Who appointed John McDuffie?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John McDuffie to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in 1935.

Was John McDuffie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John McDuffie 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 McDuffie's confirmation vote?

John McDuffie was confirmed by voice vote on February 7, 1935. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Alabama / Appointed 1935 / Served to 1950

John McDuffie

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 and confirmed by voice vote, John McDuffie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from University of Alabama School of Law in 1908. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1883–1950
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1935
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn) 1904 · University of Alabama Law 1908
Succeeded: Robert Tait Ervin
Succeeded by: Daniel Holcombe Thomas

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1935	Southern District of Alabama succeeded Robert Tait Ervin	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

Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University)	B.Sc.	1904
University of Alabama School of Law	LL.B.	1908

Judicial Record

In our data, McDuffie authored 9 published opinions for the court (1937–1950). Most cited: Davis v. Schnell (91 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1949	Davis v. Schnell	81 F. Supp. 872	91
1947	Ray v. Social Security Board	73 F. Supp. 58	17
1946	United States v. First Nat. Bank of Mobile	67 F. Supp. 616	14
1941	United States v. Martini	42 F. Supp. 502	14
1941	Maddox v. Jones	42 F. Supp. 35	14
1937	Small v. New York Life Ins. Co.	18 F. Supp. 820	12
1950	Doggett v. Hunt	93 F. Supp. 426	11
1947	United States v. Property on Pinto Island	74 F. Supp. 92	4
1941	New England Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Barnett	39 F. Supp. 761	4

Showing the 9 most-cited of 9 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 McDuffie?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John McDuffie to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama in 1935.
Was John McDuffie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John McDuffie 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 McDuffie's confirmation vote?: John McDuffie was confirmed by voice vote on February 7, 1935. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John McDuffie on?: John McDuffie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

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