Who appointed Miles Welton Lord?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Miles Welton Lord to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1966.

Was Miles Welton Lord appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Miles Welton Lord was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Miles Welton Lord's confirmation vote?

Miles Welton Lord was confirmed by voice vote on April 28, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Minnesota / Appointed 1966 / Served to 1985

Miles Welton Lord

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

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Miles Welton Lord was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. He earned a law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1919–2016
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Minnesota 1946 · University of Minnesota Law School 1948
Succeeded: Dennis Francis Donovan
Succeeded by: David Singleton Doty

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	District of Minnesota succeeded Dennis Francis Donovan	L.B. Johnson (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

University of Minnesota	B.A.	1946
University of Minnesota Law School	LL.B.	1948

Judicial Record

In our data, Lord authored 81 published opinions for the court (1967–1985). Most cited: Lucas v. Seagrave Corporation (56 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1967	Lucas v. Seagrave Corporation	277 F. Supp. 338	56
1981	Marathon Pipeline Co. v. Northern Pipeline Construction Co.	12 B.R. 946	41
1983	Boyd v. Robinson (In Re Boyd)	31 B.R. 591	39
1979	Collyard v. Washington Capitals	477 F. Supp. 1247	34
1973	Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Butz	358 F. Supp. 584	33
1983	Hanna Mining Co. v. Minnesota Power and Light Co.	573 F. Supp. 1395	29
1975	Jenson v. Continental Financial Corporation	404 F. Supp. 806	29
1974	Nelson v. Likins	389 F. Supp. 1234	28
1974	United States v. Reserve Mining Company	380 F. Supp. 11	25
1972	Brenden v. Independent School District 742	342 F. Supp. 1224	25
1969	Morey v. Independent School District 492	312 F. Supp. 1257	25
1973	Berends v. Butz	357 F. Supp. 143	24
1971	Van Dusartz v. Hatfield	334 F. Supp. 870	24
1977	Mead v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.	442 F. Supp. 114	23
1984	Middleton v. Farmers State Bank of Fosston	41 B.R. 953	22

Showing the 15 most-cited of 81 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 Miles Welton Lord?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Miles Welton Lord to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1966.
Was Miles Welton Lord appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Miles Welton Lord was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Miles Welton Lord's confirmation vote?: Miles Welton Lord was confirmed by voice vote on April 28, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Miles Welton Lord on?: Miles Welton Lord was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

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