List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Calvin Coolidge during his presidency.^[1] In total, Coolidge appointed 82 Article III federal judges, surpassing the previous record of 80 appointed by Theodore Roosevelt. These included one Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, 17 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 64 judges to the United States district courts.

President Calvin Coolidge.

Coolidge appointed judges to various Article I specialty courts as well, including Genevieve R. Cline, who became the first woman named to the Federal judiciary when Coolidge placed her on the United States Customs Court in 1928.^[2] Among Coolidge's Article I Federal judicial appointments are 2 judges to the United States Court of Customs Appeals (later the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals), 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims, 1 member of the Board of General Appraisers (later the United States Customs Court) and 2 judges to the United States Customs Court.

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  Coolidge named Harlan F. Stone to the Supreme Court.
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  Learned Hand, named by Coolidge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, remains among the most well-cited judges.

United States Supreme Court justices

#	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended retired service
1	Harlan F. Stone	9	New York	Joseph McKenna	January 5, 1925	February 5, 1925	February 5, 1925	July 3, 1941[3]	Elevated

Courts of appeals

#	Judge	Circuit	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
1	George Ewing Martin	D.C.	May 16, 1924	May 22, 1924	May 22, 1924	September 30, 1937	April 14, 1948
2	Learned Hand	Second	December 2, 1924	December 20, 1924	December 20, 1924	June 1, 1951	August 18, 1961
3	Albert B. Anderson	Seventh	January 2, 1925	January 6, 1925	January 6, 1925	October 30, 1929	April 27, 1938
4	Rufus Edward Foster	Fifth	January 3, 1925	January 13, 1925	January 13, 1925	August 23, 1942	–
5	Charles Harwood Moorman	Sixth	January 2, 1925	January 13, 1925	January 13, 1925	January 26, 1938	–
6	Wilbur F. Booth	Eighth	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	January 1, 1932	July 7, 1944
7	Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh	Eighth	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	May 1, 1933	November 4, 1944
8	Wallace McCamant	Ninth	December 8, 1925	–	May 25, 1925[4]	May 2, 1926	–
9	John J. Parker	Fourth	December 8, 1925	December 14, 1925	October 3, 1925[5]	March 17, 1958	–
10	Thomas Walter Swan	Second	December 15, 1926	December 22, 1926	December 22, 1926	July 1, 1953	July 13, 1975
11	Frank Sigel Dietrich	Ninth	December 22, 1926	January 3, 1927	January 3, 1927	October 2, 1930	–
12	Elliott Northcott	Fourth	April 6, 1927	December 15, 1927	December 15, 1927[6]	October 15, 1939	January 3, 1946
13	Augustus Noble Hand	Second	December 6, 1927	January 18, 1928	May 19, 1927[7]	June 30, 1953	October 28, 1954
14	John Hazelton Cotteral	Eighth / Tenth	May 19, 1928	May 23, 1928	May 23, 1928	April 22, 1933[8]	–
15	Xenophon Hicks	Sixth	May 19, 1928	May 23, 1928	May 23, 1928	March 1, 1952	November 2, 1952
16	Smith Hickenlooper	Sixth	December 6, 1928	December 17, 1928	December 17, 1928	December 22, 1933	–
17	Harrie B. Chase	Second	January 19, 1929	January 31, 1929	January 31, 1929	September 1, 1954	November 17, 1969

