List of federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant 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 Grant appointed 46 Article III federal judges, making him the first president to appoint more federal judges than George Washington. Grant's appointments included 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 10 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 32 judges to the United States district courts. Grant also appointed Edwin M. Stanton to the Supreme Court in 1869; Stanton was confirmed and his commission was issued, but died before he could accept his commission and take his seat.

Grant appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

File:Chief Justice Morrison Waite.jpg|Grant appointed Morrison Remick Waite to be Chief Justice of the United States.

File:Moses Hallett.jpg|Moses Hallett was appointed by Grant to be the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

File:James W. Locke.jpg|James William Locke served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for forty years, the longest tenure of any Grant appointee.

United States Supreme Court justices

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! Justice

! Seat

! State

! Former justice

! Nomination
date

! Confirmation
date

! Began
active service

! Ended
active service

| {{sortname|William|Strong|dab=Pennsylvania judge}}

| align="center" | {{sort|03|3}}

| Pennsylvania

| {{sortname|Robert Cooper|Grier}}

| {{dts|1870|02|07}}

| {{dts|1870|02|18}}

| {{dts|1880|12|14}}

| {{sortname|Joseph P.|Bradley}}

| align="center" | {{sort|10|10}}

| New Jersey

| {{sort|0|Seat established}}

| {{dts|1870|02|07}}

| {{dts|1870|03|21}}

| {{dts|1892|01|22}}

| {{sortname|Ward|Hunt}}

| align="center" | {{sort|01|1}}

| New York

| {{sortname|Samuel|Nelson}}

| {{dts|1872|12|03}}

| {{dts|1872|12|11}}

| {{dts|1882|01|27}}

| {{sortname|Morrison|Waite}}

| align="center" | {{sort|CJ|Chief}}

| Connecticut

| {{sortname|Salmon P.|Chase}}

| {{dts|1874|01|19}}

| {{dts|1874|01|21}}

| {{dts|1888|03|23}}

Circuit courts

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! Judge

! Circuit

! Nomination
date

! Confirmation
date

! Began active
service

! Ended active
service

| {{sortname|John Forrest|Dillon}}

| {{sort|08|Eighth}}

| {{dts|1869|12|09}}

| {{dts|1869|12|22}}

| {{dts|1879|09|01}}

| {{sortname|Thomas|Drummond|dab=judge}}

| {{sort|07|Seventh}}

| {{dts|1869|12|08}}

| {{dts|1869|12|22}}

| {{dts|1884|07|18}}

| {{sortname|William|McKennan}}

| {{sort|03|Third}}

| {{dts|1869|12|08}}

| {{dts|1869|12|22}}

| {{dts|1891|01|03}}

| {{sortname|George Foster|Shepley|dab=judge}}

| {{sort|01|First}}

| {{dts|1869|12|08}}

| {{dts|1869|12|22}}

| {{dts|1878|07|20}}

| {{sortname|Lewis Bartholomew|Woodruff}}

| {{sort|02|Second}}

| {{dts|1869|12|08}}

| {{dts|1869|12|22}}

| {{dts|1875|09|10}}

| {{sortname|William Burnham|Woods}}

| {{sort|05|Fifth}}

| {{dts|1869|12|08}}

| {{dts|1869|12|22}}

| {{dts|1880|12|23}}Elevated

| {{sortname|Lorenzo|Sawyer}}

| {{sort|09|Ninth}}

| {{dts|1869|12|08}}

| {{dts|1870|01|10}}

| {{dts|1870|01|10}}Reassigned by operation of law to serve on both the United States circuit court and the corresponding United States Court of Appeals on June 16, 1891.

| {{dts|1891|09|07}}

| {{sortname|Halmor Hull|Emmons}}

| {{sort|06|Sixth}}

| {{dts|1870|01|10}}

| {{dts|1870|01|17}}

| {{dts|1877|05|14}}

| {{sortname|Hugh Lennox|Bond}}

| {{sort|04|Fourth}}

| {{dts|1870|04|06}}

| {{dts|1870|07|13}}

| {{dts|1893|10|24}}

| {{sortname|Alexander S.|Johnson}}

| {{sort|02|Second}}

| {{dts|1875|12|15}}

| {{dts|1875|10|25}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1875, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 15, 1875, and received commission on December 15, 1875.

