List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Jackson explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Andrew Jackson during his term of office.^[1] In total Jackson appointed 23 Article III federal judges: 5 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States and 18 judges to the United States district courts.

John Catron was nominated to the United States Supreme Court by President Jackson on the final day of his presidency, March 3, 1837. The United States Senate confirmed the nomination on March 8, 1837 and President Martin Van Buren issued his commission, and thus appointed him, the same day. Jackson nominated William Smith to the United States Supreme Court on his final day in office. The Senate confirmed Smith on March 8, 1837, but he declined the appointment.

United States Supreme Court justices

	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
			Ohio
			Pennsylvania
			Georgia
			Virginia
			Maryland		^[2]

District courts

	Judge	Court ^[3]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
					^[4]	^[5]
					^[6]
					^[7]
					^[8]
						^[9]
					^[10]
						^[11]
						^[12]
						^[13]

Notes

1. All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. Originally nominated on January 15, 1835, to the Associate Justice seat being vacated by Gabriel Duvall. That nomination was not voted on before the end of the session. On December 28, 1835, he was nominated to be Chief Justice.
3. See List of United States district and territorial courts
4. [Recess appointment]
5. Elevated.
6. [Recess appointment]
7. [Recess appointment]
8. Further assigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on June 18, 1839, concurrent to his service in the Eastern and Western Districts.
9. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on February 10, 1855.
10. [Recess appointment]
11. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on June 18, 1838.
12. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri on March 3, 1857.
13. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on February 24, 1863.

Renominations

1. All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. Originally nominated on January 15, 1835, to the Associate Justice seat being vacated by Gabriel Duvall. That nomination was not voted on before the end of the session. On December 28, 1835, he was nominated to be Chief Justice.
3. See List of United States district and territorial courts
4. [Recess appointment]
5. Elevated.
6. [Recess appointment]
7. [Recess appointment]
8. Further assigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on June 18, 1839, concurrent to his service in the Eastern and Western Districts.
9. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on February 10, 1855.
10. [Recess appointment]
11. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on June 18, 1838.
12. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri on March 3, 1857.
13. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on February 24, 1863.

References

General

• Web site: Judges of the United States Courts . . . 2009-04-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160730115701/http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj . 2016-07-30 .

Specific

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center