List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.[1] In total Roosevelt appointed 194 Article III federal judges, more than twice as many as the previous record of 82 appointed by Calvin Coolidge . Among them were: nine justices to the Supreme Court of the United States , including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice , 51 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals , and 134 judges to the United States district courts .
Additionally, 13 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals , 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 6 judges to the United States Customs Court .
United States Supreme Court justices
#
Justice
Seat
State
Former justice
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Confirmation vote
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended retired service
1
Hugo Black
1
Alabama
Willis Van Devanter
August 12, 1937
August 17, 1937
63–16
August 18, 1937
September 17, 1971
–
2
Stanley Forman Reed
6
Kentucky
George Sutherland
January 15, 1938
January 25, 1938
voice vote
January 27, 1938
February 25, 1957
February 2, 1980
3
Felix Frankfurter
2
New York
Benjamin N. Cardozo
January 5, 1939
January 17, 1939
voice vote
January 20, 1939
August 28, 1962
February 22, 1965
4
William O. Douglas
4
Washington [2]
Louis Brandeis
March 20, 1939
April 4, 1939
62–4
April 15, 1939
November 12, 1975
January 19, 1980
5
Frank Murphy
10
Michigan
Pierce Butler
January 4, 1940
January 16, 1940
voice vote
January 18, 1940
July 19, 1949
–
6
James F. Byrnes
3
South Carolina
James Clark McReynolds
June 12, 1941
June 12, 1941
voice vote
June 25, 1941
October 3, 1942
–
7
Harlan F. Stone
Chief
New York
Charles Evans Hughes
June 12, 1941
June 27, 1941
voice vote
July 3, 1941 [3]
April 22, 1946
–
8
Robert H. Jackson
9
New York
Harlan F. Stone
June 12, 1941
July 7, 1941
voice vote
July 11, 1941
October 9, 1954
–
9
Wiley Rutledge
3
Missouri [4]
James F. Byrnes
January 11, 1943
February 8, 1943
voice vote
February 11, 1943
September 10, 1949
–
Courts of appeals
#
Judge
Circuit
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
Joseph William Woodrough
Eighth
April 3, 1933
April 12, 1933
April 12, 1933
January 3, 1961
October 2, 1977
2
Francis Arthur Garrecht
Ninth
May 4, 1933
May 16, 1933
May 19, 1933
August 11, 1948
–
3
Sam G. Bratton
Tenth
June 1, 1933
June 1, 1933
June 1, 1933
March 1, 1961
September 22, 1963
4
Louis FitzHenry
Seventh
June 3, 1933
June 10, 1933
June 16, 1933
November 18, 1935
–
5
Florence E. Allen [5]
Sixth
March 6, 1934
March 15, 1934
March 21, 1934
October 5, 1959
September 12, 1966
6
Charles Breckenridge Faris
Eighth
January 14, 1935
January 25, 1935
January 31, 1935
November 30, 1935
December 18, 1938
7
William Denman
Ninth
January 10, 1935
January 29, 1935
February 1, 1935
July 3, 1957
March 9, 1959
8
Clifton Mathews
Ninth
March 13, 1935
March 20, 1935
March 23, 1935
June 30, 1953
September 7, 1962
9
Harold Montelle Stephens
D.C.
July 23, 1935
July 24, 1935
July 27, 1935
March 9, 1948 [6]
–
10
Bert E. Haney
Ninth
August 21, 1935
August 23, 1935
August 24, 1935
September 18, 1943
–
11
Seth Thomas
Eighth
January 6, 1936
January 22, 1936
December 2, 1935 [7]
May 1, 1954
February 2, 1962
12
Edwin R. Holmes
Fifth
August 23, 1935
March 19, 1936
March 20, 1936
November 30, 1954
December 10, 1961
13
John Biggs Jr.
Third
February 3, 1937
February 10, 1937
February 16, 1937
October 30, 1965
April 15, 1979
14
James Earl Major
Seventh
March 9, 1937
March 17, 1937
March 23, 1937
March 23, 1956
January 4, 1972
15
Robert L. Williams
Tenth
March 25, 1937
April 20, 1937
April 21, 1937
March 31, 1939
April 10, 1948
16
Albert Lee Stephens Sr.
