List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge

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Coolidge named Harlan Fiske Stone to the Supreme Court.
Learned Hand, named by Coolidge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, remains among the most well-cited judges.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Calvin Coolidge during his presidency.[1] In total, Coolidge appointed 79 federal judges, surpassing the previous record of 75 appointed by Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. These included one Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, 17 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 61 judges to the United States district courts. Coolidge appointed judges to various specialty courts as well, including Genevieve R. Cline, who became the first woman named to the Federal judiciary when Coolidge placed her on the United States Customs Court in 1928.[2]

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice Seat State Began active
service
Ended active
service
Harlan Fiske Stone Seat 9 New York February 5, 1925 July 3, 1941

Courts of Appeals

Judge Circuit Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
Albert Barnes Anderson Seventh January 6, 1925 October 30, 1929 April 27, 1938
Wilbur Franklin Booth Eighth March 18, 1925 January 1, 1932 July 7, 1944
Harrie B. Chase Second January 31, 1929 September 1, 1954 November 17, 1969
John Hazelton Cotteral Eighth May 23, 1928 April 22, 1933[3]
Frank Sigel Dietrich Ninth January 3, 1927 October 2, 1930
Rufus Edward Foster Fifth January 13, 1925 August 23, 1942
Augustus Noble Hand Second May 19, 1927[4] June 30, 1953 October 28, 1954
Learned Hand Second December 20, 1924 June 1, 1951 August 18, 1961
Smith Hickenlooper Sixth December 17, 1928 December 22, 1933
Xenophon Hicks Sixth May 23, 1928 March 1, 1952 November 2, 1952
Wallace McCamant Ninth May 25, 1925[5] May 2, 1926
Charles Harwood Moorman Sixth January 13, 1925 January 26, 1938
Elliott Northcott Fourth April 6, 1927[6] October 15, 1939 January 3, 1946
John J. Parker Fourth October 3, 1925[7] March 17, 1958
Thomas Walter Swan Second December 22, 1926 July 1, 1953 July 13, 1975
Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh Eighth March 18, 1925 May 1, 1933 November 4, 1944

