Who appointed William Caldwell Coleman?

President Calvin Coolidge appointed William Caldwell Coleman to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1927.

Was William Caldwell Coleman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was William Caldwell Coleman's confirmation vote?

William Caldwell Coleman was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 1927. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Maryland / Appointed 1927 / Served to 1955

William Caldwell Coleman

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

Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 and confirmed by voice vote, William Caldwell Coleman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1909. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1884–1968
Appointed by: Calvin Coolidge, 1927
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Harvard 1905 · Harvard Law School 1909
Succeeded by: Robert Dorsey Watkins

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1927	District of Maryland	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

Harvard University	A.B.	1905
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1909

Judicial Record

In our data, Coleman authored 125 published opinions for the court (1927–1955). Most cited: United States v. Amazon Industrial Chemical Corporation (85 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1931	United States v. Amazon Industrial Chemical Corporation	55 F.2d 254	85
1945	United States v. Fraidin	63 F. Supp. 271	28
1931	Standard Stoker Co. v. Lower	46 F.2d 678	28
1955	Carter Products, Inc. v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.	130 F. Supp. 557	26
1928	United States Ex Rel. Baltimore Cooperage Co. v. McCay	28 F.2d 777	26
1946	Mycalex Corporation v. Pemco Corporation	64 F. Supp. 420	25
1941	Kemp v. United States	38 F. Supp. 568	25
1952	Fravel v. Pennsylvania R. Co.	104 F. Supp. 84	24
1952	In Re Eastern Transp. Co.	102 F. Supp. 913	23
1939	McQuillen v. National Cash Register Co.	27 F. Supp. 639	23
1952	United States v. Burns	103 F. Supp. 690	22
1929	In Re Eastern Transp. Co.	37 F.2d 355	22
1953	Snyder v. United States	118 F. Supp. 585	20
1938	McQuillen v. National Cash Register Co.	22 F. Supp. 867	20
1947	The Fairisle	76 F. Supp. 27	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 125 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 Caldwell Coleman?: President Calvin Coolidge appointed William Caldwell Coleman to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1927.
Was William Caldwell Coleman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Caldwell Coleman was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Caldwell Coleman's confirmation vote?: William Caldwell Coleman was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 1927. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Caldwell Coleman on?: William Caldwell Coleman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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27 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).