Who appointed Richard Hartshorne?

President Harry S Truman appointed Richard Hartshorne to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1951.

Was Richard Hartshorne appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Richard Hartshorne's confirmation vote?

Richard Hartshorne was confirmed by voice vote on October 19, 1951. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1951 / Served to 1975

Richard Hartshorne

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1951 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Hartshorne was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1912. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1888–1975
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1951
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Columbia Law School 1912
Succeeded: Guy Leverne Fake
Succeeded by: Mitchell Harry Cohen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1951	District of New Jersey succeeded Guy Leverne Fake	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

Princeton University	Litt.B.	1909
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1912

Judicial Record

In our data, Hartshorne authored 55 published opinions for the court (1953–1962). Most cited: United States v. Accardo (55 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1953	United States v. Accardo	113 F. Supp. 783	55
1955	United States v. Ben Grunstein & Sons Co.	127 F. Supp. 907	29
1956	United States v. Ben Grunstein & Sons Company	137 F. Supp. 197	28
1955	In Re Tele-Tone Radio Corp., Etc.	133 F. Supp. 739	23
1953	United States v. American Precision Products Corp.	115 F. Supp. 823	20
1960	Allen v. Armored Car Chauffeurs & Guards Local Union No. 820	185 F. Supp. 492	19
1957	Booth v. Security Mutual Life Insurance Company	155 F. Supp. 755	19
1954	Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co.	119 F. Supp. 838	19
1956	Philadelphia Brief Case Co. v. Specialty Leather Products Co.	145 F. Supp. 425	18
1957	Pierce v. International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.	147 F. Supp. 934	17
1953	Willard C. Beach Air Brush Co. v. General Motors Corp.	118 F. Supp. 242	17
1955	United States v. 29.40 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Livingston	131 F. Supp. 84	16
1961	Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Sun Vacuum Stores, Inc.	192 F. Supp. 738	15
1958	United States v. 42 JARS, ETC.	162 F. Supp. 944	15
1956	Blackmon v. Govern	138 F. Supp. 884	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 Richard Hartshorne?: President Harry S Truman appointed Richard Hartshorne to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1951.
Was Richard Hartshorne appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard Hartshorne was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Richard Hartshorne's confirmation vote?: Richard Hartshorne was confirmed by voice vote on October 19, 1951. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Richard Hartshorne on?: Richard Hartshorne was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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