- List of federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his presidency.[1] In total Eisenhower appointed five Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 45 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 129 judges to the United States district courts.
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United States Supreme Court Justices
Main article: Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Court candidatesJustice Seat State Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceEnded senior
statusWilliam J. Brennan, Jr. Seat 1 New Jersey October 15, 1956[2] July 20, 1990 July 24, 1997 John Marshall Harlan II Seat 9 Kentucky March 17, 1955 September 23, 1971 December 29, 1971 Potter Stewart Seat 8 Ohio October 14, 1958[3] July 3, 1981 December 7, 1985 Earl Warren Chief Justice California October 2, 1953[4] June 23, 1969 July 9, 1974 Charles Evans Whittaker Seat 6 Missouri March 22, 1957 March 31, 1962 September 30, 1965 Courts of Appeals
Judge Circuit Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceEnded senior
statusBailey Aldrich First September 10, 1959 August 31, 1972 September 25, 2002 Stanley Nelson Barnes Ninth March 21, 1956 October 31, 1970 March 5, 1990 Walter Maximillian Bastian D.C. Cir. September 20, 1954[5] March 16, 1965 March 12, 1975 Harry Blackmun Eighth September 21, 1959 June 8, 1970 – Herbert Stephenson Boreman Fourth June 17, 1959 June 15, 1971 March 26, 1982 Jean Sala Breitenstein Tenth June 27, 1957 July 31, 1970 January 30, 1986 John Robert Brown Fifth July 27, 1955 July 20, 1984 January 23, 1993 Warren E. Burger D.C. Cir. March 29, 1956 June 23, 1969 – Benjamin Franklin Cameron Fifth March 16, 1955 April 3, 1964 – Latham Castle Seventh April 30, 1959 February 26, 1970 March 10, 1986 Lester LeFevre Cecil Sixth July 18, 1959 August 1, 1965 November 26, 1982 Richard Harvey Chambers Ninth April 30, 1954 December 31, 1976 October 21, 1994 John A. Danaher D.C. Cir. October 1, 1953[6] January 22, 1969 September 22, 1990 James Alger Fee Ninth April 30, 1954 August 25, 1959 – Phillip Forman Third September 10, 1959 March 31, 1961 August 17, 1978 Henry Friendly Second September 10, 1959 April 15, 1974 March 11, 1986 Frederick George Hamley Ninth July 2, 1956 July 6, 1971 May 5, 1975 Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr. Ninth March 26, 1958 September 5, 1963 December 28, 1973 John Marshall Harlan II Second February 10, 1954 March 27, 1955 – John Simpson Hastings Seventh August 26, 1957 February 1, 1969 February 7, 1977 Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. Fourth April 4, 1957 April 6, 1981 November 22, 1989 Carroll C. Hincks Second October 3, 1953[7] May 15, 1959 September 30, 1964 Gilbert H. Jertberg Ninth August 21, 1958 September 30, 1967 June 8, 1973 Warren Leroy Jones Fifth April 21, 1955 February 17, 1966 November 11, 1993[8] Winfred George Knoch Seventh August 21, 1958 December 4, 1967 May 23, 1983 Montgomery Oliver Koelsch Ninth September 23, 1959 January 31, 1976 September 1, 1992 Dal Millington Lemmon Ninth April 29, 1954 April 26, 1958 – David Thomas Lewis Tenth June 5, 1956 December 3, 1977 September 28, 1983 J. Edward Lumbard Second July 12, 1955 July 20, 1971 June 3, 1999 Marion Charles Matthes Eighth March 12, 1958 July 14, 1973 November 30, 1980 Charles Merton Merrill Ninth September 21, 1959 October 8, 1974 March 29, 1996 Leonard P. Moore Second September 6, 1957[9] March 1, 1971 December 7, 1982 Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan Sixth March 12, 1960 September 27, 1969 October 7, 1975 William Lynn Parkinson Seventh August 26, 1957 October 26, 1959 – Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg Seventh November 17, 1953[7] September 15, 1968 – John Joseph Smith Second September 2, 1960 November 6, 1971 February 16, 1980 Simon Sobeloff Fourth July 18, 1956 December 31, 1970 July 11, 1973 Potter Stewart Sixth April 27, 1954 October 13, 1958 – Elbert Tuttle Fifth August 4, 1954 June 1, 1968 June 23, 1996[8] Martin Donald Van Oosterhout Eighth August 26, 1954 July 6, 1971 January 28, 1979 Charles Joseph Vogel Eighth August 20, 1954 February 20, 1968 September 8, 1980 Sterry R. Waterman Second July 13, 1955 November 13, 1970 February 6, 1984 Paul Charles Weick Sixth September 10, 1959 December 31, 1981 May 22, 1997 Charles Evans Whittaker Eighth June 5, 1956 March 24, 1957 – John Minor Wisdom Fifth June 27, 1957 January 15, 1977 May 15, 1999 District courts
