Who appointed William Squire Kenyon?

President Warren G. Harding appointed William Squire Kenyon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1922.

Was William Squire Kenyon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Squire Kenyon 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 Squire Kenyon's confirmation vote?

William Squire Kenyon was confirmed by voice vote on January 31, 1922. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1922 / Served to 1933

William Squire Kenyon

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

Appointed by President Warren G. Harding in 1922 and confirmed by voice vote, William Squire Kenyon was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1869–1933
Appointed by: Warren G. Harding, 1922
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded: Walter Inglewood Smith
Succeeded by: Charles Breckenridge Faris

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1922	Eighth Circuit succeeded Walter Inglewood Smith	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

Grinnell College
University of Iowa
Read law		1891

Judicial Record

In our data, Kenyon authored 63 published opinions for the court (1924–1933). Most cited: Drexel v. Loomis (107 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
1929	Drexel v. Loomis	35 F.2d 800	107
1924	Garske v. United States	1 F.2d 620	106
1931	Gilman v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	53 F.2d 47	68
1931	Payne v. Ostrus	50 F.2d 1039	59
1926	United States v. Mammoth Oil Co.	14 F.2d 705	58
1929	Robinson v. United States	32 F.2d 505	53
1929	Jacobs v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	34 F.2d 233	49
1932	Conley v. United States	59 F.2d 929	38
1925	Peru v. United States	4 F.2d 881	33
1929	United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. McCarthy	33 F.2d 7	32
1926	Weiderman v. United States	10 F.2d 745	30
1925	Tucker v. United States	5 F.2d 818	30
1927	Dickerson v. United States	18 F.2d 887	28
1929	Cowl v. United States	35 F.2d 794	27
1926	Eschen v. Steers	10 F.2d 739	27

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 Squire Kenyon?: President Warren G. Harding appointed William Squire Kenyon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1922.
Was William Squire Kenyon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Squire Kenyon 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 Squire Kenyon's confirmation vote?: William Squire Kenyon was confirmed by voice vote on January 31, 1922. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Squire Kenyon on?: William Squire Kenyon was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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11 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).