List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
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Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency.[1] In total Roosevelt appointed 74 federal judges, a record for his day surpassing the 46 appointed by Ulysses S. Grant. These included three Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 18 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 53 judges to the United States district courts.
Five of Roosevelt's appointees - George Bethune Adams, Thomas H. Anderson, and Robert W. Archbald, Andrew McConnell January Cochran, and Benjamin Franklin Keller, were originally placed on their respective courts as recess appointments by President William McKinley. Following the assassination which resulted in McKinley's death on September 14, 1901, Roosevelt chose to formally nominate those judges for confirmation by the United States Senate, and all were confirmed.
Contents
United States Supreme Court Justices
Justice | Seat | State | Began active service |
Ended active service |
William R. Day | Seat 10 | Ohio | February 23, 1903 | November 13, 1922 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | Seat 2 | Massachusetts | August 11, 1902[2] | January 12, 1932 |
William Henry Moody | Seat 3 | Massachusetts | December 12, 1906 | November 19, 1910 |
Courts of Appeals
Judge | Circuit | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
Elmer Bragg Adams | Eighth | May 20, 1905[3] | October 24, 1916 | – |
Francis Elisha Baker | Seventh | January 21, 1902 | March 15, 1924 | – |
Joseph Buffington | Third | September 25, 1906[4] | June 1, 1938 | October 21, 1947 |
Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr. | Second | June 3, 1902 | July 31, 1917 | – |
Charles Holland Duell | D.C. Cir. | January 5, 1905 | August 31, 1906 | – |
William Cather Hook | Eighth | November 17, 1903 | August 11, 1921 | – |
Christian Cecil Kohlsaat | Seventh | March 18, 1905 | May 11, 1918 | – |
Francis Cabot Lowell | First | February 23, 1905 | March 6, 1911 | – |
Louis E. McComas | D.C. Cir. | June 26, 1905[5] | November 10, 1907 | – |
Walter Chadwick Noyes | Second | September 18, 1907[6] | July 1, 1913 | – |
Jeter Connelly Pritchard | Fourth | April 27, 1904 | April 10, 1921 | – |
John K. Richards | Sixth | February 23, 1903 | March 1, 1909 | – |
Charles Henry Robb | D.C. Cir. | October 5, 1906[4] | November 15, 1937 | June 10, 1939 |
William Henry Seaman | Seventh | March 1, 1905 | March 8, 1915 | – |
William Kneeland Townsend | Second | January 21, 1902 | June 2, 1907 | – |
Willis Van Devanter | Eighth | February 18, 1903 | December 16, 1910 | – |
Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel | D.C. Cir. | November 14, 1907[7] | August 7, 1937 | – |
Henry Galbraith Ward | Second | May 18, 1907[8] | June 30, 1921 | October 31, 1924 |
District courts
Judge | Court [Note 1] |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
Albert Barnes Anderson | D. Ind. | December 8, 1902 | January 13, 1925 | - |
Solomon Hicks Bethea | N.D. Ill. | March 18, 1905 | August 3, 1909 | – |
Waller Thomas Burns | S.D. Tex. | April 22, 1902 | November 17, 1917 | – |
Ralph E. Campbell | E.D. Okla. | November 11, 1907[9] | August 31, 1918 | – |
Thomas Chatfield | E.D.N.Y. | January 9, 1907 | December 24, 1922 | – |
Harry M. Clabaugh | D.D.C. | April 1, 1903[10] | March 6, 1914 | – |
John Hazelton Cotteral | W.D. Okla. | November 11, 1907[11] | May 23, 1928 | – |
Joseph Cross | D.N.J. | March 17, 1905 | October 29, 1913 | – |
Alston Gordon Dayton | N.D.W.Va. | March 14, 1905 | July 30, 1920 | – |
Frank Sigel Dietrich | D. Idaho | March 19, 1907[8] | January 18, 1927 | – |
Frederic Dodge | D. Mass. | February 23, 1905 | September 10, 1912 | – |
David Patterson Dyer | E.D. Mo. | March 1, 1907 | November 3, 1919 | April 29, 1924 |
Nathaniel Ewing | W.D. Pa. | September 25, 1906[4] | January 31, 1908 | – |
Edward Silsby Farrington | D. Nev. | January 10, 1907 | April 30, 1928 | August 31, 1929 |
Gustavus A. Finkelnburg | E.D. Mo. | May 20, 1905[12] | March 31, 1907 | – |
Rufus Edward Foster | E.D. La. | February 2, 1909 | January 13, 1925 | – |
Ashley Mulgrave Gould | D.D.C. | December 8, 1902 | May 20, 1921 | – |
Clarence Hale | D. Me. | May 19, 1902 | January 1, 1922 | April 9, 1934 |
James Buchanan Holland | E.D. Pa. | April 19, 1904 | April 24, 1914 | – |
George Chandler Holt | S.D.N.Y. | March 3, 1903 | January 16, 1914 | – |
Charles Merrill Hough | S.D.N.Y. | June 27, 1906 | September 5, 1916 | – |
Oscar Richard Hundley | N.D. Ala. | April 9, 1907 May 30, 1908[13] |
May 30, 1908 March 3, 1909 |
– |
William Henry Hunt | D. Mont. | April 19, 1904 | March 30, 1910 | – |
Thomas G. Jones | N.D. Ala. M.D. Ala. |
October 7, 1901[14] | April 28, 1914 | – |
Loyal Edwin Knappen | W.D. Mich. | December 10, 1906 | February 8, 1910 | – |
Kenesaw Mountain Landis | N.D. Ill. | March 18, 1905 | February 28, 1922 | – |
William M. Lanning | D.N.J. | June 1, 1904[15] | May 24, 1909 | – |
Robert E. Lewis | D. Colo. | April 10, 1906 | December 1, 1921 | – |
James Loren Martin | D. Vt. | October 20, 1906[4] | January 14, 1915 | – |
John E. McCall | W.D. Tenn. | January 17, 1905 | August 8, 1920 | – |
Henry C. McDowell, Jr. | W.D. Va. | November 12, 1901[16] | September 1, 1931 | October 8, 1933 |
Page Morris | D. Minn. | March 9, 1903 | June 30, 1923 | December 16, 1924 |
Thomas Charles Munger | D. Neb. | March 1, 1907 | July 31, 1941 | November 29, 1941 |
James Perry Platt | D. Conn. | February 28, 1902 | January 26, 1913 | – |
John Calvin Pollock | D. Kan. | December 1, 1903 | January 24, 1937 | – |