Ninth
June 8, 1937
June 15, 1937
June 18, 1937
January 25, 1961
January 15, 1965
17
William Healy
Ninth
June 8, 1937
June 15, 1937
June 21, 1937
November 30, 1958
March 15, 1962
18
Justin Miller
D.C.
August 20, 1937
August 21, 1937
August 23, 1937
September 30, 1945
–
19
Duncan Lawrence Groner
D.C.
November 26, 1937
December 3, 1937
December 7, 1937 [8]
March 8, 1948
July 17, 1957
20
Henry White Edgerton
D.C.
November 26, 1937
December 9, 1937
December 15, 1937
April 22, 1963
February 23, 1970
21
Fred M. Vinson
D.C.
November 26, 1937
December 9, 1937
December 15, 1937
May 28, 1943
–
22
Walter Emanuel Treanor
Seventh
December 11, 1937
December 21, 1937
December 27, 1937
April 26, 1941
–
23
Elwood Hamilton
Sixth
February 25, 1938
March 1, 1938
March 4, 1938
September 19, 1945
–
24
Albert Branson Maris
Third
June 14, 1938
June 16, 1938
June 24, 1938
December 31, 1958
February 7, 1989
25
Leon Clarence McCord
Fifth
June 9, 1938
June 15, 1938
June 24, 1938
February 26, 1951
February 11, 1952
26
William Clark
Third
June 10, 1938
June 16, 1938
June 25, 1938
March 24, 1943
–
27
Otto Kerner Sr.
Seventh
January 5, 1939
February 1, 1939
November 21, 1938 [9]
December 13, 1952
–
28
Herschel W. Arant
Sixth
February 9, 1939
February 21, 1939
March 4, 1939
January 14, 1941
–
29
Francis Biddle
Third
February 9, 1939
February 28, 1939
March 4, 1939
January 22, 1940
–
30
Charles Edward Clark
Second
January 5, 1939
March 7, 1939
March 9, 1939
December 13, 1963
–
31
Robert P. Patterson
Second
February 9, 1939
March 20, 1939
March 21, 1939
July 30, 1940
–
32
Wiley Rutledge
D.C.
March 21, 1939
April 4, 1939
May 2, 1939
February 14, 1943
Elevated
33
Walter A. Huxman
Tenth
April 24, 1939
May 17, 1939
May 23, 1939
April 1, 1957
June 25, 1972
34
Calvert Magruder
First
April 24, 1939
June 1, 1939
June 3, 1939
June 12, 1959
May 22, 1968
35
Charles Alvin Jones
Third
July 14, 1939
July 18, 1939
July 25, 1939
December 31, 1944
–
36
Armistead Mason Dobie
Fourth
January 11, 1940
February 1, 1940
December 19, 1939 [10]
February 1, 1956
August 7, 1962
37
John Christopher Mahoney
First
January 11, 1940
February 7, 1940
February 12, 1940
December 20, 1950
November 18, 1952
38
Herbert Funk Goodrich
Third
March 5, 1940
May 7, 1940
May 10, 1940
June 25, 1962
–
39
John Donelson Martin Sr.
Sixth
August 12, 1940
August 27, 1940
September 4, 1940
April 2, 1962
–
40
Alfred P. Murrah
Tenth
August 5, 1940
August 29, 1940
September 4, 1940
May 1, 1970
October 30, 1975
41
Harvey M. Johnsen
Eighth
October 1, 1940
October 7, 1940
October 14, 1940
August 1, 1965
September 15, 1975
42
Peter Woodbury
First
January 31, 1941
February 18, 1941
February 25, 1941
December 31, 1964
November 17, 1970
43
Jerome Frank
Second
February 13, 1941
March 20, 1941
March 27, 1941
January 13, 1957
–
44
Thomas Francis McAllister
Sixth
April 25, 1941
May 19, 1941
May 22, 1941
January 1, 1963
November 10, 1976
45
Sherman Minton
Seventh
May 7, 1941
May 19, 1941
May 22, 1941
October 11, 1949
Elevated
46
Walter Garrett Riddick
Eighth
December 1, 1941
December 16, 1941
December 19, 1941
July 31, 1953
–
47
Curtis L. Waller
Fifth
February 18, 1943
March 9, 1943
March 10, 1943
July 11, 1950
–
48
Thurman Arnold
D.C.
