Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt appointed 194 Article III federal judges, more than twice as many as the previous record of 82 appointed by Calvin Coolidge. Among them were: nine justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice, 51 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 134 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, 13 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 6 judges to the United States Customs Court.
United States Supreme Court justices
# Justice Seat State Former justice Nominationdate Confirmationdate Confirmationvote Beganactive service Endedactive service Endedretired service 1 Alabama 2 Kentucky 3 New York 4 WashingtonDouglas was born in Minnesota and spent a considerable amount of time as a student and later as a teacher at Yale University in Connecticut, but Washington is where he settled his family prior to his nomination to the Court. 5 Michigan 6 South Carolina 7 New York Stone had been appointed as an Associate Justice by President Calvin Coolidge on February 5, 1925. 8 New York 9 MissouriRutledge lived and worked in many states prior to his nomination to the Court.
Courts of appeals
# Judge Circuit Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus First woman appointed to a federal appellate court. Laterally appointed as Chief Justice of the same court on March 9, 1948. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 6, 1936, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1936, and received commission on January 28, 1936. Laterally appointed to serve as Chief Justice, after serving as a judge on the same court. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1939, and received commission on February 9, 1939. Elevated Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 1, 1940, and received commission on February 5, 1940. Elevated
District courts
# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 1934, and received commission on January 26, 1934. Elevated Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 20, 1934, and received commission on March 1, 1934. Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966. Elevated Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965. Elevated Elevated Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 16, 1937, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1937, and received commission on December 14, 1937. Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment, on February 23, 1945.Elevated Elevated by President Roosevelt to Chief Justice of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, considered a separate appointment. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1939, and received commission on May 4, 1939. Elevated Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment on February 6, 1939. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1939, and received commission on March 4, 1939. Originally incorrectly nominated on January 24, 1939 to the nonexistent Northern District of Louisiana. Withdrawn and correctly nominated to the Western District of Louisiana on January 25, 1939. Allred resigned to pursue elected office; unsuccessful, he was later reappointed to a different seat on the same court by President Harry S. Truman. Elevated Nomination withdrawn on May 24, 1939 and renominated on the same day. Elevated Elevated Seat reassigned by operation of law to serve both the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington on January 20, 1940. Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 4, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1940, and received commission on April 29, 1940. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 16, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 5, 1940, and received commission on March 13, 1940. Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Elevated Renominated on February 1, 1943. Elevated Elevated
Specialty courts (Article I)
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Laterally appointed Presiding Judge, after previously serving as an Associate Judge of the same court. Reassigned by operation of law to serve as Chief Judge of the same court.
United States Court of Claims
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Laterally appointed Chief Justice, after previously serving as a Judge of the same court. Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court.
United States Customs Court
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus
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Sources Federal Judicial Center