List of federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant

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Grant appointed Morrison Remick Waite to be Chief Justice of the United States.
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Moses Hallett was appointed by Grant to be the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
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James William Locke served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for forty years, the longest tenure of any Grant appointee.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant during his presidency.[1] In total Grant appointed 46 federal judges, making him the first President to appoint more federal judges than George Washington. Grant's appointments included four Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, ten judges to the United States circuit courts, and 32 judges to the United States district courts. Grant also appointed Edwin M. Stanton to the Supreme Court in 1869; Stanton was confirmed and sworn in, but died before taking his seat.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice Seat State Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Joseph P. Bradley Seat 10 New Jersey March 21, 1870 January 22, 1892
Ward Hunt Seat 4 New York December 11, 1872 January 27, 1882
William Strong Seat 1 Pennsylvania February 18, 1870 December 14, 1880
Morrison Remick Waite Chief Justice Connecticut January 21, 1874 March 23, 1888

Circuit Courts

Judge Circuit Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Hugh Lennox Bond Fourth July 13, 1870 October 24, 1893[2]
John Forrest Dillon Eighth December 22, 1869 September 1, 1879
Thomas Drummond Seventh December 22, 1869 July 18, 1884
Halmer Hull Emmons Sixth January 17, 1870 May 14, 1877
Alexander Smith Johnson Second December 15, 1875 January 26, 1878
William McKennan Third December 22, 1869 January 3, 1891
Lorenzo Sawyer Ninth January 10, 1870 September 7, 1891[3]
George F. Shepley First December 22, 1869 July 20, 1878
Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff Second December 22, 1869 September 10, 1875
William Burnham Woods Fifth December 22, 1869 December 23, 1880

District courts

Judge Court
[Note 1]		 Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Edward Coke Billings E.D. La. February 10, 1876 December 1, 1893
Henry Williams Blodgett N.D. Ill. January 11, 1870 December 5, 1892
Edward Green Bradford D. Del. December 12, 1871 January 16, 1884
Henry Billings Brown E.D. Mich. March 19, 1875 December 30, 1890
John Bruce S.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
M.D. Ala.		 February 27, 1875 October 1, 1901[4]
October 1, 1901
-
Robert P. Dick W.D.N.C. June 7, 1872 July 6, 1898
Charles E. Dyer E.D. Wis. February 10, 1875 May 18, 1888
Cassius Gaius Foster D. Kan. March 10, 1874 February 28, 1899
Walter Q. Gresham D. Ind. September 1, 1869[5] April 9, 1883
Moses Hallett D. Colo. January 12, 1877 April 7, 1906
Edgar Winters Hillyer D. Nev. December 21, 1869 May 10, 1882
James Campbell Hopkins W.D. Wis. July 9, 1870 September 3, 1877
James Henry Howe E.D. Wis. December 11, 1873 January 1, 1875
Robert William Hughes E.D. Va. January 14, 1874 February 22, 1898
David Campbell Humphreys D.D.C. May 13, 1870 July 2, 1879
Winthrop Welles Ketcham W.D. Pa. June 26, 1876 December 6, 1879
John Power Knowles D.R.I. October 9, 1869[6] March 21, 1881
James William Locke S.D. Fla. February 1, 1872 July 4, 1912
John W. Longyear E.D. Mich. February 18, 1870 March 10, 1875
Arthur MacArthur, Sr. D.D.C. July 15, 1870 April 1, 1887
John McKinney S.D. Fla. November 8, 1870[7] October 12, 1871
Amos Morrill E.D. Tex. February 5, 1872 October 18, 1883
John T. Nixon D.N.J. April 28, 1870 September 28, 1889
Isaac Parker W.D. Ark. March 19, 1875 November 17, 1896
Alexander Rives W.D. Va. February 6, 1871 August 1, 1882
Thomas Settle N.D. Fla. January 30, 1877 December 1, 1888
Nathaniel Shipman D. Conn. April 16, 1873[8] March 22, 1892
William Story W.D. Ark. March 3, 1871 June 17, 1874
Philip Bergen Swing S.D. Ohio March 30, 1871 October 31, 1882
William James Wallace N.D.N.Y. April 7, 1874 April 25, 1882
Martin Welker N.D. Ohio November 25, 1873[8] June 1, 1889
Joel C. C. Winch E.D. Tex. October 11, 1870[9] March 3, 1871

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Charles Daniel Drake 1870 1885
William Adams Richardson 1874 1896

Notes

  1. ↑ See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

General
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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 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by operation of law upon the abolition of the circuit courts in favor of the Courts of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
  3. ↑ Reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by operation of law upon the abolition of the circuit courts in favor of the Courts of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
  4. ↑ On August 2, 1886, Bruce's service on the Southern District of Alabama was terminated; he continued to sit on the Northern and Middle Districts.
  5. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1869, and received commission on December 21, 1869.
  6. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 1870, and received commission on January 24, 1870.
  7. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 7, 1870, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 18, 1871, and received commission on February 18, 1871.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 2, 1873, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1873, and received commission on December 8, 1873.
  9. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1870, but the United States Senate did not confirm the appointment.

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