February 11, 1943
March 9, 1943
March 11, 1943
July 9, 1945
–
49
Gerald McLaughlin
Third
May 24, 1943
June 8, 1943
June 14, 1943
July 15, 1968
December 6, 1977
50
Elmo Pearce Lee
Fifth
November 5, 1943
November 30, 1943
December 17, 1943
July 26, 1949
–
51
Homer Bone
Ninth
April 1, 1944
April 1, 1944
April 1, 1944
January 1, 1956
March 11, 1970
District courts
#
Judge
Court[Note 1]
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
James A. Donohoe
D. Neb.
April 15, 1933
April 20, 1933
April 27, 1933
February 26, 1956
–
2
Heartsill Ragon
W.D. Ark.
May 12, 1933
May 12, 1933
May 17, 1933
September 15, 1940
–
3
James Earl Major
S.D. Ill.
January 8, 1934
January 23, 1934
June 12, 1933 [11]
April 5, 1937
Elevated
4
Robert C. Bell
D. Minn.
June 8, 1933
June 10, 1933
June 13, 1933
May 1, 1961
March 17, 1964
5
Patrick Thomas Stone
W.D. Wis.
June 9, 1933
June 10, 1933
June 13, 1933
January 13, 1963
–
6
William Harrison Holly
N.D. Ill.
January 8, 1934
February 20, 1934
November 8, 1933 [12]
December 31, 1943
January 30, 1958
7
Philip Leo Sullivan
N.D. Ill.
January 8, 1934
February 20, 1934
November 8, 1933 [12]
June 12, 1960
–
8
John Clyde Bowen
W.D. Wash.
February 22, 1934
February 28, 1934
March 20, 1934
June 5, 1961
April 27, 1978
9
Augustus V. Long
N.D. Fla.
May 26, 1934
May 29, 1934
June 4, 1934
October 1, 1947
May 20, 1955
10
Francis Kerschner Myers
E.D.S.C.
June 6, 1934
June 9, 1934
June 14, 1934
August 2, 1940
–
11
George Murray Hulbert
S.D.N.Y.
June 6, 1934
June 14, 1934
June 15, 1934
April 26, 1950
–
12
Harlan W. Rippey
W.D.N.Y.
June 9, 1934
June 14, 1934
June 18, 1934
December 31, 1936
–
13
John McDuffie
S.D. Ala.
January 31, 1935
February 7, 1935
February 8, 1935
November 1, 1950
–
14
Hiram Church Ford
E.D. Ky.
March 19, 1935
March 27, 1935
March 28, 1935
January 1, 1963
June 8, 1969
15
Michael Joseph Roche
N.D. Cal.
August 21, 1935
August 23, 1935
August 24, 1935
March 1, 1958
July 1, 1964
16
John Donelson Martin Sr.
W.D. Tenn.
April 22, 1935
April 30, 1935
May 3, 1935
September 16, 1940
Elevated
17
George Moore
E.D. Mo.
May 20, 1935
May 28, 1935
May 29, 1935
January 19, 1962
November 5, 1962
18
James H. Baldwin
D. Mont.
May 20, 1935
May 29, 1935
June 4, 1935
October 26, 1944
–
19
John Christopher Mahoney
D.R.I.
May 24, 1935
June 4, 1935
June 7, 1935
February 21, 1940
Elevated
20
Elwood Hamilton
W.D. Ky.
June 14, 1935
June 18, 1935
June 20, 1935
April 1, 1938
Elevated
21
Albert Lee Stephens Sr.
S.D. Cal.
August 21, 1935
August 23, 1935
August 24, 1935
June 21, 1937
Elevated
22
George Clinton Sweeney
D. Mass.
August 20, 1935
August 21, 1935
August 24, 1935
September 30, 1966
November 5, 1966
23
Leon Rene Yankwich
S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal.
