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List of federal judges appointed by James Buchanan
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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President James Buchanan during his presidency.[1] In total Buchanan appointed 8 Article III federal judges, including 1 Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, and 7 judges to the United States district courts. Buchanan appointed no judges to the United States circuit courts during his time in office.
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Buchanan appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.
- Buchanan's only Supreme Court appointee, Nathan Clifford.
- Asa Biggs, named by Buchanan to the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina.