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Dwight D. Eisenhower, President from 1953-1961

Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During his time in office he had 175 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Eisenhower had one nominee decline their nomination, two withdrawn and 26 receiving no votes from the Senate.

List of judges

First name Last name Court Status Term Bailey Aldrich District of Massachusetts Elevated (dec. 2002) 1954 - 1959 Bailey Aldrich First Circuit Deceased 1959 - 2002 Mary Alger United States Customs Court Deceased 1955 - 1977 Robert Anderson District of Connecticut Elevated 1954 - 1964 Alfred Arraj District of Colorado Deceased 1957 - 1992 Stanley Barnes Ninth Circuit Deceased 1956 - 1990 John Bartels Eastern District of New York Deceased 1959 - 1997 Walter Bastian District of Columbia Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1975 John Beck District of South Dakota Deceased 1958 - 1981 Alexander Bicks Southern District of New York Deceased 1954 - 1963 Harry Blackmun Eighth Circuit Elevated 1959 - 1970 George Boldt Western District of Washington Deceased 1953 - 1984 William Bootle Middle District of Georgia Deceased 1954 - 2005 Herbert Boreman Northern District of West Virginia Elevated 1954 - 1959 Herbert Boreman Fourth Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1982 Jean Breitenstein District of Colorado Elevated 1954 - 1957 Jean Breitenstein Tenth Circuit Deceased 1957 - 1986 William Brennan Supreme Court Deceased 1957 - 1997 Henry Brooks Western District of Kentucky Elevated 1954 - 1969 John Brown Fifth Circuit Deceased 1955 - 1993 Walter Bruchhausen Eastern District of New York Deceased 1953 - 1976 Frederick Bryan Southern District of New York Deceased 1956 - 1978 Warren Burger District of Columbia Circuit Elevated 1956 - 1969 Lloyd Burke Northern District of California Deceased 1958 - 1988 Algernon Butler Eastern District of North Carolina Deceased 1959 - 1978 Andrew Caffrey District of Massachusetts Deceased 1960 - 1993 Benjamin Cameron Fifth Circuit Deceased 1955 - 1964 George Carswell Northern District of Florida Elevated 1958 - 1969 John Cashin Southern District of New York Deceased 1956 - 1970 Latham Castle Seventh Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1986 Lamar Cecil Eastern District of Texas Deceased 1954 - 1958 Lester Cecil Southern District of Ohio Elevated 1953 - 1959 Lester Cecil Sixth Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1982 Richard Chambers Ninth Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1994 Olin Chilson District of Colorado Deceased 1960 - 1991 Emett Choate Southern District of Florida Deceased 1954 - 1974 Albert Christensen District of Utah Deceased 1954 - 1996 Thurmond Clarke Southern District of California Reassigned 1955 - 1966 Claude Clayton Northern District of Mississippi Elevated 1958 - 1967 James Connell Northern District of Ohio Deceased 1954 - 1973 Myron Crocker Southern District of California Reassigned 1959 - 1966 Ted Dalton Western District of Virginia Deceased 1959 - 1989 John Danaher District of Columbia Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1990 Ronald Davies District of North Dakota Deceased 1955 - 1996 Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. Western District of Louisiana Deceased 1953 - 1984 Archie Dawson Southern District of New York Deceased 1954 - 1964 Edward Day District of Rhode Island Deceased 1954 - 1985 Edward Devitt District of Minnesota Deceased 1955 - 1992 James Durfee United States Court of Claims Deceased 1960-1977 William East District of Oregon Deceased 1955 - 1985 Thomas Egan Eastern District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1957 - 1961 Joe Estes Northern District of Texas Deceased 1955 - 1989 James Fee Ninth Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1959 John Feikens Eastern District of Michigan Nomination rejected 1960 - 1961 John Field Southern District of West Virginia Elevated 1959 - 1971 Joseph Fisher Eastern District of Texas Deceased 1959 - 2000 Phillip Forman Third Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1978 Ralph Freeman Eastern District of Michigan Deceased 1954 - 1990 Henry Friendly Second Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1986 Edward Gignoux District of Maine Deceased 1957 - 1988 Robert Grant Northern District of Indiana Deceased 1957 - 1998 Harlan Grooms Northern District of Alabama Deceased 1953 - 1991 Kenneth Grubb Eastern District of Wisconsin Retired 1955 - 1965 Sherrill Halbert Northern District of California Reassigned 1954 - 1966 Frederick Hamley Ninth Circuit Deceased 1956 - 1975 Oliver Hamlin Northern District of California Elevated 1953 - 1958 Oliver Hamlin Ninth Circuit Deceased 1958 - 1973 John Harlan Second Circuit Elevated 1954 - 1955 John Harlan Supreme Court Deceased 1955 - 1971 George Hart District of Columbia Deceased 1959 - 1984 John Hastings Seventh Circuit Deceased 1957 - 1977 Clement Haynsworth Fourth Circuit