August 21, 1935
August 23, 1935
August 24, 1935
April 28, 1964
February 9, 1975 [13]
24
David Jackson Davis
N.D. Ala.
January 6, 1936
January 22, 1936
December 10, 1935 [7]
December 7, 1938
–
25
Thomas Whitfield Davidson
N.D. Tex.
January 22, 1936
January 30, 1936
February 5, 1936
November 1, 1965
January 26, 1974
26
Mell G. Underwood
S.D. Ohio
January 27, 1936
February 4, 1936
February 12, 1936
December 31, 1965
March 8, 1972
27
Matthew T. Abruzzo
E.D.N.Y.
February 3, 1936
February 12, 1936
February 15, 1936
February 15, 1966
May 28, 1971
28
Robert Nelson Pollard
E.D. Va.
February 20, 1936
February 27, 1936
February 27, 1936
April 22, 1947
May 24, 1954
29
Arthur F. Lederle
E.D. Mich.
February 20, 1936
March 3, 1936
March 6, 1936
July 1, 1960
April 29, 1972
30
John W. Holland
S.D. Fla.
May 26, 1936
May 30, 1936
June 1, 1936
July 1, 1955
November 14, 1969
31
David W. Ling
D. Ariz.
May 28, 1936
May 30, 1936
June 3, 1936
October 11, 1964
May 17, 1965
32
Vincent L. Leibell
S.D.N.Y.
June 8, 1936
June 18, 1936
June 20, 1936
January 1, 1954
September 22, 1968
33
John William Clancy
S.D.N.Y.
June 15, 1936
June 20, 1936
June 22, 1936
April 3, 1959
March 2, 1969
34
Samuel Mandelbaum
S.D.N.Y.
June 15, 1936
June 20, 1936
June 22, 1936
November 20, 1946
–
35
Albert Branson Maris
E.D. Pa.
June 18, 1936
June 20, 1936
June 22, 1936
June 27, 1938
Elevated
36
Charles Cecil Wyche
W.D.S.C. / D.S.C
January 11, 1937
January 22, 1937
January 30, 1937
September 17, 1966 [14]
–
37
Sidney Carr Mize
S.D. Miss.
January 30, 1937
February 2, 1937
February 3, 1937
April 26, 1965
–
38
Alfred P. Murrah
E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla.
February 8, 1937
February 25, 1937
March 3, 1937
September 9, 1940
Elevated
39
Harry Evans Watkins
N.D. W. Va. S.D. W. Va.
February 17, 1937
March 2, 1937
March 3, 1937
June 6, 1963
–
40
John Caskie Collet
E.D. Mo. W.D. Mo.
March 9, 1937
March 15, 1937
March 20, 1937
July 11, 1947
Elevated
41
J. Leroy Adair
S.D. Ill.
March 24, 1937
April 20, 1937
April 27, 1937
January 19, 1956
–
42
Harold P. Burke
W.D.N.Y.
April 27, 1937
June 15, 1937
June 18, 1937
June 15, 1981
July 17, 1981
43
Thomas Clark Trimble III
E.D. Ark.
June 17, 1937
June 18, 1937
June 18, 1937
January 14, 1957
July 6, 1965
44
Ralph E. Jenney
S.D. Cal.
June 23, 1937
June 29, 1937
July 3, 1937
July 13, 1945
–
45
Eugene Rice
E.D. Okla.
August 3, 1937
August 10, 1937
August 11, 1937
December 1, 1963
November 24, 1967
46
Frank Le Blond Kloeb
N.D. Ohio
June 18, 1937
June 22, 1937
August 20, 1937
September 30, 1964
March 11, 1976
47
Claude C. McColloch
D. Ore.
August 5, 1937
August 17, 1937
August 20, 1937
December 31, 1958
September 30, 1959
48
George F. Sullivan
D. Minn.
August 12, 1937
August 17, 1937
August 20, 1937
April 14, 1944
–
49
Mac Swinford
E.D. Ky. W.D. Ky.
August 19, 1937
August 20, 1937
August 21, 1937
February 3, 1975
–
50
John H. Druffel
S.D. Ohio
November 16, 1937
December 8, 1937
September 22, 1937 [15]
September 30, 1961
May 16, 1967
51
Thomas Alexander Murphree
N.D. Ala.
