Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge (Republican) made 88 Article III appointments between 1924 and 1929, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court1
Courts of appeals17
District courts62
Other courts8
Total appointments88

The appointees

GenderMale 87 Female 1
Race or ethnicityWhite 88

Counts per appointment as recorded in the Federal Judicial Center's directory. The American Bar Association has rated nominees since the 1950s; older appointments carry no rating, and some recent nominees were not rated.

Supreme Court (1)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Harlan Fiske Stone Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 71-6 Appointed to another court 1941

Courts of appeals (17)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
George Ewing Martin Chief Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1948
Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1944
Wilbur Franklin Booth Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1944
John Hazelton Cotteral Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Reassignment 1929
Rufus Edward Foster Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1942
John Johnston Parker Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1958
Elliott Northcott Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1946
Wallace McCamant Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Recess appointment, not confirmed 1926
Frank Sigel Dietrich Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1930
Learned Hand Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1961
Thomas Walter Swan Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1975
Augustus Noble Hand Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1954
Harrie Brigham Chase Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1969
Albert Barnes Anderson Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1938
Charles Harwood Moorman Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1938
Xenophon Hicks Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1952
Smith Hickenlooper Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1933

District courts (62)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Peyton Gordon Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1946
Warren Booth Burrows District Court for the District of Connecticut Resignation 1930
Charles Cheatham Cavanah District Court for the District of Idaho Death 1953
Robert C. Baltzell District Court for the District of Indiana Reassignment 1928
Thomas Whitten Slick District Court for the District of Indiana Reassignment 1928
George Thomas McDermott District Court for the District of Kansas Appointed to another court 1929
William Caldwell Coleman District Court for the District of Maryland Resignation 1955
John Benjamin Sanborn District Court for the District of Minnesota Appointed to another court 1932
Joseph West Molyneaux District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1940
Charles Nelson Pray District Court for the District of Montana Death 1963
Frank Herbert Norcross District Court for the District of Nevada Death 1952
William Clark District Court for the District of New Jersey Appointed to another court 1938
James William McCarthy District Court for the District of New Jersey Resignation 1929
Guy Leverne Fake District Court for the District of New Jersey Death 1957
John Hugh McNary District Court for the District of Oregon Death 1936
Ira Lloyd Letts District Court for the District of Rhode Island Resignation 1935
John Ellis Martineau District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Death 1937
Fred Louis Wham District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois Death 1967
Charlton Reid Beattie District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Death 1925
Louis Henry Burns District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Death 1928
Wayne G. Borah District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Appointed to another court 1949
Edward Julien Moinet District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Death 1952
Charles B. Davis District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Death 1943
Grover M. Moscowitz District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1947
Isaac Melson Meekins District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Death 1946
Franklin Elmore Kennamer District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Reassignment 1925
William Huntington Kirkpatrick District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1970
Ernest Ford Cochran District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina Death 1934
George Caldwell Taylor District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee Death 1952
William Josiah Tilson District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Recess appointment, not confirmed 1927
William Josiah Tilson District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Resignation 1928
Bascom Sine Deaver District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Death 1944
Johnson Jay Hayes District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina Death 1970
Albert Williams Johnson District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Resignation 1945
Frank Henry Kerrigan District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1935
Adolphus Frederic St. Sure District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1949
Harold Louderback District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1941
Charles Edgar Woodward District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1942
Elijah Allen Cox District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi Death 1974
Frederick Howard Bryant District Court for the Northern District of New York Death 1945
George Philip Hahn District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1937
Samuel H. West District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1938
Paul John McCormick District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1960
Edward J. Henning District Court for the Southern District of California Resignation 1929
Lake Jones District Court for the Southern District of Florida Death 1930
Alexander Akerman District Court for the Southern District of Florida Death 1948
Halsted Lockwood Ritter District Court for the Southern District of Florida Impeachment & Conviction 1936
Charles Almon Dewey District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Death 1958
Thomas Day Thacher District Court for the Southern District of New York Resignation 1930
Frank Joseph Coleman District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1934
Benson W. Hough District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Death 1935
Robert Reasoner Nevin District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Death 1952
Charles Harwood Moorman District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Appointed to another court 1925
Charles I. Dawson District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Resignation 1935
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Sr. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Death 1966
Fred Morton Raymond District Court for the Western District of Michigan Death 1946
Merrill E. Otis District Court for the Western District of Missouri Death 1944
Simon Louis Adler District Court for the Western District of New York Death 1934
Edgar Sullins Vaught District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Death 1959
Nelson McVicar District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1960
Harry Bennett Anderson District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Death 1935
Charles Albert Boynton District Court for the Western District of Texas Death 1954

Other courts (8)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
John McKenzie Moss Court of Claims Death 1929
William Raymond Green Court of Claims Death 1947
Fenton Whitlock Booth Chief Justice Court of Claims Death 1947
Nicholas John Sinnott Court of Claims Death 1929
William Johnson Graham Presiding Judge Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Death 1937
Finis James Garrett Associate Judge Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Appointed to another court 1937
William Josiah Tilson Associate Justice Customs Court Death 1949
Genevieve Rose Cline Associate Justice Customs Court Retirement 1953

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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.