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Jimmy Carter was president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. During his time in office he had 262 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Carter had six nominees withdrawn and 20 receive no vote from the Senate.[1][2]

Also, during Carter's Presidency came the creation of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals which created a new circuit for Georgia, Alabama, and Florida by breaking up the Fifth Circuit.[3]

## 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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Stephen Breyer| Supreme Court| August 3, 1994 - Present| First Circuit| 1980-1994| Stanford University, 1959
Oxford University, 1961| Harvard Law School, 1964
Ruth Bader Ginsburg| Supreme Court| August 5, 1993 - September 18, 2020| D.C. Circuit| 1980-1993| Cornell University, 1954| Columbia Law School, 1959
Thomas Tang| | |  |  | |
Cecil Poole| Ninth Circuit| 11/27/1979 - 1/15/1996| Northern District of California| 1976-1979| University of Michigan (1935)| University of Michigan Law School (1938), Harvard Law School (1939)
William Albert Norris| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit| June 18, 1980 - July 7, 1994|  |  | Princeton University, B.A., 1951| Stanford Law School, J.D., 1954
Mary Schroeder| Ninth Circuit| September 26, 1979 - December 31, 2011| Arizona Court of Appeals| 1975 - 1979| Swarthmore College, B.A., 1962| University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1965
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
Barbara Crabb| Western District of Wisconsin| November 2, 1979 - March 24, 2010| Magistrate judge, Western District of Wisconsin| 1971-1979| University of Wisconsin, 1960| University of Wisconsin Law School, 1962
Marvin Aspen| Northern District of Illinois| 7/24/1979 - 7/1/2002|  |  | Northwestern U., B.S., 1956| Northwestern U. School of Law, J.D., 1958
Charles Kocoras| Northern District of Illinois| 9/30/1980 - 6/30/2006|  |  | De Paul U., B.S., 1961| De Paul U. College of Law, J.D., 1969
James B. Moran| Northern District of Illinois| 7/24/1979 - 6/30/1995|  |  | University of Michigan, B.A., 1952| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1957
Harold Baker| Central District of Illinois| 3/31/1979 - 10/4/1994| Eastern District of Illinois| 9/23/1978 - 3/31/1979| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1951| University of Illinois College of Law, 1956
Anna Taylor| Eastern District of Michigan| November 2, 1979 - December 31, 1998|  |  | Barnard College, 1954| Yale Law School, 1957
Avern Cohn| Eastern District of Michigan| 9/26/1979-10/9/1999|  |  | University of Michigan, 1943| University of Michigan Law School, 1949
Julian Cook| Eastern District of Michigan| 9/23/1978 - 12/30/1996|  |  | Pennsylvania State U., B.A., 1952| Georgetown U. Law Center, J.D., 1957
Arthur Tarnow| Eastern District of Michigan| 5/22/1998 - 5/26/2010|  |  | Wayne State U., B.A., 1963| Wayne State U. Law School, J.D., 1965
Richard Enslen| Western District of Michigan| 12/21/1979-9/1/2005|  |  | | Wayne State University, 1958
Ann Aldrich| Northern District of Ohio| 5/24/1980 - 5/12/1995|  |  | Columbia University (1948)| New York University School of LAw (1950), (1960), (1967)
S. Arthur Spiegel| Southern District of Ohio| 5/23/1980-6/5/1995|  |  | University of Cincinnati, 1942| Harvard Law School, 1948
John Holschuh| Southern District of Ohio| 5/23/1980-10/12/1996|  |  | Miami University, 1948| University of Cincinnati College of Law, 1951
Walter Rice| Southern District of Ohio| May 23, 1980 - November 30, 2004|  |  | Northwestern University, 1958| Columbia Law School, 1962
Thomas Wiseman| Middle District of Tennessee| 8/11/1978 - 11/3/1995|  |  | Vanderbilt U., B.A., 1952| Vanderbilt U. Law School, J.D., 1954
John Nixon| Middle District of Tennessee| May 12, 1980 - August 15, 1998|  |  | Harvard University, 1955| Vanderbilt University Law School, 1960
William Bertelsman| Eastern District of Kentucky| 11/27/1979 - 2/1/2001|  |  | Xavier U., Ohio, A.B., 1958| University of Cincinnati College of Law, J.D., 1961
Green Wix Unthank| Eastern District of Kentucky| 6/18/1980 - 6/14/1988|  |  | | University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1950
Edward Johnstone| Western District of Kentucky| 10/11/1977 - 10/22/1993|  |  | | University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1949
Donald O'Brien| Northern District of Iowa| October 5, 1978 - December 30, 1992| Southern District of Iowa| October 5, 1978 - December 1, 1990| | Creighton University School of Law, 1948
Edward Filippine| Eastern District of Missouri| 7/22/1977 - 6/11/1995|  |  | Saint Louis U., A.B., 1951| Saint Louis U. School of Law, J.D., 1957
Rya Zobel| District of Massachusetts| 3/23/1979-4/1/2014|  |  | Radcliffe College, 1953| Harvard Law, 1956
Carmen Cerezo| District of Puerto Rico| June 30, 1980-February 28, 2021|  |  | Puerto Rico University, 1963| Puerto Rico University Law, 1966
John Kane| District of Colorado| 12/16/1977 - 4/8/1988|  |  | University of Colorado, B.A., 1958| University of Denver Law, J.D., 1960
Ellen Burns| District of Connecticut| 5/18/1978-9/1/1992| Connecticut Superior Court| 1976-1978| Albertus Magnus College, 1944| Yale Law School, 1947
Warren Eginton| District of Connecticut| July 24, 1979 - August 1, 1992|  |  | Princeton University, 1948| Yale Law School, 1951
Charles Sifton| Eastern District of New York| 10/12/1977 - 3/18/2000|  |  | Harvard, B.A., 1957| Columbia Law, LL.B., 1961