May 12, 1938
May 17, 1938
May 31, 1938
September 5, 1945
–
52
Edward Augustus Conger
S.D.N.Y.
June 10, 1938
June 16, 1938
June 24, 1938
October 20, 1954
August 7, 1963
53
Francis Ford
D. Mass.
June 9, 1938
June 15, 1938
June 24, 1938
July 1, 1972
May 26, 1975
54
Bolitha James Laws
D.D.C.
June 10, 1938
June 16, 1938
June 24, 1938
February 23, 1945 [16]
Elevated
54.1
Bolitha James Laws
D.D.C.
January 19, 1945
February 22, 1945 [17]
February 23, 1945
November 14, 1958
–
55
Harry Ellis Kalodner
E.D. Pa.
January 5, 1939
March 20, 1939
July 6, 1938 [18]
September 3, 1946
Elevated
56
Floyd H. Roberts
W.D. Va.
January 5, 1939
–
July 6, 1938 [19]
February 6, 1939
–
57
Michael L. Igoe
N.D. Ill.
January 5, 1939
February 9, 1939
November 21, 1938 [20]
August 31, 1965
August 21, 1967
58
Gaston Louis Noel Porterie
W.D. La.
January 24, 1939 [Rn 1]
February 1, 1939
February 9, 1939
March 24, 1953
–
59
James V. Allred
S.D. Tex.
January 5, 1939
February 16, 1939
February 23, 1939
May 15, 1942 [21]
–
60
Thomas Alan Goldsborough
D.D.C.
January 20, 1939
February 16, 1939
February 23, 1939
June 16, 1951
–
61
Frank Albert Picard
E.D. Mich.
February 9, 1939
February 16, 1939
February 23, 1939
March 31, 1959
February 28, 1963
62
Shackelford Miller Jr.
W.D. Ky.
February 16, 1939
February 20, 1939
March 4, 1939
December 20, 1945
Elevated
63
Harry Jacob Lemley
E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark.
April 27, 1939
May 8, 1939
May 11, 1939
September 5, 1958
March 5, 1965
64
Leslie Rogers Darr
E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn.
May 17, 1939 [Rn 2]
May 31, 1939
June 2, 1939
March 15, 1961 November 27, 1940
May 29, 1967 –
65
Armistead Mason Dobie
W.D. Va.
May 16, 1939
May 25, 1939
June 2, 1939
February 8, 1940
Elevated
66
Robert Nugen Wilkin
N.D. Ohio
May 19, 1939
June 1, 1939
June 3, 1939
August 31, 1949
February 23, 1973
67
James Ward Morris
D.D.C.
May 23, 1939
June 15, 1939
June 19, 1939
November 15, 1960
–
68
F. Ryan Duffy
E.D. Wis.
June 21, 1939
June 26, 1939
June 29, 1939
February 2, 1949
Elevated
69
Elmer David Davies
M.D. Tenn.
June 19, 1939
July 12, 1939
July 12, 1939
January 7, 1957
–
70
Martin Ignatius Welsh
N.D. Cal.
June 21, 1939
July 11, 1939
July 14, 1939
January 1, 1947
January 4, 1953
71
Alva M. Lumpkin
E.D.S.C. W.D.S.C.
May 17, 1939
May 22, 1939
July 19, 1939
July 22, 1941
–
72
Campbell E. Beaumont
S.D. Cal.
July 27, 1939
August 1, 1939
August 5, 1939
November 19, 1954
–
73
Lloyd Llewellyn Black
W.D. Wash. [22]
August 2, 1939
August 4, 1939
August 11, 1939
August 23, 1950
–
74
Alfred D. Barksdale
W.D. Va.
January 11, 1940
February 1, 1940
December 19, 1939 [10]
August 1, 1957
August 16, 1972
75
Guy K. Bard
E.D. Pa.
April 4, 1940
April 24, 1940
December 20, 1939 [23]
July 16, 1952
–
76
Thomas Glynn Walker
D.N.J.
January 16, 1940
March 5, 1940
December 20, 1939 [24]
December 31, 1941
–
77
William J. Barker
S.D. Fla.
