List of federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Warren E. Burger was among the five Court of Appeals judges appointed by Eisenhower to later serve on the Supreme Court.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his presidency.[1] In total Eisenhower appointed five Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 45 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 129 judges to the United States district courts.

United States Supreme Court Justices

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Justice Seat State Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
William J. Brennan, Jr. Seat 1 New Jersey October 15, 1956[2] July 20, 1990 July 24, 1997
John Marshall Harlan II Seat 9 Kentucky March 17, 1955 September 23, 1971 December 29, 1971
Potter Stewart Seat 8 Ohio October 14, 1958[3] July 3, 1981 December 7, 1985
Earl Warren Chief Justice California October 2, 1953[4] June 23, 1969 July 9, 1974
Charles Evans Whittaker Seat 6 Missouri March 22, 1957 March 31, 1962 September 30, 1965

Courts of Appeals

Judge Circuit Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
Bailey Aldrich First September 10, 1959 August 31, 1972 September 25, 2002
Stanley Nelson Barnes Ninth March 21, 1956 October 31, 1970 March 5, 1990
Walter Maximillian Bastian D.C. Cir. September 20, 1954[5] March 16, 1965 March 12, 1975
Harry Blackmun Eighth September 21, 1959 June 8, 1970
Herbert Stephenson Boreman Fourth June 17, 1959 June 15, 1971 March 26, 1982
Jean Sala Breitenstein Tenth June 27, 1957 July 31, 1970 January 30, 1986
John Robert Brown Fifth July 27, 1955 July 20, 1984 January 23, 1993
Warren E. Burger D.C. Cir. March 29, 1956 June 23, 1969
Benjamin Franklin Cameron Fifth March 16, 1955 April 3, 1964
Latham Castle Seventh April 30, 1959 February 26, 1970 March 10, 1986
Lester LeFevre Cecil Sixth July 18, 1959 August 1, 1965 November 26, 1982
Richard Harvey Chambers Ninth April 30, 1954 December 31, 1976 October 21, 1994
John A. Danaher D.C. Cir. October 1, 1953[6] January 22, 1969 September 22, 1990
James Alger Fee Ninth April 30, 1954 August 25, 1959
Phillip Forman Third September 10, 1959 March 31, 1961 August 17, 1978
Henry Friendly Second September 10, 1959 April 15, 1974 March 11, 1986
Frederick George Hamley Ninth July 2, 1956 July 6, 1971 May 5, 1975
Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr. Ninth March 26, 1958 September 5, 1963 December 28, 1973
John Marshall Harlan II Second February 10, 1954 March 27, 1955
John Simpson Hastings Seventh August 26, 1957 February 1, 1969 February 7, 1977
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. Fourth April 4, 1957 April 6, 1981 November 22, 1989
Carroll C. Hincks Second October 3, 1953[7] May 15, 1959 September 30, 1964
Gilbert H. Jertberg Ninth August 21, 1958 September 30, 1967 June 8, 1973
Warren Leroy Jones Fifth April 21, 1955 February 17, 1966 November 11, 1993[8]
Winfred George Knoch Seventh August 21, 1958 December 4, 1967 May 23, 1983
Montgomery Oliver Koelsch Ninth September 23, 1959 January 31, 1976 September 1, 1992
Dal Millington Lemmon Ninth April 29, 1954 April 26, 1958
David Thomas Lewis Tenth June 5, 1956 December 3, 1977 September 28, 1983
J. Edward Lumbard Second July 12, 1955 July 20, 1971 June 3, 1999
Marion Charles Matthes Eighth March 12, 1958 July 14, 1973 November 30, 1980
Charles Merton Merrill Ninth September 21, 1959 October 8, 1974 March 29, 1996
Leonard P. Moore Second September 6, 1957[9] March 1, 1971 December 7, 1982
Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan Sixth March 12, 1960 September 27, 1969 October 7, 1975
William Lynn Parkinson Seventh August 26, 1957 October 26, 1959
Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg Seventh November 17, 1953[7] September 15, 1968
John Joseph Smith Second September 2, 1960 November 6, 1971 February 16, 1980
Simon Sobeloff Fourth July 18, 1956 December 31, 1970 July 11, 1973
Potter Stewart Sixth April 27, 1954 October 13, 1958
Elbert Tuttle Fifth August 4, 1954 June 1, 1968 June 23, 1996[8]
Martin Donald Van Oosterhout Eighth August 26, 1954 July 6, 1971 January 28, 1979
Charles Joseph Vogel Eighth August 20, 1954 February 20, 1968 September 8, 1980
Sterry R. Waterman Second July 13, 1955 November 13, 1970 February 6, 1984
Paul Charles Weick Sixth September 10, 1959 December 31, 1981 May 22, 1997
Charles Evans Whittaker Eighth June 5, 1956 March 24, 1957
John Minor Wisdom Fifth June 27, 1957 January 15, 1977 May 15, 1999

