List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Roosevelt appointee William O. Douglas was the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
Florence Ellinwood Allen, appointed by Roosevelt to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, was the first woman appointed to a federal appellate court.
Fred M. Vinson, appointed by Roosevelt to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, would later be appointed by President Truman to serve as Chief Justice of the United States.
Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency.[1] In total Roosevelt appointed 193 federal judges, more than twice as many as the previous record of 79 appointed by Calvin Coolidge. These included eight Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, elevated one to Chief Justice, appointed 51 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 134 judges to the United States district courts.
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United States Supreme Court Justices
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| # | Justice | Seat | State | Retiring Justice | Confirmation vote |
Began service |
Ended service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Black | Seat 4 | Alabama | Willis Van Devanter | 63-16 | August 18, 1937 | September 17, 1971 |
| 2 | Stanley Forman Reed | Seat 6 | Kentucky | George Sutherland | voice vote | January 27, 1938 | February 25, 1957 |
| 3 | Felix Frankfurter | Seat 2 | New York | Benjamin N. Cardozo | voice vote | January 20, 1939 | August 28, 1962 |
| 4 | William O. Douglas | Seat 3 | Washington[2] | Louis Brandeis | 62-4 | April 15, 1939 | November 12, 1975 |
| 5 | Frank Murphy | Seat 10 | Michigan | Pierce Butler | voice vote | January 18, 1940 | July 19, 1949 |
| 6 | James F. Byrnes | Seat 1 | South Carolina | James Clark McReynolds | voice vote | June 25, 1941 | October 3, 1942 |
| 7 | Harlan F. Stone | Chief Justice | New York | Charles Evans Hughes | voice vote | July 3, 1941[3] | April 22, 1946 |
| 8 | Robert H. Jackson | Seat 9 | New York | Harlan F. Stone | voice vote | July 11, 1941 | October 9, 1954 |
| 9 | Wiley Blount Rutledge | Seat 1 | Missouri[4] | James F. Byrnes | voice vote | February 11, 1943 | September 10, 1949 |
Courts of Appeals
| Judge | Circuit | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Ellinwood Allen[5] | Sixth | March 21, 1934 | October 5, 1959 | September 12, 1966 |
| Herschel Whitfield Arant | Sixth | March 4, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | – |
| Thurman Wesley Arnold | D.C. Cir. | March 11, 1943 | July 9, 1945 | – |
| Francis Biddle | Third | March 4, 1939 | January 22, 1940 | – |
| John Biggs, Jr. | Third | February 16, 1937 | October 30, 1965 | April 15, 1979 |
| Homer Bone | Ninth | April 1, 1944 | January 1, 1956 | March 11, 1970 |
| Sam Gilbert Bratton | Tenth | June 1, 1933 | March 1, 1961 | September 22, 1963 |
| Charles Edward Clark | Second | March 9, 1939 | December 13, 1963 | – |
| William Clark | Third | June 25, 1938 | March 24, 1943 | – |
| William Denman | Ninth | February 1, 1935 | July 3, 1957 | March 9, 1959 |
| Armistead Mason Dobie | Fourth | December 19, 1939[6] | February 1, 1956 | August 7, 1962 |
| Henry White Edgerton | D.C. Cir. | December 15, 1937 | April 22, 1963 | February 23, 1970 |
| Charles Breckenridge Faris | Eighth | January 31, 1935 | November 30, 1935 | December 18, 1938 |
| Louis FitzHenry | Seventh | June 16, 1933 | November 18, 1935 | – |
