List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Johnson

President Andrew Johnson.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Andrew Johnson during his presidency.^[1] Johnson appointed only nine Article III federal judges during his presidency, all to United States district courts. Andrew Johnson is one of only four presidents^[2] who did not have an opportunity to appoint a judge to serve on the Supreme Court. In April, 1866 he nominated Henry Stanbery to fill the vacancy left with the death of John Catron, but the Republican Congress eliminated the seat.

District courts

Judge	Court	Began active service	Ended active service
Blatchford, SamuelSamuel Blatchford	S.D.N.Y.	000000001867-05-03-0000May 3, 1867^[3]	000000001878-03-04-0000March 4, 1878
Bryan, George SeabrookGeorge Seabrook Bryan	D.S.C.	000000001866-03-12-0000March 12, 1866	000000001886-09-01-0000September 1, 1886
Brooks, George WashingtonGeorge Washington Brooks	D.N.C.	000000001865-08-19-0000August 19, 1865^[4]	000000001882-01-06-0000January 6, 1882^[5]
Clark, DanielDaniel Clark	D.N.H.	000000001866-07-27-0000July 27, 1866	000000001891-01-02-0000January 2, 1891
Dundy, Elmer ScipioElmer Scipio Dundy	D. Neb.	000000001868-04-09-0000April 9, 1868	000000001896-10-28-0000October 28, 1896
Erskine, JohnJohn Erskine	N.D. Ga. S.D. Ga.	000000001865-07-10-0000July 10, 1865^[4]	April 25, 1882 000000001883-12-01-0000December 1, 1883
Fox, EdwardEdward Fox	D. Me.	000000001866-05-31-0000May 31, 1866	000000001881-12-14-0000December 14, 1881
Hill, Robert AndrewsRobert Andrews Hill	S.D. Miss. N.D. Miss.	000000001866-05-01-0000May 1, 1866	000000001891-08-01-0000August 1, 1891
Sherman, Charles TaylorCharles Taylor Sherman	N.D. Ohio	000000001867-03-02-0000March 2, 1867	000000001872-11-25-0000November 25, 1872

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Milligan, SamuelSamuel Milligan	1868	1874

Notes

References

General

"Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

Specific

↑ 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.
↑ The other three presidents are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor and Jimmy Carter.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on July 13, 1867, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 16, 1867, and received commission on July 16, 1867.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1865, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1866, and received commission on January 22, 1866.
↑ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, on June 4, 1872.

Sources

Federal Judicial Center

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