Neal McCurn| Northern District of New York| 11/02/1979-04/05/1993| Attorney in private practice| 1952-1979| Syracuse University, 1950| Syracuse University College of Law, 1952
Zita Weinshienk| District of Colorado| 9/26/1979 - 4/3/1998|  |  | University of Arizona, B.A., 1955| Harvard Law, J.D., 1958
Leonard Sand| Southern District of New York| May 19, 1978 - June 30, 1993|  |  | New York University School of Commerce, 1947| Harvard Law, 1951
Robert Sweet| Southern District of New York| April 28, 1978 - February 28, 1991|  |  | Yale University, 1944| Yale Law, 1948
Anne Thompson| District of New Jersey| 11/02/1979 - 05/31/2001|  |  | Howard U., B.A., 1955| Howard U. Law, LL.B., 1964
Harold Ackerman| District of New Jersey| 11/2/1979 - 2/15/1994|  |  | | Rutgers University School of Law (1951)
Dickinson Debevoise| District of New Jersey| 11/02/1979 - 04/30/1994|  |  | Williams College, B.A., 1948| Columbia Law, LL.B., 1951
Louis Pollak| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 07/12/1978 - 12/31/1990|  |  | Harvard, B.A., 1943| Yale, LL.B., 1948
Norma Shapiro| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| August 11, 1978 - December 31, 1998|  |  | University of Michigan, B.A., 1948| University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1951
James Giles| Eastern District of Pennsylvania| 11/27/1979 - 2/11/2008|  |  | B.A., Amherst College, 1964| LL.B., Yale Law School, 1967
Gilbert Merritt| Sixth Circuit| October 31, 1977 - January 17, 2001|  |  | Yale University, B.A., 1957| Vanderbilt University Law School, LL.B., 1960
Cornelia Kennedy| Sixth Circuit| 9/26/1979-3/1/1999| Eastern District of Michigan| 10/7/1970-10/3/1979| University of Michigan, B.A., 1945| University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1947
Boyce Martin| Sixth Circuit| September 26, 1979 - August 16, 2013| Kentucky Court of Appeals| 1976 - 1979| Davidson College, 1957| University of Virginia School of Law, 1963
Richard Conaboy| Middle District of Pennsylvania| July 24, 1979 - September 1, 1992| Judge, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas| 1962-1979| University of Scranton, 1945| Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1950
Sylvia Rambo| Middle District of Pennsylvania| July 24, 1979 - April 18, 2001| Judge, Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas| 1976-1978| Dickinson College, 1958| Dickinson School of Law, 1962
Bruce Jenkins| District of Utah| September 22, 1978 - September 30, 1994| US Bankruptcy Judge| 1973-1978| University of Utah, 1949| University of Utah College of Law, 1952
Frank Seay| Eastern District of Oklahoma| November 2, 1979 - September 25, 2003|  |  | University of Oklahoma, 1961| University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1966
Lee West| Western District of Oklahoma| November 2, 1979 - November 26, 1994|  |  | University of Oklahoma, 1952| University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1956
Truman McGill Hobbs Sr. (Alabama federal district court judge)| Middle District of Alabama| April 3, 1980 - February 11, 1991|  |  | University of North Carolina, 1942| Yale Law School, 1948
Robert Propst| Northern District of Alabama| May 30, 1980-July 15, 1996|  |  | University of Alabama, 1953| University of Alabama School of Law, 1957
U. W. Clemon| Northern District of Alabama| 6/30/1980 - 1/31/2009|  |  | Miles College, B.A., 1965| Columbia Law, J.D., 1968
Myron Thompson| Middle District of Alabama| September 29, 1980 - August 22, 2013|  |  | Yale University, 1969| Yale Law School, 1972
George Mitchell| District of Maine| 10/5/1979-5/16/1980|  |  | Bowdoin College, B.A., 1954| Georgetown U. Law, LL.B., 1960
Martin Loughlin| District of New Hampshire| 4/26/1979 - 5/15/1989| New Hampshire Superior Court| 1963-1979| St. Anselm`s College, A.B., 1947| Suffolk U. Law, LL.B., 1951
Shane Devine| District of New Hampshire| 6/27/1978 - 9/8/1992|  |  | New Hampshire U., B.A., 1949| Boston College Law, J.D., 1952
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
Howell Melton| Middle District of Florida| 4/26/1977-2/1/1991|  |  | University of Florida, 1943| University of Florida College of Law, 1948
William Castagna| Middle District of Florida| 7/24/1979 - 6/29/1992|  |  | University of Florida, 1949| University of Florida, 1967
Paul Hatfield| District of Montana| 5/10/1979-2/9/1996|  |  | | University of Montana, 1955
Terence Evans| Seventh Circuit| 8/11/1995 - 1/7/2010| Eastern District of Wisconsin| 11/2/1979 - 8/11/1995| Marquette Uuniversity, 1962| Marquette University Law School, 1967
William Hoeveler| Southern District of Florida| April 26, 1977 - January 31, 1991|  |  | Bucknell University, 1947| Harvard Law School, 1950
Jose Gonzalez (Florida)| Southern District of Florida| 7/28/1978 - 11/30/1996|  |  | University of Florida, B.A., 1952| University of Florida, J.D., 1957
James Paine| Southern District of Florida| 10/5/1979 - 5/20/1992|  |  | Columbia University School of Business (1947)| University of Virginia School of Law (1950)
Milton Shadur| Northern District of Illinois| 5/23/1980 - 6/25/1992|  |  | University of Chicago, B.S., 1943| University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1949
Howard Sachs| Western District of Missouri| 9/26/1979-10/31/1992|  |  | Williams College, 1947| Harvard Law School, 1950
Horace Gilmore| Eastern District of Michigan| 6/18/1980 - 5/1/1991|  |  | University of Michigan, B.A., 1939| University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1942
