Who appointed Leslie Rogers Darr?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Leslie Rogers Darr to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in 1939.

Was Leslie Rogers Darr appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Leslie Rogers Darr was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Leslie Rogers Darr's confirmation vote?

Leslie Rogers Darr was confirmed by voice vote on May 31, 1939. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Tennessee / Appointed 1939 / Served to 1940

Leslie Rogers Darr

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and confirmed by voice vote, Leslie Rogers Darr was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. He earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1909. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1886–1967
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Cumberland Law 1909

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1939	Middle District of Tennessee	F.D. Roosevelt (D)	Voice vote
1939	Eastern District of Tennessee	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

Cumberland School of Law

LL.B.

1909

Judicial Record

In our data, Darr authored 36 published opinions for the court (1939–1961). Most cited: Pierce v. United States (47 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1955	Pierce v. United States	142 F. Supp. 721	47
1953	Cumberland Portland Cement Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.	140 F. Supp. 739	25
1942	Grant v. Tennessee Valley Authority	49 F. Supp. 564	22
1940	Johnson v. Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.	33 F. Supp. 176	20
1961	United States v. Gerson	192 F. Supp. 864	19
1947	Lasater v. Hercules Powder Co.	73 F. Supp. 264	19
1948	Kelly v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry.	75 F. Supp. 737	18
1953	Hopper v. United States	122 F. Supp. 181	15
1960	Wiggins v. United States	188 F. Supp. 374	14
1960	R. J. Coulter Funeral Home, Inc. v. National Burial Insurance	192 F. Supp. 522	14
1957	Vaughn v. Terminal Transport Company	162 F. Supp. 647	13
1957	Eager v. Kain	158 F. Supp. 222	12
1954	Volunteer Electric Cooperative v. Tennessee Valley Authority	139 F. Supp. 22	12
1951	Parks v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America	103 F. Supp. 493	12
1950	American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Pennsylvania Casualty Co.	97 F. Supp. 965	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 Leslie Rogers Darr?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Leslie Rogers Darr to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee in 1939.
Was Leslie Rogers Darr appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Leslie Rogers Darr was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Leslie Rogers Darr's confirmation vote?: Leslie Rogers Darr was confirmed by voice vote on May 31, 1939. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Leslie Rogers Darr on?: Leslie Rogers Darr was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

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