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 Johnson had six nominees withdrawn and 11 receive no vote from the Senate.[1][2]
Judge | Final post: | Term: | Previous Post: | Term: | Bachelors: | Law: |
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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 |
Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 252 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of November 21, 2024, 219 of the nominees have been confirmed.[3]
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 November 2024, there were 46 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 November 1, 2024, details the number of appointments made by President Biden 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.
The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2021.
The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2021. 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 2021.
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