Who appointed Wilbur Franklin Booth?

President Calvin Coolidge appointed Wilbur Franklin Booth to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1925.

Was Wilbur Franklin Booth appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Wilbur Franklin Booth's confirmation vote?

Wilbur Franklin Booth was confirmed by voice vote on March 18, 1925. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1925 / Served to 1944

Wilbur Franklin Booth

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

Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1925 and confirmed by voice vote, Wilbur Franklin Booth was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1888. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1861–1944
Appointed by: Calvin Coolidge, 1925
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Yale College 1884 · Yale Law School 1888
Succeeded by: John Benjamin Sanborn

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1914	District of Minnesota succeeded Charles Andrew Willard	Wilson (D)	Voice vote
1925	Eighth Circuit	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

Yale College	A.B.	1884
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1888

Judicial Record

In our data, Booth authored 62 published opinions for the court (1924–1935). Most cited: Forsberg v. Security State Bank of Canova (70 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	Forsberg v. Security State Bank of Canova	15 F.2d 499	70
1929	Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Omaha v. L'Herisson	33 F.2d 841	47
1926	Mathews v. United States	15 F.2d 139	46
1930	Edson v. Lucas	40 F.2d 398	41
1929	Brownson v. United States	32 F.2d 844	38
1928	Kendrick Coal & Dock Co. v. Com'r of Internal Revenue	29 F.2d 559	34
1926	Henderson Tire & Rubber Co. v. Gregory	16 F.2d 589	34
1935	Nelson v. Chicago Mill & Lumber Corporation	76 F.2d 17	33
1930	Nix v. Sternberg	38 F.2d 611	33
1931	Stassi v. United States	50 F.2d 526	32
1929	Mansfield Hardwood Lumber Co. v. Horton	32 F.2d 851	30
1926	Billingsley v. United States	16 F.2d 754	30
1928	McDONOUGH v. JOHNSON-WENTWORTH CO.	30 F.2d 375	27
1929	Commercial Casualty Ins. v. Fruin-Colnon Contracting Co.	32 F.2d 425	26
1928	Exchange State Bank v. Federal Surety Co.	28 F.2d 485	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 62 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 Wilbur Franklin Booth?: President Calvin Coolidge appointed Wilbur Franklin Booth to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1925.
Was Wilbur Franklin Booth appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Wilbur Franklin Booth was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Wilbur Franklin Booth's confirmation vote?: Wilbur Franklin Booth was confirmed by voice vote on March 18, 1925. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Wilbur Franklin Booth on?: Wilbur Franklin Booth was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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