Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Harry S. Truman 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 Truman appointed 133 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 27 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 102 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, 9 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 4 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 Ohio Kentucky Texas Indiana
Courts of appeals
# Judge Circuit Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Initially nominated on May 7, 1946. Nomination withdrawn and renominated on May 21, 1946. Renominated on January 5, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 8, 1950, and received commission on February 10, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received commission on April 7, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 19, 1950, and received commission on July 22, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 28, 1950, and received commission on May 1, 1950. Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
District courts
# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt but appointed by Harry S. Truman. On June 1, 1955, Follmer was reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1947, and received commission on January 24, 1947. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1947, and received commission on February 5, 1947. Elevated Elevated Elevated Harper received three consecutive recess appointments to the same court; his formal nomination was not acted on by the United States Senate the first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate. Renominated on November 24, 1947. Recess appointment; the nomination expired without action by the United States Senate. Recess appointment; the nomination of November 24, 1947 was still pending and later expired without action by the United States Senate. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1949, and received commission on February 2, 1949. Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 24, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1947, and received commission on December 20, 1947. Renominated on July 29, 1948 and January 13, 1949. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 1949, and received commission on April 1, 1949. Elevated Recess appointment; nomination never sent to the United States Senate. Renominated on January 13, 1949. Allred had earlier been appointed to a different seat on the same court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Allred resigned to seek elected office, and, unsuccessful in that endeavor, was later reappointed to the court by Truman. Elevated Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment on August 9, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950. Elevated Elevated Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 21, 1950, and received commission on February 23, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 27, 1950, and received commission on March 1, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 25, 1950, and received commission on April 26, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 1950, and received commission on July 7, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27, 1950, and received commission on July 5, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, but the United States Senate rejected the appointment on August 9, 1950. Elevated Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on October 29, 1962Elevated Renominated on November 27, 1950. Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 27, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 13, 1950, and received commission on December 21, 1950. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966. Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 27, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 14, 1950, and received commission on December 22, 1950. Elevated Reassigned by operation of law to only the Western District on May 19, 1961. Renominated on March 3, 1952. Recess appointment; formally nominated on March 3, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10, 1952, and received commission on June 11, 1952. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 30, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 1952, and received commission on April 8, 1952. Renominated on January 9, 1953. Withdrawn by President Eisenhower on July 24, 1953. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 9, 1953, but the United States Senate rejected the appointment.
Specialty courts (Article I)
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on July 19, 1956. Laterally appointed to Chief Judge seat on the same court on April 30, 1959.
United States Court of Claims
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court. Chief Justice seat reassigned as Chief Judge.
United States Customs Court
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Initially nominated on March 29, 1945 by President Roosevelt to a different seat on the same court. Nomination confirmed on April 3, 1945, but Johnson declined the appointment. Renominated to a different seat on the same court by President Truman on April 7, 1947. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.
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Sources Federal Judicial Center