Who appointed Roszel Cathcart Thomsen?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Roszel Cathcart Thomsen to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1954.

Was Roszel Cathcart Thomsen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Roszel Cathcart Thomsen was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Roszel Cathcart Thomsen's confirmation vote?

Roszel Cathcart Thomsen was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Maryland / Appointed 1954 / Served to 1992

Roszel Cathcart Thomsen

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

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, Roszel Cathcart Thomsen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) in 1922. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1900–1992
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Johns Hopkins 1919 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1922
Succeeded: William Calvin Chesnut
Succeeded by: Herbert Frazier Murray

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	District of Maryland succeeded William Calvin Chesnut	Eisenhower (R)	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

Johns Hopkins University	B.A.	1919
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)	LL.B.	1922

Judicial Record

In our data, Thomsen authored 262 published opinions for the court (1954–1982). Most cited: Schwing Motor Company v. Hudson Sales Corporation (78 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1956	Schwing Motor Company v. Hudson Sales Corporation	138 F. Supp. 899	78
1971	Bundy v. Cannon	328 F. Supp. 165	56
1965	Parker v. Board of Education of Prince George's County, Md.	237 F. Supp. 222	55
1968	Advance Business Systems & Supply Co. v. SCM Corporation	287 F. Supp. 143	52
1961	Abdul-Rahman Omar Adra v. Clift	195 F. Supp. 857	44
1969	United States v. Mintzes	304 F. Supp. 1305	38
1975	United States v. Feinblatt	403 F. Supp. 974	35
1966	United States v. 392 Copies of a Magazine Entitled \	253 F. Supp. 485	35
1958	Head Ski Company v. Kam Ski Company	158 F. Supp. 919	35
1962	American Football League v. National Football League	205 F. Supp. 60	34
1963	Carter Products, Inc. v. Colgate-Palmolive Company	214 F. Supp. 383	33
1961	United States v. Rees	193 F. Supp. 849	33
1968	United States v. Crespo	281 F. Supp. 928	29
1960	Jackson v. the Martin Company	180 F. Supp. 475	29
1971	Piracci v. New York City Employees' Retirement System	321 F. Supp. 1067	27

Showing the 15 most-cited of 262 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 Roszel Cathcart Thomsen?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Roszel Cathcart Thomsen to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1954.
Was Roszel Cathcart Thomsen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Roszel Cathcart Thomsen was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Roszel Cathcart Thomsen's confirmation vote?: Roszel Cathcart Thomsen was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Roszel Cathcart Thomsen on?: Roszel Cathcart Thomsen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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