List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy.
Byron White, one of Kennedy's two appointments to the Supreme Court.
James R. Browning formerly of the Ninth Circuit, deceased in 2012, was the longest serving Court of Appeals judge appointed by Kennedy.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President John F. Kennedy during his presidency.[1] In total Kennedy appointed two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 21 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 102 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
Arthur Goldberg Seat 2 Illinois September 28, 1962 July 26, 1965
Byron White Seat 6 Colorado April 12, 1962 June 28, 1993 April 15, 2002

Courts of Appeals

Judge Circuit Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
Griffin Bell Fifth October 5, 1961[2] March 1, 1976
J. Spencer Bell Fourth September 27, 1961 March 19, 1967
James R. Browning Ninth September 18, 1961 September 1, 2000 May 5, 2012
Albert Vickers Bryan Fourth August 15, 1961 May 3, 1972 March 13, 1984
Benjamin Cushing Duniway Ninth September 22, 1961 October 5, 1976 August 23, 1986
George Clifton Edwards, Jr. Sixth December 19, 1963 January 15, 1985 April 8, 1995
James Cullen Ganey Third August 15, 1961 August 15, 1966 February 7, 1972
Walter Pettus Gewin Fifth October 5, 1961[3] November 1, 1976 May 15, 1981
Paul R. Hays Second October 5, 1961[4] September 11, 1974 February 13, 1980
Delmas Carl Hill Tenth September 22, 1961 April 1, 1977 December 2, 1989
Irving Kaufman Second September 22, 1961 July 1, 1987 February 1, 1992
Roger Joseph Kiley Seventh June 30, 1961 January 1, 1974 September 6, 1974
Thurgood Marshall Second October 5, 1961[5] August 23, 1965
Carl E. McGowan D.C. Cir. March 27, 1963 August 31, 1981 December 21, 1987
Pat Mehaffy Eighth July 16, 1963 August 31, 1974 January 31, 1981
Harry Phillips Sixth July 3, 1963 January 15, 1979 August 3, 1985
Albert Alphonso Ridge Eighth June 15, 1961 April 16, 1965 March 2, 1967
Oliver Seth Tenth June 20, 1962 December 25, 1984 March 27, 1996
William Francis Smith Third August 30, 1961 February 26, 1968
Luther Merritt Swygert Seventh September 29, 1961 July 1, 1981 March 16, 1988
J. Skelly Wright D.C. Cir. March 30, 1962 June 1, 1986 August 6, 1988

