List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Calvin Coolidge during his presidency.[1] In total, Coolidge appointed 82 Article III federal judges, surpassing the previous record of 80 appointed by Theodore Roosevelt. These included one Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, 17 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 64 judges to the United States district courts.

Coolidge appointed judges to various Article I specialty courts as well, including Genevieve R. Cline, who became the first woman named to the Federal judiciary when Coolidge placed her on the United States Customs Court in 1928.[2] Among Coolidge's Article I Federal judicial appointments are 2 judges to the United States Court of Customs Appeals (later the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals), 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims, 1 member of the Board of General Appraisers (later the United States Customs Court) and 2 judges to the United States Customs Court.

Courts of appeals

JudgeCircuitNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service		Ended senior
status
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]

District courts

JudgeCourt
[9] 		Nomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service		Ended senior
status
[10] [11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
Elevated
[15]
[16]
[17]
Elevated
[18]
[19]
[20] Elevated
[21]
[22]
[23] Elevated
[24]
[25]
[26]
[27]
[28] Elevated
[29]
[30] Elevated
[31] [32]

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Customs Appeals

The United States Court of Custons Appeals became the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals on March 2, 1929.[33]

United States Customs Court

The Board of General Appraisers became the United States Customs Court on May 28, 1926.[37]

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. Jo Freeman, A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics, 2002: Rowman and Littlefield, p. 216
  3. Elevated to Chief Justice by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 3, 1941, ending his service on seat 9.
  4. [Recess appointment]
  5. [Recess appointment]
  6. [Recess appointment]
  7. [Recess appointment]
  8. Originally appointed to the Eighth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 28, 1929.
  9. See List of United States district and territorial courts
  10. Joint appointment; received recess appointment from Warren G. Harding and commission from Calvin Coolidge.
  11. [Recess appointment]
  12. [Recess appointment]
  13. [Recess appointment]
  14. [Recess appointment]
  15. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma on February 16, 1925.
  16. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
  17. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
  18. [Recess appointment]
  19. [Recess appointment]
  20. [Recess appointment]
  21. [Recess appointment]
  22. [Recess appointment]
  23. Received a second recess appointment to the same seat on the same court, but resigned to accept appointment to the United States Customs Court.
  24. [Recess appointment]
  25. [Recess appointment]
  26. [Recess appointment]
  27. [Recess appointment]
  28. Renominated on January 12, 1928.
  29. Renominated on December 6, 1928.
  30. [Recess appointment]
  31. Previously nominated on March 18, 1925 to another seat on the same court. Confirmed on the same day, but declined the appointment.
  32. [Recess appointment]
  33. Web site: U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Legislative History - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.
  34. Laterally appointed to serve as Presiding Judge of the same court by Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 1, 1937.
  35. Previously nominated to the same seat on January 2, 1913 by President Taft. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated to the same seat upon it becoming vacant again by President Coolidge on April 18, 1928.
  36. Laterally appointed as Chief Justice, previously served as Judge of the same court.
  37. Web site: U.S. Customs Court: Legislative History - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.
  38. Appointed to the Board of General Appraisers.
  39. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Customs Court on May 28, 1926. Served on that court until May 27, 1932.
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. Jo Freeman, A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics, 2002: Rowman and Littlefield, p. 216
  3. Elevated to Chief Justice by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 3, 1941, ending his service on seat 9.
  4. [Recess appointment]
  5. [Recess appointment]
  6. [Recess appointment]
  7. [Recess appointment]
  8. Originally appointed to the Eighth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 28, 1929.
  9. See List of United States district and territorial courts
  10. Joint appointment; received recess appointment from Warren G. Harding and commission from Calvin Coolidge.
  11. [Recess appointment]
  12. [Recess appointment]
  13. [Recess appointment]
  14. [Recess appointment]
  15. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma on February 16, 1925.
  16. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
  17. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
  18. [Recess appointment]
  19. [Recess appointment]
  20. [Recess appointment]
  21. [Recess appointment]
  22. [Recess appointment]
  23. Received a second recess appointment to the same seat on the same court, but resigned to accept appointment to the United States Customs Court.
  24. [Recess appointment]
  25. [Recess appointment]
  26. [Recess appointment]
  27. [Recess appointment]
  28. Renominated on January 12, 1928.
  29. Renominated on December 6, 1928.
  30. [Recess appointment]
  31. Previously nominated on March 18, 1925 to another seat on the same court. Confirmed on the same day, but declined the appointment.
  32. [Recess appointment]
  33. Web site: U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Legislative History - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.
  34. Laterally appointed to serve as Presiding Judge of the same court by Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 1, 1937.
  35. Previously nominated to the same seat on January 2, 1913 by President Taft. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated to the same seat upon it becoming vacant again by President Coolidge on April 18, 1928.
  36. Laterally appointed as Chief Justice, previously served as Judge of the same court.
  37. Web site: U.S. Customs Court: Legislative History - Federal Judicial Center. www.fjc.gov.
  38. Appointed to the Board of General Appraisers.
  39. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Customs Court on May 28, 1926. Served on that court until May 27, 1932.

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