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Lyndon Johnson was president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. During his time in office he had 180 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Johnson had six nominees withdrawn and 11 receive no vote from the Senate.[1][2]

## 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]

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Walter Raleigh Ely, Jr.| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit| 7/2/1964 - 10/31/1979|  |  | University of Texas, A.B., 1935| University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1935
James Marshall Carter| Ninth Circuit| 11/16/1967 - 9/30/1971| Southern District of California| 10/18/1949 - 12/1/1967| |
Shirley Hufstedler| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit| 9/12/1968 - 12/5/1979|  |  | University of New Mexico, B.B.A., 1945| Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1949
Damon Keith| Sixth Circuit| October 21, 1977 - May 1, 1995| Eastern District of Michigan| October 12, 1967 - November 22, 1977| West Virginia State College, B.A., 1943| Howard University School of Law, LL.B., 1949
Morris Lasker| Southern District of New York| 06/24/1968 - 10/02/1983|  |  | Harvard, B.A., 1938| Yale Law, LL.B., 1941
Jack Weinstein| Eastern District of New York| 4/15/1967-2/28/1993|  |  | Brooklyn College, 1943| Columbia Law, 1948
John Curtin| Western District of New York| December 14, 1967 - June 30, 1989|  |  | Canisius College, 1946| University of Buffalo Law School, 1949
John Fullam| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 8/11/1966 - 4/1/1990| Bucks County Court of Common Pleas| 1960 - 1966| Villanova U., B.S., 1942| Harvard Law, J.D., 1948
Hugh Bownes| First Circuit| 10/11/1977 - 1/1/1990| District of New Hampshire| 1968 - 1977| Columbia U., B.A., 1941| Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1948
Robert Morgan| Central District of Illinois| 3/31/1979 - 5/28/1982| Southern District of Illinois| 6/12/1967 - 3/31/1979| Bradley U., B.A., 1934| University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1937
Henry Wise| Central District of Illinois| 3/31/1979 - 3/16/1982| Eastern District of Illinois| 1966 - 1979| Washington University (1933)| Washington University (1933)
Myron Bright| Eighth Circuit| June 7, 1968 - June 1, 1985|  |  | University of Minnesota, B.S.L., 1941| University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1947
John Godbold| Eleventh Circuit| 10/1/1981 - 10/23/1987| Fifth Circuit| 1966-1981| Auburn U. '40| Harvard Law '48
Albert Henderson| Eleventh Circuit| 7/12/1979 - 1/31/1986| Northern District of Georgia| 1968-1979| | Mercer U., LL.B., 1947
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
William Holloway| Tenth Circuit| 9/16/1968 - 5/31/1992|  |  | University of Oklahoma '47| Harvard Law '50
Thomas Fairchild| Seventh Circuit| 8/11/1966 - 8/13/1981| Supreme Court of Wisconsin| 1957-1966| Cornell '34| University of Wisconsin Law '38
Wilfred Feinberg| Second Circuit| 3/7/1966-1/31/1991| Southern District of New York| 1962-1966| Columbia University, 1942| Columbia Law School, 1946
Alvin Rubin| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| 9/19/1977 - 7/1/1989| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana| 1966-1977| Louisiana State University, B.S., 1941| Louisiana State University Law School, LL.B., 1942
Ruggero Aldisert| Third Circuit| 7/29/1968-12/31/1986|  |  | University of Pittsburgh, 1941| University of Pittsburgh Law, 1947
Robert Maxwell| Northern District of West Virginia| 8/11/1965 - 7/19/1995|  |  | | West Virginia University College of Law, LL.B., 1949
Alex Harvey| District of Maryland| 09/22/1966 - 03/07/1991|  |  | Yale, B.A., 1947| Columbia Law, LL.B., 1950
Frederick Heebe| Eastern District of Louisiana| 03/26/1966-08/25/1992| 24th Judicial District, Judge| 1961-1966| Tulane University, 1943| Tulane Law, 1949
Dan Russell| Southern District of Mississippi| 10/2/1965 - 10/25/1983|  |  | University of Mississippi, B.A., 1935| University of Mississippi Law School, LL.B., 1937
Orma Rinehart Smith| Northern District of Mississippi| 7/25/1968 - 8/16/1978|  |  | | University of Mississippi (1927)
