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List of federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln.

Following is a list of allArticle IIIUnited States federal judges appointed byPresidentAbraham Lincoln during his presidency.[1] In total Lincoln appointed 32 Article III federal judges, including 4 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice to theSupreme Court of the United States, and 27 judges to theUnited States district courts. Lincoln appointed no judges to theUnited States circuit courts during his time in office.

In 1863, theUnited States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, which had existed since 1801, was abolished. TheSupreme Court of the District of Columbia (now theUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia) was established in its place with 1 Chief Justice and 3 Associate Justices, all 4 positions being filled by Lincoln. These 4 positions are included in the 27 District Judges appointed by Lincoln.

Lincoln appointed 4 judges to theUnited States Court of Claims, anArticle I tribunal. He later laterally reappointed 1 of those judges as Chief Justice of the same court.

United States Supreme Court justices

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#JusticeSeatStateFormer justiceNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began
active service		Ended
active service
1Noah Haynes Swayne6OhioJohn McLeanJanuary 21, 1862January 24, 1862January 24, 1862January 24, 1881
2Samuel Freeman Miller4IowaPeter Vivian DanielJuly 16, 1862July 16, 1862July 16, 1862October 13, 1890
3David Davis8IllinoisJohn Archibald CampbellDecember 1, 1862December 8, 1862October 17, 1862[2]March 4, 1877
4Stephen Johnson Field9CaliforniaSeat establishedMarch 6, 1863March 10, 1863March 10, 1863December 1, 1897
5Salmon P. ChaseChiefOhioRoger B. TaneyDecember 6, 1864December 6, 1864December 6, 1864May 7, 1873

District courts

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#JudgeCourt
[Note 1]		Nomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service
1Archibald WilliamsD. Kan.March 8, 1861March 12, 1861March 12, 1861September 21, 1863
2George Washington LaneM.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.		March 26, 1861March 28, 1861March 28, 1861November 12, 1863
3John Jay Jackson Jr.W.D. Va./D. W.Va./
N.D. W. Va.		July 26, 1861August 3, 1861August 3, 1861March 15, 1905[3]
4Fletcher Mathews HaightS.D. Cal.August 5, 1861August 5, 1861August 5, 1861February 23, 1866
5Bland BallardD. Ky.December 9, 1861January 22, 1862October 16, 1861[4]July 29, 1879
6Philip FraserN.D. Fla.June 14, 1862July 17, 1862July 17, 1862July 26, 1876
7Connally Findlay TriggE.D. Tenn.
M.D. Tenn.
W.D. Tenn.		July 16, 1862July 17, 1862July 17, 1862April 25, 1880
April 25, 1880
June 14, 1878[5]
8Caleb Blood SmithD. Ind.December 16, 1862December 22, 1862December 22, 1862January 7, 1864
9Richard Stockton FieldD.N.J.January 14, 1863January 14, 1863January 14, 1863April 25, 1870
10David Kellogg CartterD.D.C.March 10, 1863March 11, 1863March 11, 1863[6]April 16, 1887
11George P. FisherD.D.C.March 10, 1863March 11, 1863March 11, 1863[7]May 1, 1870
12Abram B. OlinD.D.C.March 10, 1863March 11, 1863March 11, 1863[7]January 13, 1879
13Solomon Lewis WitheyW.D. Mich.February 26, 1863[Rn 1]March 11, 1863March 11, 1863April 25, 1886
14Andrew WylieD.D.C.March 18, 1863[Rn 2]January 20, 1864March 18, 1863[8][7]May 1, 1885
15John Curtiss UnderwoodE.D. Va./D. Va.January 5, 1864January 25, 1864March 27, 1863[9]December 7, 1873[3]
16Edward Henry DurellE.D. La./D. La.January 5, 1864[Rn 3]February 17, 1864May 20, 1863[10]December 4, 1874[11]
17Mark W. DelahayD. Kan.December 14, 1863March 15, 1864October 6, 1863[12]December 12, 1873
18Thomas Jefferson BoyntonS.D. Fla.January 5, 1864January 20, 1864October 19, 1863[8]January 1, 1870
19Richard BusteedM.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.		January 5, 1864January 20, 1864November 17, 1863[8]October 20, 1874
20Albert Smith WhiteD. Ind.January 14, 1864January 18, 1864January 18, 1864September 4, 1864
21Henry Clay CaldwellE.D. Ark.
W.D. Ark.		May 2, 1864May 28, 1864June 20, 1864March 13, 1890
March 3, 1871[13]
22David McDonaldD. Ind.December 12, 1864December 13, 1864December 13, 1864August 25, 1869
23J. Russell BullockD.R.I.February 9, 1865February 11, 1865February 11, 1865September 15, 1869
24Charles L. BenedictE.D.N.Y.March 6, 1865March 9, 1865March 9, 1865January 1, 1897
25Arnold KrekelW.D. Mo.March 6, 1865March 9, 1865March 9, 1865June 9, 1888
26Alexander W. BaldwinD. Nev.March 10, 1865March 11, 1865March 11, 1865November 14, 1869
27John LowellD. Mass.March 11, 1865March 11, 1865March 11, 1865January 9, 1879[14]

