Who appointed Louie Willard Strum?

President Harry S Truman appointed Louie Willard Strum to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1950.

Was Louie Willard Strum appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Louie Willard Strum was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Louie Willard Strum's confirmation vote?

Louie Willard Strum was confirmed by voice vote on September 23, 1950. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Fifth Circuit / Appointed 1950 / Served to 1954

Louie Willard Strum

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

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1950 and confirmed by voice vote, Louie Willard Strum was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1912. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1890–1954
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1950
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Stetson College of Law 1912
Succeeded: Curtis Longino Waller
Succeeded by: Warren Leroy Jones

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1931	Southern District of Florida	Hoover (R)	Voice vote
1950	Fifth Circuit succeeded Curtis Longino Waller	Truman (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

Stetson University College of Law

LL.B.

1912

Judicial Record

In our data, Strum authored 23 published opinions for the court (1931–1947). Most cited: Securities & Exchange Commission v. Bailey (29 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
1941	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Bailey	41 F. Supp. 647	29
1941	Goldberg v. Worman	37 F. Supp. 778	22
1933	Southern Shipping Co. v. Lawson	5 F. Supp. 321	18
1944	Holderness v. Hamilton Fire Ins. Co. of New York	54 F. Supp. 145	17
1931	United States v. QUANTITY OF EXTRACTS, BOTTLES, ETC.	54 F.2d 643	16
1931	Cooper v. McNair	49 F.2d 778	16
1931	Orlando Candy Co. v. New Hampshire Fire Ins. Co. of Manchester	51 F.2d 392	14
1932	Potter v. Florida Motor Lines, Inc.	57 F.2d 313	13
1932	Intertype Corporation v. Pulver	2 F. Supp. 4	10
1947	Adams v. St. Johns River Shipbuilding Co.	69 F. Supp. 989	9
1940	Tracy v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.	37 F. Supp. 829	9
1942	In Re Jacksonville Gas Co.	46 F. Supp. 852	7
1933	Anderson v. Rohrer	3 F. Supp. 367	7
1935	Calder v. Richardson	11 F. Supp. 948	6
1935	Myers v. Ross	10 F. Supp. 409	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 23 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 Louie Willard Strum?: President Harry S Truman appointed Louie Willard Strum to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1950.
Was Louie Willard Strum appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Louie Willard Strum was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Louie Willard Strum's confirmation vote?: Louie Willard Strum was confirmed by voice vote on September 23, 1950. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Louie Willard Strum on?: Louie Willard Strum was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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