List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.[1] In total Roosevelt appointed 194 Article III federal judges, more than twice as many as the previous record of 82 appointed by Calvin Coolidge. Among them were: nine justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice, 51 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 134 judges to the United States district courts.

Additionally, 13 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 6 judges to the United States Customs Court.

United States Supreme Court justices

See main article: Franklin D. Roosevelt Supreme Court candidates.

JusticeSeatStateFormer justiceNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Confirmation
vote		Began
active service		Ended
active service		Ended
retired service
1Alabama
2Kentucky
3New York
4Washington[2]
5Michigan
6South Carolina
7New York[3]
8New York
9Missouri[4]

Courts of appeals

JudgeCircuitNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service		Ended senior
status
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
Elevated
[10]
Elevated

District courts

JudgeCourt
[11] 		Nomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service		Ended senior
status
[12] Elevated
[13]
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated
[14]
Elevated
[15]
Elevated
Elevated
[16]
[17] Elevated
[18]
[19] Elevated
[20]
[21]
[22]
[23]
Elevated
[24]

Elevated
Elevated
[25]
[26]
[27]
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated
Elevated


[28]
Elevated
Elevated

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

JudgeNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service		Ended senior
status
[31]
[32]

United States Customs Court

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. Douglas was born in Minnesota and spent a considerable amount of time as a student and later as a teacher at Yale University in Connecticut, but Washington is where he settled his family prior to his nomination to the Court.
  3. Stone had been appointed as an Associate Justice by President Calvin Coolidge on February 5, 1925.
  4. Rutledge lived and worked in many states prior to his nomination to the Court.
  5. First woman appointed to a federal appellate court.
  6. Laterally appointed as Chief Justice of the same court on March 9, 1948.
  7. [Recess appointment]
  8. Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court.
  9. [Recess appointment]
  10. [Recess appointment]
  11. See List of United States district and territorial courts
  12. [Recess appointment]
  13. [Recess appointment]
  14. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
  15. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
  16. [Recess appointment]
  17. Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment, on February 23, 1945.
  18. Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment.
  19. [Recess appointment]
  20. [Recess appointment]
  21. [Recess appointment]
  22. Originally incorrectly nominated on January 24, 1939 to the nonexistent Northern District of Louisiana. Withdrawn and correctly nominated to the Western District of Louisiana on January 25, 1939.
  23. Allred resigned to pursue elected office; unsuccessful, he was later reappointed to a different seat on the same court by President Harry S. Truman.
  24. Nomination withdrawn on May 24, 1939 and renominated on the same day.
  25. Seat reassigned by operation of law to serve both the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington on January 20, 1940.
  26. [Recess appointment]
  27. [Recess appointment]
  28. Renominated on February 1, 1943.
  29. Laterally appointed Presiding Judge, after previously serving as an Associate Judge of the same court.
  30. Reassigned by operation of law to serve as Chief Judge of the same court.
  31. Laterally appointed Chief Justice, after previously serving as a Judge of the same court.
  32. Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court.
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. Douglas was born in Minnesota and spent a considerable amount of time as a student and later as a teacher at Yale University in Connecticut, but Washington is where he settled his family prior to his nomination to the Court.
  3. Stone had been appointed as an Associate Justice by President Calvin Coolidge on February 5, 1925.
  4. Rutledge lived and worked in many states prior to his nomination to the Court.
  5. First woman appointed to a federal appellate court.
  6. Laterally appointed as Chief Justice of the same court on March 9, 1948.
  7. [Recess appointment]
  8. Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court.
  9. [Recess appointment]
  10. [Recess appointment]
  11. See List of United States district and territorial courts
  12. [Recess appointment]
  13. [Recess appointment]
  14. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
  15. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
  16. [Recess appointment]
  17. Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment, on February 23, 1945.
  18. Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment.
  19. [Recess appointment]
  20. [Recess appointment]
  21. [Recess appointment]
  22. Originally incorrectly nominated on January 24, 1939 to the nonexistent Northern District of Louisiana. Withdrawn and correctly nominated to the Western District of Louisiana on January 25, 1939.
  23. Allred resigned to pursue elected office; unsuccessful, he was later reappointed to a different seat on the same court by President Harry S. Truman.
  24. Nomination withdrawn on May 24, 1939 and renominated on the same day.
  25. Seat reassigned by operation of law to serve both the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington on January 20, 1940.
  26. [Recess appointment]
  27. [Recess appointment]
  28. Renominated on February 1, 1943.
  29. Laterally appointed Presiding Judge, after previously serving as an Associate Judge of the same court.
  30. Reassigned by operation of law to serve as Chief Judge of the same court.
  31. Laterally appointed Chief Justice, after previously serving as a Judge of the same court.
  32. Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court.

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