List of federal judges appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes during his presidency.[1] In total Hayes made 22 Article III federal judicial appointments, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 4 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 16 judges to the United States district courts.
Hayes appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.
- Hayes' most notable judicial appointment was Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan.
- Hoyt Henry Wheeler, highly regarded as a Vermont district court judge.