List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President John F. Kennedy during his presidency.^[1] In total Kennedy appointed 126 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 20 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 102 judges to the United States district courts, 1 judge to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims. Two of Kennedy's District Judge appointees, Andrew Augustine Caffrey and Cyrus Nils Tavares, were recess appointed and nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, before being confirmed by the United States Senate and receiving their commissions from President Kennedy.

Additionally, 1 Article I judicial appointment is listed, namely to the United States Tax Court.

United States Supreme Court justices

See main article: John F. Kennedy Supreme Court candidates.

	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended retired service
			Colorado
			Illinois

Courts of appeals

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

District courts

	Judge	Court ^[7]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
	^[8]		^[9]		^[10]
			^[11]		^[12]
						^[13]
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
						^[14]
							Elevated
						^[15]
						^[16]
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
						^[17]
							Elevated
					^[18]
					^[19]		Elevated
							Elevated
					^[20]
					^[21]
							Elevated
					^[22]
							Elevated
							Elevated
						^[23]
					^[24]
					^[25]

Specialty courts (Article III)

United States Court of Claims

Specialty court (Article I)

United States Tax Court

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

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. Renominated on January 15, 1962.
3. [Recess appointment]
4. [Recess appointment]
5. [Recess appointment]
6. Renominated on January 15, 1963.
7. See List of United States district and territorial courts
8. Recess appointed and nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower but received commission from John F. Kennedy.
9. Previously nominated by President Eisenhower on January 14, 1960. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated by President Eisenhower on January 10, 1961.
10. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1961, and received commission on September 22, 1961.
11. Previously nominated by President Eisenhower on July 1, 1960. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated by President Eisenhower on January 10, 1961.
12. [Recess appointment]
13. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962
14. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana on April 16, 1972.
15. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
16. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on September 17, 1966.
17. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on September 18, 1966.
18. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 1962, and received commission on July 2, 1962.
19. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 11, 1962, and received commission on April 12, 1962.
20. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 20, 1962, and received commission on September 28, 1962.
21. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1962, and received commission on February 17, 1962.
22. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 1962, and received commission on July 12, 1962.
23. Reassigned to the newly created United States District Court for the Central District of California by operation of law on September 18, 1966.
24. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1963, and received commission on April 2, 1963.
25. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 1963, and received commission on March 27, 1963.
26. [Recess appointment]
27. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center