Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Benjamin Harrison 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 Harrison appointed 42 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 12 judges to the United States courts of appeals and United States circuit courts and 26 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, Harrison appointed 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims and 10 members to the Board of General Appraisers (later the United States Customs Court), both Article I tribunals.
The Judiciary Act of 1891, approved March 3, 1891, established the United States courts of appeals. Prior to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were appointed solely to the existing United States circuit courts. Subsequent to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were concurrently appointed to both the United States courts of appeals and the United States circuit courts. This situation persisted until the abolition of the United States circuit courts on December 31, 1911. Starting January 1, 1912, United States Circuit Judges served only upon their respective United States court of appeals.
Thus, the first 2 United States Circuit Judges appointed during Harrison's administration were appointed solely to the United States circuit court for their respective circuit and were reassigned by operation of law to serve concurrently on the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court on June 16, 1891. The 10 United States Circuit Judges appointed by Harrison after June 16, 1891, were appointed concurrently to the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court.
United States Supreme Court justices
# Justice Seat State Former justice Nominationdate Confirmationdate Beganactive service Endedactive service Kansas Michigan Pennsylvania Tennessee
Courts of appeals and circuit courts
# Judge Circuit Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice
District courts
# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorservice Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1889; confirmed by the United States Senate on April 1, 1890, and received commission, on April 1, 1890. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 27, 1890, and received commission on January 27, 1890. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1890, and received commission on January 16, 1890. / W.D. Wash. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by operation of law on March 2, 1905. Renominated on December 10, 1891. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1892, and received commission on February 4, 1892. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1892, and received commission on January 11, 1892. Elevated Elevated Elevated Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1892, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 25, 1893, and received commission on January 25, 1893. Elevated
Specialty courts (Article I)
United States Court of Claims
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court on January 2, 1906.
Board of General Appraisers
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Exact resignation date unknown, but circa July 15, 1903 to August 12, 1903. Removed from office by William McKinley on May 12, 1899. Removed from office by William Howard Taft on March 3, 1913.
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Sources Federal Judicial Center