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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]

## 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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Simon | Adler | Western District of New York | Deceased | 1927 - 1934
Alexander | Akerman | Southern District of Florida | Deceased | 1929 - 1948
Albert | Anderson | Seventh Circuit | Deceased | 1925 - 1938
Harry | Anderson | Western District of Tennessee | Deceased | 1925 - 1935
Robert | Baltzell | District of Indiana | Reassigned | 1925 - 1928
Charlton | Beattie | Eastern District of Louisiana | Deceased | 1925 - 1925
Fenton | Booth | Court of Claims | Retired | 1905 - 1939
Wilbur | Booth | Eighth Circuit | Deceased | 1925 - 1944
Wayne | Borah | Eastern District of Louisiana | Elevated | 1928 - 1949
Charles | Boynton | Western District of Texas | Deceased | 1924 - 1954
Frederick | Bryant | Northern District of New York | Deceased | 1927 - 1945
Louis | Burns | Eastern District of Louisiana | Deceased | 1925 - 1928
Warren | Burrows | District of Connecticut | Resigned | 1928 - 1930
Charles | Cavanah | District of Idaho | Deceased | 1927 - 1953
Harrie | Chase | Second Circuit | Deceased | 1929 - 1969
William | Clark | District of New Jersey | Elevated | 1925 - 1938
Genevieve | Cline | United States Customs Court | Deceased | 1928 - 1959
Ernest | Cochran | Eastern District of South Carolina | Deceased | 1923 - 1934
Frank | Coleman | Southern District of New York | Deceased | 1927 - 1934
William | Coleman | District of Maryland | Resigned | 1927 - 1955
John | Cotteral | Eighth Circuit | Reassigned | 1928 - 1929
Elijah | Cox | Northern District of Mississippi | Deceased | 1929 - 1974
Charles | Davis | Eastern District of Missouri | Deceased | 1924 - 1943
Benjamin | Dawkins | Western District of Louisiana | Deceased | 1924 - 1966
Charles | Dawson | Western District of Kentucky | Resigned | 1925 - 1935
Bascom | Deaver | Middle District of Georgia | Deceased | 1928 - 1944
Charles | Dewey | Southern District of Iowa | Deceased | 1928 - 1958
Frank | Dietrich | Ninth Circuit | Deceased | 1927 - 1930
Guy | Fake | District of New Jersey | Deceased | 1929 - 1957
Rufus | Foster | Fifth Circuit | Deceased | 1925 - 1942
Finis | Garrett | United States Court of Customs Appeals | Deceased | 1929 - 1956
Peyton | Gordon | District of Columbia | Deceased | 1928 - 1946
William | Graham | United States Court of Customs Appeals | Deceased | 1924 - 1937
William | Green | United States Court of Claims | Deceased | 1928 - 1947
George | Hahn | Northern District of Ohio | Deceased | 1928 - 1937
Augustus | Hand | Second Circuit | Deceased | 1927 - 1954
Learned | Hand | Second Circuit | Deceased | 1924 - 1961
Johnson | Hayes | Middle District of North Carolina | Deceased | 1927 - 1970
Edward | Henning | Southern District of California | Resigned | 1925 - 1929
Smith | Hickenlooper | Sixth Circuit | Deceased | 1928 - 1933
Xenophon | Hicks | Sixth Circuit | Deceased | 1928 - 1952
Benson | Hough | Southern District of Ohio | Deceased | 1925 - 1935
Albert | Johnson | Middle District of Pennsylvania | Resigned | 1925 - 1945
Lake | Jones | Southern District of Florida | Deceased | 1924 - 1930
Franklin | Kennamer | Eastern District of Oklahoma | Reassigned | 1924 - 1925
Frank | Kerrigan | Northern District of California | Deceased | 1924 - 1935
William | Kirkpatrick | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1927 - 1970
Ira | Letts | District of Rhode Island | Resigned | 1927 - 1935
Harold | Louderback | Northern District of California | Deceased | 1928 - 1931
George | Martin | District of Columbia Circuit | Deceased | 1924 - 1948
John | Martineau | Eastern District of Arkansas | Deceased | 1928 - 1937
Wallace | McCamant | Ninth Circuit | Nomination rejected | 1925 - 1926
James | McCarthy | District of New Jersey | Resigned | 1928 - 1929
Paul | McCormick | Southern District of California | Deceased | 1924 - 1960
George | McDermott | District of Kansas | Elevated | 1928 - 1929
John | McNary | District of Oregon | Deceased | 1927 - 1936
Nelson | McVicar | Western District of Pennsylvania | Deceased | 1928 - 1960
Isaac | Meekins | Eastern District of North Carolina | Deceased | 1925 - 1946
Edward | Moinet | Eastern District of Michigan | Deceased | 1927 - 1952
Joseph | Molyneaux | District of Minnesota | Deceased | 1925 - 1940
Charles | Moorman | Western District of Kentucky | Elevated | 1924 - 1925
Charles | Moorman | Sixth Circuit | Deceased | 1925 - 1938
Grover | Moscowitz | Eastern District of New York | Deceased | 1925 - 1937
John | Moss | United States Court of Claims | Deceased | 1926 - 1929
Robert | Nevin | Southern District of Ohio | Deceased | 1929 - 1952
Frank | Norcross | District of Nevada | Deceased | 1928 - 1952
Elliott | Northcott | Fourth Circuit | Deceased | 1927 - 1946
Merrill | Otis | Western District of Missouri | Deceased | 1925 - 1944
John | Parker | Fourth Circuit | Deceased | 1925 - 1958
Charles | Pray | District of Montana | Deceased | 1924 - 1963
Fred | Raymond | Western District of Michigan | Deceased | 1925 - 1946
Halsted | Ritter | Southern District of Florida | Impeached | 1929 - 1936
John | Sanborn | District of Minnesota | Elevated | 1925 - 1932
Nicholas | Sinnott | Court of Claims | Deceased | 1928 - 1929
Thomas | Slick | District of Indiana | Reassigned | 1925 - 1938
Adolphus | St. Sure | Northern District of California | Deceased | 1925 - 1949
Harlan | Stone | Associate Justice, Supreme Court | Elevated | 1925 - 1941
Thomas | Swan | Second Circuit | Deceased | 1926 - 1975
George | Taylor | Eastern District of Tennessee | Deceased | 1928 - 1952
Thomas | Thacher | Southern District of New York | Resigned | 1925 - 1930
William | Tilson | Middle District of Georgia | Nomination rejected | 1926 - 1927
William | Tilson | Middle District of Georgia | Resigned | 1927 - 1928
William | Tilson | United States Customs Court | Deceased | 1928 - 1949
Arba | Van Valkenburgh | Eighth Circuit | Deceased | 1925 - 1944
Edgar | Vaught | Western District of Oklahoma | Deceased | 1928 - 1959
Samuel | West | Northern District of Ohio | Deceased | 1928 - 1938
Fred | Wham | Eastern District of Illinois | Deceased | 1927 - 1967
Charles | Woodward | Northern District of Illinois | Deceased | 1929 - 1952
George | Young | Board of General Appraisers | Deceased | 1924 - 1932

## 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.[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 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
* 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]

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. ↑ 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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Federal judges nominated by Calvin Coolidge

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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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