District courts

Judge Court
[Note 1]
Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
Bailey Aldrich D. Mass. April 27, 1954 September 14, 1959
Robert P. Anderson D. Conn. April 27, 1954 August 20, 1964
Alfred Albert Arraj D. Colo. August 6, 1957 August 31, 1976 October 23, 1992
John Ries Bartels E.D.N.Y. July 30, 1959 December 31, 1973 February 13, 1997
Axel John Beck D.S.D. March 4, 1958 October 27, 1969 September 2, 1981
Alexander Bicks S.D.N.Y. May 12, 1954 May 9, 1963
George Hugo Boldt W.D. Wash. July 14, 1953 October 30, 1971 March 18, 1984
William Augustus Bootle M.D. Ga. May 20, 1954 March 11, 1972 January 25, 2005
Herbert Stephenson Boreman N.D.W.Va. July 22, 1954 June 22, 1959
Jean Sala Breitenstein D. Colo. April 27, 1954 July 9, 1957
Henry Luesing Brooks W.D. Ky. August 21, 1954 December 12, 1969
Walter Bruchhausen E.D.N.Y. May 8, 1953 May 20, 1967 October 11, 1976
Frederick van Pelt Bryan S.D.N.Y. June 19, 1956 April 1, 1972 April 17, 1978
Lloyd Hudson Burke N.D. Cal. July 21, 1958 August 20, 1979 March 15, 1988
Algernon Lee Butler E.D.N.C. August 31, 1959 August 2, 1975 September 5, 1978
Andrew Augustine Caffrey D. Mass. October 13, 1960[10] October 17, 1986 October 6, 1993
G. Harrold Carswell N.D. Fla. April 10, 1958 June 27, 1969
John M. Cashin S.D.N.Y. August 17, 1955[11] October 1, 1965 October 21, 1970
Lester LeFevre Cecil S.D. Ohio April 23, 1953 July 28, 1959
Lamar John Ryan Cecil E.D. Tex. August 31, 1954[12] February 14, 1958
Olin Hatfield Chilson D. Colo. March 5, 1960 December 31, 1973 September 28, 1991
Emett Clay Choate S.D. Fla. July 20, 1954 January 31, 1965 August 14, 1974
Albert Sherman Christensen D. Utah May 28, 1954 August 17, 1971 August 13, 1996
Thurmond Clarke S.D. Cal. August 3, 1955 September 1, 1970[13] February 28, 1971
Claude Feemster Clayton N.D. Miss. March 12, 1958 November 23, 1967
James C. Connell N.D. Ohio August 10, 1954 September 21, 1971 October 30, 1973
Myron Donovan Crocker S.D. Cal. September 21, 1959 January 1, 1981[14] February 2, 2010
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton W.D. Va. August 13, 1959 October 12, 1976 October 30, 1989
Ronald Davies D.N.D. July 27, 1955 August 27, 1971 April 18, 1996
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins, Jr. W.D. La. August 3, 1953 August 6, 1973 August 31, 1984
Archie Owen Dawson S.D.N.Y. April 27, 1954 August 3, 1964
Edward William Day D.R.I. November 10, 1953[7] March 19, 1976 October 22, 1985
Edward Devitt D. Minn. December 10, 1954[15] May 1, 1981 March 2, 1992
William G. East D. Or. June 8, 1955 April 10, 1967 April 27, 1985
Thomas C. Egan E.D. Pa. August 26, 1957 July 6, 1961
Joe Ewing Estes N.D. Tex. August 1, 1955 July 1, 1972 October 24, 1989
John Feikens E.D. Mich. October 13, 1960[16] September 27, 1961
John A. Field, Jr. S.D.W.Va. August 13, 1959 October 7, 1971
Joseph Jefferson Fisher E.D. Tex. September 10, 1959 January 30, 1984 June 19, 2000
Ralph M. Freeman E.D. Mich. June 10, 1954 July 1, 1973 March 29, 1990
Edward Thaxter Gignoux D. Me. August 26, 1957 June 1, 1983 November 4, 1988
