List of federal judges appointed by Benjamin Harrison

President Benjamin Harrison.

David Josiah Brewer was Harrison's first appointee to the Supreme Court, and his longest serving.

Harrison appointed William Howard Taft to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Alonzo J. Edgerton was appointed by Harrison as the first judge for the newly created United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Benjamin Harrison during his presidency.^[1] In total Harrison appointed 42 federal judges, including four Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, ten judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, two judges to the United States circuit courts, and 26 judges to the United States district courts. Because Harrison was in office at the time that Congress eliminated the circuit courts in favor of the Courts of Appeals, he is one of only two Presidents to have appointed judges to both bodies. The other, Grover Cleveland, served both before and after Harrison. Both of Harrison's appointees to the United States circuit courts were reassigned to the corresponding Courts of Appeals when the former were abolished in favor of the latter on June 16, 1891.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service
Brewer, David JosiahDavid Josiah Brewer	Seat 6	Kansas	January 6, 1890	March 28, 1910
Brown, Henry BillingsHenry Billings Brown	Seat 3	Michigan	January 5, 1891	May 28, 1906
Jackson, Howell EdmundsHowell Edmunds Jackson	Seat 1	Tennessee	March 4, 1893	August 8, 1895
Shiras, Jr., GeorgeGeorge Shiras, Jr.	Seat 10	Pennsylvania	October 10, 1892	February 23, 1903

Circuit Court/Courts of Appeals

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service
Acheson, Marcus WilsonMarcus Wilson Acheson	Third	February 3, 1891	June 21, 1906[2]
Caldwell, Henry ClayHenry Clay Caldwell	Eighth	March 4, 1890	June 4, 1903[2]
Dallas, George M.George M. Dallas	Third	March 17, 1892	May 24, 1909
Gilbert, William BallWilliam Ball Gilbert	Ninth	March 18, 1892	April 27, 1931
Goff, Jr., NathanNathan Goff, Jr.	Fourth	March 17, 1892	March 31, 1913
McCormick, Andrew PhelpsAndrew Phelps McCormick	Fifth	March 17, 1892	November 2, 1916
McKenna, JosephJoseph McKenna	Ninth	March 17, 1892	March 5, 1897
Putnam, William LeBaronWilliam LeBaron Putnam	First	March 17, 1892	September 17, 1917
Sanborn, Walter HenryWalter Henry Sanborn	Eighth	March 17, 1892	May 10, 1928
Shipman, NathanielNathaniel Shipman	Second	March 17, 1892	March 22, 1902
Taft, William HowardWilliam Howard Taft	Sixth	March 17, 1892	March 15, 1900
Woods, William AllenWilliam Allen Woods	Seventh	March 17, 1892	June 29, 1901

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service
Aldrich, EdgarEdgar Aldrich	D.N.H.	February 20, 1891	September 15, 1921
Baker, John HarrisJohn Harris Baker	D. Ind.	March 29, 1892	December 8, 1902
Beatty, James HelmickJames Helmick Beatty	D. Idaho	March 7, 1891[3]	March 1, 1907
Bradley, Andrew CoyleAndrew Coyle Bradley	D.D.C.	March 23, 1889	May 15, 1902
Bryant, David EzekielDavid Ezekiel Bryant	E.D. Tex.	May 27, 1890	February 5, 1910
Buffington, JosephJoseph Buffington	W.D. Pa.	February 23, 1892	September 26, 1906
Cole, Charles CleavesCharles Cleaves Cole	D.D.C.	January 28, 1893	April 22, 1901
Edgerton, Alonzo J.Alonzo J. Edgerton	D.S.D.	November 19, 1889[4]	August 9, 1896
Green, Edward T.Edward T. Green	D.N.J.	October 24, 1889[5]	October 10, 1896
Grosscup, Peter StengerPeter Stenger Grosscup	N.D. Ill.	December 20, 1892	February 1, 1899
Hanford, Cornelius HolgateCornelius Holgate Hanford	D. Wash.	February 25, 1890	August 5, 1912[6]
Hawley, Thomas PorterThomas Porter Hawley	D. Nev.	September 9, 1890	June 30, 1906
Knowles, HiramHiram Knowles	D. Mont.	February 21, 1890	April 15, 1904
McComas, Louis E.Louis E. McComas	D.D.C.	November 17, 1892[7]	March 3, 1899
Morrow, William W.William W. Morrow	N.D. Cal.	August 11, 1891[8]	June 1, 1897
Niles, Henry ClayHenry Clay Niles	N.D. Miss. S.D. Miss.	August 11, 1891[9]	September 26, 1918
Rector, John B.John B. Rector	N.D. Tex.	March 28, 1892	April 9, 1898
Reed, James HayJames Hay Reed	W.D. Pa.	February 20, 1891	January 15, 1892
Ricks, Augustus J.Augustus J. Ricks	N.D. Ohio	July 1, 1889[4]	December 22, 1906
Riner, John AldenJohn Alden Riner	D. Wyo.	September 22, 1890	October 31, 1921
Swan, Henry HarrisonHenry Harrison Swan	E.D. Mich.	January 19, 1891	July 1, 1911
Swayne, CharlesCharles Swayne	N.D. Fla.	May 17, 1889[10]	July 5, 1907
Thomas, Alfred DelavanAlfred Delavan Thomas	D.N.D.	February 25, 1890	August 8, 1896
Townsend, William KneelandWilliam Kneeland Townsend	D. Conn.	March 28, 1892	February 27, 1902
Williams, John A.John A. Williams	E.D. Ark.	September 22, 1890	July 7, 1900
Woolson, John SimsonJohn Simson Woolson	S.D. Iowa	August 14, 1891[8]	December 4, 1899

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Peelle, Stanton J.Stanton J. Peelle	1892	1913

Board of General Appraisers

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Ham, Charles H.Charles H. Ham	1890	1902
Jewell, James A.James A. Jewell	1890	1903
Sharpe, George H.George H. Sharpe	1890	1900
Sharretts, Thaddeus S.Thaddeus S. Sharretts	1890	1913
Shurtleff, Ferdinand N.Ferdinand N. Shurtleff	1890	1899
Somerville, Henderson M.Henderson M. Somerville	1890	1915
Stackpole, Joseph LewisJoseph Lewis Stackpole	1890	1891
Tichenor, George C.George C. Tichenor	1890	1902
Wilkinson, Jr., Joseph BiddleJoseph Biddle Wilkinson, Jr.	1890	1900
Lunt, Wilbur FiskWilbur Fisk Lunt	1891	1907

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. 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. Appointed to the United States circuit court; reassigned by operation of law to the corresponding United States Court of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1892, and received commission on February 4, 1892.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1890, and received commission on January 16, 1890.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 27, 1890, and received commission on January 27, 1890.
6. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by operation of law on March 2, 1905.
7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1892, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 25, 1893, and received commission on January 25, 1893.
8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1892, and received commission on January 11, 1892.
9. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1892, and received commission on January 11, 1892.
10. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1889; confirmed by the United States Senate, and received commission, on April 1, 1890.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center