List of federal judges appointed by Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur
Justice Horace Gray, Arthur's first and longest serving appointee to the Supreme Court

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Chester A. Arthur during his presidency.[1] In total Arthur appointed twenty federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, four judges to the United States circuit courts, and fourteen judges to the United States district courts. Arthur shared the appointment of Addison Brown with his predecessor, James A. Garfield, with Garfield placing him on the bench via a recess appointment and Arthur later nominating him to the same seat and issuing his commission.

United States Supreme Court Justices

JusticeSeatStateBegan active
service		Ended active
service
Blatchford, SamuelSamuel BlatchfordSeat 4New YorkMarch 22, 1882July 7, 1893
Gray, HoraceHorace GraySeat 2MassachusettsDecember 20, 1881September 15, 1902

Circuit Courts

David Josiah Brewer, appointed to the Eighth Circuit Court by Arthur, was later elevated to the Supreme Court.
JudgeCircuitBegan active
service		Ended active
service
Brewer, David JosiahDavid Josiah BrewerEighthMarch 31, 1884January 6, 1890
Colt, LeBaron B.LeBaron B. ColtFirstJuly 5, 1884February 7, 1913[2]
Gresham, Walter Q.Walter Q. GreshamSeventhOctober 28, 1884[3]March 3, 1893[2]
Wallace, William JamesWilliam James WallaceSecondApril 6, 1882May 8, 1907[2]

District courts

JudgeCourt
[Note 1]		Began active
service		Ended active
service
Brown, AddisonAddison Brown S.D.N.Y. June 2, 1881[4] August 30, 1901
Carpenter, Jr., George MoultonGeorge Moulton Carpenter, Jr.D.R.I.December 18, 1884July 31, 1896
Coxe, Sr., Alfred ConklingAlfred Conkling Coxe, Sr.N.D.N.Y.May 4, 1882June 14, 1902
McCay, Henry KentHenry Kent McCayN.D. Ga.August 4, 1882July 30, 1886
Paul, Sr., JohnJohn Paul, Sr.W.D. Va.March 3, 1883November 1, 1901
Sabin, Chauncey BrewerChauncey Brewer SabinE.D. Tex.April 5, 1884March 30, 1890
Sabin, George MyronGeorge Myron SabinD. Nev.July 26, 1882May 12, 1890
Sage, George ReadGeorge Read SageS.D. OhioMarch 20, 1883[5]August 24, 1898
Seymour, Augustus SherrillAugustus Sherrill SeymourE.D.N.C.February 21, 1882February 19, 1897
Shiras, Oliver PerryOliver Perry ShirasN.D. IowaAugust 4, 1882November 1, 1903
Speer, EmoryEmory SpeerS.D. Ga.February 18, 1885December 13, 1918
Wales, Leonard EugeneLeonard Eugene WalesD. Del.March 20, 1884February 8, 1897
Webb, NathanNathan WebbD. Me.January 24, 1882June 30, 1902
Woods, William AllenWilliam Allen WoodsD. Ind.May 2, 1883[6]March 21, 1892

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge Began active
service 		Ended active
service
Davis, John Chandler BancroftJohn Chandler Bancroft Davis18821883[7]
Weldon, LawrenceLawrence Weldon18831905
Davis, JohnJohn Davis18851902

Notes

  1. ↑ See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

General
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. 1 2 3 Reassigned by operation of law to the corresponding United States Court of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1884, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1884, and received commission on December 9, 1884.
  4. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on October 12, 1881, confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1881, and received commission on October 14, 1881.
  5. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission on January 7, 1884.
  6. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission on January 7, 1884.
  7. ↑ Davis was previously appointed to the Court of Claims by Rutherford B. Hayes; he resigned from this position, but was restored to it by Arthur the following year.

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/11/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.