William Colbert Keady| Northern District of Mississippi| 4/4/1968 - 4/26/1983|  |  | | Washington U. Law, LL.B., 1936
Claude Feemster Clayton| Fifth Circuit| 10/27/1967 - 7/4/1969| Northern District of Mississippi| 1958 - 1967| | University of Mississippi Law, LL.B., 1931
William Justice| Eastern District of Texas| 6/7/1968 - 6/30/1998|  |  | | University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1942
James von der Heydt| District of Alaska| 11/3/1966 - 7/15/1984|  |  | Albion College, B.A., 1942| Northwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1951
Manuel Real| Central District of California| November 3, 1966 - June 26, 2019|  |  | University of Southern California, B.S., 1944| Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, LL.B., 1951
Harry Pregerson| Ninth Circuit| November 2, 1979 - December 11, 2015| Central District of California| 1967 - 1979| University of California, Los Angeles, 1947| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1950
Warren Ferguson| Ninth Circuit| 11/27/1979 - 7/31/1986| Central District of California| 1966 - 1979| University of Nevada, Reno (1942)| University of Southern California Law School (1949)
Harold Leventhal| United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit| 4/7/1965 -11/20/1979|  |  | Columbia University, A.B., 1934| Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1936
Irving Goldberg| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| 7/22/1966 - 1/31/1980|  |  | University of Texas, B.A., 1926| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1929
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)
Otto Kerner, Jr.| Seventh Circuit| 4/22/1968 - 7/22/1974|  |  | Brown University, A.B., 1930| Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1934
Robert Zampano| District of Connecticut| 8/15/1964- 6/1/1977|  |  | Yale, B.A., 1951| Yale Law, LL.B., 1954
Robert Palmer Anderson| Second Circuit| 8/15/1964 - 5/1/1971| District of Connecticut| 4/27/1954 - 8/20/1964| Yale College, B.A., 1927| Yale Law, LL.B., 1929
Bernard Leddy| District of Vermont| 8/25/1966 - 1/9/1972|  |  | St. Michael College (1931)| Boston College Law School (1934)
Wendell Garrity| District of Massachusetts| 6/24/1966 - 12/1/1985|  |  | Holy Cross College, A.B., 1941| Harvard Law, LL.B., 1946
Frank Murray| District of Massachusetts| 4/5/1967 - 7/15/1977|  |  | Georgetown U., B.S., 1925| Georgetown U. Law , LL.B., 1929
Orrin Judd| Eastern District of New York| 7/17/1968-7/7/1976|  |  | Colgate U., A.B., 1926| Harvard Law, LL.B, 1930
Anthony Travia| Eastern District of New York| 7/17/1968-11/30/1974|  |  | | St. John's U. Law, LL.B., 1932
Hiram Cancio| District of Puerto Rico| 6/12/1967 - 1/31/1974| District of Puerto Rico| 1965 - 1967| Puerto Rico U., B.A., 1942| Puerto Rico U., LL.D., 1948
Juan Fernandez-Badillo| District of Puerto Rico| 10/12/1967 - 6/30/1972|  |  | Puerto Rico U., B.A., 1942| Puerto Rico U. Law, LL.B., 1945
Raymond Pettine| District of Rhode Island| 6/29/1956 - 7/6/1982|  |  | | Boston U. Law, LL.B., 1937
Marvin Frankel| Southern District of New York| 10/21/1965 - 9/30/1978|  |  | Queens College (1943)| Columbia Law School (1948)
Walter Mansfield| Second Circuit| 5/20/1971 - 7/2/1981| Southern District of New York| 1966 - 1971| Harvard, A.B., 1932| Harvard Law, LL.B., 1935
Constance Motley| Southern District of New York| 8/30/1966-9/29/1986|  |  | New York University (1943)| Columbia Law School (1946)
Milton Pollack| Southern District of New York| 6/12/1967 - 9/29/1983|  |  | Columbia University (1927)| Columbia Law School (1929)
Edmund Port| Northern District of New York| 7/2/1964-2/6/1976|  |  | | Syracuse University College of Law, 1929
James Latchum| District of Delaware| 8/3/1968 - 12/23/1983|  |  | Princeton, A.B., 1940| University of Virginia Law, LL.B., 1946
Oren Harris| Eastern District of Arkansas| 8/12/1965 - 2/3/1976| Western District of Arkansas| 8/12/1965 - 2/5/1997| Henderson-Brown State College, A.B., 1929| Cumberland Law School, LL.B., 1930
