Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Richard Nixon during his presidency.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. In total Nixon appointed 235 Article III federal judges, surpassing the previous record of 193 set by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among these were 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including 1 Chief Justice), 45 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 179 judges to the United States district courts, 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 3 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 1 judge to the United States Customs Court.
None of Nixon's appointees remain in active service, however 2 appellate judges remain on senior status. Two additional district judges appointed by Nixon are in senior status as appellate judges by the appointment of later presidents.
United States Supreme Court justices
# Justice Seat State Former justice Nominationdate Confirmationdate Confirmationvote Beganactive service Endedactive service Endedretired service Virginia Minnesota Virginia ArizonaRehnquist was born and raised in Wisconsin, and lived and worked for various periods of years in Ohio, California, and Washington D.C., before settling in Arizona. Elevated
Courts of appeals
# Judge Circuit Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Renominated on January 23, 1970. Elevated Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. Incumbent Incumbent
District courts
# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Originally nominated to a different seat on the same court by President Eisenhower on June 10, 1960. Renominated January 10, 1961. Given a recess appointment on October 13, 1960. Service ended on September 27, 1961, after the nomination wasn't confirmed. Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Renominated on February 10, 1971. Was previously nominated by President Johnson on October 1, 1968, to a different seat on the same court. That nomination expired at the end of the term. Renominated by President Johnson on January 9, 1969. That nomination was withdrawn by President Nixon on January 23, 1969. Renominated on April 21, 1971, by President Nixon to a different seat on the same court. Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated /S.D. Ill. On March 31, 1979, the Districts of Illinois were reorganized and Foreman was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District. Elevated Elevated Elevated
Specialty courts (Article III)
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
United States Court of Claims
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus
United States Customs Court
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.
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Renominations
References General
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Sources Federal Judicial Center