District courts

#	Judge	Court [Note 1]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
1	Robert Alexander Inch[Joint 1]	E.D.N.Y.	December 15, 1923	January 8, 1924	April 28, 1923[9]	January 6, 1958	January 12, 1961
2	J. Stanley Webster[Joint 1]	E.D. Wash.	December 15, 1923	January 16, 1924	April 28, 1923[10]	August 31, 1939	December 24, 1962
3	William Alexander Cant[Joint 1]	D. Minn.	December 15, 1923	January 15, 1924	May 21, 1923[11]	January 12, 1933	–
4	Ernest Ford Cochran	E.D.S.C.	December 15, 1923	January 17, 1924	November 22, 1923[12]	March 4, 1934	–
5	Charles Harwood Moorman	W.D. Ky.	January 3, 1924	January 8, 1924	January 8, 1924	February 2, 1925	Elevated
6	Frank Henry Kerrigan	N.D. Cal.	January 21, 1924	January 28, 1924	January 28, 1924	February 9, 1935	–
7	Charles B. Davis	E.D. Mo.	January 21, 1924	January 31, 1924	January 31, 1924	March 3, 1943	–
8	Charles Nelson Pray	D. Mont.	January 21, 1924	February 8, 1924	February 8, 1924	April 10, 1957	September 12, 1963
9	Paul John McCormick	S.D. Cal.	February 7, 1924	February 11, 1924	February 11, 1924	September 1, 1951	December 2, 1960
10	Lake Jones	S.D. Fla.	February 1, 1924	February 18, 1924	February 18, 1924	June 7, 1930	–
11	Franklin Elmore Kennamer	E.D. Okla. / N.D. Okla.	January 28, 1924	February 19, 1924	February 19, 1924	June 1, 1940[13]	May 1, 1960
12	Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr.	W.D. La.	April 25, 1924	May 5, 1924	May 5, 1924	May 17, 1953	August 22, 1966
13	Charles Albert Boynton	W.D. Tex.	December 16, 1924	December 17, 1924	December 17, 1924	May 1, 1947	October 12, 1954
14	Robert C. Baltzell	D. Ind. / S.D. Ind.	January 2, 1925	January 13, 1925	January 13, 1925	January 19, 1950[14]	October 18, 1950
15	Charles I. Dawson	W.D. Ky.	January 2, 1925	January 13, 1925	January 13, 1925	June 30, 1935	–
16	Isaac Melson Meekins	E.D.N.C.	January 9, 1925	January 17, 1925	January 17, 1925	February 13, 1945	November 21, 1946
17	Charlton Beattie	E.D. La.	January 13, 1925	January 19, 1925	January 21, 1925	August 23, 1925	–
18	Thomas D. Thacher	S.D.N.Y.	January 9, 1925	January 19, 1925	January 21, 1925	April 10, 1930	–
19	Benson W. Hough	S.D. Ohio	January 31, 1925	February 9, 1925	February 9, 1925	November 19, 1935	–
20	Thomas Whitten Slick	D. Ind. / N.D. Ind.	February 6, 1925	February 17, 1925	February 17, 1925	September 16, 1943[15]	–
21	Adolphus Frederic St. Sure	N.D. Cal.	February 16, 1925	February 23, 1925	February 23, 1925	June 30, 1947	February 5, 1949
22	Joseph W. Molyneaux	D. Minn.	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	February 28, 1937	January 24, 1940
23	John B. Sanborn Jr.	D. Minn.	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	March 18, 1925	February 2, 1932	Elevated
24	Merrill E. Otis	W.D. Mo.	December 8, 1925	December 14, 1925	March 23, 1925[5]	December 23, 1944	–
25	Edward J. Henning	S.D. Cal.	December 8, 1925	December 15, 1925	April 24, 1925[16]	December 31, 1929	–
26	Fred Morton Raymond	W.D. Mich.	December 8, 1925	December 18, 1925	May 8, 1925[17]	February 6, 1946	–
27	William Clark	D.N.J.	December 8, 1925	December 17, 1925	May 21, 1925[18]	June 25, 1938	Elevated
28	Albert Williams Johnson	M.D. Pa.	December 8, 1925	December 17, 1925	May 21, 1925[18]	June 28, 1945	–
29	Harry B. Anderson	W.D. Tenn.	December 8, 1925	January 29, 1926	September 12, 1925[19]	April 9, 1935	–
30	Louis Henry Burns	E.D. La.	December 8, 1925	December 21, 1925	October 3, 1925[20]	June 9, 1928	–
31	Grover M. Moscowitz	E.D.N.Y.	December 16, 1925	December 21, 1925	December 21, 1925	March 31, 1947	–