District courts

Judge Court
[Note 1]
Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. E.D. La. September 22, 1961 August 31, 1966
Clarence W. Allgood N.D. Ala. October 5, 1961[2] January 9, 1973 November 30, 1991
Anthony Thomas Augelli D.N.J. September 22, 1961 April 1, 1972 August 31, 1974
Richard Bevan Austin N.D. Ill. August 15, 1961 October 10, 1975 February 7, 1977
Allen Edward Barrow N.D. Okla. August 2, 1962 February 26, 1979
Frank J. Battisti N.D. Ohio September 22, 1961 April 1, 1994 October 19, 1994
George N. Beamer N.D. Ind. April 12, 1962 October 21, 1974
William Henry Becker W.D. Mo. September 18, 1961 February 8, 1977 February 2, 1992
William Trulock Beeks W.D. Wash. August 15, 1961 May 31, 1973 December 30, 1988
Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld D. Conn. August 15, 1961 January 20, 1977 November 5, 1988
Ralph C. Body E.D. Pa. April 4, 1962 May 30, 1972 June 2, 1973
Luther Lee Bohanon E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.
August 30, 1961 August 2, 1974 July 18, 2003
Dudley Baldwin Bonsal S.D.N.Y. October 5, 1961[4] December 6, 1976 July 22, 1995
Leo Brewster N.D. Tex. October 5, 1961[4] November 1, 1973 November 27, 1979
Bailey Brown W.D. Tenn. August 21, 1961 September 26, 1979
Wesley E. Brown D. Kan. April 4, 1962 September 1, 1979 January 23, 2012
John Decker Butzner, Jr. E.D. Va. June 20, 1962 August 1, 1967
John Matthew Cannella S.D.N.Y. July 3, 1963 December 31, 1977 October 30, 1996
Charles Hardy Carr S.D. Cal. August 14, 1962 August 18, 1973[6] March 13, 1976
T. Emmet Clarie D. Conn. September 18, 1961 January 1, 1983 September 24, 1997
Mitchell Harry Cohen D.N.J. August 2, 1962 September 11, 1974 January 7, 1991
James Aloysius Coolahan D.N.J. April 7, 1962 June 1, 1974 July 16, 1986
Irving Ben Cooper S.D.N.Y. October 5, 1961[7] February 7, 1972 September 17, 1996
William Harold Cox S.D. Miss. June 30, 1961 October 4, 1982 February 25, 1988
Walter Early Craig D. Ariz. October 2, 1963 October 1, 1979 June 29, 1986
Elisha Avery Crary S.D. Cal. August 28, 1962 June 24, 1975[6] April 28, 1978
James Braxton Craven, Jr. W.D.N.C. August 10, 1961 July 5, 1966
Thomas Francis Croake S.D.N.Y. September 22, 1961 January 31, 1972 July 21, 1978
Jesse William Curtis, Jr. S.D. Cal. August 27, 1962 December 31, 1975[6] February 5, 1990
Frederick Alvin Daugherty E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.
October 5, 1961[8] January 12, 1982 April 7, 2006
Arthur Marshall Davis D. Ariz. August 21, 1961 July 11, 1963
Bernard Martin Decker N.D. Ill. December 12, 1962[9] April 2, 1980 November 3, 1993
Samuel Hugh Dillin S.D. Ind. September 22, 1961 March 31, 1993 March 13, 2006
John Francis Dooling, Jr. E.D.N.Y. September 22, 1961 November 30, 1976 January 12, 1981
William Edward Doyle D. Colo. September 22, 1961 May 17, 1971
Edward Dumbauld W.D. Pa. August 3, 1961 December 31, 1976 September 6, 1997
David W. Dyer S.D. Fla. September 18, 1961 September 22, 1966
J. Robert Elliott M.D. Ga. February 17, 1962 December 31, 2000
Frank Burton Ellis E.D. La. April 12, 1962 November 16, 1965 November 3, 1969
Jesse E. Eschbach N.D. Ind. April 13, 1962 December 11, 1981
Wilfred Feinberg S.D.N.Y. October 5, 1961[4] March 7, 1966
Roger D. Foley D. Nev. July 2, 1962 October 29, 1982 January 7, 1996
Noel Peter Fox W.D. Mich. July 31, 1962 December 31, 1979 June 3, 1987
Abraham Lincoln Freedman E.D. Pa. September 22, 1961 July 6, 1964
Charles B. Fulton S.D. Fla. April 26, 1963 June 30, 1978 May 15, 1996
Reynaldo Guerra Garza S.D. Tex. April 14, 1961 August 1, 1979
Floyd Robert Gibson W.D. Mo. August 30, 1961 June 20, 1965
Frank Gray, Jr. M.D. Tenn. November 20, 1961[8] July 15, 1977 September 6, 1978
Ben Charles Green N.D. Ohio October 5, 1961[10] January 5, 1976 January 12, 1983
William Cook Hanson S.D. Iowa
N.D. Iowa
July 23, 1962 August 15, 1977 June 6, 1995
Sarah T. Hughes N.D. Tex. October 5, 1961[4] August 4, 1975 April 23, 1985
William Blakely Jones D.D.C. April 12, 1962 March 20, 1977 July 31, 1979
John Davis Larkins, Jr. E.D.N.C. August 21, 1961 June 8, 1979 February 16, 1990
Earl Richard Larson D. Minn. August 10, 1961 June 30, 1977 October 31, 2001
Joseph Simon Lord III E.D. Pa. September 15, 1961 July 1, 1982 April 23, 1991
Alfred Leopold Luongo E.D. Pa. September 22, 1961 July 19, 1986
Thomas Jamison MacBride N.D. Cal. September 22, 1961 March 25, 1979[11] January 6, 2000
Thaddeus M. Machrowicz E.D. Mich. September 7, 1961 February 17, 1970
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz N.D. Ill. October 2, 1963 August 10, 1975 March 17, 2001
James Robert Martin, Jr. W.D.S.C.
E.D.S.C.
September 18, 1961 November 30, 1979[12] November 14, 1984
Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. E.D. Mich. September 29, 1961 September 13, 1966
Edward Cochrane McLean S.D.N.Y. August 24, 1962 October 12, 1972
Edward Joseph McManus N.D. Iowa July 16, 1962 February 9, 1985 Incumbent
William McRae S.D. Fla. March 8, 1961 January 27, 1973[13]
James Hargrove Meredith E.D. Mo. March 17, 1962 August 31, 1979 December 8, 1988
