List of federal judges appointed by Warren G. Harding

File:WGHardingOfficialportrait-s.jpg{{Warren G. Harding series}}

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Warren G. Harding 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 Harding appointed 52 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 6 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 42 judges to the United States district courts.

Additionally, Harding appointed 4 judges to the United States Court of Customs Appeals, an Article I tribunal.

File:Taft Harding Robert Lincoln 1922.jpg|Harding (center) appointed William Howard Taft (left) as Chief Justice.

File:Pierce Butler of the United States Supreme Court.jpg|Pierce Butler was the last of Harding's Supreme Court appointees to remain active on the Court.

File:William Squire Kenyon.jpg|Harding appointed sitting Senator William S. Kenyon to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

United States Supreme Court justices

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! #

! Justice

! Seat

! State

! Former justice

! Nomination
date

! Confirmation
date

! Began
active service

! Ended
active service

! Ended
{{nowrap|retired service}}

| {{sortname|William Howard|Taft}}

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

| Ohio

| {{nowrap|{{sortname|Edward Douglass|White}}}}

| {{dts|1921|06|30}}

| {{dts|1930|02|03}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|George|Sutherland}}

| align="center" | {{sort|06|6}}

| Utah

| {{sortname|John Hessin|Clarke}}

| {{dts|1922|09|05}}

| {{dts|1938|01|17}}

| {{dts|1942|07|18}}

| {{sortname|Pierce|Butler|dab=judge}}

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

| Minnesota

| {{sortname|William R.|Day}}

| {{dts|1922|11|21}}Renominated on December 5, 1922.

| {{dts|1922|12|21}}

| {{dts|1939|11|16}}

| align="center" | {{sort|0|–}}

| {{nowrap|{{sortname|Edward Terry|Sanford}}}}

| align="center" | {{sort|08|8}}

| Tennessee

| {{sortname|Mahlon|Pitney}}

| {{dts|1923|01|24}}

| {{dts|1923|01|29}}

| {{dts|1930|03|08}}

| align="center" | {{sort|0|–}}

Courts of appeals

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! #

! Judge

! Circuit

! Nomination
date

! Confirmation
date

! Began active
service

! Ended active
service

! Ended senior
status

| {{sortname|Edmund|Waddill Jr.}}

| {{sort|04|Fourth}}

| {{dts|1921|05|26}}

| {{dts|1921|06|02}}

| {{dts|1931|04|09}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Julius Marshuetz|Mayer}}

| {{sort|02|Second}}

| {{dts|1921|09|22}}

| {{dts|1921|10|05}}

| {{dts|1924|07|31}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Robert E.|Lewis}}

| {{sort|08|Eighth / Tenth}}

| {{dts|1921|11|03}}

| {{dts|1921|11|15}}

| {{dts|1940|05|31}}Originally appointed to the Eighth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on March 28, 1929.

| {{dts|1941|07|31}}

| {{sortname|William S.|Kenyon|dab=Iowa politician}}

| {{sort|08|Eighth}}

| {{dts|1922|01|31}}

| {{dts|1933|09|09}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|John Carter|Rose}}

| {{sort|04|Fourth}}

| {{dts|1922|11|27}}Renominated on December 9, 1922.

| {{dts|1922|12|20}}

| {{dts|1927|03|26}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Frank H.|Rudkin}}

| {{sort|09|Ninth}}

| {{dts|1923|01|05}}

| {{dts|1923|01|09}}

| {{dts|1931|05|03}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

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

! Ended senior
status

| {{sortname|Claude|Luse}}

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

| {{dts|1921|04|14}}

| {{dts|1921|04|27}}

| {{dts|1921|04|01}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 14, 1921, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 27, 1921, and received commission on April 27, 1921.

| {{dts|1932|05|28}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|William E.|Baker}}

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

| {{dts|1921|04|14}}

| {{dts|1921|05|03}}

| {{dts|1921|04|04}}Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 14, 1921, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 3, 1921, and received commission on May 3, 1921.

| {{dts|1954|04|03}}

| {{dts|1954|06|04}}

| {{sortname|John William|Ross}}

| {{sort|Tennessee W|W.D. Tenn.}}

| {{dts|1921|05|26}}

| {{dts|1921|05|31}}

| {{dts|1925|07|09}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Duncan Lawrence|Groner}}

