Who appointed Robert Palmer Anderson?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Robert Palmer Anderson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1964.

Was Robert Palmer Anderson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert Palmer Anderson was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Robert Palmer Anderson's confirmation vote?

Robert Palmer Anderson was confirmed by voice vote on August 15, 1964. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Second Circuit / Appointed 1964 / Served to 1978

Robert Palmer Anderson

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

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Palmer Anderson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1929. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1906–1978
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Yale College 1927 · Yale Law School 1929
Succeeded: Charles Edward Clark
Succeeded by: William Homer Timbers

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	District of Connecticut succeeded Carroll Clark Hincks	Eisenhower (R)	Voice vote
1964	Second Circuit succeeded Charles Edward Clark	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

Yale College	B.A.	1927
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Anderson authored 40 published opinions for the court (1954–1976). Most cited: American Thermos Products Co. v. Aladdin Industries, Inc. (36 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
1962	American Thermos Products Co. v. Aladdin Industries, Inc.	207 F. Supp. 9	36
1954	Petition of Colonial Trust Company	124 F. Supp. 73	26
1969	In Re New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.	304 F. Supp. 793	24
1964	Sperry Rand Corporation v. Rothlein	241 F. Supp. 549	24
1968	In Re New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.	289 F. Supp. 451	22
1962	WE Bassett Company v. HC Cook Company	201 F. Supp. 821	22
1955	United States v. Silverman	129 F. Supp. 496	22
1964	Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York v. Frank	227 F. Supp. 948	19
1967	In Re New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.	278 F. Supp. 592	18
1958	Armstrong-Norwalk Rubber Corp. v. Local Union No. 283	167 F. Supp. 817	18
1969	In Re New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.	304 F. Supp. 1121	16
1961	Textron Electronics, Inc. v. Unholtz-Dickie Corporation	193 F. Supp. 456	16
1959	Ingraham Co. v. Local 260, International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers	171 F. Supp. 103	16
1976	Matter of New York, New Haven & Hartford R. Co.	421 F. Supp. 249	15
1959	UNITED BANANA COMPANY v. United Fruit Company	172 F. Supp. 580	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 40 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 Robert Palmer Anderson?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Robert Palmer Anderson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1964.
Was Robert Palmer Anderson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert Palmer Anderson was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert Palmer Anderson's confirmation vote?: Robert Palmer Anderson was confirmed by voice vote on August 15, 1964. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert Palmer Anderson on?: Robert Palmer Anderson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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