Judge Court
[Note 1]Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceEnded senior
statusBailey Aldrich D. Mass. April 27, 1954 September 14, 1959 – Robert P. Anderson D. Conn. April 27, 1954 August 20, 1964 – Alfred Albert Arraj D. Colo. August 6, 1957 August 31, 1976 October 23, 1992 John Ries Bartels E.D.N.Y. July 30, 1959 December 31, 1973 February 13, 1997 Axel John Beck D.S.D. March 4, 1958 October 27, 1969 September 2, 1981 Alexander Bicks S.D.N.Y. May 12, 1954 May 9, 1963 – George Hugo Boldt W.D. Wash. July 14, 1953 October 30, 1971 March 18, 1984 William Augustus Bootle M.D. Ga. May 20, 1954 March 11, 1972 January 25, 2005 Herbert Stephenson Boreman N.D.W.Va. July 22, 1954 June 22, 1959 – Jean Sala Breitenstein D. Colo. April 27, 1954 July 9, 1957 – Henry Luesing Brooks W.D. Ky. August 21, 1954 December 12, 1969 – Walter Bruchhausen E.D.N.Y. May 8, 1953 May 20, 1967 October 11, 1976 Frederick van Pelt Bryan S.D.N.Y. June 19, 1956 April 1, 1972 April 17, 1978 Lloyd Hudson Burke N.D. Cal. July 21, 1958 August 20, 1979 March 15, 1988 Algernon Lee Butler E.D.N.C. August 31, 1959 August 2, 1975 September 5, 1978 Andrew Augustine Caffrey D. Mass. October 13, 1960[10] October 17, 1986 October 6, 1993 G. Harrold Carswell N.D. Fla. April 10, 1958 June 27, 1969 – John M. Cashin S.D.N.Y. August 17, 1955[11] October 1, 1965 October 21, 1970 Lester LeFevre Cecil S.D. Ohio April 23, 1953 July 28, 1959 – Lamar John Ryan Cecil E.D. Tex. August 31, 1954[12] February 14, 1958 – Olin Hatfield Chilson D. Colo. March 5, 1960 December 31, 1973 September 28, 1991 Emett Clay Choate S.D. Fla. July 20, 1954 January 31, 1965 August 14, 1974 Albert Sherman Christensen D. Utah May 28, 1954 August 17, 1971 August 13, 1996 Thurmond Clarke S.D. Cal. August 3, 1955 September 1, 1970[13] February 28, 1971 Claude Feemster Clayton N.D. Miss. March 12, 1958 November 23, 1967 – James C. Connell N.D. Ohio August 10, 1954 September 21, 1971 October 30, 1973 Myron Donovan Crocker S.D. Cal. September 21, 1959 January 1, 1981[14] February 2, 2010 Theodore Roosevelt Dalton W.D. Va. August 13, 1959 October 12, 1976 October 30, 1989 Ronald Davies D.N.D. July 27, 1955 August 27, 1971 April 18, 1996 Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins, Jr. W.D. La. August 3, 1953 August 6, 1973 August 31, 1984 Archie Owen Dawson S.D.N.Y. April 27, 1954 August 3, 1964 – Edward William Day D.R.I. November 10, 1953[7] March 19, 1976 October 22, 1985 Edward Devitt D. Minn. December 10, 1954[15] May 1, 1981 March 2, 1992 William G. East D. Or. June 8, 1955 April 10, 1967 April 27, 1985 Thomas C. Egan E.D. Pa. August 26, 1957 July 6, 1961 – Joe Ewing Estes N.D. Tex. August 1, 1955 July 1, 1972 October 24, 1989 John Feikens E.D. Mich. October 13, 1960[16] September 27, 1961 – John A. Field, Jr. S.D.W.Va. August 13, 1959 October 7, 1971 – Joseph Jefferson Fisher E.D. Tex. September 10, 1959 January 30, 1984 June 19, 2000 Ralph M. Freeman E.D. Mich. June 10, 1954 July 1, 1973 March 29, 1990 Edward Thaxter Gignoux D. Me. August 26, 1957 June 1, 1983 November 4, 1988 Robert A. Grant N.D. Ind. August 26, 1957 December 1, 1972 March 2, 1998 Harlan Hobart Grooms N.D. Ala. August 3, 1953 February 3, 1969 August 23, 1991 Kenneth Philip Grubb E.D. Wis. June 16, 1955 October 8, 1965 – Sherrill Halbert N.D. Cal. August 26, 1954 September 30, 1969 May 31, 1991 Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr. N.D. Cal. August 3, 1953 April 15, 1958 – George Luzerne Hart, Jr. D.D.C. August 29, 1958[17] May 16, 1979 May 21, 1984 John Oliver Henderson W.D.N.Y. September 21, 1959 February 19, 1974 – Jesse Smith Henley E.D. Ark.