Lawrence Whipple| District of New Jersey| 10/22/1967 - 9/1/1978| Superior Court of New Jersey| 1963 - 1967| Columbia, B.S., 1933| Seton Hall U.-John Marshall Law School, LL.B., 1939
John Morgan Davis (Pennsylvania)| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 3/17/1964 - 5/5/1974|  |  | University of Pennsylvania (1929)| University of Pennsylvania Law School (1932)
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)
Francis Van Dusen| Third Circuit| 6/12/1967 - 5/15/1977|  |  | Princeton University (1934)| Harvard Law School (1937)
Aloysius Higginbotham| Third Circuit| 10/11/1977 - 1/30/1991| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 3/17/1964 - 10/10/1977| Antioch College (1949)| Yale Law School (1952)
Thomas Masterson| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 6/15/1967 - 11/16/1973|  |  | Harvard University (1949)| University of Pennsylvania Law School (1952)
Emanuel Mac Troutman| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 6/16/1967 - 8/31/1982|  |  | Dickinson College (1934)| Dickinson School of Law (1936)
Charles Weiner| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 6/14/1967 - 12/30/1988|  |  | University of Pennsylvania (1947)| Temple University School of Law (1949)
Gerald Weber| Western District of Pennsylvania| 9/15/1964 - 12/31/1988|  |  | Harvard, A.B., 1936| University of Pennsylvania Law, LL.B., 1939
Harrison Winter| Fourth Circuit| 6/24/1966 - 1/1/1990| District of Maryland| 1962-1966| Johns Hopkins U. '42| U. of Maryland Law '44
Frank Kaufman| District of Maryland| 9/22/1966 - 6/16/1986|  |  | Dartmouth College, A.B., 1937| Harvard Law, LL.B., 1940
Eugene Gordon| Middle District of North Carolina| 6/9/1964 - 6/12/1982|  |  | Elon College, A.B., 1941| Duke U. Law, LL.B., 194
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
Woodrow Jones| Western District of North Carolina| 6/28/1967 - 2/1/1985|  |  | | Wake Forest U. Law, LL.B., 1937
James McMillan| Western District of North Carolina| 6/7/1968 - 8/31/1989|  |  | University of North Carolina (1937)| Harvard Law School (1940)
Robert Hemphill| District of South Carolina| 4/30/1964 - 5/10/1980|  |  | University of South Carolina, A.B., 1936| University of South Carolina Law, LL.B., 1938
Donald S. Russell| Fourth Circuit| 4/23/1971 - 4/22/1998| District of South Carolina| 1966 - 1971| University of South Carolina (1925)| University of South Carolina Law Center (1928)
Charles Simons| District of South Carolina| 5/1/1964 - 8/17/1986|  |  | University of South Carolina, A.B., 1937| University of South Carolina Law, LL.B., 1939
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)
Richard Kellam| Eastern District of Virginia| 8/25/1967 - 5/30/1981| Judge, Circuit Court, 28th Judicial Circuit of Virginia,| 1960-1967| | Read law, 1934
John MacKenzie| Eastern District of Virginia| 8/25/1967 - 11/30/1985|  |  | | Washington and Lee U. Law, LL.B., 1939
Robert Merhige| Eastern District of Virginia| 8/25/1967 - 11/29/1986|  |  | | University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (1942), University of Virginia School of Law (1982)
Sidney Christie| Southern District of West Virginia| 5/1/1964 - 2/15/1974| Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit of West Virginia| 1961-1964| | Cumberland U. Law, LL.B., 1928
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)
Edward Boyle| Eastern District of Louisiana| 11/3/1966 - 12/1/1981|  |  | | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1935)
Fred Cassibry| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana| 11/3/1966 - 3/15/1984|  |  | Tulane University, B.A., 1941| Tulane University Law School, LL.B., 1943
James Comiskey| Eastern District of Louisiana| 3/4/1967 - 6/15/1975|  |  | Loyola University New Orleans (1949)| Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1951)
Lansing Mitchell| Eastern District of Louisiana| 11/3/1966 - 11/3/1981|  |  | Louisiana State University (1934)| Louisiana State University Law School (1937)
Walter Nixon| Southern District of Mississippi| 6/7/1968 - 11/3/1989|  |  | | Tulane Law, J.D., 1951
William Taylor (Texas)| Northern District of Texas| 7/22/1966 - 2/7/1979|  |  | | Southern Methodist U. School of Law, LL.B., 1932