| {{dts|1878|01|26}}

District courts

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! Judge

! Court
See List of United States district and territorial courts

! Nomination
date

! Confirmation
date

! Began active
service

! Ended active
service

| {{sortname|Walter Q.|Gresham}}

| {{sort|Indiana|D. Ind.}}

| {{dts|1869|12|06}}

| {{dts|1869|12|21}}

| {{dts|1869|09|01}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1869, and received commission on December 21, 1869.

| {{dts|1883|04|09}}

| {{sortname|John Power|Knowles}}

| {{sort|Rhode Island|D.R.I.}}

| {{dts|1869|12|06}}

| {{dts|1870|01|24}}

| {{dts|1869|10|09}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 1870, and received commission on January 24, 1870.

| {{dts|1881|03|21}}

| {{sortname|Edgar Winters|Hillyer}}

| {{sort|Nevada|D. Nev.}}

| {{dts|1869|12|15}}

| {{dts|1869|12|21}}

| {{dts|1882|05|10}}

| {{sortname|Henry Williams|Blodgett}}

| {{sort|Illinois N|N.D. Ill.}}

| {{dts|1870|01|10}}

| {{dts|1870|01|11}}

| {{dts|1892|12|05}}

| {{sortname|John W.|Longyear}}

| {{sort|Michigan E|E.D. Mich.}}

| {{dts|1870|02|07}}

| {{dts|1870|02|18}}

| {{dts|1875|03|10}}

| {{sortname|John T.|Nixon}}

| {{sort|New Jersey|D.N.J.}}

| {{dts|1870|04|28}}

| {{dts|1870|04|29}}

| {{dts|1870|04|28}}

| {{dts|1889|09|28}}

| {{sortname|David Campbell|Humphreys}}

| {{sort|District of Columbia|D.D.C.}}

| {{dts|1870|04|22}}

| {{dts|1870|05|10}}

| {{dts|1870|05|13}}

| {{dts|1879|07|12}}

| {{sortname|James C.|Hopkins|dab=lawyer}}

| {{sort|Wisconsin W|W.D. Wis.}}

| {{dts|1870|07|01}}Renominated on July 9, 1870.

| {{dts|1870|07|09}}

| {{dts|1877|09|03}}

| {{sortname|Arthur|MacArthur Sr.}}

| {{sort|District of Columbia|D.D.C.}}

| {{dts|1870|07|15}}

| {{dts|1887|04|01}}

| {{sortname|Joel C. C.|Winch}}

| {{sort|Texas E|E.D. Tex.}}

| {{dts|1870|12|15}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{dts|1870|10|11}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1870, but the United States Senate did not confirm the appointment.

| {{dts|1871|03|03}}

| {{sortname|John|McKinney|dab=Florida judge}}

| {{sort|Florida S|S.D. Fla.}}

| {{dts|1870|12|07}}

| {{dts|1871|02|18}}

| {{dts|1870|11|08}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 7, 1870, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 18, 1871, and received commission on February 18, 1871.

| {{dts|1871|10|12}}

| {{sortname|Alexander|Rives}}

| {{sort|Virginia W|W.D. Va.}}

| {{dts|1871|02|03}}

| {{dts|1871|02|06}}

| {{dts|1882|08|01}}

| {{sortname|William|Story|dab=attorney}}

| {{sort|Arkansas W|W.D. Ark.}}

| {{dts|1871|03|03}}

| {{dts|1874|06|17}}

| {{sortname|Philip Bergen|Swing}}

| {{sort|Ohio S|S.D. Ohio}}

| {{dts|1871|03|29}}

| {{dts|1871|03|30}}

| {{dts|1882|10|31}}

| {{sortname|Edward Green|Bradford}}

| {{sort|Delaware|D. Del.}}

| {{dts|1871|12|11}}

| {{dts|1871|12|12}}

| {{dts|1884|01|16}}

| {{sortname|James William|Locke}}

| {{sort|Florida S|S.D. Fla.}}

| {{dts|1872|01|15}}

| {{dts|1872|02|01}}

| {{dts|1912|07|04}}

| {{sortname|Amos|Morrill}}

| {{sort|Texas E|E.D. Tex.}}

| {{dts|1872|01|18}}

| {{dts|1872|02|05}}

| {{dts|1883|10|18}}

| {{sortname|Robert P.|Dick}}

| {{sort|North Carolina W|W.D.N.C.}}

| {{dts|1872|06|07}}

| {{dts|1898|07|06}}

| {{sortname|Nathaniel|Shipman}}

| {{sort|Connecticut|D. Conn.}}

| {{dts|1873|12|02}}

| {{dts|1873|12|08}}

| {{dts|1873|04|16}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 2, 1873, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1873, and received commission on December 8, 1873.