Stewart Newblatt| Eastern District of Michigan| 9/26/1979 - 12/23/1993|  |  | University of Michigan, 1950| University of Michigan Law School, 1952
Orinda Evans| Northern District of Georgia| 7/24/1979-12/31/2008|  |  | Duke University,1965| Emory University School of Law, 1968
Marvin Shoob| Northern District of Georgia| July 24, 1979 - September 30, 1991|  |  | | University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 1948
Horace Ward| Northern District of Georgia| 12/6/1979 - 12/31/1993|  |  | Morehouse College, B.A., 1949| Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1959
Charles Moye| Northern District of Georgia| 10/16/1970 - 1/1/1988|  |  | Emory University, B.A., 1939| Emory University, J.D., 1943
Ernest Tidwell| Northern District of Georgia| 7/24/1979-10/8/1999|  |  | | Emory University School of Law, 1954
Harold Murphy| Northern District of Georgia| July 29, 1977 - March 31, 2017| 7th Superior Court District of Georgia| 1971-1977| | University of Georgia Law, LL.B., 1949
Robert Vining| Northern District of Georgia| 7/24/1979 - 3/31/1996|  |  | University of Georgia, B.A., 1959| University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 1959
Benjamin Gibson| Western District of Michigan| 9/26/1979 - 7/13/1996|  |  | Wayne State U., B.S., 1955| Detroit College of Law, J.D., 1960
Berry Edenfield| Southern District of Georgia| 10/11/1978-8/2/2009|  |  | University of Georgia, 1956| University of Georgia, 1958
Dudley Bowen| Southern District of Georgia| November 27, 1979 - June 25, 2006|  |  | University of Georgia, 1964| University of Georgia, 1965
James Foreman| Southern District of Illinois| 3/31/1979-6/1/1992| Eastern District of Illinois| 3/7/1972-3/31/1979| University of Illinois, 1950| University of Illinois College of Law, 1952
William Beatty| Southern District of Illinois| 10/5/1979 - 11/9/1992|  |  | | Saint Louis University School of Law (1950)
Henry Woods| Eastern District of Arkansas| 2/20/1980 - 3/1/1995|  |  | University of Arkansas (1938)| University of Arkansas School of Law (1940)
William Overton| Eastern District of Arkansas| 5/11/1979 - 7/14/1987|  |  | University of Arkansas (1961)| University of Arkansas School of Law (1964)
Richard Arnold (Arkansas)| Eighth Circuit| 2/20/1980 - 9/23/2004| Eastern District of Arkansas| 1978 - 1980| Yale University (1957)| Harvard Law School (1960)
Donald Porter| District of South Dakota| 5/11/1979 - 3/16/1992|  |  | University of South Dakota, B.S., 1942| University of South Dakota School of Law, LL.B., 1943
Douglas Hillman| Western District of Michigan| 9/26/1979 - 2/15/1991|  |  | University of Michigan, A.B., 1946| University of Michigan Law School, LL.B., 1948
Diana Murphy| Eighth Circuit| October 11, 1994 - November 29, 2016| District of Minnesota| February 20, 1980 - October 13, 1994| University of Minnesota, B.A., 1954| University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 1974
Stephanie Seymour| Tenth Circuit| November 2, 1979 - October 16, 2005|  |  | Smith College, B.A., 1962| Harvard Law School, J.D., 1965
Robert Lanier Anderson| Eleventh Circuit| October 1, 1981 - January 31, 2009| Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals| July 13, 1979 - October 1, 1981| Yale College, A.B., 1958| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1961
Phyllis Kravitch| Eleventh Circuit| October 1, 1981 - December 31, 1996| Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals| March 23, 1979 - October 1, 1981| Goucher College, 1941| University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1943
Joseph Hatchett| Eleventh Circuit| 10/1/1981 - 5/14/1999| Fifth Circuit| 1979-1981| Florida A&M U> '54| Howard U. Law '59
Albert Henderson| Eleventh Circuit| 7/12/1979 - 1/31/1986| Northern District of Georgia| 1968-1979| | Mercer U., LL.B., 1947
Thomas Clark (Eleventh Circuit)|  United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit| October 1, 1981 - August 31, 1991| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| August 28, 1979 - October 1, 1981| Washington and Lee University, B.S., 1942| University of Georgia School of Law, LL.B, 1949
Robert Vance| United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit| October 1, 1981 - December 16, 1989| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| December 15, 1977 - October 1, 1981| University of Alabama, B.S., 1950| University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1952
Susan Black (Eleventh Circuit)| Eleventh Circuit| August 12, 1992 - February 25, 2011| Middle District of Florida| 1979 - 1992| Florida State University, B.A., 1964| University of Florida College of Law, J.D. 1967
Monroe McKay| Tenth Circuit| December 1, 1977 - December 31, 1993|  |  | Brigham Young University, B.S., 1957| University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1960
Richard Cudahy| Seventh Circuit| September 26, 1979 - August 15, 1994|  |  | West Point, 1948| Yale Law, 1955
Pierre Leval| Second Circuit| October 20, 1993 - August 16, 2002| Southern District of New York| 1977 - 1993| Harvard College, A.B., 1959| Harvard Law School, J.D., 1963
Jon Newman| Second Circuit| June 21, 1979 - July 1, 1997| District of Connecticut| 1971 - 1979| Princeton University, A.B., 1953| Yale Law School, LL.B., 1956
Amalya Kearse| Second Circuit| June 21, 1979 - June 11, 2002|  |  | Wellesley College, B.A., 1959| University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1962
