Who appointed Robert Harlan Henry?

President William J. Clinton appointed Robert Harlan Henry to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 1994.

Was Robert Harlan Henry appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert Harlan Henry was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Robert Harlan Henry's confirmation vote?

Robert Harlan Henry was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Tenth Circuit / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2010

Robert Harlan Henry

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Harlan Henry was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1976. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Oklahoma 1974 · University of Oklahoma College of Law 1976
Succeeded: William Judson Holloway Jr.
Succeeded by: Robert Edwin Bacharach

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Tenth Circuit succeeded William Judson Holloway Jr.	Clinton (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

University of Oklahoma	B.A.	1974
University of Oklahoma College of Law	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

In our data, Henry authored 3 published opinions for the court (2009–2010). Most cited: Gunderson v. United States Department of Labor (13 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
2010	Gunderson v. United States Department of Labor	601 F.3d 1013	13
2009	United Rentals Northwest, Inc. v. Yearout Mechanical, Inc.	573 F.3d 997	11
2009	United States v. Bradshaw	580 F.3d 1129	8

Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 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 Harlan Henry?: President William J. Clinton appointed Robert Harlan Henry to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in 1994.
Was Robert Harlan Henry appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert Harlan Henry was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert Harlan Henry's confirmation vote?: Robert Harlan Henry was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert Harlan Henry on?: Robert Harlan Henry was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Sources

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