Federal judges nominated by John F. Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy was president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. During his time in office he had 125 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Kennedy had 23 nominees receive no vote from the Senate.[1][2]
List of judges
| Judge | Final post: | Term: | Previous Post: | Term: | Bachelors: | Law: |
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| William E. Doyle (Colorado) | Tenth Circuit | 4/26/1971 - 12/28/1984 | District of Colorado | 1961 - 1971 | University of Colorado (1940) | George Washington University School of Law (1937) |
| Benjamin Duniway | ||||||
| Edward McManus | Northern District of Iowa | July 16, 1962 - February 9, 1985 | University of Iowa, B.A., 1940 | University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1942 | ||
| William Nealon | Middle District of Pennsylvania | March 27, 1963 - January 1, 1989 | Judge, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas | 1960-1962 | Villanova University, 1947 | Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1950 |
| Wesley Brown | District of Kansas | 4/4/1962 - 9/1/1979 | Kansas City Law, LL.B., 1933 | |||
| George C. Young | Middle District of Florida | 10/29/1962-10/19/1981 | Northern District of Florida and Southern District of Florida | 9/18/1961 - 10/29/1962 | University of Florida, 1938 | University of Florida College of Law, 1940 |
| Jesse Eschbach | Seventh Circuit | 12/1/1981 - 11/4/1985 | Northern District of Indiana | 4/13/1962 - 12/11/1981 | Indiana University, B.S., 1943 | Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1949 |
| David Dyer | United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit|Fifth Circuit, transferred to Eleventh Circuit | 8/17/1966 - 9/30/1976 | Southern District of Florida | 1961-1966 | Stetson U. Law, LL.B., 1933 | |
| Lewis Morgan | Eleventh Circuit | 7/25/1968 - 9/1/1978 | Northern District of Georgia | 1961-1968 | University of Georgia Law, LL.B., 1935 | |
| Wilfred Feinberg | Second Circuit | 3/7/1966-1/31/1991 | Southern District of New York | 1962-1966 | Columbia University, 1942 | Columbia Law School, 1946 |
| Reynaldo Garza | Fifth Circuit | 7/13/1979 - 7/7/1982 | Southern District of Texas | 4/14/1961 - 8/1/1979 | Brownsville Junior College, A.A., 1935; U. of Texas, Austin, B.A., 1937 | University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1939 |
| James R. Browning | Ninth Circuit | 9/18/1961 - 9/1/2000 | Montana State U. '41 | |||
| Joseph Simon Lord | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 9/15/1961 - 7/1/1982 | University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1933 | University of Pennsylvania Law, LL.B., 1936 | ||
| Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 6/1/1979 | Southern District of California | 9/18/1961 - 9/18/1966 | U. of Southern California, A.B., 1936 | University of Southern California Law School, LL.B., 1938 |
| Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. | Sixth Circuit | 9/7/1966 - 3/28/1977 | Eastern District of Michigan | 1961 - 1966 | Fisk University (1941) | Harvard Law School (1944) |
| Mosher Blumenfeld | District of Connecticut | 8/15/1961 - 1/20/1977 | Minnesota U., B.A., 1925 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1928 | ||
| John Dooling | Eastern District of New York | 9/21/1961-11/30/1976 | St. Francis College (1929) | St. John's University School of Law (1932), Harvard Law School (1934) | ||
| George Rosling | Eastern District of New York | 3/16/1962-4/16/1973 | City Court of the City of New York | 1960 - 1961 | Columbia, A.B., 1920 | Brooklyn Law, LL.B., 1923 |
| Dudley Bonsal | Southern District of New York | 3/17/1962 - 12/6/1976 | Dartmouth College (1927) | Harvard Law School (1930) | ||
| John Cannella | Southern District of New York | 7/3/1963 - 12/31/1977 | Fordham College (1930) | Fordham University School of Law (1933) | ||
