List of federal judges appointed by Franklin Pierce

Last updated

Franklin Pierce. Mathew Brady - Franklin Pierce - alternate crop.jpg
Franklin Pierce.

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin Pierce during his presidency. [1] In total Pierce appointed 16 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, 3 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 12 judges to the United States district courts.

Contents

Pierce was also the first president to appoint judges, 3 total, to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

United States Supreme Court justices

#Justice Seat StateFormer justiceNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began
active service		Ended
active service
1 John Archibald Campbell 8 Alabama John McKinley March 21, 1853March 22, 1853March 22, 1853April 30, 1861

Circuit courts

#JudgeCircuitNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service
1 Matthew Hall McAllister California March 2, 1855March 3, 1855March 3, 1855January 12, 1863
2 James Dunlop D.C. December 3, 1855December 7, 1855November 27, 1855 [2] [3] March 3, 1863 [4]
3 William Matthews Merrick D.C. December 14, 1855December 14, 1855December 14, 1855March 3, 1863 [4]

District courts

#JudgeCourt
[Note 1] 		Nomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service
1 West Hughes Humphreys E.D. Tenn.
M.D. Tenn.
W.D. Tenn. 		March 24, 1853March 26, 1853March 26, 1853June 26, 1862
2 Charles A. Ingersoll D. Conn. April 6, 1853April 8, 1853April 8, 1853January 12, 1860
3 William Fell Giles D. Md. December 19, 1853January 11, 1854July 18, 1853 [5] March 21, 1879
4 Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier S.D. Cal. January 18, 1854January 23, 1854January 23, 1854May 21, 1861
5 Hiram V. Willson N.D. Ohio February 10, 1855February 20, 1855February 20, 1855November 11, 1866
6 Samuel Hubbel Treat Jr. S.D. Ill. March 3, 1855March 3, 1855March 3, 1855March 27, 1887
7 James M. Love D. Iowa /S.D. Iowa February 7, 1856February 25, 1856October 5, 1855 [6] July 2, 1891 [7]
8 McQueen McIntosh N.D. Fla. February 27, 1856March 11, 1856March 11, 1856January 3, 1861
9 Andrew Gordon Magrath D.S.C. May 9, 1856May 12, 1856May 12, 1856November 7, 1860
10 David Allen Smalley D. Vt. February 2, 1857February 3, 1857February 3, 1857March 10, 1877
11 Thomas Howard DuVal W.D. Tex. February 26, 1857March 3, 1857March 3, 1857October 10, 1880
12 Samuel Treat E.D. Mo. March 3, 1857March 3, 1857March 3, 1857March 5, 1887

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

#JudgeNomination
date		Confirmation
date		Began active
service		Ended active
service
1 Isaac Blackford March 3, 1855March 3, 1855March 3, 1855December 31, 1859
2 John Gilchrist March 3, 1855March 3, 1855March 3, 1855April 29, 1858
3 George Parker Scarburgh January 22, 1856February 11, 1856May 8, 1855 [8] April 20, 1861

Notes

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">United States District Court for the District of Columbia</span> United States federal district court

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court in the District of Columbia. It also occasionally handles federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government. It was established in 1855, renamed in 1948 to the United States Court of Claims, and abolished in 1982. Then, its jurisdiction was assumed by the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States Claims Court, which was later renamed the Court of Federal Claims.

References

General
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. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1855, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 7, 1855, and received commission on December 7, 1855.
  3. ↑ Laterally appointed Chief Judge. Previously served as Judge of the same court.
  4. 1 2 The United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia was abolished on March 3, 1863, ending the service of all judges then serving on that court.
  5. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 19, 1853, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1854, and received commission on January 11, 1854.
  6. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 7, 1856, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1856, and received commission on December 21, 1856.
  7. ↑ On July 20, 1882, the District of Iowa was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa; Love was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District, where he remained until the end of his service.
  8. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 22, 1856, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 11, 1856, and received commission on February 11, 1856.

Sources

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.