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Following is a list of all
Article III
United States federal judges
appointed by
President
Ulysses S. Grant
during his presidency.
[1]
In total Grant appointed 46 Article III federal judges, making him the first president to appoint more federal judges than
George Washington
. Grant's appointments included 4 Justices to the
Supreme Court of the United States
, 10 judges to the
United States circuit courts
, and 32 judges to the
United States district courts
. Grant also appointed
Edwin M. Stanton
to the Supreme Court in 1869; Stanton was confirmed and his commission was issued, but died before he could accept his commission and take his seat.
Grant appointed 2 judges to the
United States Court of Claims
, an
Article I
tribunal.
United States Supreme Court justices
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Justice
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Seat
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State
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Former justice
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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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William Strong
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3
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Pennsylvania
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Robert Cooper Grier
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February 7, 1870
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February 18, 1870
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February 18, 1870
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December 14, 1880
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2
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Joseph P. Bradley
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10
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New Jersey
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Seat established
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February 7, 1870
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March 21, 1870
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March 21, 1870
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January 22, 1892
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3
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Ward Hunt
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1
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New York
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Samuel Nelson
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December 3, 1872
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December 11, 1872
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December 11, 1872
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January 27, 1882
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4
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Morrison Waite
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Chief
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Connecticut
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Salmon P. Chase
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January 19, 1874
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January 21, 1874
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January 21, 1874
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March 23, 1888
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Circuit courts
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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
|
Ended active
service
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1
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John Forrest Dillon
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Eighth
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December 9, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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September 1, 1879
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2
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Thomas Drummond
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Seventh
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December 8, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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July 18, 1884
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3
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William McKennan
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Third
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December 8, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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January 3, 1891
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4
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George Foster Shepley
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First
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December 8, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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July 20, 1878
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5
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Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff
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Second
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December 8, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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September 10, 1875
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6
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William Burnham Woods
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Fifth
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December 8, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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December 22, 1869
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December 23, 1880
[2]
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7
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Lorenzo Sawyer
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Ninth
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December 8, 1869
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January 10, 1870
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January 10, 1870
[3]
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September 7, 1891
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8
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Halmor Hull Emmons
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Sixth
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January 10, 1870
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January 17, 1870
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January 17, 1870
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May 14, 1877
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9
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Hugh Lennox Bond
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Fourth
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April 6, 1870
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July 13, 1870
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July 13, 1870
[3]
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October 24, 1893
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10
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Alexander S. Johnson
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Second
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December 15, 1875
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December 15, 1875
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October 25, 1875
[4]
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January 26, 1878
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District courts
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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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Walter Q. Gresham
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D. Ind.
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December 6, 1869
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December 21, 1869
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September 1, 1869
[5]
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April 9, 1883
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2
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John Power Knowles
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D.R.I.
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December 6, 1869
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January 24, 1870
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October 9, 1869
[6]
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March 21, 1881
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3
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Edgar Winters Hillyer
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D. Nev.
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December 15, 1869
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December 21, 1869
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December 21, 1869
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May 10, 1882
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4
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Henry Williams Blodgett
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N.D. Ill.
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January 10, 1870
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January 11, 1870
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January 11, 1870
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December 5, 1892
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5
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John W. Longyear
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E.D. Mich.
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February 7, 1870
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February 18, 1870
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February 18, 1870
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March 10, 1875
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6
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John T. Nixon
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D.N.J.
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April 28, 1870
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April 29, 1870
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April 28, 1870
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September 28, 1889
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7
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David Campbell Humphreys
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D.D.C.
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April 22, 1870
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May 10, 1870
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May 13, 1870
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July 12, 1879
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8
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James C. Hopkins
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W.D. Wis.
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July 1, 1870
[Rn 1]
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July 9, 1870
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July 9, 1870
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September 3, 1877
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9
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Arthur MacArthur Sr.
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D.D.C.
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July 15, 1870
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July 15, 1870
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July 15, 1870
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April 1, 1887
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10
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Joel C. C. Winch
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E.D. Tex.
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December 15, 1870
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?
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October 11, 1870
[7]
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March 3, 1871
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11
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John McKinney
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S.D. Fla.
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December 7, 1870
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February 18, 1871
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November 8, 1870
[8]
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October 12, 1871
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12
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Alexander Rives
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W.D. Va.
