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Following is a list of allArticle IIIUnited States federal judges appointed byPresidentRichard Nixon during his presidency.^[1] In total Nixon appointed 235 Article III federal judges, surpassing the previous record of 193 set byFranklin D. Roosevelt. Among these were 4 Justices to theSupreme Court of the United States (including 1 Chief Justice), 45 judges to theUnited States Courts of Appeals, 179 judges to theUnited States district courts, 3 judges to theUnited States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 3 judges to theUnited States Court of Claims and 1 judge to theUnited States Customs Court.

None of Nixon's appointees remain in active service, however 2 appellate judges and 1 district judge remain onsenior status. Three additional district judges appointed by Nixon are in senior status as appellate judges by the appointment of later presidents.

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  Warren E. Burger was Nixon's pick for Chief Justice.
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  Nixon namedWilliam Rehnquist to the Supreme Court, enabling his later elevation to Chief Justice.
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  John Paul Stevens, appointed by Nixon to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, would later serve on the Supreme Court.
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  Hiram Emory Widener, Jr. of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit was Nixon's longest-serving active Court of Appeals appointee.

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