Deceased 1957 - 1989 John Henderson Western District of New York Deceased 1959 - 1974 Jesse Henley Eastern District of Arkansas Nomination rejected 1958 - 1959 Jesse Henley Eastern District of Arkansas Elevated 1959 - 1975 Jesse Henley Western District of Arkansas Elevated 1959 - 1975 William Herlands Southern District of New York Deceased 1956 - 1969 Edwin Hicklin Southern District of Iowa Deceased 1957 - 1963 Carroll Hincks Second Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1964 Walter Hodge District of Alaska Deceased 1960 - 1975 Julius Hoffman Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1953 - 1983 Walter Hoffman Eastern District of Virginia Deceased 1954 - 1996 Cale Holder Southern District of Indiana Deceased 1954 - 1983 Edwin Hunter Western District of Louisiana Deceased 1954 - 2002 Joe Ingraham Southern District of Texas Elevated 1954 - 1969 William Jameson District of Montana Deceased 1957 - 1990 Gilbert Jertberg Southern District of California Elevated 1955 - 1958 Gilbert Jertberg Ninth Circuit Deceased 1958 - 1973 Frank Johnson Middle District of Alabama Elevated 1956 - 1979 Warren Jones Fifth Circuit Reassigned 1955 - 1981 William Juergens Eastern District of Illinois Reassigned 1956 - 1979 Anthony Julian District of Massachusetts Deceased 1959 - 1984 Frederick Kaess Eastern District of Michigan Deceased 1960 - 1979 Girard Kalbfleisch Northern District of Ohio Deceased 1959 - 1990 Wallace Kent Western District of Michigan Elevated 1954 - 1971 Ewing Kerr District of Wyoming Deceased 1956 - 1992 John Kilkenny District of Oregon Elevated 1959 - 1969 Winfred Knoch Northern District of Illinois Elevated 1953 - 1958 Winfred Knoch Seventh Circuit Deceased 1958 - 1983 Montgomery Koelsch Ninth Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1992 Charles Kraft Eastern District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1956 - 2002 Fred Kunzel Southern District of California Deceased 1959 - 1969 Arthur Lane District of New Jersey Resigned 1960 - 1967 Don Laramore United States Court of Claims Reassigned 1954 - 1982 (dec. 1989) Caleb Layton District of Delaware Deceased 1957 - 1988 Dal Lemmon Ninth Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1958 Richard Levet Southern District of New York Resigned 1956 - 1976 David Lewis Tenth Circuit Deceased 1956 - 1983 Oren Lewis Eastern District of Virginia Deceased 1960 - 1983 Joseph Lieb Southern District of Florida Reassigned 1956 - 1962 John Lord Eastern District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1954 - 1972 Joseph Lumbard Second Circuit Deceased 1955 - 1999 Lloyd MacMahon Southern District of New York Deceased 1959 - 1989 Isaac Martin Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Deceased 1958 - 1966 Marion Matthes Eighth Circuit Deceased 1958 - 1980 Joseph McGarraghy District of Columbia Deceased 1954 - 1975 John McIlvaine Western District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1955 - 1963 Frederick Mercer Southern District of Illinois Deceased 1956 - 1966 Charles Merrill Ninth Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1996 Charles Metzner Southern District of New York Deceased 1959 - 2009 George Mickelson District of South Dakota Deceased 1954 - 1965 John Miller Western District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1954 - 1978 William Miller Middle District of Tennessee Elevated 1955 - 1970 Julius Miner Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1958 - 1963 Jacob Mishler Eastern District of New York Deceased 1960 - 2004 Leonard Moore Second Circuit Deceased 1957 - 1982 Justin Morgan Western District of New York Deceased 1956 - 1959 Mendon Morrill District of New Jersey Deceased 1958 - 1961 Clifford O'Sullivan Eastern District of Michigan Elevated 1957 - 1960 Clifford O'Sullivan Second Circuit Deceased 1960 - 1975 Edmund Palmieri Southern District of New York Deceased 1954 - 1989 William Parkinson Northern District of Indiana Elevated 1954 - 1957 William Parkinson Seventh Circuit Deceased 1957 - 1959 Charles Paul Northern District of West Virginia Deceased 1960 - 1965 Omer Poos Southern District of Illinois Deceased 1958 - 1976 Charles Powell Eastern District of Washington Deceased 1959 - 1975 George Register District of North Dakota Deceased 1955 - 1972 Giles Rich Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Reassigned (dec. 1999) 1956 - 1982 Scovel Richardson United States Customs Court Reassigned (dec. 1982) 1957 - 1980 Ross Rizley Western District of Oklahoma Deceased 1956 - 1969 Richard Robinson District of Nebraska Deceased 1956 - 1991 Edwin Robson Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1958 - 1986 Waldo Rogers District of New Mexico Deceased 1954 - 1964 John Ross District of Nevada Deceased 1954 - 1963 Elmer Schnackenberg Seventh Circuit Deceased 1953 - 1968 John Sirica District of Columbia Deceased 1957 - 1992 Arthur Smith Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Deceased 1959 - 1968 John Smith Second Circuit Deceased 