| Jerome Frank | Second | March 27, 1941 | January 13, 1957 | – |
| Francis Arthur Garrecht | Ninth | May 19, 1933 | August 11, 1948 | – |
| Herbert Funk Goodrich | Third | May 10, 1940 | June 25, 1962 | – |
| Elwood Hamilton | Sixth | March 4, 1938 | September 19, 1945 | – |
| Bert E. Haney | Ninth | August 24, 1935 | September 18, 1943 | – |
| William Healy | Ninth | June 21, 1937 | November 30, 1958 | March 15, 1962 |
| Edwin R. Holmes | Fifth | March 20, 1936 | November 30, 1954 | December 10, 1961 |
| Walter August Huxman | Tenth | May 23, 1939 | April 1, 1957 | June 25, 1972 |
| Harvey M. Johnsen | Eighth | October 14, 1940 | August 1, 1965 | September 15, 1975 |
| Charles Alvin Jones | Third | July 25, 1939 | December 31, 1944 | – |
| Otto Kerner, Sr. | Seventh | November 21, 1938[7] | December 13, 1952 | – |
| Elmo Pearce Lee | Fifth | December 17, 1943 | July 26, 1949 | – |
| Calvert Magruder | First | June 3, 1939 | June 12, 1959 | May 22, 1968 |
| John Christopher Mahoney | First | February 12, 1940 | December 20, 1950 | November 18, 1952 |
| James Earl Major | Seventh | March 23, 1937 | March 23, 1956 | January 4, 1972 |
| Albert Branson Maris | Third | June 24, 1938 | December 31, 1958 | February 7, 1989 |
| John Donelson Martin, Sr. | Sixth | September 4, 1940 | April 2, 1962 | – |
| Clifton Mathews | Ninth | March 23, 1935 | June 30, 1953 | September 7, 1962 |
| Thomas Francis McAllister | Sixth | May 22, 1941 | January 1, 1963 | November 10, 1976 |
| Leon Clarence McCord | Fifth | June 24, 1938 | February 26, 1951 | February 11, 1952 |
| Gerald McLaughlin | Third | June 14, 1943 | July 15, 1968 | December 6, 1977 |
| Justin Miller | D.C. Cir. | August 23, 1937 | September 30, 1945 | – |
| Sherman Minton | Seventh | May 22, 1941 | October 11, 1949 | – |
| Alfred P. Murrah | Tenth | September 4, 1940 | May 1, 1970 | October 30, 1975 |
| Robert P. Patterson | Second | March 21, 1939 | July 30, 1940 | – |
| Walter Garrett Riddick | Eighth | December 19, 1941 | July 31, 1953 | – |
| Wiley Blount Rutledge | D.C. Cir. | May 2, 1939 | February 14, 1943 | – |
| Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. | Ninth | June 18, 1937 | January 25, 1961 | January 15, 1965 |
| Harold Montelle Stephens | D.C. Cir. | July 27, 1935 | March 9, 1948 | – |
| Seth Thomas | Eighth | December 2, 1935[8] | May 1, 1954 | February 2, 1962 |
| Walter Emanuel Treanor | Seventh | December 27, 1937 | April 26, 1941 | – |
| Fred M. Vinson | D.C. Cir. | December 15, 1937 | May 28, 1943 | – |
| Curtis L. Waller | Fifth | March 10, 1943 | July 11, 1950 | – |
| Robert L. Williams | Tenth | April 21, 1937 | March 31, 1939 | April 10, 1948 |
| Peter Woodbury | First | February 25, 1941 | December 31, 1964 | November 17, 1970 |
| Joseph William Woodrough | Eighth | April 12, 1933 | January 3, 1961 | October 2, 1977 |
District courts
| Judge | Court [Note 1] |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew T. Abruzzo | E.D.N.Y. | February 15, 1936 | February 15, 1966 | May 28, 1971 |
| J. Leroy Adair | S.D. Ill. | April 27, 1937 | January 19, 1956 | – |
| James Allred | S.D. Tex. | February 23, 1939 | May 15, 1942[9] | – |
| James Harris Baldwin | D. Mont. | June 4, 1935 | October 26, 1944 | – |
| Guy K. Bard | E.D. Pa. | December 20, 1939[10] | July 16, 1952 | – |
| William Julius Barker | S.D. Fla. | February 5, 1940 | April 30, 1959 | April 13, 1968 |
| Alfred D. Barksdale | W.D. Va. | December 19, 1939[11] | August 1, 1957 | August 16, 1972 |