Robert A. Grant N.D. Ind. August 26, 1957 December 1, 1972 March 2, 1998
Harlan Hobart Grooms N.D. Ala. August 3, 1953 February 3, 1969 August 23, 1991
Kenneth Philip Grubb E.D. Wis. June 16, 1955 October 8, 1965
Sherrill Halbert N.D. Cal. August 26, 1954 September 30, 1969 May 31, 1991
Oliver Deveta Hamlin, Jr. N.D. Cal. August 3, 1953 April 15, 1958
George Luzerne Hart, Jr. D.D.C. August 29, 1958[17] May 16, 1979 May 21, 1984
John Oliver Henderson W.D.N.Y. September 21, 1959 February 19, 1974
Jesse Smith Henley E.D. Ark.
E.D. Ark.
W.D. Ark.
October 25, 1958
September 8, 1959
September 8, 1959
March 24, 1975[18]
William Bernard Herlands S.D.N.Y. August 12, 1955[19] August 28, 1969
Edwin Richley Hicklin S.D. Iowa August 16, 1957 January 27, 1960 September 19, 1963
Walter Hartman Hodge D. Alaska February 19, 1960 August 30, 1966 July 12, 1975
Julius Hoffman N.D. Ill. May 14, 1953 February 3, 1972 July 1, 1983
Walter Edward Hoffman E.D. Va. July 15, 1954 September 3, 1974 November 21, 1996
Cale James Holder S.D. Ind. August 6, 1954 August 23, 1983
Edwin Ford Hunter, Jr. W.D. La. October 3, 1953[20] February 19, 1976 February 22, 2002
Joe McDonald Ingraham S.D. Tex. August 6, 1954 December 31, 1969
William James Jameson D. Mont. March 28, 1957 February 27, 1969 October 8, 1990
Gilbert H. Jertberg S.D. Cal. March 16, 1955 September 1, 1958
Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. M.D. Ala. October 22, 1955[21] July 12, 1979
William George Juergens E.D. Ill. June 22, 1956 April 26, 1972 December 7, 1988[22]
Anthony Julian D. Mass. September 10, 1959 August 1, 1972 January 18, 1984
Frederick William Kaess E.D. Mich. July 6, 1960 December 13, 1975 March 30, 1979
Girard Edward Kalbfleisch N.D. Ohio September 21, 1959 September 30, 1970 April 1, 1990
W. Wallace Kent W.D. Mich. June 10, 1954 January 6, 1971
Ewing Thomas Kerr D. Wyo. October 22, 1955[11] September 26, 1975 July 1, 1992
John Kilkenny D. Or. July 30, 1959 September 26, 1969
Winfred George Knoch N.D. Ill. May 14, 1953 September 14, 1958
Charles William Kraft, Jr. E.D. Pa. August 12, 1955[23] November 11, 1970 January 18, 2002
Fred Kunzel S.D. Cal. September 10, 1959 November 19, 1969
Arthur Stephen Lane D.N.J. August 30, 1960 July 15, 1967
Caleb Rodney Layton III D. Del. April 17, 1957 April 26, 1968 May 6, 1988
Richard Harrington Levet S.D.N.Y. March 8, 1956 July 1, 1966 May 3, 1976
Oren Ritter Lewis E.D. Va. May 31, 1960 January 1, 1974 June 12, 1983
Joseph Patrick Lieb S.D. Fla. August 13, 1955[11] November 2, 1971[24]
John Whitaker Lord, Jr. E.D. Pa. May 20, 1954 December 19, 1971 May 16, 1972
Lloyd Francis MacMahon S.D.N.Y. September 10, 1959 May 31, 1982 April 8, 1989
Joseph Charles McGarraghy D.D.C. December 3, 1954 December 17, 1967 November 29, 1975
John Wilson McIlvaine W.D. Pa. August 1, 1955 July 1, 1963
Frederick Olen Mercer S.D. Ill. June 19, 1956 April 3, 1966
Charles Miller Metzner S.D.N.Y. September 10, 1959 September 30, 1977 November 30, 2009
George Theodore Mickelson D.S.D. December 9, 1953[20] February 28, 1965
John Lester Miller W.D. Pa. May 20, 1954 October 1, 1971 July 20, 1978
