List of federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland

Cleveland appointed Edward Douglass White to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Grover Cleveland during his presidency.^[1] In total Cleveland appointed 44 federal judges, including four Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), eight judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, two judges to the United States circuit courts, and 30 judges to the United States district courts. Because Cleveland served terms both before and after 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, Benjamin Harrison, was in office at the time that the change was made. Thus, all of Cleveland's appointments to the circuit courts were made in his first term, and all of his appointments to the Courts of Appeals were made in his second.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service
Fuller, Melville WestonMelville Weston Fuller	Chief Justice	Illinois	July 20, 1888	July 4, 1910
Lamar, Lucius Quintus CincinnatusLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar	Seat 1	Georgia	January 16, 1888	January 23, 1893
Peckham, Rufus WheelerRufus Wheeler Peckham	Seat 1	New York	December 9, 1895	October 24, 1909
White, Edward DouglassEdward Douglass White	Seat 4	Louisiana	February 19, 1894	May 19, 1921[2]

Circuit Courts/Courts of Appeals

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service
Jackson, Howell EdmundsHowell Edmunds Jackson	Sixth	April 12, 1886	March 4, 1893[3]
Jenkins, James GrahamJames Graham Jenkins	Seventh	March 23, 1893	February 23, 1905
Lacombe, Emile HenryEmile Henry Lacombe	Second	May 26, 1887[4]	February 15, 1916[3]
Lurton, Horace HarmonHorace Harmon Lurton	Sixth	March 27, 1893	December 20, 1909
Morris, Martin FerdinandMartin Ferdinand Morris	D.C. Cir.	April 15, 1893	June 30, 1905
Ross, Erskine MayoErskine Mayo Ross	Ninth	February 22, 1895	May 31, 1925[5]
Shepard, SethSeth Shepard	D.C. Cir.	April 15, 1893	January 19, 1905
Showalter, John WilliamJohn William Showalter	Seventh	March 1, 1895	December 10, 1898
Simonton, Charles HenryCharles Henry Simonton	Fourth	December 19, 1893	April 25, 1904
Thayer, Amos MaddenAmos Madden Thayer	Eighth	August 9, 1894	April 24, 1905

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service
Adams, Elmer BraggElmer Bragg Adams	E.D. Mo.	May 17, 1895[6]	May 29, 1905
Allen, William JoshuaWilliam Joshua Allen	S.D. Ill.	April 18, 1887[7]	January 26, 1901
Amidon, Charles FremontCharles Fremont Amidon	D.N.D.	August 31, 1896[8]	June 2, 1928[9]
Bellinger, Charles B.Charles B. Bellinger	D. Or.	April 15, 1893	May 12, 1905
Bingham, Edward FranklinEdward Franklin Bingham	D.D.C.	April 22, 1887[10]	April 30, 1903
Brawley, William H.William H. Brawley	D.S.C.	January 18, 1894	June 14, 1911
Brown, Arthur LewisArthur Lewis Brown	D.R.I.	October 15, 1896[11]	June 30, 1927
Carland, John EmmettJohn Emmett Carland	D.S.D.	August 31, 1896[11]	February 6, 1911
Clark, Charles DickensCharles Dickens Clark	M.D. Tenn. E.D. Tenn.	January 21, 1895	March 15, 1908
Jenkins, James GrahamJames Graham Jenkins	E.D. Wis.	July 2, 1888	March 23, 1893
Kirkpatrick, AndrewAndrew Kirkpatrick	D.N.J.	November 20, 1896[11]	May 3, 1904
Lochren, WilliamWilliam Lochren	D. Minn.	May 18, 1896	July 11, 1908
Marshall, John AugustineJohn Augustine Marshall	D. Utah	February 4, 1896	September 8, 1915
Maxey, Thomas SheldonThomas Sheldon Maxey	W.D. Tex.	June 25, 1888	December 12, 1916
McHugh, William DouglasWilliam Douglas McHugh	D. Neb.	November 20, 1896[12]	February 1, 1897
Merrick, William MatthewWilliam Matthew Merrick	D.D.C.	May 1, 1885[13]	February 4, 1889
Montgomery, Martin V.Martin V. Montgomery	D.D.C.	April 1, 1887[14]	October 2, 1892
Munger, William HenryWilliam Henry Munger	D. Neb.	February 18, 1897	August 11, 1915
Newman, William TruslowWilliam Truslow Newman	N.D. Ga.	August 13, 1886[15]	February 14, 1920
Parlange, CharlesCharles Parlange	E.D. La.	January 15, 1894	February 4, 1907
Philips, John FinisJohn Finis Philips	W.D. Mo.	June 25, 1888	June 25, 1910
Priest, Henry SamuelHenry Samuel Priest	E.D. Mo.	August 9, 1894	May 23, 1895
Rogers, John HenryJohn Henry Rogers	W.D. Ark.	November 27, 1896[11]	April 16, 1911
Ross, Erskine MayoErskine Mayo Ross	S.D. Cal.	January 13, 1887	March 5, 1895
Seaman, William HenryWilliam Henry Seaman	E.D. Wis.	April 3, 1893	March 1, 1905
Severens, Henry FranklinHenry Franklin Severens	W.D. Mich.	May 25, 1886	March 16, 1900
Simonton, Charles HenryCharles Henry Simonton	D.S.C.	September 3, 1886[15]	December 28, 1893
Thayer, Amos MaddenAmos Madden Thayer	E.D. Mo.	February 26, 1887	August 20, 1894
Toulmin, Harry TheophilusHarry Theophilus Toulmin	S.D. Ala.	January 13, 1887	November 12, 1916
Wellborn, OlinOlin Wellborn	S.D. Cal.	March 1, 1895	January 31, 1915

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Howry, Charles BowenCharles Bowen Howry	1897	1928

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. Elevated to Chief Justice by President William Howard Taft as of December 19, 1910.
3. Initially appointed to the then-existing United States circuit court; reassigned to the corresponding United States Court of Appeals on June 16, 1891 by operation of law.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 27, 1888, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 28, 1888, and received commission on February 28, 1888.
5. Took senior status and served in that capacity until December 10, 1928.
6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 4, 1895, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1895, and received commission on December 9, 1895.
7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1887, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 19, 1888, and received commission on January 19, 1888.
8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1896, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 18, 1897, and received commission on February 18, 1897.
9. Took senior status and served in that capacity until December 26, 1937.
10. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1887, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 1888, and received commission on January 23, 1888.
11. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1896, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1896, and received commission on December 15, 1896.
12. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1896, but the United States Senate did not confirm the appointment.
13. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1885, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1886, and received commission on March 30, 1886.
14. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1887, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1888, and received commission on January 26, 1888.
15. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 9, 1886, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1887, and received commission on January 13, 1887.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center