| Campbell Eben Beaumont | S.D. Cal. | August 5, 1939 | November 19, 1954 | – |
| Robert Cook Bell | D. Minn. | June 13, 1933 | May 1, 1961 | March 17, 1964 |
| Lloyd Llewellyn Black | W.D. Wash. | August 11, 1939 | August 23, 1950 | – |
| John Clyde Bowen | W.D. Wash. | March 20, 1934 | June 5, 1961 | April 27, 1978 |
| Marion Speed Boyd | W.D. Tenn. | September 27, 1940 | August 1, 1966 | January 9, 1988 |
| Stephen W. Brennan | N.D.N.Y. | May 6, 1942 | May 1, 1963 | April 9, 1968 |
| John Bright | S.D.N.Y. | June 6, 1941 | March 24, 1948 | – |
| Bower Slack Broaddus | E.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. |
October 1, 1940 | December 10, 1949 | – |
| Robert Lewis Brown, Sr. | D. Mont. | April 7, 1945 | April 2, 1948 | – |
| Harold P. Burke | W.D.N.Y. | June 18, 1937 | June 15, 1981 | July 17, 1981 |
| Adrian Joseph Caillouet | E.D. La. | April 23, 1940 | December 19, 1946 | – |
| William Joseph Campbell | N.D. Ill. | October 10, 1940 | March 19, 1970 | October 19, 1988 |
| Stephen Sanders Chandler, Jr. | W.D. Okla. | May 13, 1943 | October 20, 1975 | April 27, 1989 |
| John William Clancy | S.D.N.Y. | June 22, 1936 | April 3, 1959 | March 2, 1969 |
| Chase A. Clark | D. Idaho | March 10, 1943 | April 30, 1964 | December 30, 1966 |
| John Caskie Collet | W.D. Mo. E.D. Mo. |
March 20, 1937 | July 11, 1947 | – |
| Edward Conger | S.D.N.Y. | June 24, 1938 | October 20, 1954 | August 7, 1963 |
| Aloysius Joseph Connor | D.N.H. | December 9, 1944 | December 18, 1967 | – |
| Leslie Rogers Darr | E.D. Tenn. | June 2, 1939 | March 15, 1961 | May 29, 1967 |
| Leslie Rogers Darr | M.D. Tenn. | June 2, 1939 | November 27, 1940 | – |
| Thomas Whitfield Davidson | N.D. Tex. | February 5, 1936 | November 1, 1965 | January 26, 1974 |
| Elmer David Davies | M.D. Tenn. | July 12, 1939 | January 7, 1957 | – |
| Thomas Hoyt Davis | M.D. Ga. | January 30, 1945 | June 30, 1961 | May 19, 1969 |
| David Jackson Davis | N.D. Ala. | December 10, 1935[8] | December 7, 1938 | – |
| John Wayne Delehant | D. Neb. | February 13, 1942 | April 30, 1957 | April 20, 1972 |
| Dozier A. DeVane | N.D. Fla. | April 22, 1943 | January 31, 1958 | December 15, 1963 |
| Dozier A. DeVane | S.D. Fla. | April 22, 1943 | October 1, 1947 | – |
| Armistead Mason Dobie | W.D. Va. | June 2, 1939 | February 8, 1940 | – |
| James A. Donohoe | D. Neb. | April 27, 1933 | February 26, 1956 | – |
| John H. Druffel | S.D. Ohio | September 22, 1937[12] | September 30, 1961 | May 16, 1967 |
| F. Ryan Duffy | E.D. Wis. | June 29, 1939 | February 2, 1949 | – |
| Richard M. Duncan | W.D. Mo. E.D. Mo. |
July 14, 1943 | May 31, 1965 | August 1, 1974 |
| Edward C. Eicher | D.D.C. | January 23, 1942 | November 30, 1944 | – |
| Roger Thomas Foley | D. Nev. | May 2, 1945 | April 1, 1957 | October 9, 1974 |
| Francis Ford | D. Mass. | June 24, 1938 | July 1, 1972 | May 26, 1975 |
| Hiram Church Ford | E.D. Ky. | March 28, 1935 | January 1, 1963 | June 8, 1969 |
| Emerich B. Freed | N.D. Ohio | October 7, 1941 | December 4, 1955 | – |
| James Cullen Ganey | E.D. Pa. | June 19, 1940 | August 30, 1961 | – |
| Thomas Alan Goldsborough | D.D.C. | February 23, 1939 | June 16, 1951 | – |
| Louis Earl Goodman | N.D. Cal. | December 24, 1942 | September 15, 1961 | – |
| Henry Norman Graven | N.D. Iowa | March 24, 1944 | August 31, 1961 | February 1, 1970 |
| Peirson Mitchell Hall | C.D. Cal. | July 3, 1942 | September 30, 1968 | December 8, 1979 |
| Peirson Mitchell Hall | S.D. Cal. | July 3, 1942 | September 18, 1966 | – |