Halbert Woodward| Northern District of Texas| 6/7/1968 - 12/30/1986|  |  | University of Texas, B.B.A., 1940| University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1940
Woodrow Seals| Southern District of Texas| 7/23/1966 - 12/25/1982|  |  | | University of Texas School of Law (1949)
John Singleton| Southern District of Texas| 7/22/1966 - 4/1/1988|  |  | University of Texas, B.A., 1942| United States Judge Advocate School, 1948
Ernest Guinn| Western District of Texas| 7/27/1966 - 6/9/1974|  |  | University of Texas (1925)| University of Texas School of Law (1927)
Jack Roberts| Western District of Texas| 7/22/1966 - 5/1/1980|  |  | | University of Texas School of Law (1933)
Dorwin Suttle| Western District of Texas| 7/2/1964 - 9/29/2001|  |  | | University of Texas School of Law (1928)
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)
William Lynch| Northern District of Illinois| 3/7/1966 - 8/9/1976|  |  | | Loyola University Chicago School of Law, LL.B., 1931
James Gordon| Western District of Kentucky| 7/23/1965 - 1/1/1976|  |  | | University of Kentucky, LL.B., 1941
Lawrence Gubow| Eastern District of Michigan| 9/14/1968 - 3/26/1978|  |  | University of Michigan (1940)| University of Michigan Law School (1950)
Thomas Lambros| Northern District of Ohio| 8/18/1967 - 2/10/1995|  |  | | Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, LL.B., 1952
William K. Thomas| Northern District of Ohio| 3/7/1966 - 2/15/1981|  |  | Ohio State University (1932)| Ohio State University College of Law (1935)
Don Young (Ohio)| Northern District of Ohio| 5/22/1965 - 7/1/1980|  |  | Case Western Reserve University (1932)| Case Western Reserve University School of Law (1934)
Timothy Hogan (Ohio)| Southern District of Ohio| 11/3/1966 - 9/24/1979|  |  | Xavier U., Ohio, A.B., 1930| University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1931
Joseph Kinneary| Southern District of Ohio| 7/22/1966 - 12/31/1986|  |  | University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1928| University of Cincinnati College of Law, LL.B., 1935
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)
David S. Porter| Southern District of Ohio| 11/3/1966 - 9/23/1979|  |  | University of Cincinnati, 1932| University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1934
Paul Williams| Western District of Arkansas| 6/12/1967 - 10/31/1981|  |  | University of Arkansas, B.A., 1929| University of Arkansas School of Law, LL.B., 1930
Alexander Napoli| Northern District of Illinois| 9/21/1966 - 7/12/1972|  |  | | University of Chicago Law School (1929)
James Noland| Southern District of Indiana| 11/3/1966 - 12/31/1986|  |  | Indiana U., A.B., 1942| Indiana U. School of Law, J.D., 1948
Miles Lord| District of Minnesota| 4/28/1966 - 7/1/1985| U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota| 1961–1966| University of Minnesota, B.A., 1946| University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1948
Philip Neville| District of Minnesota| 7/31/1967 - 2/13/1974|  |  | University of Minnesota (1931)| University of Minnesota Law School (1933)
John Reynolds (Wisconsin)| Eastern District of Wisconsin| 10/21/1965 - 8/31/1986|  |  | University of Wisconsin, Ph.B., 1946| University of Wisconsin Law School, LL.B., 1949
James Edward Doyle| Western District of Wisconsin| 5/22/1965 - 7/7/1980|  |  | University of Wisconsin, Madison, A.B., 1937| Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1940
David Rabinovitz| Western District of Wisconsin| 1/7/1964 - 2/3/1964|  |  | Marquette University (1927)| University of Wisconsin Law School (1930)
William Copple| District of Arizona| 11/3/1966 - 11/30/1983|  |  | University of California, Berkeley (19148)| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (1951)
Charles Muecke| District of Arizona| 10/1/1964 - 11/30/1984|  |  | College of William and Mary, B.A., 1941| University of Arizona College of Law, LL.B., 1953
William Collinson| Eastern District of Missouri| 8/11/1965 - 8/19/1980|  |  | Drury College (1933)| University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (1935)
William Gray (California)| Central District of California| 9/18/1966 - 3/26/1982| Southern District of California| 1966 - 1966| University of California, Los Angeles (1934)| Harvard Law School (1939)
