Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman

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Harry S. Truman, President from 1945-1953

140 judges nominated by Harry Truman were subsequently confirmed and served on the federal bench.[1]

## Contents

* 1 List of judges
* 2 Historical context
* 2.1 Appointments by current president
* 2.2 Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## List of judges[edit]

| First name  | Last name  | Court  | Status  | Term

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James | Allred | Southern District of Texas | Deceased | 1949 - 1959
Maurice | Andrews | Northern District of Georgia | Resigned | 1949 - 1950
Walter | Bastian | District of Columbia | Elevated | 1950 - 1954
David | Bazelon | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1993
Wayne | Borah | Fifth Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1966
Albert | Bryan, Sr. | Eastern District of Virginia | Elevated | 1947 - 1961
Owen | Burns | Western District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1949 - 1952
Harold | Burton | Supreme Court | Deceased | 1945 - 1964
William | Byrne, Sr. | Southern District of California | Reassigned | 1950 - 1966
James | Carter | Southern District of California | Elevated | 1949 - 1967
Oliver | Carter | Northern District of California | Deceased | 1950 - 1976
Herbert | Christenberry | Eastern District of Louisiana | Deceased | 1947 - 1975
Bennett | Clark | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1945 - 1954
Tom | Clark | Supreme Court | Deceased | 1949 - 1977
Thomas | Clary | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1949 - 1977
John | Clifford | District of Maine | Deceased | 1947 - 1956
William | Cole | Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | Deceased | 1952 - 1957
John | Collet | Eighth Circuit | Deceased | 1947 - 1955
Abraham | Conger | Middle District of Georgia | Deceased | 1949 - 1953
Ben | Connally | Southern District of Texas | Deceased | 1949 - 1975
Edward | Curran | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1946 - 1988
Edward | Dimock | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1951 - 1986
Dennis | Donovan | District of Minnesota | Deceased | 1945 - 1974
Joseph | Dooley | Northern District of Texas | Deceased | 1947 - 1967
Samuel | Driver | Eastern District of Washington | Deceased | 1946 - 1958
Francis | Duffy | Seventh Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1979
David | Edelstein | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1951 - 2000
Herbert | Erskine | Northern District of California | Deceased | 1949 - 1951
Charles | Fahy | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1979
Philip | Finnegan | Seventh Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1959
James | Foley | Northern District of New York | Deceased | 1949 - 1990
Frederick | Follmer | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Reassigned | 1946 - 1955
Frederick | Follmer | Middle District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1946 - 1971
Frederick | Follmer | Western District of Pennsylvania | Reassigned | 1946 - 1955
Morgan | Ford | Court of International Trade | Deceased | 1949 - 1992
Monroe | Friedman | Northern District of California | Nomination rejected | 1952 - 1953
Ernest | Gibson | District of Vermont | Deceased | 1949 - 1969
Donnell | Gilliam | Eastern District of North Carolina | Deceased | 1945 - 1960
Wallace | Gourley | Western District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1945 - 1976
Allan | Grim | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1949 - 1965
Roy | Harper | Eastern District of Missouri | Nomination rejected | 1947 - 1947
Roy | Harper | Eastern District of Missouri | Nomination rejected | 1947 - 1948
Roy | Harper | Eastern District of Missouri | Deceased | 1948 - 1994
Roy | Harper | Western District of Missouri | Nomination rejected | 1947 - 1947
Roy | Harper | Western District of Missouri | Nomination rejected | 1947 - 1948
Roy | Harper | Western District of Missouri | Deceased | 1948 - 1994
George | Harris | Northern District of California | Deceased | 1946 - 1983
John | Hartigan | First Circuit | Deceased | 1951 - 1968
Richard | Hartshorne | District of New Jersey | Deceased | 1951 - 1975
William | Hastie | Third Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1976
Carl | Hatch | District of New Mexico | Deceased | 1949 - 1963
David | Henderson | Western District of North Carolina | Resigned | 1948 - 1949
Delmas | Hill | District of Kansas | Elevated | 1949 - 1961
Alexander | Holtzoff | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1945 - 1969
