List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Andrew Jackson during his term of office.[1] In total Jackson appointed 24 federal judges: six Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States and eighteen judges to the United States district courts.

United States Supreme Court Justices

JusticeSeatStateBegan active
service
Ended active
service
Baldwin, HenryHenry BaldwinSeat 1PennsylvaniaJanuary 6, 1830April 21, 1844
Barbour, Philip PendletonPhilip Pendleton BarbourSeat 3VirginiaMarch 15, 1836February 25, 1841
Catron, JohnJohn CatronSeat 7TennesseeMarch 8, 1837May 30, 1865
McLean, JohnJohn McLeanSeat 6OhioMarch 7, 1829April 4, 1861
Taney, Roger BrookeRoger Brooke TaneyChief JusticeMarylandMarch 15, 1836October 12, 1864
Wayne, James MooreJames Moore WayneSeat 5GeorgiaJanuary 9, 1835July 5, 1867

District courts

JudgeCourt
[Note 1]
Began active
service
Ended active
service
Adams, GeorgeGeorge AdamsD. Miss.January 20, 1836September 30, 1838[2]
Barbour, Philip PendletonPhilip Pendleton BarbourE.D. Va.October 8, 1830[3]March 17, 1836
Brown, Morgan WellesMorgan Welles BrownW.D. Tenn.
E.D. Tenn.
January 3, 1834March 7, 1853
Campbell, John WilsonJohn Wilson CampbellD. Ohio.March 7, 1829September 24, 1833
Daniel, Peter VivianPeter Vivian DanielE.D. Va.April 19, 1836March 3, 1841
Ellis, PowhatanPowhatan EllisD. Miss.July 14, 1832January 5, 1836
Harper, Samuel HaddenSamuel Hadden HarperW.D. La.
E.D. La.
March 7, 1829July 19, 1837
Harvey, MatthewMatthew HarveyD.N.H.November 2, 1830[4]April 7, 1866
Heath, Upton ScottUpton Scott HeathD. Md.April 4, 1836February 21, 1852
Holman, Jesse LynchJesse Lynch HolmanD. Ind.September 16, 1835[5]March 14, 1842
Irwin, ThomasThomas IrwinW.D. Pa.April 14, 1831[6]January 4, 1859
Johnson, BenjaminBenjamin JohnsonD. Ark.June 29, 1836October 2, 1849
Judson, Andrew T.Andrew T. JudsonD. Conn.July 4, 1836March 17, 1853
Leavitt, Humphrey H.Humphrey H. LeavittD. Ohio.June 30, 1834April 1, 1871[7]
Monroe, Thomas BellThomas Bell MonroeD. Ky.March 8, 1834September 18, 1861
Tappan, BenjaminBenjamin TappanD. Ohio.October 12, 1833[8]May 29, 1834
Wells, Robert WilliamRobert William WellsD. Mo.June 27, 1836September 22, 1864[9]
Wilkins, RossRoss WilkinsD. Mich.January 26, 1837February 18, 1870[10]

Notes

References

General
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. On June 18, 1838, the District of Mississippi was divided into United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; Adams was reassigned by operation of law to both districts, and was the sole federal judge for the state of Mississippi until the termination of his service.
  3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1830, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830, and received commission on December 16, 1830.
  4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1830, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830, and received commission on December 16, 1830.
  5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on March 21, 1836, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 1836, and received commission on March 29, 1836.
  6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 7, 1831, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1832, and received commission on March 21, 1832.
  7. On February 10, 1855, the District of Ohio was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; Leavitt was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District for the remainder of his time in office.
  8. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
  9. On March 3, 1857,the District of Missouri was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; Wells was reassigned by operation of law to the Western District for the remainder of his time in office.
  10. On February 24, 1863, the District of Michigan was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan; Wilkins was reassigned by operation of law to the Eastern District of Michigan, where he served until his resignation.

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