Who appointed John Marvin Jones?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John Marvin Jones to the Court of Claims in 1940.

Was John Marvin Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Marvin Jones 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 Marvin Jones's confirmation vote?

John Marvin Jones was confirmed by voice vote on April 10, 1940. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Court of Claims / Appointed 1940 / Served to 1976

John Marvin Jones

Chief Judge, Court of Claims

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and confirmed by voice vote, John Marvin Jones was a Chief Judge on the Court of Claims. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1907. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1882–1976
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: John B. Denton College, Denton, Texas 1902 · University of Texas Law 1907
Succeeded: Thomas Sutler Williams
Succeeded by: Arnold Wilson Cowen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1940	Court of Claims succeeded Thomas Sutler Williams	F.D. Roosevelt (D)	Voice vote
1947	Court of Claims succeeded Richard Smith Whaley	Truman (D)	Voice vote
1948	Court of Claims	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

John B. Denton College, Denton, Texas	B.A.	1902
Southwestern University	Ph.B.	1905
University of Texas School of Law	LL.B.	1907

Judicial Record

In our data, Jones authored 31 published opinions for the court (1953–1960). Most cited: Caddington v. United States (48 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
1959	Caddington v. United States	178 F. Supp. 604	48
1960	Rosengarten v. United States	181 F. Supp. 275	37
1958	Hospital Bureau of Standards and Supplies v. United States	158 F. Supp. 560	36
1958	Arnfeld v. United States	163 F. Supp. 865	27
1960	Feldman v. United States	181 F. Supp. 393	20
1959	Associated Traders, Inc. v. United States	169 F. Supp. 502	20
1959	United States v. Seminole Nation	173 F. Supp. 784	19
1958	Edwards v. United States	168 F. Supp. 955	18
1959	Russell Manufacturing Company v. United States	175 F. Supp. 159	16
1960	Schwartz v. United States	181 F. Supp. 408	15
1960	Weil v. United States	180 F. Supp. 407	14
1958	Boeing v. United States	168 F. Supp. 762	14
1959	Ross v. United States	173 F. Supp. 793	13
1959	Burt v. United States	170 F. Supp. 953	13
1953	Maxan Dress Corp. v. United States	115 F. Supp. 439	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 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 Marvin Jones?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John Marvin Jones to the Court of Claims in 1940.
Was John Marvin Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Marvin Jones 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 Marvin Jones's confirmation vote?: John Marvin Jones was confirmed by voice vote on April 10, 1940. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Marvin Jones on?: John Marvin Jones was a Chief Judge on the Court of Claims.

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35 years on the Court of Claims. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).