Who appointed William Bondy?

President Warren G. Harding appointed William Bondy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1923.

Was William Bondy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Bondy was appointed by President Warren G. Harding, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William Bondy's confirmation vote?

William Bondy was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1923. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1923 / Served to 1964

William Bondy

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President Warren G. Harding in 1923 and confirmed by voice vote, William Bondy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1893. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1870–1964
Appointed by: Warren G. Harding, 1923
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Columbia College 1890 · Columbia Law School 1893
Succeeded: Julius Marshuetz Mayer
Succeeded by: Frederick van Pelt Bryan

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1923	Southern District of New York succeeded Julius Marshuetz Mayer	Harding (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

Columbia College	B.A.	1890
Columbia College	M.A.	1891
Columbia College	Ph.D.	1892
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1893

Judicial Record

In our data, Bondy authored 57 published opinions for the court (1925–1956). Most cited: United States v. McCunn (32 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1930	United States v. McCunn	40 F.2d 295	32
1954	Delaware, L. & W. R. Co. v. United States	123 F. Supp. 579	28
1951	Wheeler v. West India S. S. Co.	103 F. Supp. 631	27
1929	United States v. Deutsches Kal-Isyndikat Gesellschaft	31 F.2d 199	25
1952	Valerio v. American President Lines, Ltd.	112 F. Supp. 202	21
1931	Elevator Supplies Co. v. Wagner Mfg. Co.	54 F.2d 937	21
1954	Forster v. Oro Navigation Company	128 F. Supp. 113	19
1944	Levey v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.	57 F. Supp. 40	16
1943	Von Tilzer v. Jerry Vogel Music Co.	53 F. Supp. 191	16
1940	Frame v. City of New York	34 F. Supp. 194	16
1927	In Re Highland Nav. Corporation	24 F.2d 582	16
1955	Nakken v. Fearnley & Eger	137 F. Supp. 288	15
1943	Draeger Shipping Co. v. Crowley	49 F. Supp. 215	15
1928	United States Ex Rel. Baglivo v. Day	28 F.2d 44	15
1936	Associated Press v. Herrick	13 F. Supp. 897	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 57 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 William Bondy?: President Warren G. Harding appointed William Bondy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1923.
Was William Bondy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Bondy was appointed by President Warren G. Harding, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Bondy's confirmation vote?: William Bondy was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1923. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Bondy on?: William Bondy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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