On October 21, President Truman appointed prosecutor John McGohey to serve as a US District Court judge.[84] Judge Medina was hailed as a national hero and received 50,000 letters congratulating him on the trial outcome.[85] On October 24, Time magazine featured Medina on its cover,[86] and soon thereafter he was asked to consider running for governor of New York.[87] On June 11, 1951, Truman nominated Medina to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, where he served until 1980.[5]