E.D. Ark.
W.D. Ark.October 25, 1958
September 8, 1959September 8, 1959
March 24, 1975[18]– William Bernard Herlands S.D.N.Y. August 12, 1955[19] August 28, 1969 – Edwin Richley Hicklin S.D. Iowa August 16, 1957 January 27, 1960 September 19, 1963 Walter Hartman Hodge D. Alaska February 19, 1960 August 30, 1966 July 12, 1975 Julius Hoffman N.D. Ill. May 14, 1953 February 3, 1972 July 1, 1983 Walter Edward Hoffman E.D. Va. July 15, 1954 September 3, 1974 November 21, 1996 Cale James Holder S.D. Ind. August 6, 1954 August 23, 1983 – Edwin Ford Hunter, Jr. W.D. La. October 3, 1953[20] February 19, 1976 February 22, 2002 Joe McDonald Ingraham S.D. Tex. August 6, 1954 December 31, 1969 – William James Jameson D. Mont. March 28, 1957 February 27, 1969 October 8, 1990 Gilbert H. Jertberg S.D. Cal. March 16, 1955 September 1, 1958 – Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. M.D. Ala. October 22, 1955[21] July 12, 1979 – William George Juergens E.D. Ill. June 22, 1956 April 26, 1972 December 7, 1988[22] Anthony Julian D. Mass. September 10, 1959 August 1, 1972 January 18, 1984 Frederick William Kaess E.D. Mich. July 6, 1960 December 13, 1975 March 30, 1979 Girard Edward Kalbfleisch N.D. Ohio September 21, 1959 September 30, 1970 April 1, 1990 W. Wallace Kent W.D. Mich. June 10, 1954 January 6, 1971 – Ewing Thomas Kerr D. Wyo. October 22, 1955[11] September 26, 1975 July 1, 1992 John Kilkenny D. Or. July 30, 1959 September 26, 1969 – Winfred George Knoch N.D. Ill. May 14, 1953 September 14, 1958 – Charles William Kraft, Jr. E.D. Pa. August 12, 1955[23] November 11, 1970 January 18, 2002 Fred Kunzel S.D. Cal. September 10, 1959 November 19, 1969 – Arthur Stephen Lane D.N.J. August 30, 1960 July 15, 1967 – Caleb Rodney Layton III D. Del. April 17, 1957 April 26, 1968 May 6, 1988 Richard Harrington Levet S.D.N.Y. March 8, 1956 July 1, 1966 May 3, 1976 Oren Ritter Lewis E.D. Va. May 31, 1960 January 1, 1974 June 12, 1983 Joseph Patrick Lieb S.D. Fla. August 13, 1955[11] November 2, 1971[24] – John Whitaker Lord, Jr. E.D. Pa. May 20, 1954 December 19, 1971 May 16, 1972 Lloyd Francis MacMahon S.D.N.Y. September 10, 1959 May 31, 1982 April 8, 1989 Joseph Charles McGarraghy D.D.C. December 3, 1954 December 17, 1967 November 29, 1975 John Wilson McIlvaine W.D. Pa. August 1, 1955 July 1, 1963 – Frederick Olen Mercer S.D. Ill. June 19, 1956 April 3, 1966 – Charles Miller Metzner S.D.N.Y. September 10, 1959 September 30, 1977 November 30, 2009 George Theodore Mickelson D.S.D. December 9, 1953[20] February 28, 1965 – John Lester Miller W.D. Pa. May 20, 1954 October 1, 1971 July 20, 1978 Julius Howard Miner N.D. Ill. February 27, 1958 March 13, 1963 – Jacob Mishler E.D.N.Y. July 6, 1960 April 30, 1980 January 26, 2004 Justin Colfax Morgan W.D.N.Y. March 8, 1956 May 24, 1959 – Mendon Morrill D.N.J. April 23, 1958 March 12, 1961 – Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan E.D. Mich. August 7, 1957 April 4, 1960 – Edmund Louis Palmieri S.D.N.Y. May 12, 1954 June 30, 1972 June 15, 1989 William Lynn Parkinson N.D. Ind. August 6, 1954 September 9, 1957 – Charles Ferguson Paul N.D.W.Va. March 5, 1960 February 17, 1965 – Robert Van Pelt D. Neb. June 13, 1957 May 5, 1970 April 27, 1988 Omer Poos S.D. Ill. August 21, 1958 August 31, 1973 August 11, 1976 Charles Lawrence Powell E.D. Wash. June 17, 1959 April 21, 1972 August 17, 1975 George Scott Register D.N.D. July 27, 1955 December 22, 1971 March 18, 1972 Ross Rizley W.D. Okla. April 13, 1956 March 26, 1965 March 4, 1969 Richard Earl Robinson D. Neb. July 3, 1956 January 7, 1972 January 28, 1991 Edwin Albert Robson N.D. Ill. September 29, 1958[25] April 16, 1975 October 21, 1986 Waldo Henry Rogers D.N.M. May 15, 1954 January 12, 1964 – John Rolly Ross D. Nev. May 15, 1954 April 22, 1963 – John Sirica D.D.C. March 28, 1957 October 31, 1977 August 14, 1992 Randle Jasper Smith W.D. Mo. July 3, 1956 January 8, 1962 – Herbert Peter Sorg W.D. Pa. August 1, 1955 December 20, 1976 March 11, 1979 Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr. D. Kan. July 7, 1958 April 1, 1971 January 27, 2001 Edwin Monroe Stanley M.D.N.C. October 23, 1957[9] December 23, 1971 – Edwin DeHaven Steel, Jr. D. Del. April 23, 1958 December 30, 1969 July 26, 1986 Roy Laverne Stephenson S.D. Iowa May 31, 1960 July 6, 1971 – William Thomas Sweigert N.D. Cal. September 21, 1959 November 30, 1973 February 16, 1983 Cyrus Nils Tavares D. Haw. October 