32	William Josiah Tilson	M.D. Ga.	June 9, 1926	–	July 6, 1926[4]	March 4, 1927	–
32.1	William Josiah Tilson	M.D. Ga.	December 7, 1926	–	March 5, 1927[21]	March 19, 1928	Elevated
33	Charles Cheatham Cavanah	D. Idaho	December 22, 1926	January 3, 1927	January 3, 1927	January 3, 1942	June 30, 1953
34	John Hugh McNary	D. Ore.	February 26, 1927	February 28, 1927	February 28, 1927	October 25, 1936	–
35	Fred Louis Wham	E.D. Ill.	February 26, 1927	March 1, 1927	March 1, 1927	March 3, 1956	February 2, 1967
36	William H. Kirkpatrick	E.D. Pa.	March 3, 1927	March 3, 1927	March 3, 1927	May 1, 1958	November 28, 1970
37	William Caldwell Coleman	D. Md.	December 6, 1927	December 19, 1927	April 6, 1927[22]	June 1, 1955	–
38	Johnson Jay Hayes	M.D.N.C.	December 6, 1927	January 9, 1928	April 6, 1927[23]	June 18, 1957	October 22, 1970
39	Frederick Howard Bryant	N.D.N.Y.	December 6, 1927	December 19, 1927	May 19, 1927[22]	September 4, 1945	–
40	Frank Joseph Coleman	S.D.N.Y.	December 6, 1927	December 19, 1927	May 19, 1927[22]	March 14, 1934	–
41	Simon L. Adler	W.D.N.Y	December 6, 1927	January 16, 1928	May 19, 1927[24]	May 23, 1934	–
42	Ira Lloyd Letts	D.R.I.	December 6, 1927	January 4, 1928	June 9, 1927[25]	June 24, 1935	–
43	Edward Julien Moinet	E.D. Mich.	December 6, 1927	December 19, 1927	June 13, 1927[22]	February 28, 1946	December 23, 1952
44	George Thomas McDermott	D. Kan.	December 13, 1927[Rn 1]	January 16, 1928	January 16, 1928	April 30, 1929	Elevated
45	Charles Almon Dewey	S.D. Iowa	January 23, 1928	January 31, 1928	January 31, 1928	March 1, 1949	March 2, 1958
46	Warren Booth Burrows	D. Conn.	February 3, 1928	February 16, 1928	February 16, 1928	October 20, 1930	–
47	John Ellis Martineau	E.D. Ark.	March 2, 1928	March 2, 1928	March 2, 1928	March 6, 1937	–
48	Bascom Sine Deaver	M.D. Ga.	March 5, 1928	March 19, 1928	March 19, 1928	October 13, 1944	–
49	Peyton Gordon	D.D.C.	February 27, 1928	March 29, 1928	March 29, 1928	February 4, 1941	September 17, 1946
50	Harold Louderback	N.D. Cal.	March 21, 1928	April 17, 1928	April 17, 1928	December 11, 1941	–
51	Frank Herbert Norcross	D. Nev.	April 2, 1928	April 17, 1928	April 17, 1928	April 30, 1945	November 4, 1952
52	George Caldwell Taylor	E.D. Tenn.	May 24, 1928	May 26, 1928	May 26, 1928	November 2, 1949	December 19, 1952
53	Edgar Sullins Vaught	W.D. Okla.	May 26, 1928[Rn 2]	January 8, 1929	May 31, 1928[26]	April 22, 1956	December 5, 1959
54	Nelson McVicar	W.D. Pa.	December 6, 1928	December 17, 1928	September 14, 1928[27]	February 1, 1951	December 20, 1960
55	Wayne G. Borah	E.D. La.	December 6, 1928	December 17, 1928	October 3, 1928[27]	October 23, 1949	Elevated
56	James William McCarthy	D.N.J.	December 6, 1928[Rn 3]	January 8, 1929	October 6, 1928[26]	January 31, 1929	–
57	George Philip Hahn	N.D. Ohio	December 6, 1928	December 17, 1928	December 17, 1928	February 12, 1937	–
58	Samuel H. West	N.D. Ohio	December 10, 1928	December 17, 1928	December 17, 1928	October 5, 1938	–
59	Robert Reasoner Nevin	S.D. Ohio	January 5, 1929	January 21, 1929	January 21, 1929	December 31, 1952	–
60	Guy Leverne Fake	D.N.J.	February 4, 1929	February 12, 1929	February 12, 1929	February 21, 1951	September 23, 1957
61	Alexander Akerman	S.D. Fla.	January 19, 1929	February 15, 1929	February 15, 1929	October 8, 1939	August 21, 1948
62	Halsted L. Ritter	S.D. Fla.	January 23, 1929	February 15, 1929	February 15, 1929	April 17, 1936	–
63	Elijah Allen Cox	N.D. Miss.	March 1, 1929	March 2, 1929	March 2, 1929	March 22, 1957	August 28, 1974
64	Charles Edgar Woodward	N.D. Ill.	March 1, 1929	March 2, 1929	March 2, 1929	May 15, 1942	–