Andrew Hauk| Central District of California| 9/18/1966 - 9/29/1982| Southern District of California| 6/29/1966 - 9/18/1966| Regis College, A.B., 1935| Catholic U. of America School of Law, LL.B., 1938; Yale Law School, J.S.D., 1942
Irving Hill| Central District of California| 9/18/1966 - 10/15/1980| Southern District of California| 6/10/1965 - 9/18/1966| University of Nebraska, B.A., 1936| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1939
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
Elmo Hunter| Western District of Missouri| 8/11/1965 - 12/31/1980|  |  | University of Missouri-Columbia, A.B., 1936| University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1938
Fred Nichol| District of South Dakota| 6/10/1965 - 6/11/1980|  |  | Yankton College, A.B., 1933| University of South Dakota School of Law, LL.B., 1936
Frank Theis| District of Kansas| 3/4/1967 - 7/31/1981|  |  | University of Kansas, B.A., 1933| University of Michigan Law, J.D., 1936
Howard Bratton| District of New Mexico| 3/17/1964 - 2/4/1987|  |  | University of New Mexico, B.A., 1941| Yale Law, LL.B., 1947
Orville Langley| Eastern District of Oklahoma| 1/27/1965 - 9/12/1973|  |  | Harvard, B.S., 1932| University of Tulsa Law, LL.B., 1940
Luther Eubanks| Western District of Oklahoma| 8/11/1965 - 6/30/1986| District Court of Oklahoma, Lawton| 1956-1965| University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1940| University of Oklahoma Law, LL.B., 1942
Thomas Pittman| Southern District of Alabama| 6/2/1970 - 7/15/1981| Middle District of Alabama| 1966-1970| University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, B.S., 1939| University of Alabama Law, LL.B., 1940
Isaac Krentzman| Middle District of Florida| 6/13/1967 - 11/15/1982|  |  | University of Florida, B.S., 1935| University of Florida Law, J.D., 1938
Charles Scott (Florida)| Middle District of Florida| 11/3/1966 - 11/12/1976|  |  | | Valparaiso University School of Law (1924)
Winston Arnow| Northern District of Florida| 12/7/1967 - 3/14/1981|  |  | University of Florida, B.B.A., 1932| University of Florida Law, J.D., 1933
Carl Atkins| Southern District of Florida| 7/22/1966 - 12/31/1982|  |  | | University of Florida Law, LL.B., 1936
Francis Whelan| Central District of California| 9/18/1966 - 1/7/1978| Southern District of California| 1964 - 1966| San Diego State University (1928)| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (1932)
Ted Cabot| Southern District of Florida| 8/11/1966 - 12/4/1971|  |  | University of Miami School of Law (1953)|
Joseph Eaton| Southern District of Florida| 6/12/1967 - 4/2/1985| Circuit Court, Florida| 1959-1967| Presbyterian College, A.B., 1945| University of Florida Law, LL.B., 1948
Edward Schwartz| Southern District of California| 3/28/1968 - 3/26/1982|  |  | University of California, A.B., 1934| University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 1939
William Mehrtens| Southern District of Florida| 9/1/1965 - 9/15/1975|  |  | | University of Florida College of Law (1932)
Robert Peckham| Northern District of California| 11/3/1966 - 11/11/1988|  |  | Stanford U., A.B., 1941| Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1945
Newell Edenfield| Northern District of Georgia| 6/12/1967 - 9/1/1981|  |  | | University of Georgia Law, LL.B., 1938
Sidney Smith| Northern District of Georgia| 9/10/1965 - 6/1/1974|  |  | Harvard, A.B., 1947| University of Georgia Law, LL.B., 1949
Alexander Lawrence| Southern District of Georgia| 7/25/1968 - 8/2/1978| Berry Edenfield| | University of Georgia, 1929| Read law, 1930
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
Abe Fortas| Supreme Court| 8/11/1965-5/14/1969|  |  | Southwestern College, 1930| Yale Law, 1933
Raymond McNichols| District of Idaho| 5/1/1964 - 7/1/1981|  |  | | University of Idaho College of Law, LL.B., 1950
Russell Smith| District of Montana| 3/26/1966 - 5/12/1979|  |  | | University of Montana School of Law, 1931
Robert Belloni| District of Oregon| 4/4/1967 - 4/4/1984|  |  | University of Oregon, B.A., 1941| University of Oregon Law School, J.D., 1951
