Federal Judges Nominated By Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge, President from 1923-1929

Calvin Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. During his time in office he had 88 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Coolidge also had one nominee decline their nomination, four withdraw, and 14 be rejected or not voted on by the Senate.^[1][2]

List of judges[edit]

Historical context[edit]

Appointments by current president[edit]

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump (R) has nominated 32 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of October 9, 2025, nine of the nominees were confirmed.

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump (R) nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. Trump made 245 judicial appointments.^[3] Of those appointments, 234 were Article III judges.^[4] Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from the Senate.^[5]

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 September 2025, there were 50 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 October 1, 2025, details the number of appointments made by President Trump 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[edit]

See also: Federal judicial appointments by president

The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2024.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2024. 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 2024.

The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through October 1 of the first year of each president's second term in office. At this point in the term, Presidents Obama had the most appeals court appointments with 9.

The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through October 1 of the first year of presidents' second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most district court appointments with 21.

See also[edit]

• Federal judicial appointments by president
• Current federal judicial vacancies
• Judicial vacancies in federal courts
• Calvin Coolidge

External links[edit]

• Search Google News for this topic
• United States Courts
• Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes[edit]

v • e Federal judges nominated by Calvin Coolidge
1923	Cochran
1924	Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young
1925	A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher • Van Valkenburgh
1926	Cavanah • Dietrich • Moss • Swan • Tilson
1927	Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham
1928	Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West
1929	Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward

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