List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Harry S. Truman during his presidency.^[1] In total Truman appointed 133 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 27 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 102 judges to the United States district courts.

Additionally, 9 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 4 judges to the United States Customs Court.

United States Supreme Court justices

See main article: Harry S. Truman Supreme Court candidates.

	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended retired service
			Ohio
			Kentucky
			Texas
			Indiana

Courts of appeals

	Judge	Circuit	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
			^[2]
			^[3]		^[4]
					^[5]
					^[6]
					^[7]
							^[8]

District courts

	Judge	Court ^[9]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
	^[10]
						^[11]	<	--Date mismatch deliberate for sorting purposes.-->
					^[12]
					^[13]
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
	^[14]		^[15]		^[16]
					^[17]
					^[18]
					^[19]
			^[20]
					^[21]		Elevated
					^[22]
			^[23]
	^[24]
							Elevated
					^[25]
					^[26]
							Elevated
							Elevated
					^[27]
					^[28]
					^[29]
					^[30]
					^[31]
					^[32]
							Elevated
						^[33]	Elevated
			^[34]		^[35]		^[36]
					^[37]		Elevated
						^[38]	<	--Date mismatch intentional for sorting purposes.-->
			^[39]		^[40]
					^[41]
			^[42]		^[43]

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
					^[44]
					^[45]

United States Customs Court

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
		^[48]
					^[49]

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. Initially nominated on May 7, 1946. Nomination withdrawn and renominated on May 21, 1946.
3. Renominated on January 5, 1950.
4. [Recess appointment]
5. [Recess appointment]
6. [Recess appointment]
7. [Recess appointment]
8. Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
9. See List of United States district and territorial courts
10. Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt but appointed by Harry S. Truman.
11. On June 1, 1955, Follmer was reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
12. [Recess appointment]
13. [Recess appointment]
14. Harper received three consecutive recess appointments to the same court; his formal nomination was not acted on by the United States Senate the first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate.
15. Renominated on November 24, 1947.
16. [Recess appointment]
17. [Recess appointment]
18. [Recess appointment]
19. [Recess appointment]
20. Renominated on July 29, 1948 and January 13, 1949.
21. [Recess appointment]
22. [Recess appointment]
23. Renominated on January 13, 1949.
24. Allred had earlier been appointed to a different seat on the same court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Allred resigned to seek elected office, and, unsuccessful in that endeavor, was later reappointed to the court by Truman.
25. [Recess appointment]
26. [Recess appointment]
27. [Recess appointment]
28. [Recess appointment]
29. [Recess appointment]
30. [Recess appointment]
31. [Recess appointment]
32. [Recess appointment]
33. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962
34. Renominated on November 27, 1950.
35. [Recess appointment]
36. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
37. [Recess appointment]
38. Reassigned by operation of law to only the Western District on May 19, 1961.
39. Renominated on March 3, 1952.
40. [Recess appointment]
41. [Recess appointment]
42. Renominated on January 9, 1953. Withdrawn by President Eisenhower on July 24, 1953.
43. [Recess appointment]
44. Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on July 19, 1956.
45. Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on April 30, 1959.
46. Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court.
47. Chief Justice seat reassigned as Chief Judge.
48. Initially nominated on March 29, 1945 by President Roosevelt to a different seat on the same court. Nomination confirmed on April 3, 1945, but Johnson declined the appointment. Renominated to a different seat on the same court by President Truman on April 7, 1947.
49. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.

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. Initially nominated on May 7, 1946. Nomination withdrawn and renominated on May 21, 1946.
3. Renominated on January 5, 1950.
4. [Recess appointment]
5. [Recess appointment]
6. [Recess appointment]
7. [Recess appointment]
8. Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
9. See List of United States district and territorial courts
10. Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt but appointed by Harry S. Truman.
11. On June 1, 1955, Follmer was reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
12. [Recess appointment]
13. [Recess appointment]
14. Harper received three consecutive recess appointments to the same court; his formal nomination was not acted on by the United States Senate the first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate.
15. Renominated on November 24, 1947.
16. [Recess appointment]
17. [Recess appointment]
18. [Recess appointment]
19. [Recess appointment]
20. Renominated on July 29, 1948 and January 13, 1949.
21. [Recess appointment]
22. [Recess appointment]
23. Renominated on January 13, 1949.
24. Allred had earlier been appointed to a different seat on the same court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Allred resigned to seek elected office, and, unsuccessful in that endeavor, was later reappointed to the court by Truman.
25. [Recess appointment]
26. [Recess appointment]
27. [Recess appointment]
28. [Recess appointment]
29. [Recess appointment]
30. [Recess appointment]
31. [Recess appointment]
32. [Recess appointment]
33. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962
34. Renominated on November 27, 1950.
35. [Recess appointment]
36. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
37. [Recess appointment]
38. Reassigned by operation of law to only the Western District on May 19, 1961.
39. Renominated on March 3, 1952.
40. [Recess appointment]
41. [Recess appointment]
42. Renominated on January 9, 1953. Withdrawn by President Eisenhower on July 24, 1953.
43. [Recess appointment]
44. Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on July 19, 1956.
45. Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on April 30, 1959.
46. Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court.
47. Chief Justice seat reassigned as Chief Judge.
48. Initially nominated on March 29, 1945 by President Roosevelt to a different seat on the same court. Nomination confirmed on April 3, 1945, but Johnson declined the appointment. Renominated to a different seat on the same court by President Truman on April 7, 1947.
49. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.

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