January 11, 1940
February 1, 1940
February 5, 1940
April 30, 1959
April 13, 1968
78
John Patrick Hartigan
D.R.I.
January 11, 1940
February 1, 1940
February 12, 1940
January 13, 1951
Elevated
79
David Andrew Pine
D.D.C.
March 15, 1940
March 20, 1940
March 29, 1940
April 2, 1965
June 11, 1970
80
Adrian Joseph Caillouet
E.D. La.
April 2, 1940
April 9, 1940
April 23, 1940
December 19, 1946
–
81
James Patrick Leamy
D. Vt.
April 12, 1940
April 30, 1940
May 7, 1940
July 22, 1949
–
82
James Cullen Ganey
E.D. Pa.
June 11, 1940
June 13, 1940
June 19, 1940
August 30, 1961
Elevated
83
Curtis L. Waller
N.D. Fla. S.D. Fla.
June 11, 1940
June 15, 1940
June 19, 1940
March 12, 1943
Elevated
84
Benjamin Harrison
S.D. Cal.
June 11, 1940
June 22, 1940
June 26, 1940
August 13, 1960
–
85
Robert Lee Russell
N.D. Ga.
August 5, 1940
August 8, 1940
August 15, 1940
October 26, 1949
Elevated
86
Marion Speed Boyd
W.D. Tenn.
September 13, 1940
September 18, 1940
September 27, 1940
August 1, 1966
January 9, 1988
87
James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor
S.D. Cal.
August 28, 1940
September 19, 1940
September 27, 1940
September 28, 1949
–
88
Bower Slack Broaddus
E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla.
September 24, 1940
September 27, 1940
October 1, 1940
December 10, 1949
–
89
Royce H. Savage
N.D. Okla.
September 24, 1940
September 27, 1940
October 1, 1940
October 31, 1961
–
90
William Joseph Campbell
N.D. Ill.
September 24, 1940
October 7, 1940
October 10, 1940
March 19, 1970
October 19, 1988
91
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
E.D. Wash.
May 6, 1940
May 6, 1940
November 20, 1940
June 30, 1945
–
92
William Francis Smith
D.N.J.
January 23, 1941
February 13, 1941
February 15, 1941
September 12, 1961
Elevated
93
John E. Miller
W.D. Ark.
January 31, 1941
January 31, 1941
March 12, 1941
February 28, 1967
January 30, 1981
94
Ben Moore
S.D. W. Va.
March 1, 1941
March 20, 1941
March 27, 1941
September 25, 1958
–
95
John Bright
S.D.N.Y.
April 25, 1941
June 3, 1941
June 6, 1941
March 24, 1948
–
96
Simon H. Rifkind
S.D.N.Y.
April 25, 1941
June 3, 1941
June 6, 1941
May 24, 1950
–
97
Matthew Francis McGuire
D.D.C.
July 14, 1941
July 29, 1941
August 1, 1941
October 7, 1966
January 24, 1986
98
Emerich B. Freed
N.D. Ohio
September 11, 1941
October 2, 1941
October 7, 1941
December 4, 1955
–
99
Archibald Battle Lovett
S.D. Ga.
September 8, 1941
October 2, 1941
October 7, 1941
December 28, 1945
–
100
J. Joseph Smith
D. Conn.
October 16, 1941
October 28, 1941
October 30, 1941
September 13, 1960
Elevated
101
Charles Joseph Vogel
D.N.D.
July 15, 1941
October 27, 1941
October 30, 1941
August 20, 1954
Elevated
102
Arthur Daniel Healey
D. Mass.
December 1, 1941
December 16, 1941
December 19, 1941
September 16, 1948
–
103
Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.
D. Mass.
December 1, 1941
December 16, 1941
December 19, 1941
September 1, 1971
September 3, 1986
104
Paul Conway Leahy
D. Del.
December 23, 1941
January 7, 1942
January 14, 1942
October 7, 1957
July 3, 1966
105
Edward C. Eicher
D.D.C.
December 30, 1941
January 20, 1942
January 23, 1942
November 30, 1944
–
106
George Bell Timmerman Sr.