| Irving Cooper | Southern District of New York | 9/28/1962 - 2/7/1972 | Washington University School of Law (1925) | |||
| Thomas Croake | Southern District of New York | 9/22/1961 - 1/31/1972 | Albany Law School (1925) | |||
| Irving Kaufman | Second Circuit | 9/22/1961 - 7/1/1987 | Southern District of New York | 1950-1961 | Fordham U. Law, LL.B., 1931 | |
| Edward McLean | Southern District of New York | 7/13/1962-10/12/1972 | Williams College (1924) | Harvard Law School (1929) | ||
| Frank Wiley Wilson | Eastern District of Tennessee | 6/15/1961 - 9/29/1982 | University of Tennessee, A.B., 1939 | University of Tennessee College of Law, J.D., 1941 | ||
| Charles Neese | Eastern District of Tennessee | 2/17/1962 - 8/31/1982 | Cumberland University (1936) | Read Law (1938) | ||
| Charles Tenney | Southern District of New York | 12/12/1963 - 1/31/1979 | Yale University (1933) | Yale Law School (1936) | ||
| Harold Tyler | Southern District of New York | 8/2/1962 - 4/6/1975 | Princeton University (1943) | Columbia Law School (1949) | ||
| Inzer Wyatt | Southern District of New York | 9/28/1962 - 3/28/1977 | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (1927) | Harvard Law School (1930) | ||
| Frank Gray | Middle District of Tennessee | 2/17/1962 - 7/15/1977 | Cumberland U., LL.B., 1928 | |||
| Anthony Augelli | District of New Jersey | 9/22/1961 - 4/1/1972 | Rutgers U. Law, LL.B., 1929 | |||
| Mitchell Cohen | District of New Jersey | 8/2/1962 - 9/11/1974 | New Jersey Superior Court | 1961-1962 | Dickinson School of Law, LL.B., 1928 | |
| James Coolahan | District of New Jersey | 4/7/1962 - 6/1/1974 | Rutgers U. Law, LL.B., 1925 | |||
| Robert Shaw (New Jersey) | District of New Jersey | 4/12/1962 - 7/9/1972 | Rutgers University School of Law (1932) | |||
| William Francis Smith | Third Circuit | 8/30/1961 - 2/26/1968 | District of New Jersey | 1941 - 1961 | New Jersey Law, LL.B., 1929 | |
| Ralph Body | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 4/4/1962 - 5/29/1972 | Pennsylvania State University (1925) | University of Pennsylvania (1928) | ||
| Abraham Freedman | Third Circuit | 7/2/1964 - 3/13/1971 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 9/22/1961 - 7/1/1964 | Temple University School of Law (1926) | |
| James Ganey | Third Circuit | 8/15/1961 - 8/15/1966 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 1940-1961 | Lehigh U., LL.B., 1920, Harvard Law, LL.B., 1923 |
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| Michael Sheridan | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 8/30/1961 - 8/23/1976 | Lafayette College, B.S., 1933 | Dickinson Law, LL.B., 1936 | ||
| Edward Dumbauld | Western District of Pennsylvania | 8/3/1961 - 12/30/1976 | Princeton University (1926) | Harvard Law School (1929), (1930); University of Leyden (1932) | ||
| Louis Rosenberg | Western District of Pennsylvania | 7/12/1962 - 1/4/1976 | Duquesne University School of LAw (1923) | |||
| Harrison Winter | Fourth Circuit | 6/24/1966 - 1/1/1990 | District of Maryland | 1962-1966 | Johns Hopkins U. '42 | U. of Maryland Law '44 |
| Edward Northrop | District of Maryland | 9/5/1961 - 6/12/1981 | George Washington U. Law, LL.B., 1937 | |||
| John Larkins (North Carolina) | Eastern District of North Carolina | 8/21/1961 - 6/8/1979 | Wake Forest U., B.A., 1929 | Read law, 1930 | ||
| Lunsford Preyer | Middle District of North Carolina | 2/17/1962 - 10/9/1963 | Princeton University (1941) | Harvard Law School (1949) | ||
| James Craven | Fourth Circuit | 6/29/1966 - 5/3/1977 | Western District of North Carolina | 1961 - 1966 | Duke U., A.B., 1939 | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1942 |
| Albert Bryan, Sr. | Fourth Circuit | 8/15/1961 - 5/3/1972 | Eastern District of Virginia | 1947 - 1961 | University of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1921 | |
| John Butzner | Fourth Circuit | 7/31/1967 - 10/31/1982 | Eastern District of Virginia | 1962 - 1967 | University of Scranton (1938) | University of Virginia School of Law (1941) |
