Who appointed Richard Joseph Hopkins?

President Herbert Hoover appointed Richard Joseph Hopkins to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1929.

Was Richard Joseph Hopkins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Richard Joseph Hopkins was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Richard Joseph Hopkins's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Richard Joseph Hopkins 49–22 on December 19, 1929.

District of Kansas / Appointed 1929 / Served to 1943

Richard Joseph Hopkins

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

Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1929 and confirmed by the Senate 49–22, Richard Joseph Hopkins was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. He earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) in 1901. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1873–1943
Appointed by: Herbert Hoover, 1929
Confirmed: 49–22
Education: Northwestern Law (now Pritzker School of Law) 1901
Succeeded: George Thomas McDermott
Succeeded by: Guy Tresillian Helvering

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1929	District of Kansas succeeded George Thomas McDermott	Hoover (R)	49–22

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

Confirmation vote

The Senate’s published per-senator roll-call records begin in 1989, so no senator-by-senator breakdown is available for this vote.

Education

Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law)

LL.B.

1901

Judicial Record

In our data, Hopkins authored 6 published opinions for the court (1931–1942). Most cited: Henderson v. Kimmel (51 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1942	Henderson v. Kimmel	47 F. Supp. 635	51
1942	United States v. 16,000 Acres of Land, More or Less	49 F. Supp. 645	24
1931	Louis v. Boynton	53 F.2d 471	16
1937	Dunnuck v. Kansas State Highway Commission	21 F. Supp. 882	8
1942	Ex Parte Billings	46 F. Supp. 663	7
1940	Bay Petroleum Corporation v. Corporation Commission	36 F. Supp. 66	6

Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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 Joseph Hopkins?: President Herbert Hoover appointed Richard Joseph Hopkins to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1929.
Was Richard Joseph Hopkins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard Joseph Hopkins was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Richard Joseph Hopkins's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Richard Joseph Hopkins 49–22 on December 19, 1929.
Which court was Richard Joseph Hopkins on?: Richard Joseph Hopkins was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Sources

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