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

| {{dts|1921|05|26}}

| {{dts|1921|06|02}}

| {{dts|1931|03|03}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|Adolph A.|Hoehling Jr.}}

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

| {{dts|1921|06|06}}

| {{dts|1921|06|13}}

| {{dts|1927|12|31}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|George Warwick|McClintic}}

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

| {{dts|1921|07|19}}

| {{dts|1921|07|25}}

| {{dts|1941|03|01}}

| {{dts|1942|09|25}}

| {{sortname|Thomas Blake|Kennedy}}

| {{sort|Wyoming|D. Wyo.}}

| {{dts|1921|10|17}}

| {{dts|1921|10|25}}

| {{dts|1955|11|06}}

| {{dts|1957|05|21}}

| {{sortname|George Franklin|Morris}}

| {{sort|New Hampshire|D.N.H.}}

| {{dts|1921|10|20}}

| {{dts|1921|10|25}}

| {{dts|1943|04|30}}

| {{dts|1953|03|25}}

| {{sortname|John A.|Peters|dab=1864–1953}}

| {{sort|Maine|D. Me.}}

| {{dts|1921|10|25}}

| {{dts|1921|11|14}}

| {{dts|1947|01|02}}

| {{dts|1953|08|01}}

| {{sortname|Andrew|Miller|dab=North Dakota judge}}

| {{sort|North Dakota|D.N.D.}}

| {{dts|1921|12|19}}

| {{dts|1922|02|02}}

| {{dts|1941|03|29}}

| {{dts|1960|03|17}}

| {{sortname|George Cromwell|Scott}}

| {{sort|Iowa N|N.D. Iowa}}

| {{dts|1922|02|16}}

| {{dts|1922|02|21}}

| {{dts|1943|11|01}}

| {{dts|1948|10|06}}

| {{sortname|John Foster|Symes}}

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

| {{dts|1922|04|22}}

| {{dts|1922|05|16}}

| {{dts|1950|04|14}}

| {{dts|1951|04|05}}

| {{sortname|William H.|Barrett}}

| {{sort|Georgia S|S.D. Ga.}}

| {{dts|1922|06|14}}

| {{dts|1922|06|22}}

| {{dts|1941|05|01}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|James Herbert|Wilkerson}}

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

| {{dts|1922|07|11}}

| {{dts|1922|07|18}}

| {{dts|1940|12|31}}

| {{dts|1948|09|30}}

| {{sortname|Robert Murray|Gibson}}

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

| {{dts|1922|07|18}}

| {{dts|1922|07|24}}

| {{dts|1949|01|31}}

| {{dts|1949|12|19}}

| {{sortname|Elisha Hume|Brewster}}

| {{sort|Massachusetts|D. Mass.}}

| {{dts|1922|09|20}}

| {{dts|1922|09|22}}

| {{dts|1941|10|14}}

| {{dts|1946|04|29}}

| {{sortname|Walter C.|Lindley}}

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

| {{dts|1922|09|20}}

| {{dts|1922|09|22}}

| {{dts|1949|10|23}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|James Arnold|Lowell}}

| {{sort|Massachusetts|D. Mass.}}

| {{dts|1922|09|20}}

| {{dts|1922|09|22}}

| {{dts|1933|11|30}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Adam C.|Cliffe}}

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

| {{dts|1922|12|20}}

| {{dts|1922|12|22}}

| {{dts|1928|06|12}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Frederic Palen|Schoonmaker}}

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

| {{dts|1922|12|20}}

| {{dts|1922|12|22}}

| {{dts|1945|09|05}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Marcus Beach|Campbell}}

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

| {{dts|1922|12|28}}

| {{dts|1923|01|03}}

| {{dts|1944|08|03}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Henry W.|Goddard}}

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

| {{dts|1922|12|28}}

| {{dts|1923|01|04}}

| {{dts|1954|02|01}}

| {{dts|1955|08|26}}

| {{sortname|Francis A.|Winslow}}

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

| {{dts|1922|12|28}}

| {{dts|1923|01|04}}

| {{dts|1929|04|01}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|William H.|Atwell}}

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

| {{dts|1922|12|30}}

| {{dts|1923|01|09}}

| {{dts|1954|12|31}}

| {{dts|1961|12|22}}

| {{sortname|William Nelson|Runyon}}

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

| {{dts|1922|12|30}}

| {{dts|1923|01|16}}

| {{dts|1931|11|09}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Charles C.|Simons}}