| Thomas Michie | Western District of Virginia | 6/30/1961 - 11/6/1967 | University of Virginia (1917)(1920) | University of Virginia School of Law (1921) | ||
| Robert Ainsworth | Fifth Circuit | 7/22/1966 - 12/22/1981 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1961 - 1966 | Loyola University's New Orleans School of Law (1932) | |
| Frank Ellis | Eastern District of Louisiana | 4/12/1962 - 11/16/1965 | Gulf Coast Military Academy | Louisiana State University Law School (1929) | ||
| Elmer West | Middle District of Louisiana | 4/16/1972 - 11/27/1979 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1961-1972 | Louisiana State U., B.S., 1941 | Louisiana State U. Law, LL.B., 1942 |
| Richard Putnam | Western District of Louisiana | 9/18/1961 - 12/191/1975 | Spring Hill College (1934) | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1937) | ||
| William Cox | Southern District of Mississippi | 6/30/1961 - 10/4/1982 | University of Mississippi, B.S., 1924 | University of Mississippi Law, LL.B., 1924 | ||
| Leo Brewster | Northern District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 11/1/1973 | University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1926 | |||
| Sarah Hughes | Northern District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 8/4/1975 | Goucher College (1917) | George Washington University Law School (1922) | ||
| James Noel | Southern District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 12/15/1976 | Southern Methodist University (1931), (1932) | Southern Methodist University School of Law (1937) | ||
| Adrian Spears | Western District of Texas | 3/17/1962 - 10/10/1979 | University of South Carolina Law Center (1934) | |||
| William Thornberry | Fifth Circuit | 7/1/1965 - 12/21/1978 | Western District of Texas | 1963 - 1965 | University of Texas (1932) | University of Texas School of Law (1936) |
| Bernard Moynahan | Eastern District of Kentucky | 11/8/1963 - 9/30/1984 | University of Kentucky, A.B., 1935 | University of Kentucky College of Law, LL.B., 1938 | ||
| Thaddeus Machrowicz | Eastern District of Michigan | 9/7/1961 - 2/17/1970 | Detroit College of Law (1924) | |||
| Stephen Roth | Eastern District of Michigan | 5/7/1962 - 7/11/1974 | University of Notre Dame (1931) | University of Michigan Law School (1935) | ||
| Talbot Smith | Eastern District of Michigan | 2/9/1962 - 10/31/1971 | U.S. Naval Academy (1920) | University of Michigan Law School (1934) | ||
| Noel Fox | Western District of Michigan | 7/31/1962 - 12/31/1979 | Marquette U., Ph.B., 1933 | Marquette U. Law School, J.D., 1935 | ||
| Frank Battisti | Northern District of Ohio | 9/22/1961 - 4/1/1994 | Ohio U., A.B., 1947 | Harvard Law School, J.D., 1950 | ||
| Ben Green | Northern District of Ohio | 7/2/1962 - 1/5/1976 | Case Western Reserve University (1928) | Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1930) | ||
| John Peck II | Sixth Circuit | 7/22/1966 - 7/1/1978 | Southern District of Ohio | 1962 - 1966 | Miami University (1935) | University of Cincinnati College of Law (1938) |
| Richard Austin | Northern District of Illinois | 8/15/1961 - 10/10/1975 | University of Chicago Law School (1926) | |||
| Bailey Brown | Sixth Circuit | 9/26/1979 - 6/16/1982 | Western District of Tennessee | 8/21/1961 - 9/26/1979 | University of Michigan, A.B., 1939 | Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1942 |
| Bernard Decker | Northern District of Illinois | 4/2/1963 - 4/2/1980 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1926) | Harvard Law School (1929) | ||
| Abraham Marovitz | Northern District of Illinois | 10/2/1963 - 10/10/1975 | Chicago-Kent College of Law (1925) | |||
| James B. Parsons | Northern District of Illinois | 8/30/1961 - 8/30/1981 | Millikin U., B.A., 1934 | University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1949 | ||
| Hubert Will | Northern District of Illinois | 9/22/1961 - 4/23/1979 | University of Chicago (1935) | University of Chicago Law School (1937) | ||
