Federal judges nominated by Grover Cleveland

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Grover Cleveland, President from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

Grover Cleveland was president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. During his time in office, he had 44 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Cleveland had two nominees withdrawn and eight receive no vote or rejected by the Senate.[1][2]

Four of these judges were nominated by Cleveland to a district court, and subsequently to a circuit court: Amos Madden Thayer, Charles Henry Simonton, Erskine Mayo Ross and James Graham Jenkins.[3]









List of judges

First name Last name Court Term
Lucius Lamar Supreme Court 1888 - 1893
Melville Fuller Supreme Court 1888 - 1910
Rufus Peckham Supreme Court 1895 - 1909
Edward White Supreme Court 1894 - 1910
Charles Howry Court of Claims 1897 - 1928
Charles Nott Court of Claims, chief justice 1897 - 1916
Richard Alvey DC Court of Appeals 1893 - 1905
Howell Jackson Sixth Circuit 1886 - 1893
James Jenkins Eastern District of Wisconsin 1888 - 1893
James Jenkins Seventh Circuit 1893 - 1905
Emile Lacombe Second Circuit 1888 - 1916
Horace Lurton Sixth Circuit 1893 - 1909
Erskine Ross South District of California 1887 - 1895
Erskine Ross Ninth Circuit 1895 - 1928
Seth Shepard DC Court of Appeals 1893 - 1905
John Showalter Seventh Circuit 1895 - 1898
Charles Simonton District of South Carolina 1887 - 1893
Charles Simonton Fourth Circuit 1893 - 1904
Amos Thayer Eastern District of Missouri 1887 - 1894
Amos Thayer Eighth Circuit 1894 - 1905
Elmer Adams Eastern District of Missouri 1895 - 1905
William Allen Southern District of Illinois 1888 - 1901
Charles Amidon District of North Dakota 1897 - 1937
Charles Bellinger District of Oregon 1893 - 1905
Edward Bingham District of Columbia 1888 - 1903
William Brawley District of South Carolina 1894 - 1911
Arthur Brown District of Rhode Island 1896 - 1927
John Carland District of South Dakota 1896 - 1911
Charles Clark Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee 1895 - 1908
Andrew Kirkpatrick District of New Jersey 1896 - 1904
William Lochren District of Minnesota 1896 - 1908
John Marshall District of Utah 1896 - 1915
Thomas Maxey Western District of Texas 1888 - 1916
William Merrick DC District Court 1886 - 1889
William McHugh District of Nebraska nominated in 1896; not confirmed
Martin Montgomery DC District Court 1888 - 1892
Martin Morris DC Appeals Court 1893 - 1905
William Munger District of Nebraska 1897 - 1915
William Newman Northern District of Georgia 1887 - 1920
Charles Parlange Eastern District of Louisiana 1894 - 1907
John Philips Western District of Missouri 1888 - 1910
Henry Priest Eastern District of Missouri 1894 - 1895
John Rogers Western District of Arkansas 1896 - 1911
William Seaman Eastern District of Wisconsin 1893 - 1905
Henry Severens Western District of Michigan 1886 - 1900
Harry Toulmin Southern District of Alabama 1887 - 1916
Olin Wellborn Southern District of Alabama 1895 - 1915


Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden

Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 252 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of November 21, 2024, 219 of the nominees have been confirmed.[4]

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United States Article III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering activity in November 2024, there were 46 Article III vacancies in the federal judiciary. To learn more about current vacancies in the federal judiciary, click here.

The following chart from the monthly federal vacancy count report for November 1, 2024, details the number of appointments made by President Biden to each type of Article III federal court since taking office. This chart is updated at the start of each month with new appointments data.





Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt

See also: Federal judicial appointments by president

The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2021.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2021. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is abbreviated as USCAFC. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, previously known as the U.S. Court of Claims, is abbreviated USCFC.

The following chart shows the average number of judicial appointments per year in office by presidents from 1901 to 2021.


The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through November 1 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Trump had the most appeals court appointments with 53.


The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through November 1 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Bill Clinton had the most district court appointments with 169.

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Footnotes

  1. Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
  2. Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2015
  3. Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
  4. These figures are limited to Article III judges. Article III judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. They serve for life.