Jose Cabranes| Second Circuit| August 10, 1994 - Present| District of Connecticut| 1979 - 1994| Columbia University, A.B., 1961| Yale Law School, J.D., 1965
Thomas Reavley| Fifth Circuit| July 13, 1979 - August 1, 1990|  |  | University of Texas, B.A., 1942| Harvard Law School, J.D., 1948
Carolyn King| Fifth Circuit| July 13, 1979 - December 31, 2013|  |  | Smith College, B.A., 1959| Yale Law School, LL.B., 1962
Alvin Rubin| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| September 19, 1977 - July 1, 1989| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana| November 3, 1966 - October 8, 1977| Louisiana State University, B.S., 1941| Louisiana State University Law School, LL.B., 1942
Henry Politz| Fifth Circuit| 7/13/1979 - 3/25/2002|  |  | Louisiana State University, B.A., 1958| Louisiana State University Law School, J.D., 1959
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
Albert Tate, Jr.| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| October 5, 1979 - March 27, 1986| Associate justice, Louisiana Supreme Court| 1970-1979| George Washington University, B.A., 1941| Yale Law School, LL.B., 1947
Jerre Williams| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| June 18, 1980 - July 2, 1990|  |  | University of Denver, A.B., 1938| Columbia Law School, J.D., 1941
Robert Parker| Fifth Circuit| 6/16/1994 - 11/1/2002| Eastern District of Texas| 4/26/1979 - 6/17/1994| U. of Texas, Austin, B.B.A., 1961| University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1964
Samuel Ervin| Fourth Circuit| 1980-1999| North Carolina Superior Courts| 1967-1980| Davidson College '48| Harvard Law '51
James Sprouse| United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit| September 13, 1979 - October 31, 1992|  |  | St. Bonaventure University, A.B., 1947| Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1949
Dolores Sloviter| Third Circuit| June 21, 1979 - June 21, 2013|  |  | Temple University, A.B., 1953| University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1956
Lee Sarokin| Third Circuit| 10/5/1994 - 7/31/1996| District of New Jersey| 11/2/1979 - 10/4/1994| Dartmouth College (1950)| Harvard Law School (1953)
Richard Williams (Virginia)| Eastern District of Virginia| 9/30/1980 - 5/1/1992|  |  | | University of Virginia School of Law, 1951
George Anderson| District of South Carolina| May 23, 1980-January 29, 2009|  |  | Southeastern University, 1949| University of South Carolina School of Law, 1954
Earl Britt| Eastern District of North Carolina| May 23, 1980 - December 7, 1997|  |  | Wake Forest College, 1956| Wake Forest College School of Law, 1958
Peter Beer| Eastern District of Louisiana| 11/27/1979 - 04/11/1994| Louisiana Supreme Court, Justice| 1978 - 1979| Tulane U., B.B.A., 1949| Tulane Law School, LL.B., 1952
John Parker (Louisiana)| Middle District of Louisiana| 09/26/1979 - 10/30/1998|  |  | Louisiana State U., B.A., 1949| Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1952
Frank Polozola| Middle District of Louisiana| 05/23/1980 - 01/14/2007| Middle District of Louisiana, Magistrate Judge| 1973 - 1980| | Louisiana State U. Law, LL.B., 1965
Lyonel Senter| Northern District of Mississippi| 12/21/1979 - 7/30/1998| First Judicial District of Mississippi, 1968-1979| 1968 - 1979| University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., 1956| University of Mississippi Law, LL.B., 1959
Harold Sanders| Northern District of Texas| 4/26/1979 - 1/1/1996|  |  | University of Texas, B.A., 1949| University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1950
Jerry Buchmeyer| Northern District of Texas| 10/5/1979 - 9/5/2003|  |  | Kilgore Junior College, B.S., 1953; U. of Texas, B.A., 1955| University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1957
Mary Lou Robinson| Northern District of Texas| April 26, 1979 - February 3, 2016| Chief justice, Texas Seventh District Court of Appeals| 1973 - 1979| University of Texas, 1948| University of Texas School of Law, 1950
Harry Hudspeth| Western District of Texas| November 27, 1979 - June 30, 2001| Federal magistrate judge, Western District of Texas| 1977-1979| University of Texas, 1955| University of Texas School of Law, 1958
Alan Bloch| Western District of Pennsylvania| November 2, 1979 - April 12, 1997|  |  | University of Pennsylvania, 1953| University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1958
Gustave Diamond| Western District of Pennsylvania| May 2, 1978 - January 31, 1994|  |  | Duke University, 1951| Duquesne University School of Law, 1956
Edward Reed| District of Nevada| 9/26/1979 - 7/15/1992|  |  | University of Nevada, B.A., 1949| Harvard Law School, J.D., 1952
Earl Carroll| District of Arizona| June 30, 1980 - October 10, 1994|  |  | University of Arizona, 1948| University of Arizona College of Law, 1951
William C. Pryor| District of Columbia Court of Appeals| 1979-|  |  | Dartmouth College, B.A., 1954| Georgetown Law Center, J.D., 1959
Owen Panner| District of Oregon| February 20, 1980 - July 28, 1992|  |  | | University of Oklahoma, 1949
James Redden| District of Oregon| February 20, 1980 - March 13, 1995|  |  | | Boston College Law School, 1954
Thelton Henderson| Northern District of California| 6/30/1980 - 11/28/1998|  |  | University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1956| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1962
Marilyn Patel| Northern District of California| 6/30/1980-10/30/2009|  |  | Wheaton College, 1959| Fordham University School of Law, 1963
