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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin Pierce during his presidency.[1] In total Pierce appointed 16 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, 3 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 12 judges to the United States district courts.
Pierce was also the first president to appoint judges, 3 total, to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.
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John Archibald Campbell was Pierce's only appointee to the Supreme Court.
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James M. Love, named to the United States District Court for the District of Iowa, was Pierce's longest-serving appointee.
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Former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Isaac Newton Blackford was among Pierce's appointments to the newly created United States Court of Claims.
United States Supreme Court justices
[edit]# | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date |
Confirmation date |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
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1 | John Archibald Campbell | 8 | Alabama | John McKinley | March 21, 1853 | March 22, 1853 | March 22, 1853 | April 30, 1861 |
Circuit courts
[edit]# | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date |
Confirmation date |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
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1 | Matthew Hall McAllister | California | March 2, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | January 12, 1863 |
2 | James Dunlop | D.C. | December 3, 1855 | December 7, 1855 | November 27, 1855[2][3] | March 3, 1863[4] |
3 | William Matthews Merrick | D.C. | December 14, 1855 | December 14, 1855 | December 14, 1855 | March 3, 1863[4] |
District courts
[edit]# | Judge | Court [Note 1] |
Nomination date |
Confirmation date |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
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1 | West Hughes Humphreys | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. W.D. Tenn. |
March 24, 1853 | March 26, 1853 | March 26, 1853 | June 26, 1862 |
2 | Charles A. Ingersoll | D. Conn. | April 6, 1853 | April 8, 1853 | April 8, 1853 | January 12, 1860 |
3 | William Fell Giles | D. Md. | December 19, 1853 | January 11, 1854 | July 18, 1853[5] | March 21, 1879 |
4 | Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier | S.D. Cal. | January 18, 1854 | January 23, 1854 | January 23, 1854 | May 21, 1861 |
5 | Hiram V. Willson | N.D. Ohio | February 10, 1855 | February 20, 1855 | February 20, 1855 | November 11, 1866 |
6 | Samuel Hubbel Treat Jr. | S.D. Ill. | March 3, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | March 27, 1887 |
7 | James M. Love | D. Iowa/S.D. Iowa | February 7, 1856 | February 25, 1856 | October 5, 1855[6] | July 2, 1891[7] |
8 | McQueen McIntosh | N.D. Fla. | February 27, 1856 | March 11, 1856 | March 11, 1856 | January 3, 1861 |
9 | Andrew Gordon Magrath | D.S.C. | May 9, 1856 | May 12, 1856 | May 12, 1856 | November 7, 1860 |
10 | David Allen Smalley | D. Vt. | February 2, 1857 | February 3, 1857 | February 3, 1857 | March 10, 1877 |
11 | Thomas Howard DuVal | W.D. Tex. | February 26, 1857 | March 3, 1857 | March 3, 1857 | October 10, 1880 |
12 | Samuel Treat | E.D. Mo. | March 3, 1857 | March 3, 1857 | March 3, 1857 | March 5, 1887 |
Specialty courts (Article I)
[edit]United States Court of Claims
[edit]# | Judge | Nomination date |
Confirmation date |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
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1 | Isaac Blackford | March 3, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | December 31, 1859 |
2 | John Gilchrist | March 3, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | March 3, 1855 | April 29, 1858 |
3 | George Parker Scarburgh | January 22, 1856 | February 11, 1856 | May 8, 1855[8] | April 20, 1861 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- General
- "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- Specific
- ^ 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.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1855, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 7, 1855, and received commission on December 7, 1855.
- ^ Laterally appointed Chief Judge. Previously served as Judge of the same court.
- ^ a b The United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia was abolished on March 3, 1863, ending the service of all judges then serving on that court.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 19, 1853, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1854, and received commission on January 11, 1854.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 7, 1856, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1856, and received commission on December 21, 1856.
- ^ On July 20, 1882, the District of Iowa was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa; Love was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District, where he remained until the end of his service.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 22, 1856, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 11, 1856, and received commission on February 11, 1856.