List of federal judges appointed by William Howard Taft explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President William Howard Taft during his presidency.^[1] In total Taft appointed 57 Article III federal judges, among them were: six justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice, 13 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 38 judges to the United States district courts. Taft also appointed judges to various specialty courts, including 5 appointees to the Article III United States Commerce Court, 6 appointees to the Article I United States Court of Customs Appeals and 1 appointee to the Article I tribunal Board of General Appraisers (later the United States Customs Court). The Commerce Court was abolished in 1913; Taft was thus the only president to appoint judges to that body.

From the establishment of the United States courts of appeals on June 16, 1891, until the abolition of the United States circuit courts on December 31, 1911, all United States Circuit Judges where jointly appointed to both the United States court of appeal and the United States circuit court for their respective circuit. Starting January 1, 1912, United States Circuit Judges served only on the United States court of appeal for their respective circuit.

United States Supreme Court justices

	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended
			Tennessee
			New York
			Louisiana
			Wyoming
			Georgia

Courts of appeals and circuit courts

The United States circuit courts were abolished on January 1, 1912, the final day of service being December 31, 1911. Judges Frederic Dodge and John Bayard McPherson did not have any United States circuit court service, having taken office subsequent to abolition of the circuit courts.

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

District courts

	Judge	Court ^[5]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
					^[6]
			^[7]		^[8]
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
						^[9]
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
			^[10]		^[11]

Specialty courts

United States Court of Customs Appeals

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
		^[12]
					^[13]
						Elevated
					^[14]

Board of General Appraisers

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. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on January 1, 1916.
3. Removed from office due to impeachment and conviction.
4. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on July 1, 1929.
5. See List of United States district and territorial courts
6. [Recess appointment]
7. Previously nominated by President Roosevelt on April 23, 1908. Renominated by President Roosevelt on December 8, 1908.
8. [Recess appointment]
9. On January 1, 1912, Smith was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina. On March 3, 1915, he was reassigned to serve only on the Eastern District
10. Renominated on December 3, 1912.
11. [Recess appointment]
12. Originally nominated on January 5, 1910. Nomination was withdrawn on February 22, 1910 and renominated on March 9, 1910.
13. Laterally appointed as Presiding Judge of the same court on June 28, 1921.
14. Laterally appointed as Presiding Judge of the same court on January 4, 1923.

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. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on January 1, 1916.
3. Removed from office due to impeachment and conviction.
4. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on July 1, 1929.
5. See List of United States district and territorial courts
6. [Recess appointment]
7. Previously nominated by President Roosevelt on April 23, 1908. Renominated by President Roosevelt on December 8, 1908.
8. [Recess appointment]
9. On January 1, 1912, Smith was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina. On March 3, 1915, he was reassigned to serve only on the Eastern District
10. Renominated on December 3, 1912.
11. [Recess appointment]
12. Originally nominated on January 5, 1910. Nomination was withdrawn on February 22, 1910 and renominated on March 9, 1910.
13. Laterally appointed as Presiding Judge of the same court on June 28, 1921.
14. Laterally appointed as Presiding Judge of the same court on January 4, 1923.

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