District courts

Judge Court
[Note 1]
Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
Simon Louis Adler W.D.N.Y. May 19, 1927[8] May 23, 1934
Alexander Akerman S.D. Fla. February 15, 1929 October 8, 1939 August 21, 1948
Harry Bennett Anderson W.D. Tenn. September 12, 1925[9] April 9, 1935
Robert C. Baltzell D. Ind. January 13, 1925 January 19, 1950[10] October 18, 1950
Charlton Reid Beattie E.D. La. January 21, 1925 August 23, 1925
Wayne G. Borah E.D. La. October 3, 1928[11] October 23, 1949
Charles Albert Boynton W.D. Tex. December 17, 1924 May 1, 1947 October 12, 1954
Frederick Howard Bryant N.D.N.Y. May 19, 1927[12] September 4, 1945
Louis Henry Burns E.D. La. October 3, 1925[13] June 9, 1928
Warren Booth Burrows D. Conn. February 16, 1928 October 20, 1930
Charles Cheatham Cavanah D. Idaho January 3, 1927 January 3, 1942 June 30, 1953
William Clark D.N.J. May 21, 1925[14] June 25, 1938
Ernest Ford Cochran E.D.S.C. November 22, 1923[15] March 4, 1934
Frank Joseph Coleman S.D.N.Y. May 19, 1927[12] March 14, 1934
William Caldwell Coleman D. Md. April 6, 1927[12] June 1, 1955
Elijah Allen Cox N.D. Miss. March 2, 1929 March 22, 1957 August 28, 1974
Charles B. Davis E.D. Mo. January 31, 1924 March 3, 1943
Benjamin C. Dawkins, Sr. W.D. La. May 5, 1924 May 17, 1953 August 22, 1966
Charles I. Dawson W.D. Ky. January 13, 1925 June 30, 1935
Bascom Sine Deaver M.D. Ga. March 19, 1928 October 13, 1944
Charles Almon Dewey S.D. Iowa January 31, 1928 March 1, 1949 March 2, 1958
Guy Leverne Fake D.N.J. February 12, 1929 February 21, 1951 September 23, 1957
Peyton Gordon D.D.C. March 29, 1928 February 4, 1941 September 17, 1946
George Philip Hahn N.D. Ohio December 17, 1928 February 12, 1937
Johnson Jay Hayes M.D.N.C. April 6, 1927[16] June 18, 1957 October 22, 1970
Edward J. Henning S.D. Cal. April 24, 1925[17] December 31, 1929
Benson W. Hough S.D. Ohio February 9, 1925 November 19, 1935
Albert Williams Johnson M.D. Pa. May 21, 1925[14] June 28, 1945
Lake Jones S.D. Fla. February 18, 1924 June 7, 1930
Franklin Elmore Kennamer E.D. Okla. February 19, 1924 May 31, 1940[18] May 1, 1960
Frank Henry Kerrigan N.D. Cal. January 28, 1924 February 9, 1935
William Huntington Kirkpatrick E.D. Pa. March 3, 1927 May 1, 1958 November 28, 1970
Ira Lloyd Letts D.R.I. June 9, 1927[19] June 24, 1935
Harold Louderback N.D. Cal. April 17, 1928 December 11, 1941
John Ellis Martineau E.D. Ark. March 2, 1928 March 6, 1937
James William McCarthy D.N.J. October 6, 1928[11] January 31, 1929
Paul John McCormick S.D. Cal. February 11, 1924 September 1, 1951 December 2, 1960
George Thomas McDermott D. Kan. January 16, 1928 April 30, 1929
John Hugh McNary D. Or. February 28, 1927 October 25, 1936
Nelson McVicar W.D. Pa. September 14, 1928[11] February 1, 1951 December 20, 1960
Isaac Melson Meekins E.D.N.C. January 17, 1925 February 13, 1945 November 21, 1946
Edward Julien Moinet E.D. Mich. June 13, 1927[12] February 28, 1946 December 23, 1952
Joseph West Molyneaux D. Minn. March 18, 1925 February 28, 1937 January 24, 1940
Charles Harwood Moorman W.D. Ky. January 8, 1924 February 2, 1925
Grover M. Moscowitz E.D.N.Y. December 21, 1925 March 31, 1947
Robert Reasoner Nevin S.D. Ohio January 21, 1929 December 31, 1952
Frank Herbert Norcross D. Nev. April 17, 1928 April 30, 1945 November 4, 1952
Merrill E. Otis W.D. Mo. March 23, 1925[7] December 23, 1944
Charles Nelson Pray D. Mont. February 8, 1924 April 10, 1957 September 12, 1963
Fred Morton Raymond W.D. Mich. May 8, 1925[20] February 6, 1946
Halsted L. Ritter S.D. Fla. February 15, 1929 April 17, 1936
John B. Sanborn, Jr. D. Minn. March 18, 1925 February 2, 1932
Thomas Whitten Slick D. Ind. February 17, 1925 September 16, 1943[21]
Adolphus Frederic St. Sure N.D. Cal. February 23, 1925 June 30, 1947 February 5, 1949
George Caldwell Taylor E.D. Tenn. May 26, 1928 November 24, 1949 December 19, 1952
Thomas D. Thacher S.D.N.Y. January 21, 1925 April 10, 1930
William Josiah Tilson M.D. Ga. June 6, 1926[5]
March 5, 1927
March 19, 1928
March 19, 1928[22]
Edgar Sullins Vaught W.D. Okla. May 31, 1928[11] April 22, 1956 December 5, 1959
Samuel H. West N.D. Ohio December 17, 1928 October 5, 1938
Fred Louis Wham E.D. Ill. March 1, 1927 March 3, 1956 February 2, 1967
Charles Edgar Woodward N.D. Ill. March 2, 1929 May 15, 1942

Specialty courts

United States Court of Customs Appeals

Judge Began active
service
Ended active
service
William Johnson Graham 1924 1937

United States Court of Claims

Judge Began active
service
Ended active
service
J. McKenzie Moss 1926 1929
William R. Green 1928 1947
Nicholas J. Sinnott 1928 1929

United States Customs Court

Judge Began active
service
Ended active
service
George Morley Young 1924 1932[23]
Genevieve Rose Cline 1928 1959
William Josiah Tilson 1928 1949

Notes

References

General
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Specific
  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. Jo Freeman, A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics, 2002: Rowman and Littlefield, p. 216 (ISBN 084769805X)
  3. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 28, 1929
  4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 18, 1928, and received commission on January 18, 1928.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
  6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1927, and received commission on December 15, 1927.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 14, 1925, and received commission on December 14, 1925.
  8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1928, and received commission on January 16, 1928.
  9. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 29, 1926, and received commission on January 29, 1926.
  10. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
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  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 1927, and received commission on December 19, 1927.
  13. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1925, and received commission on December 21, 1925.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1925, and received commission on December 17, 1925.
  15. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 17, 1924, and received commission on January 21, 1924.
  16. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1928, and received commission on January 9, 1928.
  17. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1925, and received commission on December 15, 1925.
  18. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma on February 16, 1925.
  19. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 4, 1928, and received commission on January 4, 1928.
  20. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1925, and received commission on December 18, 1925.
  21. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
  22. Received a second recess appointment to a different seat on the same court, but resigned prior to Senate action on the appointment.
  23. Appointed to the Board of General Appraisers, prior to its conversion to the United States Customs Court in 1926

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