Who appointed William Hedgcock Webster?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed William Hedgcock Webster to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1973.

Was William Hedgcock Webster appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Hedgcock Webster was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William Hedgcock Webster's confirmation vote?

William Hedgcock Webster was confirmed by voice vote on July 13, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1973 / Served to 1978

William Hedgcock Webster

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

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973 and confirmed by voice vote, William Hedgcock Webster was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Washington University School of Law in 1949. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1924–2025
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1973
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Amherst College 1947 · Washington Law 1949
Succeeded: Marion Charles Matthes
Succeeded by: Theodore McMillian

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	Eastern District of Missouri	Nixon (R)	Voice vote
1973	Eighth Circuit succeeded Marion Charles Matthes	Nixon (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

Amherst College	A.B.	1947
Washington University School of Law	J.D.	1949

Judicial Record

In our data, Webster authored 37 published opinions for the court (1971–1973). Most cited: Binkley Company v. Teledyne Mid-America Corporation (77 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
1971	Binkley Company v. Teledyne Mid-America Corporation	333 F. Supp. 1183	77
1973	Universal CIT Credit Corp. v. Farmers Bank of Portageville	358 F. Supp. 317	44
1971	Central Bank and Trust Co. v. First Northwest Bank	332 F. Supp. 1166	29
1971	Parker v. Swenson	332 F. Supp. 1225	26
1973	Johnson v. Lark	365 F. Supp. 289	25
1972	Lane v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company	343 F. Supp. 79	25
1972	Reading v. Richardson	339 F. Supp. 295	24
1972	EC ROBINSON LUMBER COMPANY v. Hughes	355 F. Supp. 1363	17
1972	Tanner v. Presidents-First Lady Spa, Inc.	345 F. Supp. 950	16
1972	Hayes v. Morse	347 F. Supp. 1081	12
1971	Morrow v. Schapiro	334 F. Supp. 399	10
1971	Ozark Air Lines, Inc. v. Cox	326 F. Supp. 1113	10
1973	Hernon v. Revere Copper & Brass, Inc.	363 F. Supp. 96	8
1972	Mid-America Transportation Co. v. Rose Barge Lines, Inc.	347 F. Supp. 566	8
1973	Hon Keung Kung v. District Dir., Immigration & Nat. Serv.	356 F. Supp. 571	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 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 Hedgcock Webster?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed William Hedgcock Webster to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1973.
Was William Hedgcock Webster appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Hedgcock Webster was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Hedgcock Webster's confirmation vote?: William Hedgcock Webster was confirmed by voice vote on July 13, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Hedgcock Webster on?: William Hedgcock Webster was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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4 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).