Who appointed Roger Thomas Foley?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Roger Thomas Foley to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 1945.

Was Roger Thomas Foley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Roger Thomas Foley was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Roger Thomas Foley's confirmation vote?

Roger Thomas Foley was confirmed by voice vote on April 10, 1945. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Nevada / Appointed 1945 / Served to 1974

Roger Thomas Foley

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

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945 and confirmed by voice vote, Roger Thomas Foley was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1886–1974
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded: Frank Herbert Norcross

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1945	District of Nevada succeeded Frank Herbert Norcross	F.D. Roosevelt (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 Chicago Law School

1910

Judicial Record

In our data, Foley authored 4 published opinions for the court (1950–1953). Most cited: Greenspun v. McCarran (9 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1952	Greenspun v. McCarran	105 F. Supp. 662	9
1950	Bandy v. United States	92 F. Supp. 360	6
1950	Clark County, Nevada v. City of Los Angeles, California	92 F. Supp. 28	6
1953	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Searchlight Consol. Mining & Milling Co.	112 F. Supp. 726	2

Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 Roger Thomas Foley?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Roger Thomas Foley to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 1945.
Was Roger Thomas Foley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Roger Thomas Foley was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Roger Thomas Foley's confirmation vote?: Roger Thomas Foley was confirmed by voice vote on April 10, 1945. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Roger Thomas Foley on?: Roger Thomas Foley was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Sources

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