Lawrence Karlton| Eastern District of California| July 24, 1979 - May 28, 2000| Judge, Superior Court of California for Sacramento County| 1976-1979| | Columbia Law School, 1958
Terry Hatter| Central District of California| 12/20/1979 - 4/22/2005|  |  | Wesleyan U., B.A., 1954| University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1960
Consuelo Marshall| Central District of California| 9/30/1980 - 10/24/2005|  |  | Howard University, B.A., 1958| Howard University, LL.B., 1961
Mariana Pfaelzer| Central District of California| 9/23/1978-12/31/1997|  |  | University of California, Santa Barbara, 1949| University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, 1957
John Ferren| District of Columbia Court of Appeals| 1977-1997| Corporation Counsel for DC| 1997-1999| Harvard College| Harvard Law School
Annice Wagner| District of Columbia Court of Appeals| 1994-2005| Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court| | |
Justin Quackenbush| Eastern District of Washington| 6/18/1980 - 6/27/1995|  |  | University of Idaho, B.A., 1951| Gonzaga U. School of Law, LL.B., 1957
Barbara Rothstein| D.C. District Court| February 20, 1980 - September 1, 2011|  |  | Cornell University, 1960| Harvard Law School, 1966
Louis Oberdorfer| D.C. District Court| 10/11/1977 - 7/31/1992|  |  | Dartmouth '39| Yale Law '46
James Phillips| Fourth Circuit| August 11, 1978 - July 31, 1994|  |  | Davidson College, 1943| University of North Carolina School of Law, 1948
George Kazen| Southern District of Texas| 5/11/1979 - 5/31/2009|  |  | University of Texas, B.B.A., 1960| University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1961
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
Stephen Reinhardt| Ninth Circuit| September 11, 1980 - Present|  |  | Pomona College, B.A., 1951| Yale Law School, LL.B., 1954
Procter Hug| Ninth Circuit| September 15, 1977 - January 1, 2002|  |  | University of Nevada, Reno, B.S., 1953| Stanford Law School, LL.B., 1958
Betty Binns Fletcher| Ninth Circuit| 9/26/1979 - 11/1/1998| Private practice| 1956 - 1979| Stanford University 1943| University of Washington School of Law 1956
Otto Skopil| Ninth Circuit| 9/26/1979 - 6/30/1986| District of Oregon| 6/2/1972 - 10/20/1979| Willamette U., B.A., 1941| Willamette U. College of Law, LL.B., 1946
Joseph Farris| Ninth Circuit| September 27, 1979 - March 4, 1995| Washington Court of Appeals| 1969 - 1979| Morehouse College, B.S., 1951| University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1958
Arthur Alarcon| Ninth Circuit| 11/2/1979-11/21/1992| Judge, California Courts of Appeal| 1978-1979| University of Southern California 1949| University of Southern California Law School 1951
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)
Dorothy Wright Nelson| Ninth Circuit| December 20, 1979 - January 1, 1995|  |  | University of California, Los Angeles, A.B., 1950| University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D. 1953
William Canby| Ninth Circuit| May 23, 1980 - May 23, 1996|  |  | Yale University, B.A., 1953| University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1956
Robert Boochever| Ninth Circuit| 6/18/1980 - 6/10/1986| Alaska Supreme Court| 1972 - 1980| Cornell University 1939| Cornell Law School 1941
Harry Edwards| D.C. Circuit| 2/20/1980-11/3/2005|  |  | Cornell University, 1962| University of Michigan Law, 1965
Daniel Friedman| Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit| 10/1/1982 - 11/1/1989|  |  | Columbia U., 1937| Columbia Law, 1940
Joseph Clemens Howard| District of Maryland| 10/5/1979 - 11/14/1991|  |  | University of Iowa (1950), Drake University (1955)| Drake University (1968)
David Sutherland Nelson| District of Massachusetts| 3/23/1979 - 9/27/1991| Superior Court of Massachusetts| 1973-1979| Boston College, B.S., 1957| Boston College Law School, J.D., 1960
Gilroy Daly| District of Connecticut| 8/5/1977 - 7/11/1996|  |  | Georgetown U., B.A., 1952| Yale Law, LL.B., 1957
Robert Keeton| District of Massachusetts| 3/23/1979 - 2/28/2003|  |  | Texas U., B.B.A., 1940| Texas U. Law, LL.B., 1941, Harvard Law, S.J.D., 1956
David Mazzone| District of Massachusetts| 2/10/1978 - 6/3/1993| Massachusetts Superior Courts| 1957-1978| Harvard College, B.A., 1950| DePaul U. Law, J.D., 1957
John McNaught| District of Massachusetts| 3/23/1979 - 2/1/1991| Massachusetts Superior Courts| 1972-1979| Boston College, B.A., 1943| Boston College Law, J.D., 1949
Eugene Nickerson| Eastern District of New York| 10/21/1977 - 1/1/1994|  |  | Harvard, B.A., 1941| Columbia Law, LL.B., 1943
Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz| District of Puerto Rico| 2/20/1980 - 12/27/1993|  |  | Puerto Rico U., B.A., 1957| Puerto Rico U. Law, LL.B., 1961
Juan Perez-Gimenez| District of Puerto Rico| 12/6/1979 - 3/28/2006| District of Puerto Rico, U.S. Magistrate| 1975 - 1979| Puerto Rico U., B.A., 1963| Puerto Rico U. Law, LL.B., 1968
Francis Boyle| District of Rhode Island| 7/1/1977 - 12/1/1992|  |  | | Boston College Law, 1952
Mary Lowe| Southern District of New York| 6/27/1978 - 7/27/1991|  |  | Hunter College of the City University of New York (1951)| Brooklyn Law School (1954), Columbia Law School (1955)
Abraham Sofaer| Southern District of New York| 3/23/1979 - 6/9/1985|  |  | Yeshiva University (1962)| New York University School of Law (1965)
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)
George White (Ohio)| Northern District of Ohio| 5/23/1980-2/26/1999|  |  | | Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1955
