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Franklin Pierce.
Following is a list of all
Article III
United States federal judges
appointed by
President
Franklin Pierce
during his presidency.
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In total Pierce appointed 16 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the
Supreme Court of the United States
, 3 judges to the
United States circuit courts
, and 12 judges to the
United States district courts
.
Pierce was also the first president to appoint judges, 3 total, to the
United States Court of Claims
, an
Article I
tribunal.
United States Supreme Court justices
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Circuit courts
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#
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Judge
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Circuit
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Nomination
date
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Confirmation
date
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Began active
service
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Ended active
service
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1
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Matthew Hall McAllister
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California
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March 2, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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January 12, 1863
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2
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James Dunlop
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D.C.
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December 3, 1855
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December 7, 1855
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November 27, 1855
[2]
[3]
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March 3, 1863
[4]
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3
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William Matthews Merrick
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D.C.
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December 14, 1855
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December 14, 1855
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December 14, 1855
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March 3, 1863
[4]
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District courts
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#
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Judge
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Court
[Note 1]
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Nomination
date
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Confirmation
date
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Began active
service
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Ended active
service
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1
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West Hughes Humphreys
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E.D. Tenn.
M.D. Tenn.
W.D. Tenn.
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March 24, 1853
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March 26, 1853
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March 26, 1853
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June 26, 1862
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2
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Charles A. Ingersoll
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D. Conn.
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April 6, 1853
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April 8, 1853
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April 8, 1853
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January 12, 1860
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3
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William Fell Giles
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D. Md.
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December 19, 1853
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January 11, 1854
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July 18, 1853
[5]
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March 21, 1879
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4
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Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier
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S.D. Cal.
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January 18, 1854
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January 23, 1854
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January 23, 1854
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May 21, 1861
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5
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Hiram V. Willson
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N.D. Ohio
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February 10, 1855
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February 20, 1855
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February 20, 1855
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November 11, 1866
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6
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Samuel Hubbel Treat Jr.
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S.D. Ill.
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March 3, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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March 27, 1887
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7
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James M. Love
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D. Iowa
/
S.D. Iowa
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February 7, 1856
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February 25, 1856
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October 5, 1855
[6]
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July 2, 1891
[7]
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8
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McQueen McIntosh
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N.D. Fla.
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February 27, 1856
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March 11, 1856
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March 11, 1856
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January 3, 1861
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9
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Andrew Gordon Magrath
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D.S.C.
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May 9, 1856
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May 12, 1856
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May 12, 1856
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November 7, 1860
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10
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David Allen Smalley
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D. Vt.
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February 2, 1857
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February 3, 1857
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February 3, 1857
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March 10, 1877
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11
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Thomas Howard DuVal
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W.D. Tex.
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February 26, 1857
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March 3, 1857
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March 3, 1857
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October 10, 1880
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12
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Samuel Treat
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E.D. Mo.
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March 3, 1857
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March 3, 1857
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March 3, 1857
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March 5, 1887
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Specialty courts (Article I)
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United States Court of Claims
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#
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Judge
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Nomination
date
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Confirmation
date
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Began active
service
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Ended active
service
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1
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Isaac Blackford
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March 3, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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December 31, 1859
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2
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John Gilchrist
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March 3, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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March 3, 1855
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April 29, 1858
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3
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George Parker Scarburgh
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January 22, 1856
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February 11, 1856
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May 8, 1855
[8]
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April 20, 1861
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Notes
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References
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- General
- Specific
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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
.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 3, 1855, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on December 7, 1855, and received commission on December 7, 1855.
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Laterally appointed Chief Judge. Previously served as Judge of the same court.
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a
b
The
United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia
was abolished on March 3, 1863, ending the service of all judges then serving on that court.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 19, 1853, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on January 11, 1854, and received commission on January 11, 1854.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on February 7, 1856, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on February 25, 1856, and received commission on December 21, 1856.
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On July 20, 1882, the District of Iowa was subdivided into the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
and the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
; Love was reassigned by
operation of law
to the Southern District, where he remained until the end of his service.
- ^
Recess appointment
; formally nominated on January 22, 1856, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on February 11, 1856, and received commission on February 11, 1856.
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