| Elwood Hamilton | W.D. Ky. | June 20, 1935 | April 1, 1938 | – |
| Allen Burroughs Hannay | S.D. Tex. | August 12, 1942 | August 6, 1975 | October 22, 1983 |
| Benjamin Harrison | S.D. Cal. | June 26, 1940 | August 13, 1960 | – |
| John Patrick Hartigan | D.R.I. | February 12, 1940 | January 13, 1951 | – |
| Arthur Daniel Healey | D. Mass. | December 19, 1941 | September 16, 1948 | – |
| Guy T. Helvering | D. Kan. | October 11, 1943 | July 4, 1946 | – |
| John W. Holland | S.D. Fla. | June 1, 1936 | July 1, 1955 | November 14, 1969 |
| William Harrison Holly | N.D. Ill. | November 8, 1933[13] | December 31, 1943 | January 30, 1958 |
| G. Murray Hulbert | S.D.N.Y. | June 15, 1934 | April 26, 1950 | – |
| Rubey Mosley Hulen | E.D. Mo. | July 14, 1943 | July 7, 1956 | – |
| Charles Sterling Hutcheson | E.D. Va. | February 10, 1944 | September 1, 1959 | October 24, 1969 |
| Michael L. Igoe | N.D. Ill. | November 21, 1938[14] | August 31, 1965 | August 21, 1967 |
| Ralph E. Jenney | S.D. Cal. | July 3, 1937 | July 13, 1945 | – |
| Shackelford Miller, Jr. | W.D. Ky. | March 4, 1939 | December 20, 1945 | – |
| Harry Ellis Kalodner | E.D. Pa. | July 6, 1938[15] | September 3, 1946 | – |
| Walter Angus Keeling | W.D. Tex. | January 28, 1942 | January 22, 1945 | – |
| Harold Maurice Kennedy | E.D.N.Y. | September 22, 1944 | September 30, 1952 | – |
| Frank Le Blond Kloeb | N.D. Ohio | August 20, 1937 | September 30, 1964 | March 11, 1976 |
| Walter J. LaBuy | N.D. Ill. | March 31, 1944 | January 31, 1961 | September 29, 1967 |
| Bolitha James Laws | D.D.C. | June 24, 1938 | September 1, 1948[16] | – |
| Paul Conway Leahy | D. Del. | January 14, 1942 | October 7, 1957 | July 3, 1966 |
| James Patrick Leamy | D. Vt. | May 7, 1940 | July 22, 1949 | – |
| Charles Henry Leavy | W.D. Wash. | February 25, 1942 | August 31, 1952 | September 25, 1952 |
| Arthur F. Lederle | E.D. Mich. | March 6, 1936 | July 1, 1960 | April 29, 1972 |
| Vincent L. Leibell | S.D.N.Y. | June 20, 1936 | January 1, 1954 | September 22, 1968 |
| Harry Jacob Lemley | W.D. Ark. E.D. Ark. |
May 11, 1939 | September 5, 1958 | March 5, 1965 |
| David W. Ling | D. Ariz. | June 3, 1936 | October 11, 1964 | May 17, 1965 |
| Augustus V. Long | N.D. Fla. | June 4, 1934 | October 1, 1947 | May 20, 1955 |
| Archibald Battle Lovett | S.D. Ga. | October 7, 1941 | December 28, 1945 | – |
| Alva M. Lumpkin | W.D.S.C. E.D.S.C. |
July 19, 1939 | July 22, 1941 | – |
| John Christopher Mahoney | D.R.I. | June 7, 1935 | February 21, 1940 | – |
| James Earl Major | S.D. Ill. | June 12, 1933[17] | April 5, 1937 | – |
| Samuel Mandelbaum | S.D.N.Y. | June 22, 1936 | November 20, 1946 | – |
| Albert Branson Maris | E.D. Pa. | June 22, 1936 | June 16, 1938 | – |
| John Donelson Martin, Sr. | W.D. Tenn. | May 3, 1935 | September 16, 1940 | – |
| Claude C. McColloch | D. Or. | August 20, 1937 | December 31, 1958 | September 30, 1959 |
| John McDuffie | S.D. Ala. | February 8, 1935 | November 1, 1950 | – |
| Matthew Francis McGuire | D.D.C. | August 1, 1941 | October 7, 1966 | January 24, 1986 |
| Thomas Francis Meaney | D.N.J. | July 3, 1942 | May 1, 1966 | May 17, 1968 |
| John E. Miller | W.D. Ark. | March 12, 1941 | February 28, 1967 | January 30, 1981 |
| Sidney Carr Mize | S.D. Miss. | February 3, 1937 | April 26, 1965 | – |
| George Moore | E.D. Mo. | May 29, 1935 | January 19, 1962 | November 5, 1962 |
| Ben Moore | S.D.W.Va. | March 27, 1941 | September 25, 1958 | – |