Julius Howard Miner N.D. Ill. February 27, 1958 March 13, 1963
Jacob Mishler E.D.N.Y. July 6, 1960 April 30, 1980 January 26, 2004
Justin Colfax Morgan W.D.N.Y. March 8, 1956 May 24, 1959
Mendon Morrill D.N.J. April 23, 1958 March 12, 1961
Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan E.D. Mich. August 7, 1957 April 4, 1960
Edmund Louis Palmieri S.D.N.Y. May 12, 1954 June 30, 1972 June 15, 1989
William Lynn Parkinson N.D. Ind. August 6, 1954 September 9, 1957
Charles Ferguson Paul N.D.W.Va. March 5, 1960 February 17, 1965
Robert Van Pelt D. Neb. June 13, 1957 May 5, 1970 April 27, 1988
Omer Poos S.D. Ill. August 21, 1958 August 31, 1973 August 11, 1976
Charles Lawrence Powell E.D. Wash. June 17, 1959 April 21, 1972 August 17, 1975
George Scott Register D.N.D. July 27, 1955 December 22, 1971 March 18, 1972
Ross Rizley W.D. Okla. April 13, 1956 March 26, 1965 March 4, 1969
Richard Earl Robinson D. Neb. July 3, 1956 January 7, 1972 January 28, 1991
Edwin Albert Robson N.D. Ill. September 29, 1958[25] April 16, 1975 October 21, 1986
Waldo Henry Rogers D.N.M. May 15, 1954 January 12, 1964
John Rolly Ross D. Nev. May 15, 1954 April 22, 1963
John Sirica D.D.C. March 28, 1957 October 31, 1977 August 14, 1992
Randle Jasper Smith W.D. Mo. July 3, 1956 January 8, 1962
Herbert Peter Sorg W.D. Pa. August 1, 1955 December 20, 1976 March 11, 1979
Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr. D. Kan. July 7, 1958 April 1, 1971 January 27, 2001
Edwin Monroe Stanley M.D.N.C. October 23, 1957[9] December 23, 1971
Edwin DeHaven Steel, Jr. D. Del. April 23, 1958 December 30, 1969 July 26, 1986
Roy Laverne Stephenson S.D. Iowa May 31, 1960 July 6, 1971
William Thomas Sweigert N.D. Cal. September 21, 1959 November 30, 1973 February 16, 1983
Cyrus Nils Tavares D. Haw. October 13, 1960[26] April 12, 1972 August 3, 1976
Fredrick Monroe Taylor D. Idaho July 20, 1954 December 15, 1971 February 16, 1988
Roby C. Thompson W.D. Va. August 30, 1957 July 29, 1960
Roszel Cathcart Thomsen D. Md. May 12, 1954 January 31, 1971 March 11, 1992
William H. Timbers D. Conn. September 2, 1960 August 6, 1971
Francis Lund Van Dusen E.D. Pa. August 1, 1955 June 26, 1967
Lawrence Edward Walsh S.D.N.Y. April 28, 1954 December 29, 1957
Robert Dorsey Watkins D. Md. August 12, 1955[11] August 11, 1971 March 19, 1986
Randolph Henry Weber E.D. Mo. March 14, 1957 November 23, 1961
Paul Charles Weick N.D. Ohio March 29, 1956 October 7, 1959
Carl Andrew Weinman S.D. Ohio September 8, 1959 March 1, 1973 February 5, 1979
Charles Evans Whittaker W.D. Mo. July 8, 1954 June 21, 1956
Joseph Putnam Willson W.D. Pa. July 14, 1953 October 18, 1968 August 3, 1998
Albert Charles Wollenberg N.D. Cal. May 19, 1958 April 30, 1975 April 19, 1981
Harold Kenneth Wood E.D. Pa. September 10, 1959 June 24, 1971 December 17, 1972
Reynier Jacob Wortendyke, Jr. D.N.J. June 8, 1955 June 1, 1970 December 26, 1975
Caleb Merrill Wright D. Del. July 27, 1955 October 8, 1973 May 12, 2001
Gordon Elmo Young E.D. Ark. September 10, 1959 August 20, 1969
Joseph Carmine Zavatt E.D.N.Y. August 7, 1957 December 31, 1970 August 31, 1985

