List of federal judges appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes

President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Hayes' most notable judicial appointment was Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan.

Hoyt Henry Wheeler, highly regarded as a Vermont district court judge, was the longest-serving Hayes appointee.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes during his presidency.^[1] In total Hayes made twenty-two appointments, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, four judges to the United States circuit courts, and sixteen judges to the United States district courts.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service
John Marshall Harlan	Seat 8	Kentucky	November 29, 1877	October 14, 1911
William Burnham Woods	Seat 1	Ohio[2]	December 21, 1880	May 14, 1887

Hayes also nominated Stanley Matthews to the Supreme Court, but the United States Senate did not act on the nomination; Matthews was renominated by Hayes' successor, James A. Garfield, and was confirmed.

Circuit Courts

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service
Baxter, JohnJohn Baxter	Sixth	December 13, 1877	April 2, 1886
Blatchford, Samuel M.Samuel M. Blatchford	Second	March 4, 1878	March 22, 1882
Lowell, JohnJohn Lowell	First	December 18, 1878	May 1, 1884
McCrary, George WashingtonGeorge Washington McCrary	Eighth	December 9, 1879	March 18, 1884

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service
Acheson, Marcus WilsonMarcus Wilson Acheson	W.D. Pa.	January 14, 1880	February 9, 1891
Barr, John WatsonJohn Watson Barr	D. Ky.	April 16, 1880	February 21, 1899
Bunn, RomanzoRomanzo Bunn	W.D. Wis.	October 30, 1877	January 9, 1905
Butler, WilliamWilliam Butler	E.D. Pa.	February 19, 1879	January 31, 1899
Choate, William GardnerWilliam Gardner Choate	S.D.N.Y.	March 25, 1878	June 1, 1881
Cox, Walter SmithWalter Smith Cox	D.D.C.	March 1, 1879	July 1, 1899
Hagner, Alexander BurtonAlexander Burton Hagner	D.D.C.	January 21, 1879	June 1, 1903
Hammond, Eli ShelbyEli Shelby Hammond	W.D. Tenn.	June 17, 1878	December 17, 1904
Hays, William HerculesWilliam Hercules Hays	D. Ky.	September 6, 1879[3]	March 7, 1880
James, Charles PinckneyCharles Pinckney James	D.D.C.	July 24, 1879[4]	December 1, 1892
Key, David M.David M. Key	M.D. Tenn. E.D. Tenn.	May 27, 1880	January 21, 1895
McCormick, Andrew PhelpsAndrew Phelps McCormick	N.D. Tex.	April 10, 1879	March 22, 1892
Morris, Thomas JohnThomas John Morris	D. Md.	July 1, 1879	June 6, 1912
Nelson, Thomas LeverettThomas Leverett Nelson	D. Mass.	January 10, 1879	November 21, 1897
Turner, Ezekiel B.Ezekiel B. Turner	W.D. Tex.	November 18, 1880[5]	June 2, 1888
Wheeler, Hoyt HenryHoyt Henry Wheeler	D. Vt.	March 16, 1877	September 30, 1906

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Davis, John Chandler BancroftJohn Chandler Bancroft Davis	1877	1881[6]
Hunt, William H.William H. Hunt	1878	1881

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. At the time of his nomination, Woods had lived in Alabama for over a decade; however, the nomination was successful in part because he was perceived as a Northerner.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 1, 1879, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1879, and received commission on December 10, 1879.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 1, 1879, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1879, and received commission on December 10, 1879.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1880, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1880, and received commission on December 20, 1880.
6. Davis resigned from the Court of Claims, and was re-appointed the following year by Chester A. Arthur.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center