Donald Ziegler| Western District of Pennsylvania| 5/2/1978 - 10/1/2001| Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,| 1974 - 1978| Duquesne U., B.A., 1958| Georgetown U. Law Center, LL.B., 1961
Paul Simmons| Western District of Pennsylvania| 4/7/1978-5/31/1990| Judge, Washington County Court of Common Pleas| 1973-1978| University of Pittsburgh, 1946| Harvard Law, 1949
Shirley Jones| District of Maryland| 10/5/1979 - 12/31/1982|  |  | University of Baltimore Junior College (1944)| University of Baltimore School of Law (1946)
Norman Ramsey| District of Maryland| 9/30/1980 - 10/31/1991|  |  | | University of Maryland School of Law (1947)
Richard Erwin| Middle District of North Carolina| 9/30/1980 - 9/22/1992| North Carolina Court of Appeals| 1978-1980| Johnson C. Smith U., B.A., 1947| Howard U. Law, LL.B., 1951
Falcon Hawkins| District of South Carolina| 9/26/1979 - 10/1/1993|  |  | The Citadel, B.S., 1958| University of South Carolina Law, J.D., 1963
Charles Weston Houck| District of South Carolina| September 26, 1979-October 1, 2003|  |  | | University of South Carolina School of Law, 1956
Matthew Perry| District of South Carolina| 9/20/1979-9/30/1995| Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces| 1971-1974| South Carolina State College, 1948| South Carolina State College, 1951
James Michael| Western District of Virginia| 9/30/1980 - 10/31/1995|  |  | University of Virginia (1940)| University of Virginia School of Law (1942)
William Kidd| Northern District of West Virginia| 1/14/1983 - 12/20/1998| Southern District of West Virginia| 1979 - 1983| | West Virginia University College of Law (1950)
Robert Staker| Southern District of West Virginia| 9/13/1979 - 12/31/1994|  |  | | West Virginia University College of Law (1952)
Harold Vietor| Southern District of Iowa| May 11, 1979 - December 29, 1996|  |  | University of Iowa, B.A., 1955| University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 1958
George Arceneaux| Eastern District of Louisiana| 9/26/1979 - 4/6/1993|  |  | Louisiana State University (1949)| American University's Washington College of Law (1957)
Patrick Carr (Louisiana)| Eastern District of Louisiana| 9/26/1979 - 10/1/1991|  |  | | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1950)
Robert Collins| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana| May 19, 1978 - 1993| Magistrate judge, Criminal District Court, New Orleans, Louisiana| 1972-1978| Dillard University, B.A., 1951| Louisiana State University Law School, LL.B., 1954
Adrian Duplantier| Eastern District of Louisiana| 5/31/1978 - 3/6/1994|  |  | | Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1949), University of Virginia School of Law (1988)
Veronica Wicker| Eastern District of Louisiana| 9/26/1979 - 12/10/1994|  |  | Syracuse University (1952)| Loyola University New Orleans School of Law (1966)
John Shaw (Louisiana)| Western District of Louisiana| 9/26/1979 - 11/15/1996|  |  | Washington and Lee U., B.S., 1953| Louisiana State U. Law, J.D., 1956
Earl Veron| Western District of Louisiana| 8/5/1977 - 2/13/1990|  |  | |
David Belew| Northern District of Texas| 4/26/1979 - 5/7/1990|  |  | University of Texas (1946)| University of Texas School of Law (1948)
Norman Black| Southern District of Texas| 5/11/1979 - 12/6/1996| U.S. Magistrate| 1976 - 1979| University of Texas, B.B.A., 1953| University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1955
George Cire| Southern District of Texas| 5/11/1979 - 5/5/1985|  |  | St. Edward's University (1943)| University of Texas School of Law (1948)
Finis Cowan| Southern District of Texas| 6/13/1977 - 6/30/1979|  |  | Rice University (1951)| University of Texas School of Law (1956)
James DeAnda| Southern District of Texas| 5/11/1979 - 10/1/1992|  |  | Texas A & M University, B.A.| University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1950
Hugh Gibson| Southern District of Texas| 10/5/1979 - 11/1/1989|  |  | Rice University (1940)| Baylor University School of Law (1948)
Gabrielle McDonald| Southern District of Texas| 5/11/1979 - 8/14/1988|  |  | Howard University (1966)|
Filemon Vela (Texas judge)| Southern District of Texas| 6/18/1980 - 5/1/2000|  |  | | St. Mary's University School of Law (1962)
Lucius Bunton| Western District of Texas| 11/27/1979 - 12/1/1992|  |  | University of Texas (1947)| University of Texas School of Law (1950)
Hipolito Garcia| Western District of Texas| 9/30/1980 - 1/16/2002|  |  | | St. Mary's University School of Law (1951)
Clyde Shannon| Western District of Texas| 6/18/1980 - 1/1/1984|  |  | Loyola University New Orleans (1965)| University of Texas School of Law (1968)
James Ellison| Northern District of Oklahoma| 11/2/1979-11/7/1994|  |  | University of Oklahoma, 1951| University of Oklahoma Law, 1951
Scott Reed (Kentucky)| Eastern District of Kentucky| 11/2/1979 - 8/1/1988|  |  | | University of Kentucky College of Law (1945)
Thomas Ballantine| Western District of Kentucky| 10/12/1977 - 11/29/1991|  |  | University of Kentucky, B.A., 1948| University of Louisville School of Law, LL.B., 1954
Patricia Boyle| Eastern District of Michigan| 9/23/1978 - 4/20/1983|  |  | Wayne State University| Wayne State University (1963)
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
Nicholas Bua| Northern District of Illinois| 10/11/1977 - 11/4/1991|  |  | | De Paul University College of Law (1953)
Susan Getzendanner| Northern District of Illinois| 9/30/1980 - 9/30/1987|  |  | Loyola University Chicago (1966)| Loyola University Chicago School of Law (1966)