Specialty courts

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Judge Began active
service
Ended active
service
Arthur Mumford Smith 1959 1968
Isaac Jack Martin 1958 1966
Giles Sutherland Rich 1956 1982[27]

United States Court of Claims

Judge Began active
service
Ended active
service
Don Nelson Laramore 1954 1982[27]
James Randall Durfee 1960 1977

United States Customs Court

Judge Began active
service
Ended active
service
David John Wilson 1954 1976
Mary Donlon Alger 1955 1977
Scovel Richardson 1957 1980[28]

Notes

  1. See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

General
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  1. 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.
  2. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.
  3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 5, 1959, and received commission on May 7, 1959.
  4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1954, and received commission on March 20, 1954.
  5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 8, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1954, and received commission on December 3, 1954.
  6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1954, and received commission on March 31, 1954.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 9, 1954.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Reassigned to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981 by operation of law.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1958, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1958, and received commission on February 27, 1958.
  10. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1961, and received commission on August 16, 1961.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on March 2, 1956.
  12. Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 8, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1954, and received commission on December 3, 1954.
  13. On September 18, 1966, Clarke was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
  14. On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
  15. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1955, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1955, and received commission on February 7, 1955.
  16. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
  17. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received commission on September 10, 1959.
  18. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959 to the Eastern District of Arkansas only, but not confirmed by the United States Senate; formally re-nominated on August 18, 1959 (prior to the expiration of the recess appointment) to a different seat on both the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received his commission on September 8, 1959.
  19. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26, 1956, and received commission on June 27, 1956.
  20. 20.0 20.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 10, 1954.
  21. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956.
  22. On March 30, 1979, Juergens was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
  23. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.
  24. On October 29, 1962, Lieb was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
  25. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1959, and received commission on April 30, 1959.
  26. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1961, and received commission on September 22, 1961.
  27. 27.0 27.1 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
  28. Reassigned to the Court of International Trade, effective November 1, 1980.

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