List of federal judges appointed by Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur

Justice Horace Gray, Arthur's first and longest serving appointee to the Supreme Court

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Chester A. Arthur during his presidency.^[1] In total Arthur appointed nineteen federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, four judges to the United States circuit courts, and thirteen judges to the United States district courts.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service
Blatchford, SamuelSamuel Blatchford	Seat 4	New York	01882-03-22 March 22, 1882	01893-07-07 July 7, 1893
Gray, HoraceHorace Gray	Seat 2	Massachusetts	01881-12-20 December 20, 1881	01902-09-15 September 15, 1902

Circuit Courts

David Josiah Brewer, appointed to the Eighth Circuit Court by Arthur, was later elevated to the Supreme Court.

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service
Brewer, David JosiahDavid Josiah Brewer	Eighth	01884-03-31 March 31, 1884	01890-01-06 January 6, 1890
Colt, LeBaron B.LeBaron B. Colt	First	01884-07-05 July 5, 1884	01913-02-07 February 7, 1913[2]
Gresham, Walter Q.Walter Q. Gresham	Seventh	01884-10-28 October 28, 1884[3]	01893-03-03 March 3, 1893[2]
Wallace, William JamesWilliam James Wallace	Second	01882-04-06 April 6, 1882	01907-05-08 May 8, 1907[2]

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service
Carpenter, Jr., George MoultonGeorge Moulton Carpenter, Jr.	D.R.I.	01884-12-18 December 18, 1884	01896-07-31 July 31, 1896
Coxe, Sr., Alfred ConklingAlfred Conkling Coxe, Sr.	N.D.N.Y.	01882-05-04 May 4, 1882	01902-06-14 June 14, 1902
McCay, Henry KentHenry Kent McCay	N.D. Ga.	01882-08-04 August 4, 1882	01886-07-30 July 30, 1886
Paul, JohnJohn Paul	W.D. Va.	01883-03-03 March 3, 1883	01901-11-01 November 1, 1901
Sabin, Chauncey BrewerChauncey Brewer Sabin	E.D. Tex.	01884-04-05 April 5, 1884	01890-03-30 March 30, 1890
Sabin, George MyronGeorge Myron Sabin	D. Nev.	01882-07-26 July 26, 1882	01890-05-12 May 12, 1890
Sage, George ReadGeorge Read Sage	S.D. Ohio	01883-03-20 March 20, 1883[4]	01898-08-24 August 24, 1898
Seymour, Augustus SherrillAugustus Sherrill Seymour	E.D.N.C.	01882-02-21 February 21, 1882	01897-02-19 February 19, 1897
Shiras, Oliver PerryOliver Perry Shiras	N.D. Iowa	01882-08-04 August 4, 1882	01903-11-01 November 1, 1903
Speer, EmoryEmory Speer	S.D. Ga.	01885-02-18 February 18, 1885	01918-12-13 December 13, 1918
Wales, Leonard EugeneLeonard Eugene Wales	D. Del.	01884-03-20 March 20, 1884	01897-02-08 February 8, 1897
Webb, NathanNathan Webb	D. Me.	01882-01-24 January 24, 1882	01902-06-30 June 30, 1902
Woods, William AllenWilliam Allen Woods	D. Ind.	01883-05-02 May 2, 1883[5]	01892-03-21 March 21, 1892

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Davis, John Chandler BancroftJohn Chandler Bancroft Davis	1882	1883[6]
Weldon, LawrenceLawrence Weldon	1883	1905
Davis, JohnJohn Davis	1885	1902

Notes

1. ^ See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

General

• "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj. Retrieved 2009-04-03. 

Specific

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. ^ ^{a b c} Reassigned by operation of law to the corresponding United States Court of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1884, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1884, and received commission on December 9, 1884.
4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission on January 7, 1884.
5. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission on January 7, 1884.
6. ^ Davis was previously appointed to the Court of Claims by Rutherford B. Hayes; he resigned from this position, but was restored to it by Arthur the following year.

Source

• Federal Judicial Center