Chester A. Arthur
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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Chester A. Arthur during his presidency.[1] In total Arthur appointed 21 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 4 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 15 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. William White was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission from President Arthur, but died before taking the oath of office or commencing service. Nevertheless, he is counted as a successful appointment.

Arthur appointed 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

United States Supreme Court justices

# Justice Seat State Former justice Nomination
date 		Confirmation
date 		Began
active service 		Ended
active service
1 Horace Gray 2 Massachusetts Nathan Clifford December 19, 1881 December 20, 1881 December 20, 1881 September 15, 1902
2 Samuel Blatchford 1 New York Ward Hunt March 13, 1882 March 22, 1882 March 22, 1882 July 7, 1893

Circuit courts

# Judge Circuit Nomination
date 		Confirmation
date 		Began active
service 		Ended active
service
1 William James Wallace Second March 28, 1882 April 6, 1882 April 6, 1882[2] May 8, 1907
2 David J. Brewer Eighth March 25, 1884 March 31, 1884 March 31, 1884 January 6, 1890[3]
3 LeBaron Bradford Colt First July 2, 1884 July 5, 1884 July 5, 1884[2] February 7, 1913[4]
4 Walter Q. Gresham Seventh December 3, 1884 December 9, 1884 October 28, 1884[5][2] March 3, 1893

District courts

# Judge Court
[Note 1] 		Nomination
date 		Confirmation
date 		Began active
service 		Ended active
service
1 Addison Brown S.D.N.Y. October 12, 1881 October 14, 1881 June 2, 1881[6] August 30, 1901
2 Nathan Webb D. Me. January 18, 1882 January 24, 1882 January 24, 1882 June 30, 1902
3 Augustus Sherrill Seymour E.D.N.C. February 14, 1882 February 21, 1882 February 21, 1882 February 19, 1897
4 Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr. N.D.N.Y. April 24, 1882 May 4, 1882 May 4, 1882 June 14, 1902[3]
5 George Myron Sabin D. Nev. July 20, 1882 July 26, 1882 July 26, 1882 May 12, 1890
6 Henry Kent McCay N.D. Ga. August 3, 1882 August 4, 1882 August 4, 1882 July 30, 1886
7 Oliver Perry Shiras N.D. Iowa August 3, 1882 August 4, 1882 August 4, 1882 November 1, 1903
8 William White S.D. Ohio February 9, 1883 February 19, 1883 February 19, 1883[7] March 12, 1883
9 John Paul W.D. Va. February 27, 1883 March 3, 1883 March 3, 1883 November 1, 1901
10 George Read Sage S.D. Ohio December 18, 1883 January 7, 1884 March 20, 1883[8] August 24, 1898
11 William Allen Woods D. Ind. December 18, 1883 January 7, 1884 May 2, 1883[8] March 21, 1892[3]
12 Leonard Eugene Wales D. Del. March 6, 1884 March 20, 1884 March 20, 1884 February 8, 1897
13 Chauncey Brewer Sabin E.D. Tex. March 25, 1884 April 5, 1884 April 5, 1884 March 30, 1890
14 George Moulton Carpenter Jr. D.R.I. December 16, 1884 December 18, 1884 December 18, 1884 July 31, 1896
15 Emory Speer S.D. Ga. January 19, 1885 February 18, 1885 February 18, 1885 December 13, 1918

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

# Judge Nomination
date 		Confirmation
date 		Began active
service 		Ended active
service
1 Bancroft Davis December 13, 1882 December 20, 1882 December 20, 1882[9] November 5, 1883
2 Lawrence Weldon December 12, 1883 December 18, 1883 November 24, 1883[10] April 10, 1905
3 William Adams Richardson January 15, 1885 January 20, 1885 January 20, 1885[11] October 19, 1896
4 John Davis January 15, 1885 January 20, 1885 January 20, 1885 May 5, 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. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. 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. ^ a b c Reassigned by operation of law to serve on both the United States circuit court and the corresponding United States Court of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
  3. ^ a b c Elevated
  4. ^ The United States circuit courts were abolished effective December 31, 1911. Served solely upon the United States Court of Appeals effective January 1, 1912.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Recess appointment by James A. Garfield; formally nominated by Chester A. Arthur on October 12, 1881, confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1881, and received commission from Arthur on October 14, 1881.
  7. ^ White received and accepted his commission, but died without ever taking the oath of office or commencing service.
  8. ^ a b 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 12, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1883, and received commission on December 18, 1883.
  11. ^ Laterally appointed Chief Justice, having previously served as a Judge of the same court.

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