Who appointed William Lynn Parkinson?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed William Lynn Parkinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1957.

Was William Lynn Parkinson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was William Lynn Parkinson's confirmation vote?

William Lynn Parkinson was confirmed by voice vote on August 22, 1957. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Seventh Circuit / Appointed 1957 / Served to 1959

William Lynn Parkinson

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

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957 and confirmed by voice vote, William Lynn Parkinson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1902–1959
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded: Hardress Nathan Swaim
Succeeded by: Roger Joseph Kiley

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	Northern District of Indiana	Eisenhower (R)	Voice vote
1957	Seventh Circuit succeeded Hardress Nathan Swaim	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

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1923

Judicial Record

In our data, Parkinson authored 7 published opinions for the court (1954–1957). Most cited: Hendrickson v. Overlade (16 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
1955	Hendrickson v. Overlade	131 F. Supp. 561	16
1957	Irvin v. Dowd	153 F. Supp. 531	10
1956	Parker v. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company	146 F. Supp. 871	6
1955	State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Gaekle	131 F. Supp. 745	6
1957	John Roberts Manufacturing Co. v. University of Notre Dame Du Lac	152 F. Supp. 269	3
1956	Walczak v. Detroit-Pittsburgh Motor Freight, Inc.	140 F. Supp. 10	2
1954	United States v. Grayce, Inc.	126 F. Supp. 6	2

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 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 Lynn Parkinson?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed William Lynn Parkinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1957.
Was William Lynn Parkinson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Lynn Parkinson was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Lynn Parkinson's confirmation vote?: William Lynn Parkinson was confirmed by voice vote on August 22, 1957. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Lynn Parkinson on?: William Lynn Parkinson was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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