Who appointed Joseph William Woodrough?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph William Woodrough to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1933.

Was Joseph William Woodrough appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Joseph William Woodrough 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 William Woodrough's confirmation vote?

Joseph William Woodrough was confirmed by voice vote on April 12, 1933. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1933 / Served to 1977

Joseph William Woodrough

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and confirmed by voice vote, Joseph William Woodrough was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1873–1977
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded: Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh
Succeeded by: Pat Mehaffy

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1916	District of Nebraska succeeded William Henry Munger	Wilson (D)	Voice vote
1933	Eighth Circuit succeeded Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh	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

Heidelberg University, Germany
Read law		1893

Judicial Record

In our data, Woodrough authored 5 published opinions for the court (1924–1929). Most cited: Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United States (10 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
1928	Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United States	29 F.2d 750	10
1924	United States v. Updike	1 F.2d 550	10
1929	Heafey v. Allen	34 F.2d 941	3
1925	Munroe v. United States	10 F.2d 230	3
1927	United States v. Washington	20 F.2d 160	2

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 William Woodrough?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Joseph William Woodrough to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1933.
Was Joseph William Woodrough appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Joseph William Woodrough 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 William Woodrough's confirmation vote?: Joseph William Woodrough was confirmed by voice vote on April 12, 1933. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Joseph William Woodrough on?: Joseph William Woodrough was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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44 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).