Thomas J. Michie W.D. Va. June 30, 1961 November 6, 1967 April 9, 1973
Lewis Render Morgan N.D. Ga. August 10, 1961 August 2, 1968
Bernard Thomas Moynahan, Jr. E.D. Ky. November 8, 1963 September 30, 1984 September 30, 1999
William Joseph Nealon, Jr. M.D. Pa. December 13, 1962[14] January 1, 1989 Incumbent
Charles Gelbert Neese E.D. Tenn. November 20, 1961[8] August 31, 1982 October 22, 1989
James Latane Noel, Jr. S.D. Tex. October 5, 1961[4] December 15, 1976 August 29, 1997
Edward Skottowe Northrop D. Md. September 5, 1961 June 12, 1981 August 12, 2003
John Watkins Oliver W.D. Mo. April 3, 1962 November 3, 1980 April 25, 1990
James Benton Parsons N.D. Ill. August 30, 1961 August 30, 1981 June 19, 1993
Harry Vearle Payne D.N.M. March 27, 1963 April 6, 1978 July 20, 1983
John Weld Peck II S.D. Ohio October 5, 1961[15] August 4, 1966
Martin Pence D. Haw. September 22, 1961 November 18, 1974 January 31, 2000
Raymond Eugene Plummer D. Alaska September 18, 1961 June 1, 1973 December 26, 1987
L. Richardson Preyer M.D.N.C. October 7, 1961[8] October 9, 1963
Richard Johnson Putnam W.D. La. September 18, 1961 December 19, 1975 December 16, 2002
John Keating Regan E.D. Mo. April 3, 1962 April 7, 1977 March 9, 1987
Louis Rosenberg W.D. Pa. November 20, 1961[16] January 5, 1976 July 2, 1999
George Rosling E.D.N.Y. October 5, 1961[4] April 16, 1973
Stephen John Roth E.D. Mich. May 7, 1962 July 11, 1974
Robert Shaw D.N.J. April 12, 1962 July 9, 1972
Michael Henry Sheridan M.D. Pa. August 30, 1961 August 23, 1976
Talbot Smith E.D. Mich. October 5, 1961[3] October 31, 1971 December 21, 1978
Adrian Anthony Spears W.D. Tex. October 5, 1961[4] October 10, 1979 December 31, 1982
Albert Lee Stephens, Jr. S.D. Cal. September 18, 1961 June 1, 1979[6] September 6, 2001
Henry George Templar D. Kan. April 12, 1962 November 1, 1974 August 5, 1988
Charles Henry Tenney S.D.N.Y. December 12, 1963 January 31, 1979 November 11, 1994
Bruce Rutherford Thompson D. Nev. August 16, 1963 August 31, 1978 February 10, 1992
Homer Thornberry W.D. Tex. December 17, 1963 July 2, 1965
Harold R. Tyler, Jr. S.D.N.Y. August 2, 1962 April 6, 1975
Stanley Alexander Weigel N.D. Cal. August 15, 1962 October 9, 1982 September 30, 1997
Elmer Gordon West E.D. La. September 15, 1961 November 27, 1979[17] November 2, 1992
Hubert Louis Will N.D. Ill. September 22, 1961 April 23, 1979 December 9, 1995
Frank Wiley Wilson E.D. Tenn. June 15, 1961 September 29, 1982
Harrison Lee Winter D. Md. November 9, 1961[8] June 27, 1966
Inzer Bass Wyatt S.D.N.Y. September 28, 1962 March 29, 1977 January 17, 1990
George C. Young S.D. Fla.
N.D. Fla.
September 18, 1961 October 19, 1981[18] April 25, 2015
Alfonso Joseph Zirpoli N.D. Cal. September 22, 1961 September 30, 1975 July 10, 1995

Specialty courts

Judge Court Began active
service
Ended active
service
Ended senior
status
James Lindsay Almond, Jr. Customs and
Patent Appeals
[19]
October 23, 1962 1973 April 14, 1986
Oscar Hirsh Davis Claims[19] 1962 June 19, 1988
Howard A. Dawson, Jr. Tax August 21, 1962 June 2, 1985 Incumbent

References

Notes
  1. See List of United States district and territorial courts
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. 2.0 2.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 5, 1962, and received commission on February 9, 1962.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 5, 1962, and received commission on February 9, 1962.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
  5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 11, 1962, and received commission on September 14, 1962.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Reassigned to the newly created United States District Court for the Central District of California by operation of law on September 18, 1966.
  7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 20, 1962, and received commission on September 28, 1962.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1962, and received commission on February 17, 1962.
  9. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1963, and received commission on April 2, 1963.
  10. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 1962, and received commission on July 2, 1962.
  11. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on September 18, 1966.
  12. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
  13. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962
  14. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 1963, and received commission on March 27, 1963.
  15. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 11, 1962, and received commission on April 12, 1962.
  16. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 1962, and received commission on July 12, 1962.
  17. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana on April 16, 1972.
  18. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on September 17, 1966.
  19. 19.0 19.1 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.

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