Millard Fillmore

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Millard Fillmore during his presidency.[1] In total Fillmore appointed 6 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and 5 judges to the United States district courts.

Associate Justice John McKinley's death in July, 1852, led to repeated, fruitless attempts by the president to fill the vacancy.[2] The three unsuccessful nominees included Edward A. Bradford, nominated August 16, 1852, George Edmund Badger, nominated January 3, 1853 and William C. Micou, nominated February 14, 1853. The United States Senate took no action on any of the nominees.

Fillmore shared the appointment of Henry Boyce with Zachary Taylor. Taylor recess appointed Boyce and later nominated him. However, the United States Senate did not confirm Boyce until after Taylor's death and Boyce received his commission from Fillmore.

United States Supreme Court justices

# Justice Seat State Former justice Nomination
date 		Confirmation
date 		Began
active service 		Ended
active service
1 Benjamin Robbins Curtis 2 Massachusetts Levi Woodbury December 11, 1851 December 20, 1851 September 22, 1851[3] September 30, 1857

District courts

# Judge Court
[Note 1] 		Nomination
date 		Confirmation
date 		Began active
service 		Ended active
service
1 Henry Boyce W.D. La. December 21, 1849 August 2, 1850 May 9, 1849[4] February 19, 1861
2 James McHall Jones S.D. Cal. December 23, 1850 December 26, 1850 December 26, 1850 December 15, 1851
3 Ogden Hoffman Jr. N.D. Cal. February 1, 1851 February 27, 1851 February 27, 1851 August 9, 1891[5]
4 John Glenn D. Md. March 18, 1852 March 19, 1852 March 19, 1852 July 8, 1853
5 Nathan K. Hall N.D.N.Y. August 13, 1852 August 31, 1852 August 31, 1852 March 2, 1874

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. ^ "U.S. Senate: Supreme Court Nominations: 1789-Present". www.senate.gov. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 11, 1851, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1851, and received commission on December 20, 1851.
  4. ^ Recess appointment by Zachary Taylor; formally nominated by Taylor on December 21, 1849, confirmed by the United States Senate on August 2, 1850, and received commission from Millard Fillmore on August 2, 1850.
  5. ^ Assigned concurrently to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California from August 31, 1852 to January 18, 1854. Reassigned on July 27, 1866 to the United States District Court for the District of California. Reassigned on August 5, 1886 to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and served until his death on August 9, 1891.

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