Who appointed Joseph Warren Madden?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph Warren Madden to the Court of Claims in 1941.

Was Joseph Warren Madden appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Joseph Warren Madden was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Joseph Warren Madden's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Joseph Warren Madden 36–14 on January 2, 1941.

Court of Claims / Appointed 1941 / Served to 1972

Joseph Warren Madden

Judge, Court of Claims

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 and confirmed by the Senate 36–14, Joseph Warren Madden was a Judge on the Court of Claims. He earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1914. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1890–1972
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941
Confirmed: 36–14
Education: University of Illinois 1911 · University of Chicago Law School 1914
Succeeded: William Raymond Green
Succeeded by: Oscar Hirsh Davis

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1941	Court of Claims succeeded William Raymond Green	F.D. Roosevelt (D)	36–14

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

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 Illinois	B.A.	1911
University of Chicago Law School	J.D.	1914

Judicial Record

In our data, Madden authored 35 published opinions for the court (1953–1960). Most cited: Volentine and Littleton v. United States (51 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
1956	Volentine and Littleton v. United States	145 F. Supp. 952	51
1959	Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States	175 F. Supp. 926	45
1959	Newark Insurance Company v. United States	169 F. Supp. 955	36
1959	Continental Casualty Company v. United States	169 F. Supp. 945	35
1958	Idaho Power Company v. United States	161 F. Supp. 807	24
1960	Colonial Navigation Company v. United States	181 F. Supp. 237	22
1959	New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co. v. United States	172 F. Supp. 684	19
1960	Chelsea Factors, Inc. v. United States	181 F. Supp. 685	18
1959	Flying Tiger Line, Inc. v. United States	170 F. Supp. 422	18
1958	NIPPON HODO COMPANY v. United States	160 F. Supp. 501	17
1958	Atlantic City Electric Company v. United States	161 F. Supp. 811	16
1959	Betts v. United States	172 F. Supp. 450	15
1958	Nautilus Shipping Corporation v. United States	158 F. Supp. 353	15
1957	Riley v. United States	156 F. Supp. 751	15
1960	SICANOFF VEGETABLE OIL CORPORATION v. United States	181 F. Supp. 265	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 35 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 Joseph Warren Madden?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph Warren Madden to the Court of Claims in 1941.
Was Joseph Warren Madden appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Joseph Warren Madden was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Joseph Warren Madden's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Joseph Warren Madden 36–14 on January 2, 1941.
Which court was Joseph Warren Madden on?: Joseph Warren Madden was a Judge on the Court of Claims.

Sources

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31 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).