List of federal judges appointed by Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur

Justice Horace Gray, Arthur's first and longest serving appointee to the Supreme Court

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Chester A. Arthur during his presidency.^[1] In total Arthur appointed twenty federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, four judges to the United States circuit courts, and fourteen judges to the United States district courts. Arthur shared the appointment of Addison Brown with his predecessor, James A. Garfield, with Garfield placing him on the bench via a recess appointment and Arthur later nominating him to the same seat and issuing his commission.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service
Blatchford, SamuelSamuel Blatchford	Seat 4	New York	March 22, 1882	July 7, 1893
Gray, HoraceHorace Gray	Seat 2	Massachusetts	December 20, 1881	September 15, 1902

Circuit Courts

David Josiah Brewer, appointed to the Eighth Circuit Court by Arthur, was later elevated to the Supreme Court.

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service
Brewer, David JosiahDavid Josiah Brewer	Eighth	March 31, 1884	January 6, 1890
Colt, LeBaron B.LeBaron B. Colt	First	July 5, 1884	February 7, 1913[2]
Gresham, Walter Q.Walter Q. Gresham	Seventh	October 28, 1884[3]	March 3, 1893[2]
Wallace, William JamesWilliam James Wallace	Second	April 6, 1882	May 8, 1907[2]

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service
Brown, AddisonAddison Brown	S.D.N.Y.	June 2, 1881[4]	August 30, 1901
Carpenter, Jr., George MoultonGeorge Moulton Carpenter, Jr.	D.R.I.	December 18, 1884	July 31, 1896
Coxe, Sr., Alfred ConklingAlfred Conkling Coxe, Sr.	N.D.N.Y.	May 4, 1882	June 14, 1902
McCay, Henry KentHenry Kent McCay	N.D. Ga.	August 4, 1882	July 30, 1886
Paul, Sr., JohnJohn Paul, Sr.	W.D. Va.	March 3, 1883	November 1, 1901
Sabin, Chauncey BrewerChauncey Brewer Sabin	E.D. Tex.	April 5, 1884	March 30, 1890
Sabin, George MyronGeorge Myron Sabin	D. Nev.	July 26, 1882	May 12, 1890
Sage, George ReadGeorge Read Sage	S.D. Ohio	March 20, 1883[5]	August 24, 1898
Seymour, Augustus SherrillAugustus Sherrill Seymour	E.D.N.C.	February 21, 1882	February 19, 1897
Shiras, Oliver PerryOliver Perry Shiras	N.D. Iowa	August 4, 1882	November 1, 1903
Speer, EmoryEmory Speer	S.D. Ga.	February 18, 1885	December 13, 1918
Wales, Leonard EugeneLeonard Eugene Wales	D. Del.	March 20, 1884	February 8, 1897
Webb, NathanNathan Webb	D. Me.	January 24, 1882	June 30, 1902
Woods, William AllenWilliam Allen Woods	D. Ind.	May 2, 1883[6]	March 21, 1892

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Davis, John Chandler BancroftJohn Chandler Bancroft Davis	1882	1883[7]
Weldon, LawrenceLawrence Weldon	1883	1905
Davis, JohnJohn Davis	1885	1902

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. Reassigned by operation of law to the corresponding United States Court of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1884, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1884, and received commission on December 9, 1884.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on October 12, 1881, confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1881, and received commission on October 14, 1881.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission on January 7, 1884.
6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission on January 7, 1884.
7. Davis was previously appointed to the Court of Claims by Rutherford B. Hayes; he resigned from this position, but was restored to it by Arthur the following year.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center