Who appointed Ted Dalton?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Ted Dalton to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in 1959.

Was Ted Dalton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Ted Dalton's confirmation vote?

Ted Dalton was confirmed by voice vote on August 12, 1959. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Western District of Virginia / Appointed 1959 / Served to 1989

Ted Dalton

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959 and confirmed by voice vote, Ted Dalton was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from William and Mary Law School in 1926. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1901–1989
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: College of William and Mary 1924 · William and Mary Law School 1926
Succeeded: John Paul Jr.
Succeeded by: Glen Morgan Williams

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1959	Western District of Virginia succeeded John Paul Jr.	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

College of William and Mary	A.B.	1924
William and Mary Law School	LL.B.	1926

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Dalton was assigned 29 district-court cases (1987–1989). Median time from filing to termination: 189 days across 29 closed cases.

Social Security55%

Contract45%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

In our data, Dalton authored 238 published opinions for the court (1960–1982). Most cited: United States v. Hughes Memorial Home (61 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1975	United States v. Hughes Memorial Home	396 F. Supp. 544	61
1966	St. Clair v. Righter	250 F. Supp. 148	43
1969	In Re Decker	295 F. Supp. 501	42
1960	General Electric Company v. Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc.	186 F. Supp. 761	42
1973	Cape Henry Bird Club v. Laird	359 F. Supp. 404	35
1977	United States v. Dowdy	440 F. Supp. 894	34
1975	Sohns v. Dahl	392 F. Supp. 1208	34
1981	Nunn v. Black	506 F. Supp. 444	32
1972	Greene v. the First National Exchange Bank of Virginia	348 F. Supp. 672	29
1968	In Re Helms Veneer Corporation	287 F. Supp. 840	29
1967	Marsh v. Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester, Va.	265 F. Supp. 614	27
1976	South Boston General Hosp. v. Blue Cross of Va.	409 F. Supp. 1380	26
1974	United States v. T.I.M.E.-D.C., Inc.	381 F. Supp. 730	26
1970	American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Inc. v. Radford College	315 F. Supp. 893	24
1974	Lunsford v. Reynolds	376 F. Supp. 526	22

Showing the 15 most-cited of 238 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 Ted Dalton?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Ted Dalton to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in 1959.
Was Ted Dalton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ted Dalton was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ted Dalton's confirmation vote?: Ted Dalton was confirmed by voice vote on August 12, 1959. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Ted Dalton on?: Ted Dalton was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

Sources

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