Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Supreme Court
  • Associate Justice
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2024-2025
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2023-2024
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2022-2023
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2021-2022
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2020-2021
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2019-2020
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2018-2019
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2017-2018
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2016-2017
  • Supreme Court cases, October term 2015
  • History of the Supreme Court
  • Chief Justice Eras
  • Historic cases
• Courts
  • United States Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court
  • United States Bankruptcy Court
  • Subject-matter jurisdiction courts
  • United States territorial courts
• District of Columbia
  • Washington, D.C.
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals
  • Superior Court of the District of Columbia
  • Judicial selection in Washington, D.C.
• Federal vacancies
  • Current federal judicial vacancies
  • By Congress
  • By Year
  • Archived vacancy counts
• Presidential nominations
  • Presidential nominations
  • Federal judicial nominations by president
  • President pages
    • Washington
    • Adams
    • Jefferson
    • Madison
    • Monroe
    • Quincy Adams
    • Jackson
    • Van Buren
    • Harrison
    • Tyler
    • Polk
    • Taylor
    • Fillmore
    • Pierce
    • Buchanan
    • Lincoln
    • A. Johnson
    • Grant
    • Hayes
    • Garfield
    • Arthur
    • Cleveland
    • Harrison
    • McKinley
    • T. Roosevelt
    • Taft
    • Wilson
    • Harding
    • Coolidge
    • Hoover
    • F. Roosevelt
    • Truman
    • Eisenhower
    • Kennedy
    • L. Johnson
    • Nixon
    • Ford
    • Carter
    • Reagan
    • H.W. Bush
    • Clinton
    • W. Bush
    • Obama
    • Trump
    • Biden
• About
  • United States federal courts

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President from 1933-1945

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president of the United States from 1933 to 1945. During his time in office, Roosevelt made 197 successful nominations to the federal bench, where the nominee was confirmed and received their judicial commission. Three nominations were unsuccessful–four nominees declined their nomination, two nominees were withdrawn, and six nominees were rejected by the U.S. Senate.

List of judges

First name Last name Court Status Term Matthew Abruzzo Eastern District of New York Deceased 1936 - 1971 Jackson Adair Southern District of Illinois Deceased 1937 - 1956 Florence Allen Sixth Circuit Deceased 1934 - 1966 James Allred Southern District of Texas Resigned 1939 - 1942 Herschel Arant Sixth Circuit Deceased 1939 - 1941 Thurman Arnold District of Columbia Circuit Resigned 1943 - 1945 James Baldwin District of Montana Deceased 1935 - 1944 Guy Bard Eastern District of Pennsylvania Resigned 1939 - 1952 William Barker Southern District of Florida Deceased 1940 - 1968 Alfred Barksdale Western District of Virginia Deceased 1939 - 1972 Campbell Beaumont Southern District of California Deceased 1939 - 1954 Robert Bell District of Minnesota Deceased 1933 - 1964 Francis Biddle Third Circuit Resigned 1939 - 1940 John Biggs Third Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1979 Hugo Black Supreme Court Deceased 1937 - 1971 Lloyd Black Western District of Washington Deceased 1939 - 1950 Homer Bone Ninth Circuit Deceased 1944 - 1970 John Bowen Western District of Washington Deceased 1934 - 1978 Marion Boyd Western District of Tennessee Deceased 1940 - 1988 Sam Bratton Tenth Circuit Deceased 1933 - 1963 Stephen Brennan Northern District of New York Deceased 1942 - 1968 John Bright Southern District of New York Deceased 1941 - 1948 Bower Broaddus Eastern District of Oklahoma Deceased 1940 - 1949 Bower Broaddus Northern District of Oklahoma Deceased 1940 - 1949 Bower Broaddus Western District of Oklahoma Deceased 1940 - 1949 Robert Brown District of Montana