List of federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln.
Salmon Portland Chase was Lincoln's choice to be Chief Justice of the United States.
John Jay Jackson, Jr. was appointed to what was then the Western District of Virginia - which became the District of West Virginia. He remained on the bench until 1905.
Appointed by Lincoln to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Henry Clay Caldwell was later elevated by President Benjamin Harrison to sit on the Eighth Circuit.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Abraham Lincoln during his presidency.[1] In total Lincoln appointed 32 federal judges, including four Associate Justices and one Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, and 27 judges to the United States district courts. Lincoln appointed no judges to the United States circuit courts during his time in office.

United States Supreme Court Justices

JusticeSeatStateBegan active
service		Ended active
service
Chase, Salmon PortlandSalmon Portland ChaseChief JusticeOhioDecember 6, 1864May 7, 1873
Davis, DavidDavid DavisSeat 8IllinoisOctober 17, 1862[2]March 4, 1877
Field, Stephen JohnsonStephen Johnson FieldSeat 9CaliforniaMarch 10, 1863December 1, 1897
Miller, Samuel FreemanSamuel Freeman MillerSeat 3IowaJuly 16, 1862October 13, 1890
Swayne, Noah HaynesNoah Haynes SwayneSeat 6OhioJanuary 24, 1862January 24, 1881

District courts

JudgeCourt
[Note 1]		Began active
service		Ended active
service
Baldwin, Alexander WhiteAlexander White BaldwinD. Nev.March 11, 1865November 14, 1869
Ballard, BlandBland BallardD. Ky.October 16, 1861[3]July 29, 1879
Benedict, Charles LinnaeusCharles Linnaeus BenedictE.D.N.Y.March 9, 1865January 1, 1897
Boynton, Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson BoyntonS.D. Fla.October 19, 1863[4]January 1, 1870
Bullock, Jonathan RussellJonathan Russell BullockD.R.I.February 11, 1865September 15, 1869
Busteed, RichardRichard BusteedN.D. Ala.
M.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.		November 17, 1863[4]October 20, 1874
Caldwell, Henry ClayHenry Clay CaldwellE.D. Ark.
W.D. Ark.		June 20, 1864March 13, 1890
March 13, 1890[5]
Cartter, David KelloggDavid Kellogg CartterD.D.C.March 11, 1863April 16, 1887
Delahay, Mark W.Mark W. DelahayD. Kan.October 6, 1863[6]December 12, 1873
Durell, Edward HenryEdward Henry DurellE.D. La.May 20, 1863[7]December 4, 1874[8]
Field, Richard StocktonRichard Stockton FieldD.N.J.January 14, 1863April 25, 1870
Fisher, George P.George P. FisherD.D.C.March 11, 1863May 1, 1870
Fraser, PhilipPhilip FraserN.D. Fla.July 17, 1862July 26, 1876
Haight, Fletcher MathewsFletcher Mathews HaightS.D. Cal.August 5, 1861February 23, 1866
Jackson, Jr., John JayJohn Jay Jackson, Jr.W.D. Va.August 3, 1861March 15, 1905[9]
Krekel, ArnoldArnold KrekelW.D. Mo.March 9, 1865June 9, 1888
Lane, George WashingtonGeorge Washington LaneN.D. Ala.
M.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.		March 28, 1861November 12, 1863
Lowell, JohnJohn LowellD. Mass.March 11, 1865January 9, 1879
McDonald, DavidDavid McDonaldD. Ind.December 13, 1864August 25, 1869
Olin, Abram B.Abram B. OlinD.D.C.March 11, 1863January 13, 1879
Smith, Caleb BloodCaleb Blood SmithD. Ind.December 22, 1862January 7, 1864
Trigg, Connally FindlayConnally Findlay TriggE.D. Tenn.
M.D. Tenn.
W.D. Tenn.		July 17, 1862April 25, 1880
April 25, 1880
June 14, 1878[10]
Underwood, John CurtissJohn Curtiss UnderwoodE.D. Va.March 27, 1863[11]December 7, 1873[9]
White, Albert SmithAlbert Smith WhiteD. Ind.January 18, 1864September 4, 1864
Williams, ArchibaldArchibald WilliamsD. Kan.March 12, 1861September 21, 1863
Withey, Solomon LewisSolomon Lewis WitheyW.D. Mich.March 11, 1863April 25, 1886
Wylie, AndrewAndrew WylieD.D.C.March 18, 1863[4]May 1, 1885

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge Began active
service 		Ended active
service
Casey, JosephJoseph Casey18611870
Peck, EbenezerEbenezer Peck18631878
Wilmot, DavidDavid Wilmot18631868
Nott, Sr., Charles CooperCharles Cooper Nott, Sr.18651905

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. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 1, 1862, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1862, and received commission on December 8, 1862.
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 9, 1861, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1862, and received commission on January 22, 1862.
  4. 1 2 3 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 20, 1864, and received commission on January 20, 1864.
  5. ↑ Caldwell was appointed to both the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; after March 3, 1871, his service in the Western District was discontinued, though he served in the Eastern District until 1890, when he was elevated to the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit.
  6. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1863, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 1864, and received commission on March 15, 1864.
  7. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 8, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1864, and received commission on February 17, 1864.
  8. ↑ On July 27, 1866, the two Districts of Louisiana then existing were reunited into a single United States District Court for the District of Louisiana by 14 Stat. 300, and Durell was reassigned to this court by operation of law.
  9. 1 2 Early in the course of the American Civil War, the western portion of Virginia rejected Virginia's secession from the United States, and itself seceded from Virginia. This area largely coincided with the existing Western District of Virginia. The portion of Virginia remaining loyal to the Union became the state of West Virginia, which was admitted as a state on June 20, 1863. On June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia became the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with what had previously been the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to again form a single United States District Court for the District of Virginia. John Jay Jackson, who had been appointed to the Western District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of West Virginia. At the same time, John Curtiss Underwood, who had been appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of Virginia. On February 3, 1871, the District of Virginia was again subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts, and Underwood was reassigned to the Eastern District, until his death. On July 1, 1901, the District of West Virginia was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; Jackson was reassigned to the Northern District, until his retirement.
  10. ↑ Trigg was appointed to the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee; after June 14, 1878, his service in the Western District was discontinued, though he served in the Eastern and Middle Districts until his death.
  11. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 25, 1864, and received commission on January 25, 1864.

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