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

| {{dts|1923|01|31}}

| {{dts|1923|02|06}}

| {{dts|1932|02|02}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|Charles Louis|McKeehan}}

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

| {{dts|1923|01|30}}

| {{dts|1923|02|09}}

| {{dts|1925|03|23}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Morris Ames|Soper}}

| {{sort|Maryland|D. Md.}}

| {{dts|1923|02|10}}

| {{dts|1923|02|24}}

| {{dts|1931|05|09}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|William|Bondy}}

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

| {{dts|1923|02|28}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1956|05|01}}

| {{dts|1964|03|30}}

| {{sortname|John J.|Gore}}

| {{sort|Tennessee M|M.D. Tenn.}}

| {{dts|1923|02|28}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1939|02|21}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Xenophon|Hicks}}

| {{sort|Tennessee EM|E.D. Tenn.
M.D. Tenn.}}

| {{dts|1923|02|28}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1928|05|23}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|Fred Clinton|Jacobs}}

| {{sort|Arizona|D. Ariz.}}

| {{dts|1923|02|28}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1936|05|31}}

| {{dts|1958|02|21}}

| {{sortname|Paul|Jones|dab=judge}}

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

| {{dts|1923|02|28}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1965|08|04}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|John F.|McGee}}

| {{sort|Minnesota|D. Minn.}}

| {{dts|1923|02|28}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1925|02|15}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Smith|Hickenlooper}}

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

| {{dts|1923|03|03}}

| {{dts|1929|01|07}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|William P.|James}}

| {{sort|California S|S.D. Cal.}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1923|03|03}}

| {{dts|1940|07|28}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|John Slater|Partridge}}

| {{sort|California N|N.D. Cal.}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1923|03|03}}

| {{dts|1926|05|20}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Orie Leon|Phillips}}

| {{sort|New Mexico|D.N.M.}}

| {{dts|1923|02|28}}

| {{dts|1923|03|03}}

| {{dts|1929|04|29}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|Robert Alexander|Inch}}

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

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{dts|1923|04|28}}Recess appointment; formally nominated by Calvin Coolidge on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 8, 1924, and received commission from Coolidge on January 8, 1924.

| {{dts|1958|01|06}}

| {{dts|1961|01|12}}

| {{sortname|J. Stanley|Webster}}

| {{sort|Washington E|E.D. Wash.}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{dts|1923|04|28}}Recess appointment; formally nominated by Calvin Coolidge on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1924, and received commission from Coolidge on January 16, 1924.

| {{dts|1939|08|31}}

| {{dts|1962|12|24}}

| {{sortname|William Alexander|Cant}}

| {{sort|Minnesota|D. Minn.}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{dts|1923|05|21}}Recess appointment; formally nominated by Calvin Coolidge on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 15, 1924, and received commission from Coolidge on January 15, 1924.

| {{dts|1933|01|12}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Albert L.|Reeves}}

| {{sort|Missouri W|W.D. Mo.}}

| {{dts|1923|01|16}}

| {{dts|1923|01|24}}

| {{dts|1923|06|24}}

| {{dts|1954|02|02}}

| {{dts|1971|03|24}}

Specialty courts (Article I)

=United States Court of Customs Appeals=

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! Judge

! Nomination
date

! Confirmation
date

! Began active
service

! Ended active
service

! Ended senior
status

| {{sortname|Marion|De Vries}}

| {{dts|1921|06|23}}

| {{dts|1921|06|28}}

| {{dts|1921|06|28}}Laterally appointed Presiding Judge, previously served as Associate Judge of the same court.

| {{dts|1922|10|31}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|George Ewing|Martin}}

| {{dts|1922|12|28}}

| {{dts|1923|01|04}}

| {{dts|1924|05|24}}

| align="center" |Elevated

| {{sortname|Oscar E.|Bland}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1923|03|03}}

| {{dts|1947|12|01}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

| {{sortname|Charles Sherrod|Hatfield}}

| {{dts|1923|03|02}}

| {{dts|1923|03|03}}

| {{dts|1950|02|09}}

| align="center" |{{sort|0|–}}

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Federal Judges Appointed By Warren G. Harding}}

Judicial appointments

Harding

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