Who appointed Lewis Render Morgan?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lewis Render Morgan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1968.

Was Lewis Render Morgan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Lewis Render Morgan was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Lewis Render Morgan's confirmation vote?

Lewis Render Morgan was confirmed by voice vote on July 25, 1968. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eleventh Circuit / Appointed 1981 / Served to 2001

Lewis Render Morgan

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

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 and confirmed by voice vote, Lewis Render Morgan was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1935. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1913–2001
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Georgia Law 1935
Succeeded: Warren Leroy Jones
Succeeded by: Richard Taylor Rives

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1961	Northern District of Georgia	Kennedy (D)	Voice vote
1968	Fifth Circuit succeeded Elbert Parr Tuttle	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote
1981	Eleventh Circuit succeeded Warren Leroy Jones	Reassigned	–

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

University of Georgia School of Law

LL.B.

1935

Judicial Record

In our data, Morgan authored 34 published opinions for the court (1961–1968). Most cited: Toombs v. Fortson (59 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
1962	Toombs v. Fortson	205 F. Supp. 248	59
1965	Toombs v. Fortson	241 F. Supp. 65	49
1966	In Re the Atlanta Times, Inc.	259 F. Supp. 820	33
1962	Wesberry v. Vandiver	206 F. Supp. 276	23
1964	Butts v. Curtis Publishing Company	225 F. Supp. 916	21
1964	Barker v. United States	233 F. Supp. 455	19
1968	United States v. ARTICLE OF DRUG, ETC.	294 F. Supp. 1307	17
1968	Clement Bros. v. National Labor Relations Board	282 F. Supp. 540	17
1966	Bond v. Floyd	251 F. Supp. 333	16
1966	Trust Company of Georgia v. Ross	262 F. Supp. 900	12
1964	In Re Venson	234 F. Supp. 271	12
1968	Holder v. United States	289 F. Supp. 160	10
1964	Butts v. Curtis Publishing Company	242 F. Supp. 390	10
1962	Holman v. Southern Airways, Inc.	210 F. Supp. 407	10
1962	Frito-Lay, Inc. v. United States	209 F. Supp. 886	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 34 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 Lewis Render Morgan?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lewis Render Morgan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1968.
Was Lewis Render Morgan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Lewis Render Morgan was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Lewis Render Morgan's confirmation vote?: Lewis Render Morgan was confirmed by voice vote on July 25, 1968. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Lewis Render Morgan on?: Lewis Render Morgan was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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