Northern District of California / Appointed / Served to 1953

Monroe Mark Friedman

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by President Harry S Truman, Monroe Mark Friedman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Jurisprudence in 1920. Sources ↓

Lived
1895–1978
Appointed by
Harry S Truman
Confirmed
No recorded vote
Education
University of California, Berkeley 1916 · University of California, Berkeley, School of Jurisprudence 1920

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1953Northern District of CaliforniaTruman (D)

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

A per-senator roll-call isn’t shown for this confirmation. The Senate’s recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989; many confirmations (especially before then, and most to the lower courts) were by voice vote or unanimous consent.

Education

Questions & answers

Who appointed Monroe Mark Friedman?
President Harry S Truman appointed Monroe Mark Friedman to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Was Monroe Mark Friedman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Monroe Mark Friedman was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
Which court was Monroe Mark Friedman on?
Monroe Mark Friedman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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