Deceased 1945 - 1948 Harold Burke Western District of New York Deceased 1937 - 1981 James Byrnes Supreme Court Resigned 1941 - 1942 Adrian Caillouet Eastern District of Louisiana Deceased 1940 - 1946 William Campbell Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1940 - 1988 Stephen Chandler Western District of Oklahoma Deceased 1943 - 1989 John Clancy Southern District of New York Deceased 1936 - 1969 Charles Clark Second Circuit Deceased 1939 - 1963 Chase Clark District of Idaho Deceased 1943 - 1966 William Clark Third Circuit Resigned 1938 - 1943 William Cole United States Customs Court Elevated 1942 - 1952 John Collet Eastern District of Missouri Elevated 1937 - 1947 John Collet Western District of Missouri Elevated 1937 - 1947 Edward Conger Southern District of New York Deceased 1938 - 1963 Aloysius Connor District of New Hampshire Deceased 1944 - 1967 Leslie Darr Eastern District of Tennessee Deceased 1939 - 1967 Leslie Darr Middle District of Tennessee Reassigned 1939 - 1940 Thomas Davidson Northern District of Texas Deceased 1936 - 1974 Elmer Davies Middle District of Tennessee Deceased 1939 - 1957 David Davis Northern District of Alabama Deceased 1935 - 1938 Thomas Davis Middle District of Georgia Deceased 1945 - 1969 John Delehant District of Nebraska Deceased 1942 - 1972 William Denman Ninth Circuit Deceased 1935 - 1959 Dozier DeVane Northern District of Florida Deceased 1943 - 1963 Dozier DeVane Southern District of Florida Reassigned 1943 - 1947 Armistead Dobie Western District of Virginia Elevated 1939 - 1940 Armistead Dobie Fourth Circuit Deceased 1939 - 1962 James Donohoe District of Nebraska Deceased 1933 - 1956 William Douglas Supreme Court Deceased 1939 - 1980 John Druffel Southern District of Ohio Deceased 1937 - 1967 Francis Duffy Eastern District of Wisconsin Elevated 1939 - 1949 Richard Duncan Eastern District of Missouri Deceased 1943 - 1974 Richard Duncan Western District of Missouri Deceased 1943 - 1974 Henry Edgerton District of Columbia Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1970 Edward Eicher District of Columbia Deceased 1942 - 1944 Alexander Ekwall United States Customs Court Deceased 1942 - 1956 Charles Faris Eighth Circuit Deceased 1935 - 1938 Louis FitzHenry Seventh Circuit Deceased 1933 - 1935 Roger Foley District of Nevada Deceased 1945 - 1974 Francis Ford District of Massachusetts Deceased 1938 - 1975 Hiram Ford Eastern District of Kentucky Deceased 1935 - 1969 Jerome Frank Second Circuit Deceased 1941 - 1957 Felix Frankfurter Supreme Court Deceased 1939 - 1965 Emerich Freed Northern District of Ohio Deceased 1941 - 1955 James Ganey Eastern District of Pennsylvania Elevated 1940 - 1961 Francis Garrecht Ninth Circuit Deceased 1933 - 1948 Thomas Goldsborough District of Columbia Deceased 1939 - 1951 Louis Goodman Northern District of California Deceased 1942 - 1961 Herbert Goodrich Third Circuit Deceased 1940 - 1962 Henry Graven Northern District of Iowa Deceased 1944 - 1970 Duncan Groner District of Columbia Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1957 Peirson Hall Southern District of California Reassigned 1942 - 1966 Elwood Hamilton Western District of Kentucky Elevated 1935 - 1938 Elwood Hamilton Sixth Circuit Deceased 1938 - 1945 Bert Haney Ninth Circuit Deceased 1935 - 1943 Allen Hannay Southern District of Texas Deceased 1942 - 1983 Benjamin Harrison Southern District of California Deceased 1940 - 1960 John Hartigan District of Rhode Island Elevated 1940 - 1951 Arthur Healey District of Massachusetts Deceased 1941 - 1948 William Healy Ninth Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1962 Guy Helvering District of Kansas Deceased 1943 - 1946 John Holland Southern District of Florida Deceased 1936 - 1969 William Holly Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1933 - 1958 Edwin Holmes Fifth Circuit Deceased 1936 - 1961 George Hulbert Southern District of New York Deceased 1934 - 1950 Rubey Hulen Eastern District of Missouri Deceased 1943 - 1956 Charles Hutcheson Eastern District of Virginia Deceased 1944 - 1969 Walter Huxman Tenth Circuit Deceased 1939 - 1972 Michael Igoe Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1938 - 1967 Joseph Jackson Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Deceased 1937 - 1969 Robert Jackson Supreme Court Deceased 1941 - 1954 Ralph Jenney Southern District of California Deceased 1937 - 1945 Harvey Johnsen Eighth Circuit Deceased 1940 - 1975 Charles Jones Third Circuit Resigned 1939 - 1944 John Jones Court of Claims Elevated 1940-1947 Harry Kalodner Eastern District of Pennsylvania Elevated 1938 - 1946 William Keefe United States Customs Court Deceased 1933 - 1955 Walter Keeling Western District of Texas Deceased 1942 - 1945 Harold Kennedy Eastern District of New York Resigned 1944 - 1952 Otto Kerner Seventh Circuit Deceased 1938 - 1952 Frank Kloeb Northern District of Ohio Deceased 1937 - 1976 Walter LaBuy Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1944 - 1967 Charles Lawrence United States Customs Court Deceased 1943 - 1975 Bolitha Laws District of Columbia Elevated 1938 - 1945 Bolitha Laws Chief Judge, DC District Elevated 1945 - 1948 Paul Leahy District of Delaware Deceased 1942 - 1966 James Leamy District of Vermont Deceased 1940 - 1949 Charles Leavy Western District of Washington Deceased 1942 - 1952 Arthur Lederle Eastern District of Michigan Deceased 1936 - 1972 Elmo Lee Fifth Circuit Deceased 1943 - 1949 Vincent Leibell Southern District of New York Deceased 1936 - 1968 Harry Lemley Eastern District of Arkansas Deceased 1939 - 1965 Harry Lemley Western District of Arkansas Deceased 1939 - 1965 David Ling District of Arizona Deceased 1936 - 1965 Augustus Long Northern District of Florida Deceased 1934 - 1955 Archibald Lovett Southern District of Georgia Deceased 1941 - 1945 Alva Lumpkin Eastern District of South Carolina Resigned 1939 - 1941 Alva Lumpkin Western District of South Carolina Resigned 1939 - 1941 Joseph Madden Court of Claims Retired 1941 - 1961 Calvert Magruder First Circuit Deceased 1939 - 1968 John Mahoney District of Rhode Island Elevated 1935 - 1940 John Mahoney First Circuit Deceased 1940 - 1952 James Major Southern District of Illinois Elevated 1933 - 1937 James Major Seventh Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1972 Samuel Mandelbaum Southern District of New York Deceased 1936 - 1946 Albert Maris Third Circuit Deceased 1939 - 1989 Albert Maris Eastern District of Pennsylvania Elevated 1936 - 1938 John Martin Western District of Tennessee Elevated 1935 - 1940 John Martin Sixth Circuit Deceased 1940 - 1962 Clifton Mathews Ninth Circuit Deceased 1935 - 1962 Thomas McAllister Sixth Circuit Deceased 1941 - 1976 Claude McColloch District of Oregon Deceased 1937 - 1959 Leon McCord Fifth Circuit Deceased 1938 - 1952 John McDuffie Southern District of Alabama Deceased 1935 - 1950 Matthew McGuire District of Columbia Deceased 1941 - 1986 Gerald McLaughlin Third Circuit Deceased 1943 - 1977 Thomas Meaney District of New Jersey Deceased 1942 - 1968 John Miller Western District of Arkansas Deceased 1941 - 1981 Justin Miller District of Columbia Circuit Resigned 1937 - 1945 Shackelford Miller Western District of Kentucky Elevated 1939 - 1945 Sherman Minton Seventh Circuit Elevated 1941 - 1949 Sidney Mize Southern District of Mississippi Deceased 1937 - 1965 Ben Moore Southern District of West Virginia Deceased 1941 - 1958 George Moore Eastern District of Missouri Deceased 1935 - 1962 James Morris District of Columbia Deceased 1939 - 1960 Clarence Mullins Northern District of Alabama Deceased 1943 - 1957 Thomas Murphree Northern District of Alabama Deceased 1938 - 1945 Frank Murphy Supreme Court Deceased 1940 - 1949 Alfred Murrah Eastern District of Oklahoma Elevated 1937 - 1940 Alfred Murrah Northern District of Oklahoma Elevated 1937 - 1940 Alfred Murrah Western District of Oklahoma Elevated 1937 - 1940 Alfred Murrah Tenth Circuit Deceased 1940 - 1975 Francis Myers Eastern District of South Carolina Deceased 1934 - 1940 Ambrose O'Connell Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Deceased 1944 - 1962 James O'Connor Southern District of California Deceased 1940 - 1949 Webster Oliver United States Customs Court Deceased 1940 - 1969 Robert Patterson Second Circuit Resigned 1939 - 1940 Frank Picard Eastern District of