William Goodwin| Western District of Washington| 4/21/1966 - 12/31/1975| Eastern District of Washington| 4/21/1966 - 12/31/1975| Washington State College, B.A., 1931| University of Oregon Law School, LL.B., 1934
Frank Coffin| First Circuit| 10/2/1965 - 2/1/1989|  |  | Bates College, A.B., 1940| Harvard Law, LL.B., 1947
Edward McEntee| First Circuit| 9/1/1965 - 12/31/1976|  |  | Holy Cross College, A.B., 1928| Boston U. Law, LL.B., 1933
Collins Seitz| Third Circuit| 6/9/1966 - 6/1/1989|  |  | University of Delaware '37| University of Virginia Law '40
David Stahl (Third Circuit)| United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit| 10/11/1968 - 2/21/1970|  |  | University of Pittsburgh, A.B., 1942| University of Pittsburgh School of Law, LL.B., 1949
James Coleman (federal judge)| Fifth Circuit| 7/26/1965 - 1/31/1984|  |  | George Washington University Law School, LL.B., 1939|
Anthony Celebrezze| United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit| 8/19/1965 - 10/1/1980|  |  | | Ohio Northern University, Warren G. Harding College of Law, LL.B., 1936
Bertram Combs| United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit| 4/5/1967 - 6/5/1970|  |  | | University of Kentucky College of Law, LL.B., 1937
Walter Cummings| Seventh Circuit| 8/11/1966 - 4/24/1999|  |  | Yale '37| Harvard Law '40
Gerald Heaney| United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit|  11/3/1966 - 12/31/1988|  |  | University of Minnesota, B.S.L., 1939| University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1941
Donald Lay| Eighth Circuit| 7/23/1966 - 1/7/1992|  |  | University of Iowa '49| University of Iowa Law '51
John Hickey| Tenth Circuit| 6/9/1966 - 9/22/1970|  |  | | University of Wyoming College of Law, 1934
Edward Tamm| United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit| 3/11/1965 - 9/22/1985| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| 1949 - 1965| Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center), LL.B., 1930| Suffolk University Law School, J.S.D., 1971
William Bryant| D.C. District Court| 8/11/1965 - 1/31/1982|  |  | Howard U. 1932| Howard U. Law 1936
Howard Corcoran| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| 3/11/1965 - 11/30/1977|  |  | Princeton University, A.B., 1928| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1931
Oliver Gasch| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| 8/11/1965 - 11/30/1981|  |  | Princeton University, A.B., 1928| George Washington University Law School, LL.B., 1932
Gerhard Gesell| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| 12/12/1967 - 1/22/1993|  |  | Yale University, A.B., 1932| Yale Law School, LL.B., 1935
June Green| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| 6/7/1968 - 1/15/1984|  |  | | American University, Washington College of Law, J.D., 1941
John Pratt| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| 6/7/1968 - 12/1/1989|  |  | Harvard University, A.B., 1930| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1934
Aubrey Robinson| D.C. District Court| 11/3/1966 - 3/1/1992| Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia| 1965-1966| Cornell 1943| Cornell Law 1947
Spottswood Robinson| D.C. Circuit| 11/3/1966 - 9/1/1989| D.C. District Court| 1964-1966| | Howard U. '39
John Lewis Smith| D.C. District Court| 11/3/1966 - 1/31/1983| District of Columbia Court of General Sessions| 1957-1966| Princeton 1935| Georgetown U. Law 1938
Joseph Waddy| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| 6/7/1968 - 12/1/1989|  |  | Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, A.B., 1935| Howard University School of Law, LL.B., 1938
John Bryan Simpson| Eleventh Circuit|Fifth Circuit, Transferred to Eleventh Circuit| 11/3/1966 - 6/30/1975| Middle District of Florida| 1962-1966| | University of Florida Law, LL.B., 1926
Myron Gordon| Eastern District of Wisconsin| 3/4/1967 -2/12/1983|  |  | University of Wisconsin (1939)| Harvard Law School (1942)
William Darden| United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces| 11/13/1968 - 12/29/1973|  |  | Emory University
Harvard University| University of Georgia

