List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson explained

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency.^[1] Johnson appointed 184 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 41 to the United States Courts of Appeals, 128 to the United States district courts, 1 to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 4 to the United States Court of Claims and 8 to the United States Customs Court.

United States Supreme Court justices

See main article: Lyndon B. Johnson Supreme Court candidates.

See also: Thurgood Marshall Supreme Court nomination.

	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Confirmation vote	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended retired service
1			Tennessee
2			New York

Courts of appeals

	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]
							Elevated
	^[7]		^[8]		^[9]		Elevated
			^[10]		^[11]		Elevated
					^[12]
						^[13]
						^[14]
							Elevated
						^[15]	<	--Date mismatch deliberate for sorting purposes.-->
							^[16]
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
			^[17]
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated
							Elevated

Specialty courts (Article III)

United States Customs Court

	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
						Elevated
					^[19]

References

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. Nominated by John F. Kennedy but appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
3. Renominated on January 19, 1966.
4. Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
5. See List of United States district and territorial courts
6. Nominated by John F. Kennedy but appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
7. Initially nominated by John F. Kennedy but renominated by Lyndon B. Johnson.
8. Renominated on February 3, 1964.
9. [Recess appointment]
10. Renominated on January 6, 1964.
11. [Recess appointment]
12. [Recess appointment]
13. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
14. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
15. Reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on June 2, 1970.
16. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.
17. Renominated on January 16, 1967.
18. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
19. 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. Nominated by John F. Kennedy but appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
3. Renominated on January 19, 1966.
4. Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
5. See List of United States district and territorial courts
6. Nominated by John F. Kennedy but appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson.
7. Initially nominated by John F. Kennedy but renominated by Lyndon B. Johnson.
8. Renominated on February 3, 1964.
9. [Recess appointment]
10. Renominated on January 6, 1964.
11. [Recess appointment]
12. [Recess appointment]
13. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
14. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
15. Reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on June 2, 1970.
16. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.
17. Renominated on January 16, 1967.
18. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
19. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.

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 .

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