| William Hanson | Northern District of Iowa | 7/23/1962 - 8/15/1977 | Southern District of Iowa | 7/23/1962 - 6/6/1995 | University of Iowa, B.A., 1933 | University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1935 |
| Samuel Dillin | Southern District of Indiana | 9/22/1961 - 3/31/1993 | Indiana U., A.B., 1936 | Indiana U., LL.B., 1938 | ||
| Earl Larson | District of Minnesota | 8/10/1961 - 6/30/1977 | University of Minnesota (1932) | University of Minnesota Law School (1935) | ||
| George Beamer | Northern District of Indiana | 4/12/1962 - 10/21/1974 | Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1929 | |||
| Luther Swygert | Seventh Circuit | 9/29/1961 - 7/1/1981 | Northern District of Indiana | 10/16/1943 - 10/10/1961 | Notre Dame Law School, LL.B., 1927 | |
| Raymond Plummer | District of Alaska | 9/18/1961 - 6/1/1973 | University of Nebraska, B.A., 1937 | University of Nebraska College of Law, LL.B., 1939 | ||
| Walter Craig | District of Arizona | 10/2/1963 - 10/1/1979 | Stanford U., B.A., 1931 | Stanford Law School, J.D., 1934 | ||
| Arthur Davis | District of Arizona | 8/21/1961 - 7/11/1963 | George Washington University Law School (1933) | |||
| Thomas MacBride | Eastern District of California | 9/18/1966 - 3/25/1979 | Northern District of California | 9/22/1961 - 9/18/1966 | University of California, Berkeley, A.B., 1936 | University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1940 |
| Charles Carr | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 8/18/1973 | Southern District of California | 1962 - 1966 | Vanderbilt University (1925) | Yale Law School (1926) |
| Elisha Crary | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 6/24/1975 | Southern District of California | 1962 - 1966 | University of Southern California (1929) | University of Southern California Law School (1929) |
| Jesse Curtis | Central District of California | 9/18/1966 - 12/31/1975 | Southern District of California | 1962 - 1966 | University of Redlands (1928) | Harvard Law School (1932) |
| James Meredith | Eastern District of Missouri | 3/17/1962 - 8/31/1979 | University of Missouri-Columbia, A.B., 1936 | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1937 | ||
| John Regan | Eastern District of Missouri | 4/3/1962 - 4/7/1977 | Benton College (1934) | |||
| William Becker | Western District of Missouri | 9/18/1961 - 2/8/1977 | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1932 | |||
| Floyd Gibson | Eighth Circuit | 6/8/1965 - 12/31/1979 | Western District of Missouri | 8/30/1961 - 6/20/1965 | University of Missouri, A.B., 1931 | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1933 |
| Albert Ridge | Eighth Circuit | 6/15/1961 - 4/16/1965 | Western District of Missouri | 4/7/1945 - 6/29/1961 | Read law, 1923 | |
| John Oliver (Missouri) | Western District of Missouri | 4/3/1962 - 11/3/1980 | University of Missouri, A.B., 1933 | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1936 | ||
| Martin Pence | District of Hawaii | 9/22/1961 - 11/18/1974 | University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law; Read law, 1928 | |||
| Delmas Hill | Tenth Circuit | 9/22/1961 - 4/1/1977 | District of Kansas | 1950-1961 | Washburn University Law, 1929 | |
| Henry Templar | District of Kansas | 4/12/1962 - 11/1/1974 | Washburn University School of Law (1927) | |||
| Harry Payne | District of New Mexico | 3/27/1963 - 7/20/1983 | Sixth Judicial District of New Mexico | 1957 - 1963 | Read Law, 1934 | |
| Luther Bohanon | Western District of Oklahoma | 8/30/1961 - 8/2/1974 | University of Oklahoma Law, LL.B., 1927 | |||
| Frederick Daugherty | Western District of Oklahoma | 2/17/1962 - 4/7/2006 | Eastern District of Oklahoma | 1962-2006(Concurrent) | Cumberland U., LL.B., 1933 | |
| Allen Barrow | Northern District of Oklahoma | 8/2/1962 - 2/26/1979 | University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1937 | Southeastern Oklahoma State College, LL.B., 1942 | ||
