Who appointed Morris Ames Soper?

President Herbert Hoover appointed Morris Ames Soper to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1932.

Was Morris Ames Soper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Morris Ames Soper was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Morris Ames Soper's confirmation vote?

Morris Ames Soper was confirmed by voice vote on January 12, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Fourth Circuit / Appointed 1932 / Served to 1963

Morris Ames Soper

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

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1932 and confirmed by voice vote, Morris Ames Soper was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) in 1895. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1873–1963
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1932
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Johns Hopkins 1893 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1895
Succeeded: Edmund Waddill Jr.
Succeeded by: Simon E. Sobeloff

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1923	District of Maryland succeeded John Carter Rose	Harding (R)	Voice vote
1932	Fourth Circuit succeeded Edmund Waddill Jr.	Hoover (R)	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

Johns Hopkins University	A.B.	1893
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)	LL.B.	1895

Judicial Record

In our data, Soper authored 24 published opinions for the court (1924–1947). Most cited: Reass v. United States (52 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
1938	Reass v. United States	99 F.2d 752	52
1927	The Henry W. Breyer	17 F.2d 423	28
1928	La Porte Heinekamp Motor Co. v. Ford Motor Co.	24 F.2d 861	26
1926	Theroz Co. v. United States Industrial Chemical Co.	14 F.2d 629	22
1927	The Falcon	19 F.2d 1009	21
1925	Fleischman Yeast Co. v. Federal Yeast Corporation	8 F.2d 186	21
1934	In Re Ades	6 F. Supp. 467	18
1926	In Re Almond-Jones Co.	13 F.2d 152	17
1925	In Re Steamship Company Norden	6 F.2d 883	17
1947	Sunal v. Large	157 F.2d 165	13
1924	Autoline Oil Co. v. Indian Refining Co.	3 F.2d 457	13
1930	Standard Brands v. Federal Yeast Corporation	38 F.2d 329	12
1929	Art Students' League of New York v. Hinkley	31 F.2d 469	12
1928	English v. United States	25 F.2d 335	12
1928	In Re Rosen	23 F.2d 687	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 24 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 Morris Ames Soper?: President Herbert Hoover appointed Morris Ames Soper to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1932.
Was Morris Ames Soper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Morris Ames Soper was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Morris Ames Soper's confirmation vote?: Morris Ames Soper was confirmed by voice vote on January 12, 1932. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Morris Ames Soper on?: Morris Ames Soper was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Sources

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