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Grover Cleveland, President from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897

Grover Cleveland was president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. During his time in office, he had 44 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Cleveland had two nominees withdrawn and eight receive no vote or rejected by theSenate.^[1][2]

Four of these judges were nominated by Cleveland to a district court, and subsequently to a circuit court:Amos Madden Thayer,Charles Henry Simonton,Erskine Mayo Ross andJames Graham Jenkins.^[3]

List of judges

Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also:Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump (R) has nominated39 individuals to federal judgeships onArticle III courts. As of February 5, 2026, 33 of the nominees wereconfirmed.

During his first term in office, PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. Trump made245 judicial appointments.^[4] Of those appointments,234 were Article III judges.^[5] Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from theSenate.^[6]

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United StatesArticle III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering activity in February 2026, there were 41 Article III vacancies in the federal judiciary. To learn more about current vacancies in the federal judiciary,click here.The following chart from the monthly federal vacancy count report forJanuary 1, 2025, details the number of appointments made by President Trump to each type of Article III federal court since taking office. This chart is updated at the start of each month with new appointments data.

Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt

See also:Federal judicial appointments by president

The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2024.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2024. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is abbreviated as USCAFC. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, previously known as the U.S. Court of Claims, is abbreviated USCFC.

The following chart shows the average number of judicial appointments per year in office by presidents from 1901 to 2024.

The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through February 1 of the second year of each president's second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most appeals court appointments with 12.

The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through February 1 of the second year of presidents' second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most district court appointments with 32.

See also

• Federal judicial appointments by president
• Current federal judicial vacancies
• Judicial vacancies in federal courts
• Grover Cleveland

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• United States Courts
• Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges nominated byGrover Cleveland
1886	Jackson •Merrick •Severens
1887	Newman •Ross •Simonton •Thayer •Toulmin
1888	Allen •Fuller •Jenkins •Lacombe •Lamar •Maxey •Montgomery • Philips
1893	Alvey •Bellinger •Bingham •Lurton •Morris •Seaman •Shepard •Simonton
1894	Brawley •Parlange •Priest •Thayer •White
1895	Adams •Clark •Peckham •Showalter •Wellborn
1896	Brown •Carland •Kirkpatrick •Lochren •Marshall •McHugh •Rogers
1897	Amidon •Howry •Munger •Nott

v • e Federal judges as nominated byU.S. presidents Federal judicial appointments by president •Washington •Adams •Jefferson •Madison •Monroe •Quincy Adams •Jackson •Van Buren •Harrison •Tyler •Polk •Taylor •Fillmore •Pierce •Buchanan •Lincoln •A. Johnson •Grant •Hayes •Garfield •Arthur •Cleveland •Harrison •McKinley •T. Roosevelt •Taft •Wilson •Harding •Coolidge •Hoover •F. Roosevelt •Truman •Eisenhower •Kennedy •L. Johnson •Nixon •Ford •Carter •Reagan •H.W. Bush •Clinton •W. Bush •Obama •Trump •Biden •Trump