Frank | Hooper | Northern District of Georgia | Deceased | 1949 - 1985
George | Howell | Court of Claims | Resigned | 1947 - 1953
Jed | Johnson | United States Customs Court | Deceased | 1947 - 1963
Noble | Johnson | Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | Deceased | 1948 - 1968
John | Jones | Court of Claims, chief justice | Deceased | 1947 - 1976
Harry | Kalodner | Third Circuit | Deceased | 1946 - 1977
Edward | Kampf | Northern District of New York | Resigned | 1946 - 1958
Irving | Kaufman | Southern District of New York | Elevated | 1949 - 1961
Samuel | Kaufman | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1948 - 1960
Richmond | Keech | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1946 - 1986
James | Kirkland | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1949 - 1958
William | Knous | District of Colorado | Deceased | 1950 - 1959
Arthur | Koscinski | Eastern District of Michigan | Deceased | 1945 - 1957
Edward | Leahy | District of Rhode Island | Deceased | 1951 - 1953
Dal | Lemmon | Northern District of California | Elevated | 1947 - 1954
Theodore | Levin | Eastern District of Michigan | Deceased | 1946 - 1970
William | Lindberg | Eastern District of Washington | Reassigned | 1951 - 1961
William | Lindberg | Western District of Washington | Deceased | 1951 - 1981
Walter  | Lindley | Seventh Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1958
Seybourn | Lynne | Northern District of Alabama | Deceased | 1946 - 2000
Thomas | Madden | District of New Jersey | Deceased | 1945 - 1976
Rabe | Marsh | Western District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1950 - 1993
William | Mathes | Southern District of California | Deceased | 1945 - 1967
Burnita | Matthews | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1949 - 1988
William | McCarthy | District of Massachusetts | Deceased | 1949 - 1964
John | McGohey | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1949 - 1972
James | McGranery | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Resigned | 1946 - 1952
Charles | McLaughlin | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1949 - 1976
Charles | McNamee | Northern District of Ohio | Deceased | 1951 - 1964
Harold | Medina | Southern District of New York | Elevated | 1947 - 1951
Harold | Medina | Second Circuit | Retired | 1951 - 1980
Arthur | Mellott | District of Kansas | Deceased | 1945 - 1957
Shackelford | Miller | Sixth Circuit | Deceased | 1945 - 1965
Wilbur | Miller | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1945 - 1976
Sherman | Minton | Supreme Court | Deceased | 1949 - 1965
Alfred | Modarelli | District of New Jersey | Deceased | 1951 - 1957
Irving | Mollison | United States Customs Court | Deceased | 1945 - 1962
Edward | Murphy | Northern District of California | Deceased | 1950 - 1958
John | Murphy | Middle District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1946 - 1962
Thomas | Murphy | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1951 - 1995
William | Murray | District of Montana | Deceased | 1949 - 1994
Gregory | Noonan | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1949 - 1964
John | O'Connell | Third Circuit | Deceased | 1945 - 1949
William | Orr | Ninth Circuit | Deceased | 1945 - 1965
Joseph | Perry | Northern District of Illinois | Deceased | 1951 - 1984
John | Pickett | Tenth Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1983
Casper | Platt | Eastern District of Illinois | Deceased | 1949 - 1965
Walter | Pope | Ninth Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1969
Elijah | Prettyman | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1945 - 1971
James | Proctor | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1948 - 1953
Paul | Rao | United States Customs Court | Reassigned (dec. 1988) | 1948 - 1980
Leo | Rayfiel | Eastern District of New York | Deceased | 1947 - 1978
Ben | Rice | Western District of Texas | Deceased | 1945 - 1964
William | Riley | Southern District of Iowa | Deceased | 1950 - 1956
Willis | Ritter | District of Utah | Deceased | 1949 - 1978
Richard | Rives | Fifth Circuit | Reassigned | 1951 - 1981
Richard | Rodney | District of Maine | Deceased | 1946 - 1963
Robert | Russell | Fifth Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1955
Sylvester | Ryan | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1947 - 1981
Francis | Scarlett | Southern District of Georgia | Deceased | 1946 - 1971
Joseph | Sheehy | Eastern District of Texas | Deceased | 1951 - 1967
Roy | Shelbourne | Western District of Kentucky | Deceased | 1946 - 1974
John | Simpson | Southern District of Florida | Reassigned | 1950 - 1962