## 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 39 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.[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  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 January 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 February 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 February 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 32.

## See also[edit]

* Federal judicial appointments by president
* Current federal judicial vacancies
* Judicial vacancies in federal courts
* Lyndon Johnson

## 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, "Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present," accessed May 10, 2021 Select "Nominating President"
2. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2015
3. ↑ United States Courts, "Judgeship Appointments by President," accessed January 20, 2021
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2021

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1964|

Anderson • Bratton • Christie • Collins • Cowen • Davis • Ely • Freedman • Gordon • Higginbotham • McNichols • Muecke • Nichols • Port • Rabinovitz • Robinson • Simons • Suttle • Weber • Whelan • Zampano

1965|

Bryant • Celebrezze • Coffin • Coleman • Collinson • Corcoran • Doyle • Eubanks • Fortas • Frankel • Gasch • Gibson • Gordon • Harris • Hemphill • Hill • Hunter • Landis • Langley • Leventhal • Maxwell • McEntee • Mehrtens • Nichol • Reynolds • Russell • Smith • Tamm • Thornberry • Young

1966|

Ainsworth • Atkins • Boyle • Cabot • Cassibry • Copple • Craven • Cummings • Dyer • Fairchild • Feinberg • Ferguson • Fullam • Garrity • Godbold • Goldberg • Goodwin • Gray • Guinn • Harvey • Hauk • Heaney • Heebe • Hickey • Hogan • Kaufman • Kinneary • Krentzman • Lay • Leddy • Lord • Lynch • MacKenzie • Mansfield • McCree • McRae • Mitchell • Motley • Napoli • Nichols • Noland • Peck II • Peckham • Pettine • Pittman • Porter • Real • Roberts • Robinson • Robinson • Rubin • Russell • Scott • Seals • Seitz • Simpson • Singleton • Skelton • Smith • Smith • Taylor • Thomas • von der Heydt • Watson • Winter •

Wise
1967|

Arnow • Beckworth • Belloni • Butzner • Cancio • Carter • Clayton • Combs • Comiskey • Curtin • Eaton • Edenfield • Fernandez-Badillo • Gesell • Gordon • Jones • Keith • Kellam • Lambros • Maletz • Marshall • Masterson • Merhige • Morgan • Murray • Neville • Pollack • Pregerson • Theis • Troutman • Van Dusen • Waddy • Weiner • Weinstein • Whipple • Williams

1968|

Aldisert • Baldwin • Bownes • Bright • Green • Gubow • Henderson • Holloway • Hufstedler • Judd • Justice • Keady • Kerner, Jr. • Lasker • Latchum • Lawrence • McMillan • Morgan • Newman • Nixon • Pratt • Re • Rosenstein • Schwartz • Smith • Stahl • Travia • Woodward

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