Michigan Deceased 1939 - 1963 David Pine District of Columbia Deceased 1940 - 1970 Robert Pollard Eastern District of Virginia Deceased 1936 - 1954 Gaston Porterie Western District of Louisiana Deceased 1939 - 1953 Heartsill Ragon Western District of Arkansas Deceased 1933 - 1940 Stanley Reed Supreme Court Deceased 1938 - 1980 Eugene Rice Eastern District of Oklahoma Deceased 1937 - 1967 Walter Riddick Eighth Circuit Deceased 1941 - 1953 Albert Ridge Western District of Missouri Elevated 1945 - 1961 Simon Rifkind Southern District of New York Resigned 1941 - 1950 Harlan Rippey Western District of New York Resigned 1934 - 1936 Floyd Roberts Western District of Virginia Nomination rejected 1938 - 1939 Michael Roche Northern District of California Deceased 1935 - 1964 Robert Russell Northern District of Georgia Elevated 1940 - 1949 Wiley Rutledge District of Columbia Circuit Elevated 1939 - 1943 Wiley Rutledge Supreme Court Deceased 1943 - 1949 Royce Savage Northern District of Oklahoma Resigned 1940 - 1961 Henry Schweinhaut District of Columbia Deceased 1944 - 1970 Lewis Schwellenbach Eastern District of Washington Resigned 1940 - 1945 Elwyn Shaw Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1944 - 1950 John Smith District of Connecticut Elevated 1941 - 1960 William Smith District of New Jersey Elevated 1941 - 1961 Albert Stephens Southern District of California Elevated 1935 - 1937 Albert Stephens Ninth Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1965 Harold Stephens District of Columbia Circuit Elevated 1935 - 1948 Harlan Stone Chief Justice, Supreme Court Deceased 1941 - 1946 Patrick Stone Western District of Wisconsin Deceased 1933 - 1963 George Sullivan District of Minnesota Deceased 1937 - 1944 Philip Sullivan Northern District of Illinois Deceased 1933 - 1960 George Sweeney District of Massachusetts Deceased 1935 - 1966 Mac Swinford Eastern District of Kentucky Deceased 1937 - 1975 Mac Swinford Western District of Kentucky Deceased 1937 - 1975 Luther Swygert Northern District of Indiana Elevated 1943 - 1961 Seth Thomas Eighth Circuit Deceased 1935 - 1962 George Timmerman Eastern District of South Carolina Deceased 1942 - 1966 George Timmerman Western District of South Carolina Deceased 1942 - 1966 Walter Treanor Seventh Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1941 Thomas Trimble Eastern District of Arkansas Deceased 1937 - 1965 Mell Underwood Southern District of Ohio Deceased 1936 - 1972 Frederick Vinson District of Columbia Circuit Resigned 1937 - 1943 Charles Vogel District of North Dakota Elevated 1941 - 1954 Thomas G. Walker District of New Jersey Resigned 1939 - 1941 Thomas J. Walker United States Customs Court Deceased 1940 - 1945 Curtis Waller Northern District of Florida Elevated 1940 - 1943 Curtis Waller Southern District of Florida Elevated 1940 - 1943 Curtis Waller Fifth Circuit Deceased 1943 - 1950 Julius Waring Eastern District of South Carolina Deceased 1942 - 1968 Harry Watkins Northern District of West Virginia Deceased 1937 - 1963 Harry Watkins Southern District of West Virginia Deceased 1937 - 1963 Martin Welsh Northern District of California Deceased 1939 - 1953 Richard Whaley United States Court of Claims, chief justice Deceased 1939 - 1951 Samuel Whitaker United States Court of Claims Deceased 1939 - 1967 Robert Wilkin Northern District of Ohio Deceased 1939 - 1973 Robert Williams Tenth Circuit Deceased 1937 - 1948 Peter Woodbury First Circuit Deceased 1941 - 1970 Joseph Woodrough Eighth Circuit Deceased 1933 - 1977 Charles Wyche Western District of South Carolina Resigned 1937 - 1965 Charles Wyzanski District of Massachusetts Deceased 1941 - 1986 Leon Yankwich Southern District of California Reassigned 1935 - 1966

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 29 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of November 4, 2025, 20 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 November 2025, there were 47 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
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• United States Courts
• Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789-present from the Federal Judicial Center