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February 3, 1871
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February 6, 1871
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February 6, 1871
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August 1, 1882
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13
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William Story
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W.D. Ark.
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March 3, 1871
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March 3, 1871
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March 3, 1871
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June 17, 1874
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14
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Philip Bergen Swing
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S.D. Ohio
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March 29, 1871
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March 30, 1871
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March 30, 1871
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October 31, 1882
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15
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Edward Green Bradford
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D. Del.
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December 11, 1871
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December 12, 1871
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December 12, 1871
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January 16, 1884
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16
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James William Locke
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S.D. Fla.
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January 15, 1872
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February 1, 1872
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February 1, 1872
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July 4, 1912
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17
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Amos Morrill
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E.D. Tex.
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January 18, 1872
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February 5, 1872
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February 5, 1872
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October 18, 1883
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18
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Robert P. Dick
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W.D.N.C.
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June 7, 1872
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June 7, 1872
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June 7, 1872
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July 6, 1898
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19
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Nathaniel Shipman
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D. Conn.
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December 2, 1873
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December 8, 1873
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April 16, 1873
[9]
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March 22, 1892
[2]
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20
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Martin Welker
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N.D. Ohio
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December 2, 1873
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December 8, 1873
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November 25, 1873
[9]
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June 1, 1889
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21
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James Henry Howe
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E.D. Wis.
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December 9, 1873
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December 11, 1873
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December 11, 1873
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January 1, 1875
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22
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Robert William Hughes
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E.D. Va.
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December 15, 1873
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January 14, 1874
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January 14, 1874
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February 22, 1898
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23
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Cassius Gaius Foster
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D. Kan.
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March 9, 1874
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March 10, 1874
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March 10, 1874
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February 28, 1899
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24
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William James Wallace
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N.D.N.Y.
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April 2, 1874
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April 7, 1874
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April 7, 1874
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April 25, 1882
[2]
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25
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Charles E. Dyer
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E.D. Wis.
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February 10, 1875
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February 10, 1875
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February 10, 1875
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May 18, 1888
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26
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John Bruce
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M.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.
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February 23, 1875
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February 27, 1875
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February 27, 1875
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October 1, 1901
October 1, 1901
August 2, 1886
[10]
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27
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Henry Billings Brown
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E.D. Mich.
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March 17, 1875
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March 19, 1875
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March 19, 1875
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December 30, 1890
[2]
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28
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Isaac Parker
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W.D. Ark.
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March 18, 1875
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March 19, 1875
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March 19, 1875
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November 17, 1896
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29
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Edward Coke Billings
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D. La.
/
E.D. La.
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January 10, 1876
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February 10, 1876
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February 10, 1876
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December 1, 1893
[11]
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30
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Winthrop Welles Ketcham
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W.D. Pa.
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June 7, 1876
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June 26, 1876
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June 26, 1876
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December 6, 1879
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31
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Moses Hallett
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D. Colo.
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January 9, 1877
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January 12, 1877
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January 12, 1877
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April 7, 1906
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32
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Thomas Settle
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N.D. Fla.
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January 26, 1877
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January 30, 1877
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January 30, 1877
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December 1, 1888
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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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Charles D. Drake
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December 12, 1870
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December 12, 1870
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December 12, 1870
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December 12, 1885
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2
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William Adams Richardson
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June 1, 1874
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June 2, 1874
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June 2, 1874
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January 20, 1885
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Notes
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- Renominations
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Renominated on July 9, 1870.
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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a
b
c
d
Elevated
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a
b
Reassigned by
operation of law
to serve on both the
United States circuit court
and the corresponding
United States Court of Appeals
on June 16, 1891.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 15, 1875, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on December 15, 1875, and received commission on December 15, 1875.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on December 21, 1869, and received commission on December 21, 1869.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on January 24, 1870, and received commission on January 24, 1870.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 15, 1870, but the
United States Senate
did not confirm
the appointment.
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Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 7, 1870, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on February 18, 1871, and received commission on February 18, 1871.
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a
b
Recess appointment
; formally nominated on December 2, 1873, confirmed by the
United States Senate
on December 8, 1873, and received commission on December 8, 1873.
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On August 2, 1886, Bruce's service on the Southern District of Alabama was terminated; he continued to sit on the Northern and Middle Districts.
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Reassigned by
operation of law
to the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
on March 3, 1881.
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Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court on January 20, 1885.
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