Who appointed Smith Hickenlooper?

President Calvin Coolidge appointed Smith Hickenlooper to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1928.

Was Smith Hickenlooper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Smith Hickenlooper was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Smith Hickenlooper's confirmation vote?

Smith Hickenlooper was confirmed by voice vote on December 17, 1928. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Sixth Circuit / Appointed 1928 / Served to 1933

Smith Hickenlooper

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

Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1928 and confirmed by voice vote, Smith Hickenlooper was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1904. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1880–1933
Appointed by: Calvin Coolidge, 1928
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Cincinnati 1901 · Harvard Law School 1904
Succeeded: Maurice H. Donahue
Succeeded by: Florence Ellinwood Allen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1923	Southern District of Ohio succeeded John Weld Peck	Harding (R)	Voice vote
1928	Sixth Circuit succeeded Maurice H. Donahue	Coolidge (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

University of Cincinnati	B.A.	1901
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1904

Judicial Record

In our data, Hickenlooper authored 2 published opinions for the court (1925–1926). Most cited: Hubbard-Ragsdale Co. v. Dean (27 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
1926	Hubbard-Ragsdale Co. v. Dean	15 F.2d 410	27
1925	United States v. Carroll Chain Co.	8 F.2d 529	8

Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 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 Smith Hickenlooper?: President Calvin Coolidge appointed Smith Hickenlooper to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1928.
Was Smith Hickenlooper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Smith Hickenlooper was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Smith Hickenlooper's confirmation vote?: Smith Hickenlooper was confirmed by voice vote on December 17, 1928. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Smith Hickenlooper on?: Smith Hickenlooper was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sources

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