Who appointed Martin Thomas Manton?

President Woodrow Wilson appointed Martin Thomas Manton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1918.

Was Martin Thomas Manton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Martin Thomas Manton's confirmation vote?

Martin Thomas Manton was confirmed by voice vote on March 18, 1918. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Second Circuit / Appointed 1918 / Served to 1939

Martin Thomas Manton

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

Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 and confirmed by voice vote, Martin Thomas Manton was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1901. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1880–1946
Appointed by: Woodrow Wilson, 1918
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Columbia Law School 1901
Succeeded: Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr.
Succeeded by: Robert Porter Patterson Sr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1916	Southern District of New York succeeded Charles Merrill Hough	Wilson (D)	Voice vote
1918	Second Circuit succeeded Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr.	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

Columbia Law School

LL.B.

1901

Judicial Record

In our data, Manton authored 116 published opinions for the court (1927–1938). Most cited: DuPont Cellophane Co. v. Waxed Products Co. (98 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
1936	DuPont Cellophane Co. v. Waxed Products Co.	85 F.2d 75	98
1929	Kingston Dry Dock Co. v. Lake Champlain Transp. Co.	31 F.2d 265	90
1934	United States v. One Book Entitled Ulysses by James Joyce	72 F.2d 705	88
1929	Bedell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	30 F.2d 622	77
1928	In Re Messinger	29 F.2d 158	69
1928	Dwight & Lloyd Sintering Co. v. Greenawalt	27 F.2d 823	69
1934	COMMISSIONER OF INT. REVENUE v. Oswego Falls Corp.	71 F.2d 673	67
1937	Helvering v. Smith	90 F.2d 590	60
1935	Helvering v. Russian Finance & Construction Corporation	77 F.2d 324	60
1929	Moore v. Mitchell	30 F.2d 600	59
1936	United States v. Levine	83 F.2d 156	56
1938	National City Bank of New York v. Helvering	98 F.2d 93	54
1929	Ex Parte Edelstein	30 F.2d 636	44
1928	The No. 34.	25 F.2d 602	37
1927	Empire Lighting Fixture Co. v. Practical Lighting Fixture Co.	20 F.2d 295	36

Showing the 15 most-cited of 116 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 Martin Thomas Manton?: President Woodrow Wilson appointed Martin Thomas Manton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1918.
Was Martin Thomas Manton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Martin Thomas Manton was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Martin Thomas Manton's confirmation vote?: Martin Thomas Manton was confirmed by voice vote on March 18, 1918. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Martin Thomas Manton on?: Martin Thomas Manton was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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