13, 1960[26] April 12, 1972 August 3, 1976 Fredrick Monroe Taylor D. Idaho July 20, 1954 December 15, 1971 February 16, 1988 Roby C. Thompson W.D. Va. August 30, 1957 July 29, 1960 – Roszel Cathcart Thomsen D. Md. May 12, 1954 January 31, 1971 March 11, 1992 William H. Timbers D. Conn. September 2, 1960 August 6, 1971 – Francis Lund Van Dusen E.D. Pa. August 1, 1955 June 26, 1967 – Lawrence Edward Walsh S.D.N.Y. April 28, 1954 December 29, 1957 – Robert Dorsey Watkins D. Md. August 12, 1955[11] August 11, 1971 March 19, 1986 Randolph Henry Weber E.D. Mo. March 14, 1957 November 23, 1961 – Paul Charles Weick N.D. Ohio March 29, 1956 October 7, 1959 – Carl Andrew Weinman S.D. Ohio September 8, 1959 March 1, 1973 February 5, 1979 Charles Evans Whittaker W.D. Mo. July 8, 1954 June 21, 1956 – Joseph Putnam Willson W.D. Pa. July 14, 1953 October 18, 1968 August 3, 1998 Albert Charles Wollenberg N.D. Cal. May 19, 1958 April 30, 1975 April 19, 1981 Harold Kenneth Wood E.D. Pa. September 10, 1959 June 24, 1971 December 17, 1972 Reynier Jacob Wortendyke, Jr. D.N.J. June 8, 1955 June 1, 1970 December 26, 1975 Caleb Merrill Wright D. Del. July 27, 1955 October 8, 1973 May 12, 2001 Gordon Elmo Young E.D. Ark. September 10, 1959 August 20, 1969 – Joseph Carmine Zavatt E.D.N.Y. August 7, 1957 December 31, 1970 August 31, 1985 Specialty courts
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Judge Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceArthur Mumford Smith 1959 1968 Isaac Jack Martin 1958 1966 Giles Sutherland Rich 1956 1982[27] United States Court of Claims
Judge Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceDon Nelson Laramore 1954 1982[27] James Randall Durfee 1960 1977 United States Customs Court
Judge Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceDavid John Wilson 1954 1976 Mary Donlon Alger 1955 1977 Scovel Richardson 1957 1980[28] Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 5, 1959, and received commission on May 7, 1959.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1954, and received commission on March 20, 1954.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 8, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1954, and received commission on December 3, 1954.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1954, and received commission on March 31, 1954.
- ^ a b c Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 9, 1954.
- ^ a b Reassigned to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981 by operation of law.
- ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1958, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1958, and received commission on February 27, 1958.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1961, and received commission on August 16, 1961.
- ^ a b c d Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on March 2, 1956.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 8, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1954, and received commission on December 3, 1954.
- ^ On September 18, 1966, Clarke was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- ^ On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1955, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1955, and received commission on February 7, 1955.
- ^ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received commission on September 10, 1959.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959 to the Eastern District of Arkansas only, but not confirmed by the United States Senate; formally re-nominated on August 18, 1959 (prior to the expiration of the recess appointment) to a different seat on both the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received his commission on September 8, 1959.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26, 1956, and received commission on June 27, 1956.
- ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 10, 1954.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956.
- ^ On March 30, 1979, Juergens was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.
- ^ On October 29, 1962, Lieb was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1959, and received commission on April 30, 1959.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
- ^ Reassigned to the Court of International Trade when the Customs Court was dissolved, receiving his commission on November 1, 1980.
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