| {{dts|1892|03|22}}

| {{sortname|Martin|Welker}}

| {{sort|Ohio N|N.D. Ohio}}

| {{dts|1873|12|02}}

| {{dts|1873|12|08}}

| {{dts|1873|11|25}}

| {{dts|1889|06|01}}

| {{sortname|James Henry|Howe}}

| {{sort|Wisconsin E|E.D. Wis.}}

| {{dts|1873|12|09}}

| {{dts|1873|12|11}}

| {{dts|1875|01|01}}

| {{sortname|Robert William|Hughes}}

| {{sort|Virginia E|E.D. Va.}}

| {{dts|1873|12|15}}

| {{dts|1874|01|14}}

| {{dts|1898|02|22}}

| {{sortname|Cassius Gaius|Foster}}

| {{sort|Kansas|D. Kan.}}

| {{dts|1874|03|09}}

| {{dts|1874|03|10}}

| {{dts|1899|02|28}}

| {{sortname|William James|Wallace}}

| {{sort|New York N|N.D.N.Y.}}

| {{dts|1874|04|02}}

| {{dts|1874|04|07}}

| {{dts|1882|04|25}}

| {{sortname|Charles E.|Dyer}}

| {{sort|Wisconsin E|E.D. Wis.}}

| {{dts|1875|02|10}}

| {{dts|1888|05|18}}

| {{sortname|John|Bruce|dab=judge}}

| {{sort|Alabama MNS|M.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.}}

| {{dts|1875|02|23}}

| {{dts|1875|02|27}}

| {{dts|1901|10|01}}
{{dts|1901|10|01}}
{{dts|1886|08|02}}On August 2, 1886, Bruce's service on the Southern District of Alabama was terminated; he continued to sit on the Northern and Middle Districts.

| {{sortname|Henry Billings|Brown}}

| {{sort|Michigan E|E.D. Mich.}}

| {{dts|1875|03|17}}

| {{dts|1875|03|19}}

| {{dts|1890|12|30}}

| {{sortname|Isaac C.|Parker}}

| {{sort|Arkansas W|W.D. Ark.}}

| {{dts|1875|03|18}}

| {{dts|1875|03|19}}

| {{dts|1896|11|17}}

| {{sortname|Edward Coke|Billings}}

| {{sort|Louisiana|D. La.}}/E.D. La.

| {{dts|1876|01|10}}

| {{dts|1876|02|10}}

| {{dts|1893|12|01}}Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 3, 1881.

| {{sortname|Winthrop Welles|Ketcham}}

| {{sort|Pennsylvania W|W.D. Pa.}}

| {{dts|1876|06|07}}

| {{dts|1876|06|26}}

| {{dts|1879|12|06}}

| {{sortname|Moses|Hallett}}

| {{sort|Colorado|D. Colo.}}

| {{dts|1877|01|09}}

| {{dts|1877|01|12}}

| {{dts|1906|04|07}}

| {{sortname|Thomas|Settle|dab=judge}}

| {{sort|Florida N|N.D. Fla.}}

| {{dts|1877|01|26}}

| {{dts|1877|01|30}}

| {{dts|1888|12|01}}

Specialty courts (Article I)

=United States Court of Claims=

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! Judge

! Nomination
date

! Confirmation
date

! Began active
service

! Ended active
service

| {{sortname|Charles D.|Drake}}

| {{dts|1870|12|12}}

| {{dts|1885|12|12}}

| {{sortname|William Adams|Richardson}}

| {{dts|1874|06|01}}

| {{dts|1874|06|02}}

| {{dts|1885|01|20}}Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court on January 20, 1885.

Notes

;Renominations

References

;General

{{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj |title=Judges of the United States Courts |work=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges |publisher=Federal Judicial Center |access-date=2009-04-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730115701/http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj |archive-date=2016-07-30 }}

;Specific

Sources

Federal Judicial Center

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Federal Judges Appointed By Ulysses S. Grant}}

Judicial appointments

Grant

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