George Howard| Eastern District of Arkansas| 9/30/1980 - 4/21/2007| Western District of Arkansas| 1980-1990| University of Arkansas (1954)| University of Arkansas School of Law (1954)
Elsijane Roy| Eastern District of Arkansas| 11/1/1977 - 1/1/1989| Western District of Arkansas| 11/1/1977 - 12/1/1990| | University of Arkansas School of Law (1939)
Stanley Roszkowski| Northern District of Illinois| 10/11/1977-1/9/1991|  |  | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1949| University of Illinois College of Law, 1954
Gene Brooks| Southern District of Indiana| 10/5/1979 - 12/31/1996| Bankruptcy Judge| 1973 - 1979| Indiana State U., B.S., 1953| Indiana U. School of Law, LL.B., 1958
Harry MacLaughlin| District of Minnesota| 9/19/1977 - 10/1/1992|  |  | University of Minnesota, B.B.A., 1949| University of Minnesota Law School, LL.B., 1956
Robert Renner| District of Minnesota| 2/20/1980 - 2/22/1992|  |  | Saint John's University (1947)| Georgetown University Law School (1949)
Richard Bilby| District of Arizona| 9/26/1979 - 5/29/1996|  |  | University of Arizona, B.S., 1955| University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1958
Valdemar Cordova| District of Arizona| 6/21/1979 - 4/20/1984|  |  | | University of Arizona College of Law (1950)
Edward Price (Eastern District of California)| Eastern District of California| 12/20/1979 - 12/31/1989|  |  | University of California Berkeley (1947)| University of California Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law (1949)
Raul Ramirez| Eastern District of California| 5/23/1980 - 12/31/1989|  |  | Los Angeles State College (1967)| University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (1970)
Milton Schwartz| Eastern District of California| 11/27/1979 - 1/20/1990|  |  | University of California, Berkeley (1941)| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (1948)
Clyde Cahill| Eastern District of Missouri| 5/23/1980 - 8/18/2004|  |  | Saint Louis University (1949)| Saint Louis University School of Law (1951)
William Hungate| Eastern District of Missouri| 9/25/1979 - 10/1/1991|  |  | University of Missouri (1943)| Harvard Law School (1948)
Russell Clark| Western District of Missouri| 7/5/1977 - 8/1/1991|  |  | | University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, LL.B., 1952
David Kenyon| Central District of California| 9/29/1980 - 10/27/1995|  |  | University of California, Berkeley (1952)| University of Southern California Law School (1957)
James Carrigan| District of Colorado| 9/26/1979 - 10/10/1994|  |  | University of North Dakota (1953)| University of North Dakota School of Law (1953)
Patrick Kelly| District of Kansas| 5/23/1980 - 6/6/1995|  |  | Wichita U., B.A., 1951| Washburn U. Law, LL.B., 1953
Dale Saffels| District of Kansas| 11/2/1979 - 11/16/1990|  |  | Emporia State University (1947)| Washburn University School of Law (1949)
Juan Burciaga| District of New Mexico| 11/2/1979 - 11/9/1994|  |  | U.S. Military Academy, B.S., 1952| University of New Mexico Law, J.D., 1963
Santiago Campos| District of New Mexico| 7/12/1978 - 12/26/1992|  |  | | University of New Mexico Law, J.D., 1953
Thomas Brett| Northern District of Oklahoma| 11/2/1979 - 10/3/1996|  |  | University of Oklahoma, B.B.A., 1952| University of Oklahoma Law, LL.B., 1957, J.D., 1971
David Winder| District of Utah| 12/6/1979 - 6/8/1997| Utah district court| 1977-1979| University of Utah, 1955| Stanford Law School, 1958
Elbert Haltom| Northern District of Alabama| 5/30/1980 - 12/31/1991|  |  | University of Alabama School of Law (1948)|
Charles Hardy (Arizona)| District of Arizona| 5/23/1980 - 6/2/1990|  |  | University of Arizona (1947)| University of Arizona College of Law (1950)
George Carr| Middle District of Florida| 12/16/1977 - 1/26/1990|  |  | University of Florida, B.S.B.A., 1951| University of Florida Law, LL.B., 1954
Lynn Higby| Northern District of Florida| 10/5/1979 - 1/3/1983|  |  | Emory University (1960)| Emory University School of Law (1962)
Edward Davis (Florida)| Southern District of Florida| 10/5/1979 - 6/30/2000|  |  | | University of Florida Law, J.D. 1960
Earl Gilliam| Southern District of California| 8/20/1980 - 4/2/1993|  |  | San Diego State University (1953)| University of California, Hastings College of Law (1957)
Judith Keep| Southern District of California| 6/30/1980 - 9/14/2004|  |  | Scripps College, Claremont, California, B.A., 1966| University of San Diego School of Law, J.D., 1970
Robert Aguilar (California federal judge)| Northern District of California| 6/18/1980 - 4/15/1996|  |  | University of California, Berkeley (1954)| University of California, Berkeley, Boalt School of Law (1958)
James Kehoe| Southern District of Florida| 10/5/1979 - 10/16/1992|  |  | University of Florida (1947)| University of Florida College of Law (1950)
Eugene Spellman| Southern District of Florida| 10/5/1979 - 5/4/1991|  |  | University of Florida (1953)| University of Florida College of Law (1955)
Robert Hall (Georgia)| Northern District of Georgia| 11/2/1979 - 12/31/1990|  |  | University of Georgia (1941)| University of Virginia School of Law (1948)
Walter Heen| District of Hawaii| 1/8/1981 - 12/16/1981|  |  | University of Hawaii (1953)| Georgetown University Law Center (1955)
Harry Claiborne| District of Nevada| 8/11/1978 - 10/9/1986|  |  | | Cumberland U., LL.B., 1941
Robert McNichols| Eastern District of Washington| 12/10/1979 - 4/20/1991|  |  | | Gonzaga U. School of Law, LL.B., 1952
