List of federal judges appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes during his presidency.[1] In total Hayes made 22 Article III federal judicial appointments, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 4 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 16 judges to the United States district courts.
Hayes appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.
- Hayes' most notable judicial appointment was Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan.
- Hoyt Henry Wheeler, highly regarded as a Vermont district court judge.
United States Supreme Court justices
[edit]# | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
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1 | John Marshall Harlan | 8 | Kentucky | David Davis | October 16, 1877 | November 29, 1877 | November 29, 1877 | October 14, 1911 |
2 | William Burnham Woods | 3 | Ohio | William Strong | December 15, 1880 | December 21, 1880 | December 21, 1880 | May 14, 1887 |
Hayes also nominated Stanley Matthews to the Supreme Court, but the United States Senate did not act on the nomination; Matthews was renominated by Hayes' successor, James A. Garfield, and was confirmed.
Circuit courts
[edit]# | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
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1 | John Baxter | Sixth | October 25, 1877[Rn 1] | December 13, 1877 | December 13, 1877 | April 2, 1886 |
2 | Samuel Blatchford | Second | February 15, 1878 | March 4, 1878 | March 4, 1878 | March 22, 1882[2] |
3 | John Lowell | First | December 16, 1878 | December 18, 1878 | December 18, 1878 | May 1, 1884 |
4 | George W. McCrary | Eighth | December 1, 1879 | December 9, 1879 | December 9, 1879 | March 18, 1884 |
District courts
[edit]# | Judge | Court [Note 1] | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
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1 | Hoyt Henry Wheeler | D. Vt. | March 15, 1877 | March 16, 1877 | March 16, 1877 | September 30, 1906 |
2 | Romanzo Bunn | W.D. Wis. | October 25, 1877 | October 30, 1877 | October 30, 1877 | January 9, 1905 |
3 | William Gardner Choate | S.D.N.Y. | March 14, 1878 | March 25, 1878 | March 25, 1878 | June 1, 1881 |
4 | Eli Shelby Hammond | W.D. Tenn. | June 15, 1878 | June 17, 1878 | June 17, 1878 | December 17, 1904 |
5 | Thomas Leverett Nelson | D. Mass. | January 7, 1879 | January 10, 1879 | January 10, 1879 | November 21, 1897 |
6 | Alexander Burton Hagner | D.D.C. | January 17, 1879 | January 21, 1879 | January 21, 1879 | June 1, 1903 |
7 | William Butler | E.D. Pa. | February 12, 1879 | February 19, 1879 | February 19, 1879 | January 31, 1899 |
8 | Walter Smith Cox | D.D.C. | February 26, 1879 | March 1, 1879 | March 1, 1879 | July 1, 1899 |
9 | Andrew Phelps McCormick | N.D. Tex. | April 7, 1879 | April 10, 1879 | April 10, 1879 | March 22, 1892[2] |
10 | Thomas John Morris | D. Md. | July 1, 1879 | July 1, 1879 | July 1, 1879 | June 6, 1912 |
11 | Charles Pinckney James | D.D.C. | December 1, 1879 | December 10, 1879 | July 24, 1879[3] | December 1, 1892 |
12 | William Hercules Hays | D. Ky. | December 1, 1879 | December 10, 1879 | September 6, 1879[3] | March 7, 1880 |
13 | Marcus W. Acheson | W.D. Pa. | January 6, 1880 | January 14, 1880 | January 14, 1880 | February 9, 1891[2] |
14 | John W. Barr | D. Ky. | April 9, 1880 | April 16, 1880 | April 16, 1880 | February 21, 1899 |
15 | David M. Key | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. | May 19, 1880 | May 27, 1880 | May 27, 1880 | January 21, 1895 |
16 | Ezekiel B. Turner | W.D. Tex. | December 14, 1880[Rn 2] | December 20, 1880 | November 18, 1880[4] | June 2, 1888 |
Specialty courts (Article I)
[edit]United States Court of Claims
[edit]# | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
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1 | Bancroft Davis | December 12, 1877 | December 14, 1877 | December 14, 1877 | December 9, 1881[5] |
2 | William H. Hunt | April 18, 1878 | May 15, 1878 | May 15, 1878 | March 11, 1881 |
Notes
[edit]- Renominations
References
[edit]- General
- "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. 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.
- ^ a b c Elevated
- ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 1, 1879, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1879, and received commission on December 10, 1879.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1880, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1880, and received commission on December 20, 1880.
- ^ Davis resigned from the Court of Claims, and was re-appointed the following year by Chester A. Arthur.