1960 - 1980 Randle Smith Western District of Missouri Deceased 1956 - 1962 Simon Sobeloff Fourth Circuit Deceased 1956 - 1973 Herbert Sorg Western District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1955 - 1979 Arthur Stanley District of Kansas Deceased 1958 - 2001 Edwin Stanley Middle District of North Carolina Deceased 1957 - 1971 Edwin Steel District of Delaware Deceased 1958 - 1986 Roy Stephenson Southern District of Iowa Elevated 1960 - 1971 Potter Stewart Sixth Circuit Elevated 1954 - 1958 Potter Stewart Supreme Court Deceased 1958 - 1985 William Sweigert Northern District of California Deceased 1959 - 1983 Cyrus Tavares District of Hawaii Deceased 1960 - 1976 Fredrick Taylor District of Idaho Deceased 1954 - 1988 Roby Thompson Western District of Virginia Deceased 1957 - 1960 Roszel Thomsen District of Maryland Deceased 1954 - 1992 William Timbers District of Connecticut Elevated 1960 - 1971 Elbert Tuttle Fifth Circuit Reassigned 1954 - 1981 Francis Van Dusen Eastern District of Pennsylvania Elevated 1955 - 1967 Martin Van Oosterhout Eighth Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1979 Robert Van Pelt District of Nebraska Deceased 1957 - 1988 Charles Vogel Eighth Circuit Deceased 1954 - 1980 Lawrence Walsh Southern District of New York Resigned 1954 - 1957 Leonard Walsh District of Columbia Deceased 1959 - 1980 Earl Warren Supreme Court Deceased 1953 - 1974 Sterry Waterman Second Circuit Deceased 1955 - 1984 Robert Watkins District of Maryland Deceased 1955 - 1986 Randolph Weber Eastern District of Missouri Deceased 1957 - 1961 Paul Weick Northern District of Ohio Elevated 1956 - 1959 Paul Weick Sixth Circuit Deceased 1959 - 1997 Carl Weinman Southern District of Ohio Deceased 1959 - 1979 Charles Whittaker Western District of Missouri Elevated 1954 - 1956 Charles Whittaker Eighth Circuit Elevated 1956 - 1957 Charles Whittaker Supreme Court Resigned 1957 - 1965 Joseph Willson Western District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1953 - 1998 David Wilson United States Customs Court Deceased 1954 - 1976 John Wisdom Fifth Circuit Deceased 1957 - 1999 Albert Wollenberg Northern District of California Deceased 1958 - 1981 Harold Wood Eastern District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1959 - 1972 Francis Worley Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, chief judge Deceased 1959 - 1974 Reynier Wortendyke District of New Jersey Deceased 1955 - 1975 Caleb Wright District of Delaware Deceased 1955 - 2001 Gordon Young Eastern District of Arkansas Deceased 1959 - 1969 Joseph Zavatt Eastern District of New York Deceased 1957 - 1985

Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump (R) has nominated 39 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of October 31, 2025, 17 of the nominees were confirmed.

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump (R) nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. Trump made 245 judicial appointments. Of those appointments, 234 were Article III judges. Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from the Senate.

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United States Article III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering activity in September 2025, there were 50 Article III vacancies in the federal judiciary. To learn more about current vacancies in the federal judiciary, click here. The following chart from the monthly federal vacancy count report for November 1, 2025, details the number of appointments made by President Trump to each type of Article III federal court since taking office. This chart is updated at the start of each month with new appointments data.

Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt

See also: Federal judicial appointments by president

The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2024.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2024. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is abbreviated as USCAFC. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, previously known as the U.S. Court of Claims, is abbreviated USCFC.

The following chart shows the average number of judicial appointments per year in office by presidents from 1901 to 2024.

The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through November 1 of the first year of each president's second term in office. At this point in the term, Presidents Obama had the most appeals court appointments with 9.

The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through November 1 of the first year of presidents' second term in office. At this point in the term, President Obama had the most district court appointments with 25.

See also

• Federal judicial appointments by president
• Current federal judicial vacancies
• Judicial vacancies in federal courts
• Dwight Eisenhower

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• Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present from the Federal Judicial Center