Jack Tanner| Western District of Washington| 5/19/1978 - 1/28/1991| United States District Court for the Easter District of Washington| 1978-1978| | University of Washington School of Law (1955)
Francis Murnaghan|  United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit| July 13, 1979 - August 31, 2000|  |  | Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1941| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1948
Samuel Johnson| United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit| October 5, 1979 - May 10, 1991| Associate justice, Supreme Court of Texas| 1973-1979| Baylor University, B.B.A., 1946| University of Texas School of Law, LL.B., 1949
Nathaniel Jones| United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit| October 5, 1979 - May 13, 1995| General counsel, NAACP| 1969-1979| Youngstown State University, A.B., 1951| Youngstown State University, LL.B, 1955
Theodore McMillian| United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit| September 23, 1978 - July 1, 2003|  |  | Lincoln University, Missouri, B.S., 1941| Saint Louis University School of Law, LL.B., 1949
James Logan| United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit| December 16, 1977 - August 31, 1994|  |  | University of Kansas, A.B., 1952| Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1955
Harold Greene| United States District Court for the District of Columbia| May 19, 1978 - August 6, 1995| Chief judge, Superior Court of District of Columbia| 1971-1978| George Washington University, B.A., 1949| George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1952
Norma Johnson| D.C. District Court| 5/12/1980 - 6/18/2001| District of Columbia Superior Court| 1970-1980| District of Columbia Teachers College 1955| Georgetown U. Law 1962
John Penn| D.C. District Court| 3/23/1979 - 3/31/1998| Superior Court of the District of Columbia| 1971-1979| University of Massachusetts 1954| Boston U. Law 1957
Joyce Green| D.C. District Court| May 11, 1979 - July 1, 1995|  |  | University of Maryland, 1949| George Washington University School of Law, 1951
Abner Mikva| D.C. Circuit| September 26, 1979 - September 19, 1994|  |  | | University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1951
Patricia Wald| D.C. Circuit| 7/26/1979 - 11/16/1999|  |  | Connecticut College for Women 1948| Yale Law 1951
Helen Frye| District of Oregon| 2/20/1980 - 12/10/1995|  |  | University of Oregon, B.A., 1953| University of Oregon Law School, J.D., 1966
Alfredo Marquez| District of Arizona| 6/30/1980-7/25/1991|  |  | University of Arizona, 1948| University of Arizona College of Law, 1950
Frank M. Johnson, Jr.| Eleventh Circuit| 10/1/1981 - 10/30/1991| Fifth Circuit| | | University of Alabama Law, LL.B., 1943
Frederick H. Weisberg| Superior Court of the District of Columbia| 1977-Present| Chief of the Appellate Division, Public Defender Service| 1974-1977| Cornell University, 1965| University of Michigan, 1968
Truman A. Morrison III| Superior Court of the District of Columbia| 1979-1999| Head of the Trial Division, Public Defender Service| 1975-1979| University of Wisconsin, 1967| University of Wisconsin Law School, 1970
Paul R. Webber, III| Superior Court of the District of Columbia| 1977-1998|  |  | South Carolina State University, 1955| South Carolina State University's School of Law, 1957
Peter H. Wolf| Superior Court of the District of Columbia| |  |  | | Harvard Law School
Herbert L. Chabot| United States Tax Court| 4/3/1978-6/30/2001|  |  | C.C.N.Y., 1951| Columbia University, 1957
Arthur L. Nims, III| United States Tax Court| 6/29/1979 - 6/1/1992|  |  | Williams College, B.A., 1947| University of Georgia Law School, LL.B., 1949
Atsushi Wallace Tashima| Ninth Circuit| January 4, 1996 - June 30, 2004| Central District of California| 1980 - 1986| University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1958| Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1961
Alcee Hastings| U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida| 1979 - 1989|  |  | Fisk University & Howard University| Florida A&M University
Robinson Everett| United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces| 4/16/1980 - 1990|  |  | Harvard University| Harvard Law School
Edward Samuel Smith| Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit| 10/1/1982 - 6/1/1989| Judge, Court of Claims| 1978 - 1982| University of Virginia, 1941| University of Virginia Law, 1947
Alfred Laureta| United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands| 1978 - 1988|  |  | |
Cristobal C. Duenas| United States District Court of Guam| 1969-1991|  |  | | University of Michigan, 1952

## 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.[4] Of those appointments, 234 were Article III judges.[5] Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from the Senate.[6]

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
* Jimmy Carter

## 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. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
4. ↑ United States Courts, "Judgeship Appointments by President," accessed January 20, 2021
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2021

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1977|

Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron

1978|

Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler

1979|

Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright •

Zobel
1980|

Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams

1981|

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