962)	689
1962	Manual Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Day, Postmaster General	370 U.S. 478 (1962)	364
1962	Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers, Inc., et al. v. United States et al.	370 U.S. 76 (1962)	–
1962	Lynch v. Overholser, Hospital Superintendent	369 U.S. 705 (1962)	478
1962	Hutcheson v. United States	369 U.S. 599 (1962)	–
1962	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Bilder, Executrix	369 U.S. 499 (1962)	156
1961	Hoyt v. Florida	368 U.S. 57 (1961)	340
1961	Communist Party, U. S. a., et al. v. Catherwood, Industrial Commissioner	367 U.S. 389 (1961)	–
1961	United States v. Shimer	367 U.S. 374 (1961)	530
1961	Noto v. United States	367 U.S. 290 (1961)	227
1961	Scales v. United States	367 U.S. 203 (1961)	526
1961	Sam Fox Publishing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States et al.	366 U.S. 683 (1961)	215
1961	Montana v. Kennedy, Attorney General	366 U.S. 308 (1961)	164
1961	Cohen v. Hurley	366 U.S. 117 (1961)	176
1961	In Re Anastaplo	366 U.S. 82 (1961)	–
1961	Konigsberg v. State Bar of California et al.	366 U.S. 36 (1961)	535
1961	Kossick v. United Fruit Co.	365 U.S. 731 (1961)	611
1961	System Federation No. 91, Railway Employes' Department, Afl-Cio, et al. v. Wright et al.	364 U.S. 642 (1961)	568
1960	Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Gillette Motor Transport, Inc.	364 U.S. 130 (1960)	253
1960	Schilling v. Rogers, Attorney General	363 U.S. 666 (1960)	316
1960	Miner et al., Judges, U.S. District Court, v. Atlass	363 U.S. 641 (1960)	114
1960	Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, v. Nestor	363 U.S. 603 (1960)	1508
1960	United States v. Brosnan et al.	363 U.S. 237 (1960)	207
1960	United States v. Louisiana et al.	363 U.S. 1 (1960)	–
1960	Wyatt v. United States	362 U.S. 525 (1960)	–
1960	Local Lodge No. 1424, International Association of Machinists, Afl-Cio, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board	362 U.S. 411 (1960)	400
1960	United States v. Price	361 U.S. 304 (1960)	552
1960	Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Robert Demario Jewelry, Inc., et al.	361 U.S. 288 (1960)	515
1959	Howard v. Lyons et al.	360 U.S. 593 (1959)	202
1959	Barr v. Matteo et al.	360 U.S. 564 (1959)	1312
1959	Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co., Inc., v. River Terminals Corp.	360 U.S. 411 (1959)	126
1959	Anonymous Nos. 6 and 7 v. Baker, Justice of the Supreme Court of New York	360 U.S. 287 (1959)	–
1959	Harrison, Attorney General of Virginia, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.	360 U.S. 167 (1959)	–
1959	Barenblatt v. United States	360 U.S. 109 (1959)	488
1959	Vitarelli v. Seaton, Secretary of the Interior, et al.	359 U.S. 535 (1959)	744
1959	T. I. M. E. Incorporated v. United States	359 U.S. 464 (1959)	129
1959	Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Kentucky Finance Co., Inc., et al.	359 U.S. 290 (1959)	251
1959	Cammarano et Ux. v. United States	358 U.S. 498 (1959)	275
1958	United States v. a & P Trucking Co. et al.	358 U.S. 121 (1958)	–
1958	United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division et al.	358 U.S. 103 (1958)	169
1958	Cicenia v. Lagay, Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison Farm	357 U.S. 504 (1958)	368
1958	Jones v. United States	357 U.S. 493 (1958)	919
1958	Giordenello v. United States	357 U.S. 480 (1958)	1231
1958	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson, Attorney General	357 U.S. 449 (1958)	2614
1958	Lerner v. Casey et al., Constituting the New York City Transit Authority	357 U.S. 468 (1958)	–
1958	Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles et Commerciales, S. a., v. Rogers, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, et al.	357 U.S. 197 (1958)	1195
1958	The Colony, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	357 U.S. 28 (1958)	233
1958	United States v. Dow	357 U.S. 17 (1958)	400
1958	Maisenberg v. United States	356 U.S. 670 (1958)	–
1958	Nowak v. United States	356 U.S. 660 (1958)	–
1958	Hoag v. New Jersey	356 U.S. 464 (1958)	314
1958	Green et al. v. United States	356 U.S. 165 (1958)	426
1958	Safeway Stores, Inc., v. Vance, Trustee in Bankruptcy	355 U.S. 389 (1958)	–
1958	Nashville Milk Co. v. Carnation Company	355 U.S. 373 (1958)	129
1957	United States v. Shotwell Manufacturing Co. et al.	355 U.S. 233 (1957)	126
1957	West Point Wholesale Grocery Co. v. City of Opelika, Alabama	354 U.S. 390 (1957)	–
1957	Service v. Dulles et al.	354 U.S. 363 (1957)	860
1957	United States v. Calamaro	354 U.S. 351 (1957)	202
1957	Yates et al. v. United States	354 U.S. 298 (1957)	1277
1957	Chessman v. Teets, Warden	354 U.S. 156 (1957)	171
1957	Grunewald v. United States	353 U.S. 391 (1957)	1102
1957	United States Ex Rel. Hintopoulos et Ux. v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service	353 U.S. 72 (1957)	158
1957	Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al. v. Rychlik	352 U.S. 480 (1957)	–
1957	United States Gypsum Co. v. National Gypsum Co. et al.	352 U.S. 457 (1957)	–
1956	United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.	352 U.S. 77 (1956)	–
1956	United States v. Western Pacific Railroad Co. et al.	352 U.S. 59 (1956)	1533
1956	De Sylva v. Ballentine, Guardian	351 U.S. 570 (1956)	393
1956	Cole v. Young et al.	351 U.S. 536 (1956)	108
1956	Czaplicki v. the Hoegh Silvercloud et al.	351 U.S. 525 (1956)	208
1956	Parr v. United States	351 U.S. 513 (1956)	350
1956	Berra v. United States	351 U.S. 131 (1956)	315
1956	United States v. Leslie Salt Co.	350 U.S. 383 (1956)	133
1956	Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.	350 U.S. 348 (1956)	371
1956	United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp. et al.	350 U.S. 332 (1956)	477
1956	Secretary of Agriculture v. United States et al.	350 U.S. 162 (1956)	–
1955	Ellis v. Dixon et al., Members of the Board of Education of the City of Yonkers	349 U.S. 458 (1955)	–
1955	Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio	349 U.S. 143 (1955)	–

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Questions & answers

Who appointed John Marshall Harlan?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1955.
Was John Marshall Harlan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Marshall Harlan was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Marshall Harlan's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed John Marshall Harlan 71–11 on March 16, 1955.
Which court was John Marshall Harlan on?: John Marshall Harlan was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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