Who appointed Luther Wallace Youngdahl?

President Harry S Truman appointed Luther Wallace Youngdahl to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1951.

Was Luther Wallace Youngdahl appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Luther Wallace Youngdahl was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Luther Wallace Youngdahl's confirmation vote?

Luther Wallace Youngdahl was confirmed by voice vote on August 28, 1951. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Columbia / Appointed 1951 / Served to 1978

Luther Wallace Youngdahl

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1951 and confirmed by voice vote, Luther Wallace Youngdahl was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Minnesota College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) in 1921. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1896–1978
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1951
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Gustavus Adolphus College 1919 · Minnesota College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline Law) 1921
Succeeded: Thomas Alan Goldsborough
Succeeded by: John Lewis Smith Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1951	District of Columbia succeeded Thomas Alan Goldsborough	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

Gustavus Adolphus College	B.A.	1919
Minnesota College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law)	LL.B.	1921

Judicial Record

In our data, Youngdahl authored 79 published opinions for the court (1951–1975). Most cited: United States v. Lattimore (54 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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	United States v. Lattimore	127 F. Supp. 405	54
1955	Gold Seal Company v. Weeks	129 F. Supp. 928	49
1959	Commercial State Bank of Roseville v. Gidney	174 F. Supp. 770	47
1965	United States v. McKethan	247 F. Supp. 324	43
1963	Moses v. Kennedy	219 F. Supp. 762	39
1963	Paroczay v. Hodges	219 F. Supp. 89	29
1957	United States v. Scott	149 F. Supp. 837	29
1952	Hill v. Sibley Memorial Hospital	108 F. Supp. 739	28
1954	United States v. Onassis	125 F. Supp. 190	27
1958	Ruth v. Lewis	166 F. Supp. 346	25
1963	United States v. Laughlin	222 F. Supp. 264	23
1960	McGovern v. Martz	182 F. Supp. 343	23
1968	United States v. Perkins	286 F. Supp. 259	21
1963	United States v. White	225 F. Supp. 514	20
1964	Hot Shoppes, Inc. v. Clouser	231 F. Supp. 825	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 79 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 Luther Wallace Youngdahl?: President Harry S Truman appointed Luther Wallace Youngdahl to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1951.
Was Luther Wallace Youngdahl appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Luther Wallace Youngdahl was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Luther Wallace Youngdahl's confirmation vote?: Luther Wallace Youngdahl was confirmed by voice vote on August 28, 1951. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Luther Wallace Youngdahl on?: Luther Wallace Youngdahl was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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