Who appointed Kimbrough Stone?

President Woodrow Wilson appointed Kimbrough Stone to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1916.

Was Kimbrough Stone appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Kimbrough Stone was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Kimbrough Stone's confirmation vote?

Kimbrough Stone was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 1916. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1916 / Served to 1958

Kimbrough Stone

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

Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and confirmed by voice vote, Kimbrough Stone was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1875–1958
Appointed by: Woodrow Wilson, 1916
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded: Elmer Bragg Adams
Succeeded by: John Caskie Collet

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1916	Eighth Circuit succeeded Elmer Bragg Adams	Wilson (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

Harvard Law School
University of Missouri	Litt.B.	1895
Read law		1898

Judicial Record

In our data, Stone authored 99 published opinions for the court (1924–1935). Most cited: Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis v. Federal Trade Commission (67 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
1926	Chamber of Commerce of Minneapolis v. Federal Trade Commission	13 F.2d 673	67
1925	Frankel v. Woodrough	7 F.2d 796	67
1930	Gurera v. United States	40 F.2d 338	62
1926	Franz v. Buder	11 F.2d 854	56
1928	Queen Mfg. Co. v. Isaac Ginsberg & Bros.	25 F.2d 284	53
1925	Updike v. United States	8 F.2d 913	51
1924	Feinberg v. United States	2 F.2d 955	50
1925	Cooper v. United States	9 F.2d 216	43
1925	United States v. Brown	8 F.2d 564	43
1925	Burroughs Adding MacH. Co. v. Bogdon	9 F.2d 54	43
1934	Loose v. United States	74 F.2d 147	39
1928	Hale v. United States	25 F.2d 430	38
1927	Hood v. United States	23 F.2d 472	37
1929	Twin City Tile & M. Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	32 F.2d 229	36
1925	Hickey v. Johnson	9 F.2d 498	36

Showing the 15 most-cited of 99 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 Kimbrough Stone?: President Woodrow Wilson appointed Kimbrough Stone to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1916.
Was Kimbrough Stone appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Kimbrough Stone was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Kimbrough Stone's confirmation vote?: Kimbrough Stone was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 1916. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Kimbrough Stone on?: Kimbrough Stone was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Sources

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41 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).