William | Sloan | Northern District of Georgia | Deceased | 1951 - 1970
Gus | Solomon | District of Oregon | Deceased | 1949 - 1987
Howard | Speakman | District of Arizona | Deceased | 1946 - 1952
Austin | Staley | Third Circuit | Deceased | 1950 - 1978
Raymond | Starr | Western District of Michigan | Deceased | 1946 - 1968
William | Steckler | Southern District of Indiana | Deceased | 1950 - 1995
Harold | Stephens | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1948 - 1955
William | Stewart | Western District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1951 - 1953
Louie | Strum | Fifth Circuit | Deceased | 1950 - 1954
Sidney | Sugarman | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1949 - 1974
Hardress | Swaim | Seventh Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1957
Carroll | Switzer | Southern District of Iowa | Nomination rejected | 1949 - 1950
Edward | Tamm | District of Columbia | Elevated | 1948 - 1965
Robert | Taylor | Eastern District of Tennessee | Deceased | 1949 - 1987
Robert | Tehan | Eastern District of Wisconsin | Deceased | 1949 - 1975
Daniel | Thomas | Southern District of Alabama | Deceased | 1951 - 2000
Robert | Thomason | Western District of Texas | Deceased | 1947 - 1973
Thomas | Thornton | Eastern District of Michigan | Deceased | 1949 - 1985
Ernest | Tolin | Southern District of California | Deceased | 1951 - 1961
Frederick | Vinson | Supreme Court | Deceased | 1946 - 1953
William | Wallace | Eastern District of Oklahoma | Deceased | 1950 - 1960
William | Wallace | Northern District of Oklahoma | Deceased | 1950 - 1960
William | Wallace | Western District of Oklahoma | Deceased | 1950 - 1960
James | Walsh | District of Arizona | Deceased | 1952 - 1991
Wilson | Warlick | Western District of North Carolina | Deceased | 1949 - 1978
George | Washington | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1949 - 1971
Jacob | Weinberger | Southern District of California | Deceased | 1946 - 1974
Edward | Weinfeld | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1950 - 1988
Harry  | Westover | Southern District of California | Deceased | 1949 - 1983
George | Whitehurst | Northern District of Florida | Deceased | 1950 - 1974
George | Whitehurst | Southern District of Florida | Deceased | 1950 - 1974
Ashton | Williams | Eastern District of South Carolina | Deceased | 1952 - 1962
Francis | Worley | Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | Elevated (dec. 1974) | 1950 - 1959
James | Wright | Eastern District of Louisiana | Elevated | 1949 - 1962
Luther | Youngdahl | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1951 - 1978

## 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 42 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of February 5, 2026, 33 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.[2] Of those appointments, 234 were Article III judges.[3] Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from the Senate.[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  February 2026, there were 41 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 March 1, 2026, 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 March 1 of the second year of each president's second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most appeals court appointments with 12.

The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through March 1 of the second year of presidents' second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most district court appointments with 36.

## See also[edit]

* Federal judicial appointments by president
* Current federal judicial vacancies
* Judicial vacancies in federal courts
* Harry Truman

## 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]

1. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
2. ↑ United States Courts, "Judgeship Appointments by President," accessed January 20, 2021
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2021

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Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman

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1945|

Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice

1946|

Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger

1947|

Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan •

Thomason
1948|

Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm

1949|

Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright

1950|

Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley

1951|

Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl

1952|

Cole • Friedman • Williams •

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