E.D.S.C. W.D.S.C.
December 18, 1941
January 20, 1942
January 23, 1942
October 10, 1962
April 22, 1966
107
Julius Waties Waring
E.D.S.C.
December 18, 1941
January 20, 1942
January 23, 1942
February 15, 1952
January 11, 1968
108
Walter Angus Keeling
W.D. Tex.
January 16, 1942
January 26, 1942
January 28, 1942
January 22, 1945
–
109
John Wayne Delehant
D. Neb.
January 19, 1942
February 9, 1942
February 13, 1942
April 30, 1957
April 20, 1972
110
Charles H. Leavy
W.D. Wash.
October 23, 1941
February 18, 1942
February 25, 1942
August 31, 1952
September 25, 1952
111
Stephen W. Brennan
N.D.N.Y.
March 31, 1942
April 28, 1942
May 6, 1942
May 1, 1963
April 9, 1968
112
Peirson Mitchell Hall
S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal.
February 17, 1942
June 30, 1942
July 3, 1942
September 30, 1968 [13]
December 8, 1979
113
Thomas Francis Meaney
D.N.J.
May 4, 1942
July 1, 1942
July 3, 1942
May 1, 1966
May 17, 1968
114
Allen Burroughs Hannay
S.D. Tex.
July 16, 1942
August 6, 1942
August 12, 1942
August 6, 1975
October 22, 1983
115
Louis Earl Goodman
N.D. Cal.
November 9, 1942
December 15, 1942
December 24, 1942
September 15, 1961
–
116
Chase A. Clark
D. Idaho
February 18, 1943
March 5, 1943
March 10, 1943
April 30, 1964
December 30, 1966
117
Clarence H. Mullins
N.D. Ala.
March 19, 1943
April 7, 1943
April 16, 1943
May 31, 1953
June 30, 1957
118
Dozier A. DeVane
N.D. Fla. S.D. Fla.
March 26, 1943
April 14, 1943
April 22, 1943
January 31, 1958 October 1, 1947
December 15, 1963 –
119
Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr.
W.D. Okla.
December 11, 1942 [Rn 3]
May 10, 1943
May 13, 1943
October 20, 1975
April 27, 1989
120
Richard M. Duncan
E.D. Mo. W.D. Mo.
July 8, 1943
July 8, 1943
July 14, 1943
May 31, 1965
August 1, 1974
121
Rubey Mosley Hulen
E.D. Mo.
July 8, 1943
July 8, 1943
July 14, 1943
July 7, 1956
–
122
Guy T. Helvering
D. Kan.
September 14, 1943
September 28, 1943
October 11, 1943
July 4, 1946
–
123
Luther Merritt Swygert
N.D. Ind.
September 29, 1943
October 14, 1943
October 16, 1943
October 10, 1961
Elevated
124
Charles Sterling Hutcheson
E.D. Va.
January 19, 1944
February 8, 1944
February 10, 1944
September 1, 1959
October 24, 1969
125
Henry Norman Graven
N.D. Iowa
March 3, 1944
March 21, 1944
March 24, 1944
August 31, 1961
February 1, 1970
126
Walter J. LaBuy
N.D. Ill.
March 7, 1944
March 29, 1944
March 31, 1944
January 31, 1961
September 29, 1967
127
Elwyn Riley Shaw
N.D. Ill.
March 7, 1944
May 3, 1944
May 9, 1944
July 18, 1950
–
128
Harold Maurice Kennedy
E.D.N.Y.
September 1, 1944
September 20, 1944
September 22, 1944
September 30, 1952
–
129
Aloysius Joseph Connor
D.N.H.
November 16, 1944
December 5, 1944
December 9, 1944
December 18, 1967
–
130
Henry Albert Schweinhaut
D.D.C.
November 21, 1944
December 13, 1944
December 19, 1944
November 16, 1956
June 22, 1970
131
Thomas Hoyt Davis
M.D. Ga.
January 3, 1945
January 29, 1945
January 30, 1945
June 30, 1961
May 19, 1969
132
Robert Lewis Brown Sr.
