Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower 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 Eisenhower appointed 185 Article III federal judges, including 5 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 45 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 130 judges to the United States district courts, 2 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 1 judge to the United States Customs Court.
Three federal courts were raised to Article III status during Eisenhower's tenure, the United States Court of Claims on July 28, 1953, the United States Customs Court on July 14, 1956, and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals on August 25, 1958. Judges appointed prior to those dates are counted as Article I judicial appointments, later gaining Article III status by operation of law, while judges appointed after those dates are counted as Article III judicial appointments. Eisenhower appointed 5 total Article I federal judges to these courts, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 0 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 2 judges to the United States Customs Court.
United States Supreme Court justices
# Justice Seat State Former justice Nominationdate Confirmationdate Beganactive service Endedactive service Endedretired service California Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1954, and received commission on March 20, 1954. New York Renominated on January 10, 1955. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957. Missouri Ohio Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 5, 1959, and received commission on May 7, 1959.
Courts of appeals
# Judge Circuit Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1954, and received commission on March 31, 1954. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 9, 1954. Elevated Elevated Renominated on November 8, 1954. Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 8, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1954, and received commission on December 3, 1954. Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. Renominated on January 12, 1956. Elevated Elevated Renominated on January 13, 1958. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1958, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1958, and received commission on February 27, 1958. Elevated Renominated on January 11, 1960.
District courts
# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Elevated Elevated Elevated Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 10, 1954. Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California by operation of law on September 18, 1966. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1955, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1955, and received commission on February 7, 1955. Renominated on November 16, 1954, and January 21, 1955. Elevated Elevated Renominated on March 20, 1955. Elevated On September 18, 1966, Clarke was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26, 1956, and received commission on June 27, 1956. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956. On October 29, 1962, Lieb was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on March 2, 1956. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956. Elevated Renominated on January 25, 1956. Elevated On March 30, 1979, Juergens was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Elevated Elevated Elevated Renominated on January 17, 1959. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received commission on September 10, 1959. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1959, and received commission on April 30, 1959. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, to the Eastern District of Arkansas only, but not confirmed by the United States Senate; formally re-nominated on August 18, 1959 (prior to the expiration of the recess appointment) to a different seat on both the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received his commission on September 8, 1959. Elevated Elevated Elevated On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Elevated Elevated Renominated on January 10, 1961. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1961, and received commission from President John F. Kennedy on August 16, 1961. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1961, and received commission from President John F. Kennedy on September 22, 1961.
Specialty courts
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals became an Article III Court on August 25, 1958.
Judges appointed under Article III
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus
Judges appointed under Article I
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Previously an Associate Judge of the same court, this was a lateral appointment to Chief Judge. 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
The United States Court of Claims became an Article III Court on July 28, 1953.
Judges appointed under Article III
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus
United States Customs Court
The United States Customs Court became an Article III Court on July 14, 1956.
Judges appointed under Article III
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade, effective November 1, 1980.
Judges appointed under Article I
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus
Notes
Renominations
References General
Specific
Sources Federal Judicial Center