Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin Pierce 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 Pierce appointed 16 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, 3 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 12 judges to the United States district courts.

Pierce was also the first president to appoint judges, 3 total, to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

United States Supreme Court justices

# Justice Seat State Former justice Nominationdate Confirmationdate Beganactive service Endedactive service Alabama

Circuit courts

# Judge Circuit Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1855, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 7, 1855, and received commission on December 7, 1855.Laterally appointed Chief Judge. Previously served as Judge of the same court. The United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia was abolished on March 3, 1863, ending the service of all judges then serving on that court.

District courts

# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 19, 1853, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1854, and received commission on January 11, 1854. /S.D. Iowa Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 7, 1856, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1856, and received commission on December 21, 1856. On July 20, 1882, the District of Iowa was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa; Love was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District, where he remained until the end of his service.

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 22, 1856, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 11, 1856, and received commission on February 11, 1856.

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Sources Federal Judicial Center