List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Johnson

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Andrew Johnson during his presidency.^[1] Johnson appointed only 9 Article III federal judges during his presidency, all to United States district courts. Andrew Johnson is one of only four presidents^[2] who did not have an opportunity to appoint a judge to serve on the Supreme Court. In April 1866 he nominated Henry Stanbery to fill the vacancy left with the death of John Catron, but the Republican Congress eliminated the seat with the passage of the Judicial Circuits Act. One of Johnson's district court appointees, Samuel Blatchford, would later be appointed to the Supreme Court by Chester A. Arthur.

President Andrew Johnson.

Johnson appointed 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

District Courts

#	Judge	Court [Note 1]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	John Erskine	N.D. Ga. S.D. Ga.	December 20, 1865	January 22, 1866	July 10, 1865[3]	April 25, 1882 December 1, 1883
2	George Washington Brooks	D.N.C.	December 20, 1865	January 22, 1866	August 19, 1865[3]	June 4, 1872[4]
3	George Seabrook Bryan	D.S.C.	February 9, 1866	March 12, 1866	March 12, 1866	September 1, 1886
4	Robert Andrews Hill	N.D. Miss. S.D. Miss.	March 27, 1866	May 1, 1866	May 1, 1866	August 1, 1891
5	Edward Fox	D. Me.	May 28, 1866	May 30, 1866	May 31, 1866	December 14, 1881
6	Daniel Clark	D.N.H.	July 27, 1866	July 27, 1866	July 27, 1866	January 2, 1891
7	Charles Taylor Sherman	N.D. Ohio	March 2, 1867	March 2, 1867	March 2, 1867	November 25, 1872
8	Samuel Blatchford	S.D.N.Y.	July 13, 1867	July 16, 1867	May 3, 1867[5]	March 4, 1878[6]
9	Elmer Scipio Dundy	D. Neb.	April 4, 1868	April 9, 1868	April 9, 1868	October 28, 1896

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Samuel Milligan	July 23, 1868	July 25, 1868	July 25, 1868	April 20, 1874

Notes

1. See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

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

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. The other three presidents are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor and Jimmy Carter.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1865, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1866, and received commission on January 22, 1866.
4. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on June 4, 1872.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on July 13, 1867, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 16, 1867, and received commission on July 16, 1867.
6. Elevated

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center