| James Ward Morris | D.D.C. | June 19, 1939 | November 15, 1960 | – |
| Clarence H. Mullins | N.D. Ala. | April 16, 1943 | May 31, 1953 | June 30, 1957 |
| Thomas Alexander Murphree | N.D. Ala. | May 31, 1938 | September 5, 1945 | – |
| Alfred P. Murrah | E.D. Okla. | March 3, 1937 | September 9, 1940 | – |
| Alfred P. Murrah | W.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. |
March 3, 1937 | September 9, 1940 | – |
| Francis Kerschner Myers | E.D.S.C. | June 14, 1934 | August 2, 1940 | – |
| James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor | S.D. Cal. | September 27, 1940 | September 28, 1949 | – |
| Frank Albert Picard | E.D. Mich. | February 23, 1939 | March 31, 1959 | February 28, 1963 |
| David Andrew Pine | D.D.C. | March 29, 1940 | April 2, 1965 | June 11, 1970 |
| Robert Nelson Pollard | E.D. Va. | February 27, 1936 | April 22, 1947 | May 24, 1954 |
| Gaston Louis Noel Porterie | W.D. La. | February 9, 1939 | March 24, 1953 | – |
| Heartsill Ragon | W.D. Ark. | May 17, 1933 | September 15, 1940 | – |
| Eugene Rice | E.D. Okla. | August 11, 1937 | December 1, 1963 | November 24, 1967 |
| Albert Alphonso Ridge | W.D. Mo. | April 7, 1945 | June 29, 1961 | – |
| Simon Hirsch Rifkind | S.D.N.Y. | June 6, 1941 | May 24, 1950 | – |
| Harlan Watson Rippey | W.D.N.Y. | June 18, 1934 | December 31, 1936 | – |
| Floyd H. Roberts | W.D. Va. | July 6, 1938[18] | February 6, 1939 | – |
| Michael Joseph Roche | N.D. Cal. | April 24, 1935 | March 1, 1958 | July 1, 1964 |
| Robert Lee Russell | N.D. Ga. | August 15, 1940 | October 26, 1949 | – |
| Royce H. Savage | N.D. Okla. | October 1, 1940 | October 31, 1961 | – |
| Henry Albert Schweinhaut | D.D.C. | December 19, 1944 | November 16, 1956 | June 22, 1970 |
| Lewis B. Schwellenbach | E.D. Wash. | November 20, 1940[19] | June 30, 1945 | – |
| Elwyn Riley Shaw | N.D. Ill. | May 9, 1944 | July 18, 1950 | – |
| John Joseph Smith | D. Conn. | October 30, 1941 | September 13, 1960 | – |
| William Francis Smith | D.N.J. | February 15, 1941 | September 12, 1961 | – |
| Albert Lee Stephens, Sr. | S.D. Cal. | August 24, 1935 | June 21, 1937 | – |
| Patrick Thomas Stone | W.D. Wis. | June 13, 1933 | January 13, 1963 | – |
| George F. Sullivan | D. Minn. | August 20, 1937 | April 14, 1944 | – |
| Philip Leo Sullivan | N.D. Ill. | November 8, 1933[13] | June 12, 1960 | – |
| George Clinton Sweeney | D. Mass. | August 24, 1935 | September 30, 1966 | November 5, 1966 |
| Mac Swinford | W.D. Ky. E.D. Ky. |
August 21, 1937 | February 3, 1975 | – |
| Luther Merritt Swygert | N.D. Ind. | October 16, 1943 | October 10, 1961 | – |
| George Bell Timmerman, Sr. | W.D.S.C. E.D.S.C. |
January 23, 1942 | October 10, 1962 | April 22, 1966 |
| Thomas Clark Trimble III | E.D. Ark. | June 18, 1937 | January 14, 1957 | July 6, 1965 |
| Mell G. Underwood | S.D. Ohio | February 12, 1936 | December 31, 1965 | March 8, 1972 |
| Charles Joseph Vogel | D.N.D. | October 30, 1941 | August 20, 1954 | – |
| Thomas Glynn Walker | D.N.J. | December 20, 1939[20] | December 31, 1941 | – |
| Curtis L. Waller | S.D. Fla. N.D. Fla. |
June 19, 1940 | March 12, 1943 | – |
| Julius Waties Waring | E.D.S.C. | January 23, 1942 | February 15, 1952 | January 11, 1968 |
| Harry Evans Watkins | S.D.W.Va. N.D.W.Va. |
March 3, 1937 | June 6, 1963 | – |
| Martin Ignatius Welsh | N.D. Cal. | July 14, 1939 | December 31, 1946 | January 4, 1953 |
| Robert Nugen Wilkin | N.D. Ohio | June 3, 1939 | August 31, 1949 | February 23, 1973 |
| Charles Cecil Wyche | W.D.S.C. | January 30, 1937 | September 17, 1966[21] | – |
| Charles Edward Wyzanski, Jr. | D. Mass. | December 19, 1941 | September 1, 1971 | September 3, 1986 |
| Leon Rene Yankwich | S.D. Cal. | August 24, 1935 | April 28, 1964 | February 9, 1975[22] |
Specialty courts
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
| Ambrose O'Connell | 1944 | 1962 |
| Joseph Raymond Jackson | 1937 | 1969 |
United States Court of Claims
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Estill Whitaker | 1939 | 1967 |
| John Marvin Jones | 1940 | 1947 |
| J. Warren Madden | 1941 | 1972 |
United States Customs Court
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
| William John Keefe | 1933 | 1955 |
| Webster Oliver | 1940 | 1969 |
| Thomas Joseph Walker | 1940 | 1945 |
| William Purington Cole | 1942 | 1952 |
| William Alexander Ekwall | 1942 | 1956 |
| Charles Drummond Lawrence | 1943 | 1975 |
Notes
References
- General
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- Specific
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Douglas was born in Minnesota and spent a considerable amount of time as a student and later as a teacher at Yale University in Connecticut, but Washington is where he settled his family prior to nomination to the Court.
- ↑ Stone had been appointed as an Associate Justice by President Calvin Coolidge on February 5, 1925.
- ↑ Rutledge lived and worked in many states prior to his nomination to the Court.
- ↑ First woman appointed to a federal appellate court.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1940, and received commission on February 5, 1940.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1939, and received commission on February 9, 1939.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 6, 1936, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1936, and received commission on January 28, 1936.
- ↑ Allred resigned to pursue elected office; unsuccessful, he was later reappointed to a different seat on the same court by President Harry S. Truman.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 4, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1940, and received commission on April 29, 1940.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1940, and received commission on February 5, 1940.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 16, 1937, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1937, and received commission on December 14, 1937.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 20, 1934, and received commission on March 1, 1934.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1939, and received commission on March 4, 1939.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1939, and received commission on May 4, 1939.
- ↑ Elevated by Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment, on February 23, 1945.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 1934, and received commission on January 26, 1934.
- ↑ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
- ↑ Schwellenbach received his commission on November 20, but did not resign his Senate seat until December 16, 1940.
- ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 16, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 5, 1940, and received commission on March 13, 1940.
- ↑ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
- ↑ Reassigned to the newly created United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966.