Jeter Connelly Pritchard | D.D.C. | November 16, 1903 | June 1, 1904 | – |
Milton Dwight Purdy | D. Minn. | July 6, 1908[17] | March 3, 1909[18] | – |
Joseph V. Quarles | E.D. Wis. | March 6, 1905 | October 7, 1911 | – |
George W. Ray | N.D.N.Y. | September 12, 1902[19] | January 10, 1925 | – |
Henry Thomas Reed | N.D. Iowa | March 7, 1904 | November 30, 1921 | February 22, 1924 |
Arthur Loomis Sanborn | W.D. Wis. | January 9, 1905 | October 18, 1920 | – |
Edward Terry Sanford | M.D. Tenn. E.D. Tenn. |
May 18, 1908 | February 5, 1923 | – |
John Elbert Sater | S.D. Ohio | March 18, 1907[20] | November 18, 1924 | – |
Eugene Davis Saunders | E.D. La. | February 20, 1907 | February 8, 1909 | – |
William Bostwick Sheppard | N.D. Fla. | September 4, 1907[21] | April 21, 1934 | – |
Wendell Phillips Stafford | D.D.C. | June 1, 1904[15] | May 4, 1931 | – |
Robert Walker Tayler | N.D. Ohio | January 10, 1905 | November 25, 1910 | – |
William Cary Van Fleet | N.D. Cal. | April 2, 1907[8] | September 3, 1923 | – |
Edward Whitson | E.D. Wash. | March 14, 1905 | October 15, 1910 | – |
Charles E. Wolverton | D. Or. | November 20, 1905[22] | September 21, 1926 | – |
Daniel Thew Wright | D.D.C. | November 17, 1903 | November 15, 1914 | – |
Francis Marion Wright | E.D. Ill. | March 17, 1905 | July 15, 1917 | – |
James Scott Young | W.D. Pa. | January 22, 1908 | February 25, 1914 | – |
Specialty courts
United States Court of Claims
Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
---|---|---|
Francis Marion Wright | 1903 | 1905 |
George W. Atkinson | 1905 | 1916 |
Samuel S. Barney | 1905 | 1919 |
Fenton Whitlock Booth | 1905 | 1947 |
Board of General Appraisers
Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Byron Sylvester Waite | 1902 | 1930 |
Eugene Gano Hay | 1903 | 1924 |
Charles Paul McClelland | 1903 | 1939 |
Roy Chamberlain | 1908 | 1913 |
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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.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 2, 1902, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 4, 1902, and received commission on December 4, 1902.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1905, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 12, 1905, and received commission on December 12, 1905.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1906, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received commission on December 11, 1906.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1905, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 6, 1905, and received commission on December 6, 1905.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1907, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1907, and received commission on December 18, 1907.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1907, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 12, 1907, and received commission on December 12, 1907.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1907, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1907, and received commission on December 17, 1907.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1907, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1908, and received commission on January 13, 1908.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 10, 1903, confirmed by the United States Senate on November 16, 1903, and received commission on November 16, 1903.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1907, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1908, and received commission on January 13, 1908.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1905, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 12, 1905, and received commission on December 12, 1905.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1907, but the United States Senate did not confirm the appointment; immediately reappointed by recess appointment, and again formally nominated on December 8, 1908, but not confirmed by the Senate. Hunley was also appointed by recess appointment by Roosevelt's successor, William Howard Taft, but resigned with no formal nomination having been submitted.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1901, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1901, and received commission on December 17, 1901.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1904, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 13, 1904, and received commission on December 13, 1904.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1901, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1901, and received commission on December 18, 1901.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1908; the United States Senate did not confirm the appointment.
- ↑ Received a recess appointment to the same seat from President William Howard Taft on March 6, 1909, and resigned on May 1, 1909.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 2, 1902, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1902, and received commission on December 8, 1902.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1908, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1909, and received commission on March 1, 1909.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1907, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 20, 1908, and received commission on May 20, 1908.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1905, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 10, 1906, and received commission on January 10, 1906.