| Clarence Allgood | Northern District of Alabama | 2/9/1962 - 1/9/1973 | Alabama Polytechnic Institute (1926) | Birmingham School of Law (1941) | ||
| William McRae | Middle District of Florida | 10/29/1962 - 1/27/1973 | Southern District of Florida | 1961-1962 | University of Florida, A.B., 1932 Oxford U., B.A., 1933 | University of Florida Law, J.D., 1933 |
| Charles Fulton | Southern District of Florida | 4/26/1963 - 6/30/1978 | University of Florida Law, LL.B., 1935 | |||
| James Robert Elliott | Middle District of Georgia | 2/17/1962 - 12/31/2000 | Emory U., Ph.B., 1930 | Emory U. law, LL.B., 1934 | ||
| Stanley Weigel | Northern District of California | 8/15/1962 - 10/9/1982 | Stanford University (1926) | Stanford Law School (1928) | ||
| Byron White | Supreme Court | 1962-1993 | University of Colorado at Boulder, 1934 | Yale Law School, 1946 | ||
| Thurgood Marshall | Supreme Court | 8/30/1967-10/1/1991 | Second Circuit | 9/14/1962-8/23/1965 | Lincoln University, 1930 | Howard University Law, 1933 |
| Arthur Goldberg | Supreme Court | 9/28/1962-7/26/1965 | Northwestern University Law, 1928 and 1929 | |||
| Alfonso Zirpoli | Northern District of California | 9/22/1961 - 9/30/1975 | University of California, Berkeley (1926) | University of California, Berkeley, Baolt Hall School of Law (1928) | ||
| Roger Foley | District of Nevada | 7/2/1962 - 10/29/1982 | University of San Francisco School of Law, LL.B. | |||
| Bruce Thompson (Nevada) | District of Nevada | 8/16/1963 - 8/31/1978 | University of Nevada (1932) | Stanford Law School (1936) | ||
| Paul Hays | Second Circuit | 3/17/1962 - 9/11/1974 | Columbia, A.B., 1924 | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1933 | ||
| William Beeks | Western District of Washington | 8/15/1961 - 5/31/1973 | University of Washington School of Law, LL.B., 1932 | |||
| J. Spencer Bell | ||||||
| Griffin Bell | ||||||
| Walter Gewin | ||||||
| George Edwards (Sixth Circuit) | Sixth Circuit | 12/19/1963 - 1/15/1985 | Michigan Supreme Court | 1956-1961 | Southern Methodist U. '33 | Detroit College of Law '49 |
| Harry Phillips | Sixth Circuit | 7/3/1963 - 1/15/1979 | Cumberland U. '32 | Cumberland U. Law '33 | ||
| Roger Kiley | ||||||
| Pat Mehaffy | Eighth Circuit | 7/16/1963 - 8/31/1974 | University of Arkansas Law '27 | |||
| Oliver Seth | Tenth Circuit | 6/20/1962-12/25/1984 | Stanford University, 1937 | Yale Law, 1940 | ||
| William Jones (District of Columbia) | D.C. District Court | 4/12/1962 - 3/20/1977 | Notre Dame 1928 | Notre Dame Law 1931 | ||
| Carl McGowan | D.C. Circuit | 3/27/1963 - 8/31/1981 | Dartmouth College 1932 | Columbia Law 1936 | ||
| T. Emmet Clarie | District of Connecticut | 9/18/1961 - 1/1/1983 | Providence College, Ph.B., 1933 | Hartford College, LL.B., 1938 | ||
| James Robert Martin, Jr. | District of South Carolina | 9/18/1961 - 11/30/1979 | Washington and Lee U. Law, LL.B., 1931 | |||
| Howard A. Dawson, Jr. | United States Tax Court | 8/21/1962-6/2/1985 | University of North Carolina, 1946 | George Washington University School of Law, 1949 | ||
| Paul Kilday | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | 9/25/1961 - 10/12/1968 | ||||
| Paul D. Shriver | United States District Court of Guam | 1951-1959, 1961-1969 | ||||
| James Wright (Louisiana) | D.C. Circuit | 3/30/1962-6/1/1986 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 1950-1962 | Loyola U. New Orleans 1931 | Loyola U. New Orleans Law 1934 |
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.[3]
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
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.
See also
- Federal judicial appointments by president
- Current federal judicial vacancies
- Judicial vacancies in federal courts
- John F. Kennedy
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States Courts
- Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
- ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2015
- ↑ 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.
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