Specialty courts (Article I)

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United States Court of Claims

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#JudgeNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service
1Joseph CaseyJuly 9, 1861July 22, 1861May 23, 1861[15]March 13, 1863[16]
1.1Joseph CaseyMarch 12, 1863March 13, 1863March 13, 1863[17]December 1, 1870
2Ebenezer PeckMarch 6, 1863March 10, 1863March 10, 1863May 1, 1878
3David WilmotMarch 6, 1863March 7, 1863March 7, 1863March 16, 1868
4Charles C. NottFebruary 21, 1865February 22, 1865February 22, 1865November 23, 1896[18]

Notes

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  1. ^SeeList of United States district and territorial courts
Renominations
  1. ^Renominated on March 10, 1863.
  2. ^Originally nominated on March 10, 1863. Confirmed on March 12, 1863. Senate voted to reconsider nomination on March 13, 1863. Renominated on January 5, 1864.
  3. ^Originally nominated on January 5, 1864. Nomination returned on February 3, 1864. Renominated on February 8, 1864.

References

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  1. ^All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from theBiographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of theFederal Judicial Center.
  2. ^Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 1, 1862, confirmed by theUnited States Senate on December 8, 1862, and received commission on December 8, 1862.
  3. ^abEarly in the course of theAmerican Civil War, the western portion of Virginia rejected Virginia's secession from the United States, and itself seceded from Virginia. This area largely coincided with the existing Western District of Virginia. The portion of Virginia remaining loyal to the Union became the state ofWest Virginia, which was admitted as a state on June 20, 1863. On June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia became theUnited States District Court for the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with what had previously been the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to again form a singleUnited States District Court for the District of Virginia. John Jay Jackson, who had been appointed to the Western District of Virginia, was reassigned byoperation of law to the newly formed District of West Virginia. At the same time, John Curtiss Underwood, who had been appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of Virginia. On February 3, 1871, the District of Virginia was again subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts, and Underwood was reassigned to the Eastern District, until his death. On July 1, 1901, the District of West Virginia was subdivided into theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; Jackson was reassigned to the Northern District, until his retirement.
  4. ^Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 9, 1861, confirmed by theUnited States Senate on January 22, 1862, and received commission on January 22, 1862.
  5. ^Trigg was appointed to the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee; after June 14, 1878, his service in the Western District was discontinued, though he served in the Eastern and Middle Districts until his death.
  6. ^Appointed as Chief Justice of the court.
  7. ^abcAppointed as Associate Justice of the court.
  8. ^abcRecess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by theUnited States Senate on January 20, 1864, and received commission on January 20, 1864.
  9. ^Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by theUnited States Senate on January 25, 1864, and received commission on January 25, 1864.
  10. ^Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 8, 1864, confirmed by theUnited States Senate on February 17, 1864, and received commission on February 17, 1864.
  11. ^On July 27, 1866, the two Districts of Louisiana then existing were reunited into a singleUnited States District Court for the District of Louisiana by 14 Stat. 300, and Durell was reassigned to this court byoperation of law.
  12. ^Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1863, confirmed by theUnited States Senate on March 15, 1864, and received commission on March 15, 1864.
  13. ^Caldwell was appointed to both the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; after March 3, 1871, his service in the Western District was discontinued, though he served in the Eastern District until March 13, 1890, when he was elevated to theUnited States Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit.
  14. ^Elevated
  15. ^Recess appointment; formally nominated on July 9, 1861, confirmed by theUnited States Senate on July 22, 1861, and received commission on July 22, 1861.
  16. ^Laterally appointed as Chief Justice of the same court on March 13, 1863.
  17. ^Laterally appointed as Chief Justice after previously serving as Judge of the same court.
  18. ^Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court on November 23, 1896.

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