1. Joint appointment; received recess appointment from Warren G. Harding and commission from Calvin Coolidge.

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Customs Appeals

The United States Court of Custons Appeals became the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals on March 2, 1929.^[28]

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
1	William J. Graham	May 26, 1924	May 29, 1924	May 29, 1924	November 10, 1937	–
2	Finis J. Garrett	February 14, 1929	February 18, 1929	February 18, 1929	December 1, 1937[29]	–

United States Court of Claims

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
1	J. McKenzie Moss	May 26, 1926	June 7, 1926	June 7, 1926	June 11, 1929	–
2	William R. Green	February 20, 1928	March 12, 1928	March 12, 1928	May 29, 1940	June 11, 1947
3	Fenton Whitlock Booth	April 18, 1928[Rn 4]	April 18, 1928	April 18, 1928[30]	June 15, 1939	July 26, 1947
4	Nicholas J. Sinnott	April 18, 1928	April 20, 1928	April 20, 1928	July 20, 1929	–

United States Customs Court

The Board of General Appraisers became the United States Customs Court on May 28, 1926.^[31]

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
1	George M. Young	May 19, 1924	May 23, 1924	May 24, 1924[32]	May 27, 1932[33]	–
2	Genevieve R. Cline	May 4, 1928	May 25, 1928	May 26, 1928	March 1, 1953	–
3	William Josiah Tilson	February 6, 1928	February 27, 1928	February 28, 1928	May 26, 1949	–

Notes

1. See List of United States district and territorial courts

Renominations

1. Renominated on January 12, 1928.
2. Renominated on December 6, 1928.
3. Previously nominated on March 18, 1925 to another seat on the same court. Confirmed on the same day, but declined the appointment.
4. Previously nominated to the same seat on January 2, 1913 by President Taft. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated to the same seat upon it becoming vacant again by President Coolidge on April 18, 1928.

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. Jo Freeman, A Room at a Time: How Women Entered Party Politics, 2002: Rowman and Littlefield, p. 216 (ISBN 084769805X)
3. Elevated to Chief Justice by Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 3, 1941, ending his service on seat 9.
4. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 14, 1925, and received commission on December 14, 1925.
6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1927, and received commission on December 15, 1927.
7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 18, 1928, and received commission on January 18, 1928.
8. Originally appointed to the Eighth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 28, 1929.
9. Recess appointment by Warren G. Harding; formally nominated on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 8, 1924, and received commission on January 8, 1924.
10. Recess appointment by Warren G. Harding; formally nominated on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1924, and received commission on January 16, 1924.
11. Recess appointment by Warren G. Harding; formally nominated on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 15, 1924, and received commission on January 15, 1924.
12. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 17, 1924, and received commission on January 21, 1924.
13. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma on February 16, 1925.
14. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
15. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on April 21, 1928.
16. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1925, and received commission on December 15, 1925.
17. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1925, and received commission on December 18, 1925.
18. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1925, and received commission on December 17, 1925.
19. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 29, 1926, and received commission on January 29, 1926.
20. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1925, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1925, and received commission on December 21, 1925.
21. Received a second recess appointment to the same seat on the same court, but resigned to accept appointment to the United States Customs Court.
22. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 1927, and received commission on December 19, 1927.
23. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1928, and received commission on January 9, 1928.
24. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1928, and received commission on January 16, 1928.
25. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 4, 1928, and received commission on January 4, 1928.
26. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1928, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 8, 1929, and received commission on January 8, 1929.
27. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1928, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1928, and received commission on December 17, 1928.
28. "U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Legislative History - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
29. Laterally appointed to serve as Presiding Judge of the same court by Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 1, 1937.
30. Laterally appointed as Chief Justice, previously served as Judge of the same court.
31. "U.S. Customs Court: Legislative History - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
32. Appointed to the Board of General Appraisers.
33. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Customs Court on May 28, 1926. Served on that court until May 27, 1932.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center