Who appointed Robert Emmet Tehan?

President Harry S Truman appointed Robert Emmet Tehan to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1949.

Was Robert Emmet Tehan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Robert Emmet Tehan's confirmation vote?

Robert Emmet Tehan was confirmed by voice vote on May 17, 1949. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Wisconsin / Appointed 1949 / Served to 1975

Robert Emmet Tehan

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1949 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Emmet Tehan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from Marquette University Law School in 1929. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1905–1975
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1949
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Marquette 1927 · Marquette Law School 1929
Succeeded: Francis Ryan Duffy
Succeeded by: Robert Willis Warren

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1949	Eastern District of Wisconsin succeeded Francis Ryan Duffy	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

Marquette University	A.B.	1927
Marquette University Law School	LL.B.	1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Tehan authored 41 published opinions for the court (1950–1974). Most cited: Tool & Die Makers Lodge No. 78 International Ass'n of MacHinists v. General Electric Co. X-Ray Department (27 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1959	Tool & Die Makers Lodge No. 78 International Ass'n of MacHinists v. General Electric Co. X-Ray Department	170 F. Supp. 945	27
1950	In Re Loehr	98 F. Supp. 402	23
1968	Otey v. Common Council of City of Milwaukee	281 F. Supp. 264	21
1967	Seybold v. Milwaukee County Sheriff	276 F. Supp. 484	21
1963	Wisconsin Metal & Chemical Corp. v. DeZurik Corp.	222 F. Supp. 119	21
1965	Solo Cup Company v. Paper MacHinery Corporation	240 F. Supp. 126	20
1973	Monsour v. Gray	375 F. Supp. 786	18
1967	Lozoff v. United States	266 F. Supp. 966	15
1965	T. P. Laboratories, Inc. v. Huge	261 F. Supp. 349	15
1963	Paper Converting MacHine Co. v. FMC Corporation	215 F. Supp. 249	14
1953	United States v. Jacobs	113 F. Supp. 203	14
1953	In Re Blodgett	115 F. Supp. 33	13
1954	United States v. Dorn	121 F. Supp. 171	12
1952	Rogers v. Halford	107 F. Supp. 295	10
1974	Taylor v. Gray	375 F. Supp. 790	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 41 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 Emmet Tehan?: President Harry S Truman appointed Robert Emmet Tehan to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1949.
Was Robert Emmet Tehan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert Emmet Tehan was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert Emmet Tehan's confirmation vote?: Robert Emmet Tehan was confirmed by voice vote on May 17, 1949. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert Emmet Tehan on?: Robert Emmet Tehan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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