Who appointed Robert E. Lewis?

President Warren G. Harding appointed Robert E. Lewis to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1921.

Was Robert E. Lewis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert E. Lewis was appointed by President Warren G. Harding, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

Tenth Circuit / Appointed 1929 / Served to 1941

Robert E. Lewis

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

Appointed by President Warren G. Harding in 1921 and confirmed by unknown vote, Robert E. Lewis was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1857–1941
Appointed by: Warren G. Harding, 1921
Confirmed: by unknown vote
Succeeded by: Alfred Paul Murrah

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1906	District of Colorado succeeded Moses Hallett	T. Roosevelt (R)	Voice vote
1921	Eighth Circuit succeeded William Cather Hook	Harding (R)	Unknown
1929	Tenth Circuit	Reassigned	–

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

Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri
Read law		1880

Judicial Record

In our data, Lewis authored 48 published opinions for the court (1924–1929). Most cited: Backus-Brooks Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co. (38 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
1927	Backus-Brooks Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.	21 F.2d 4	38
1926	Peake v. Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. Co.	15 F.2d 303	26
1927	Cline v. United States	20 F.2d 494	23
1926	Sunlight Carbon Co. v. St. Louis & S. F. R.	15 F.2d 802	22
1926	ætna Life Ins. Co. v. Johnson	13 F.2d 824	20
1924	Horbach v. Coyle	2 F.2d 702	20
1926	Gray v. United States	14 F.2d 366	19
1928	Wishart v. United States	29 F.2d 103	18
1928	McMillan v. United States	26 F.2d 58	18
1925	Birmingham v. United States	4 F.2d 508	18
1928	United States v. Armstrong	26 F.2d 227	17
1924	Bell v. United States	2 F.2d 543	17
1929	Great Southern Life Ins. Co. v. Jones	35 F.2d 122	16
1929	De Mayo v. United States	32 F.2d 472	16
1929	Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co. v. United States	34 F.2d 429	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 48 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 E. Lewis?: President Warren G. Harding appointed Robert E. Lewis to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1921.
Was Robert E. Lewis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert E. Lewis was appointed by President Warren G. Harding, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
Which court was Robert E. Lewis on?: Robert E. Lewis was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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12 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).