D. Mont.
March 12, 1945
March 27, 1945
April 7, 1945
April 2, 1948
–
133
Albert Alphonso Ridge
W.D. Mo.
March 12, 1945
April 3, 1945
April 7, 1945
June 29, 1961
Elevated
Specialty courts (Article I)
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
#
Judge
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
Finis J. Garrett
November 16, 1937
November 30, 1937
December 1, 1937 [25]
September 15, 1955 [26]
–
2
Joseph Raymond Jackson
November 29, 1937
December 9, 1937
December 14, 1937
April 1, 1952
August 29, 1969
3
Ambrose O'Connell
May 19, 1944
June 6, 1944
June 10, 1944
April 10, 1962
October 12, 1962
United States Court of Claims
#
Judge
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
Richard S. Whaley
June 23, 1939
June 26, 1939
June 27, 1939 [27]
July 9, 1947
November 8, 1951
2
Samuel Estill Whitaker
June 23, 1939
July 11, 1939
July 13, 1939
July 19, 1964
March 26, 1967
3
John Marvin Jones
April 9, 1940
April 10, 1940
November 20, 1940
July 9, 1947 [28]
–
4
J. Warren Madden
November 15, 1940
January 2, 1941
January 7, 1941
August 15, 1961
February 17, 1972
United States Customs Court
#
Judge
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
William John Keefe
June 8, 1933
June 10, 1933
June 13, 1933
January 15, 1947
–
2
Thomas Joseph Walker
June 11, 1940
June 15, 1940
June 20, 1940
January 18, 1945
–
3
Webster Oliver
June 11, 1940
June 18, 1940
June 24, 1940
June 24, 1967
November 16, 1969
4
William A. Ekwall
January 19, 1942
February 9, 1942
February 13, 1942
October 16, 1956
–
5
William Purington Cole Jr.
May 11, 1942
May 11, 1942
May 14, 1942
July 9, 1952
–
6
Charles Drummond Lawrence
December 11, 1942 [Rn 3]
February 18, 1943
February 22, 1943
March 31, 1965
February 12, 1975
Notes
Renominations
^ Originally incorrectly nominated on January 24, 1939 to the nonexistent Northern District of Louisiana. Withdrawn and correctly nominated to the Western District of Louisiana on January 25, 1939.
^ Nomination withdrawn on May 24, 1939 and renominated on the same day.
^ a b Renominated on February 1, 1943.
References
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^ All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
^ Douglas was born in Minnesota and spent a considerable amount of time as a student and later as a teacher at Yale University in Connecticut , but Washington is where he settled his family prior to his nomination to the Court.
^ Stone had been appointed as an Associate Justice by President Calvin Coolidge on February 5, 1925.
^ Rutledge lived and worked in many states prior to his nomination to the Court.
^ First woman appointed to a federal appellate court.
^ Laterally appointed as Chief Justice of the same court on March 9, 1948.
^ a b Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 6, 1936, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1936, and received commission on January 28, 1936.
^ Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court.
^ Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1939, and received commission on February 9, 1939.
^ a b Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 11, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1940, and received commission on February 5, 1940.
^ Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 1934, and received commission on January 26, 1934.
^ a b Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 20, 1934, and received commission on March 1, 1934.
^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
^ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
^ Recess appointment ; formally nominated on November 16, 1937, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1937, and received commission on December 14, 1937.
^ Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment, on February 23, 1945.
^ Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment.
^ Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1939, and received commission on May 4, 1939.
^ Recess appointment ; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment on February 6, 1939.
^ Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1939, and received commission on March 4, 1939.
^ Allred resigned to pursue elected office; unsuccessful, he was later reappointed to a different seat on the same court by President Harry S. Truman .
^ Seat reassigned by operation of law to serve both the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington on January 20, 1940.
^ Recess appointment ; formally nominated on April 4, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1940, and received commission on April 29, 1940.
^ Recess appointment ; formally nominated on January 16, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 5, 1940, and received commission on March 13, 1940.
^ Laterally appointed Presiding Judge, after previously serving as an Associate Judge of the same court.
^ Reassigned by operation of law to serve as Chief Judge of the same court.
^ Laterally appointed Chief Justice, after previously serving as a Judge of the same court.
^ Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court.
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