List of federal judges appointed by James Madison explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President James Madison during his presidency.^[1] In total Madison appointed 13 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 2 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 9 judges to the United States district courts. One of Madison's district court appointments was in fact appointed twice, to succeed himself on the same court, having resigned from the first appointment to pursue another political office.

United States Supreme Court justices

	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
			Maryland
			Massachusetts

District courts

	Judge	Court ^[2]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
						^[3]
						^[4]
					^[5]
						^[6]

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. See List of United States district and territorial courts
3. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 9, 1814.
4. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on February 4, 1819.
5. [Recess appointment]
6. Elevated

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