Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur (Republican) made 24 Article III appointments between 1881 and 1885, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court2
Courts of appeals0
District courts14
Other courts8
Total appointments24

The appointees

GenderMale 24
Race or ethnicityWhite 24

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 (2)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Horace Gray Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 51-5 Death 1902
Samuel M. Blatchford Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1893

District courts (14)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Leonard Eugene Wales District Court for the District of Delaware Death 1897
William Allen Woods District Court for the District of Indiana Appointed to another court 1892
Nathan Webb District Court for the District of Maine Retirement 1902
George Myron Sabin District Court for the District of Nevada Death 1890
George Moulton Carpenter District Court for the District of Rhode Island Death 1896
Augustus Sherrill Seymour District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Death 1897
Chauncey Brewer Sabin District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Death 1890
Henry Kent McCay District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Death 1886
Oliver Perry Shiras District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Retirement 1903
Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr. District Court for the Northern District of New York Appointed to another court 1902
Emory Speer District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 27-26 Death 1918
William White District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Death 1883
George Read Sage District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Retirement 1898
John Paul District Court for the Western District of Virginia Death 1901

Other courts (8)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
John Chandler Bancroft Davis Court of Claims Resignation 1883
Lawrence Weldon Court of Claims Death 1905
John Davis Court of Claims Death 1902
William Adams Richardson Chief Justice Court of Claims Death 1896
David Josiah Brewer Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit Appointed to another court 1890
LeBaron Bradford Colt Circuit Courts for the First Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
William James Wallace Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit Retirement 1907
Walter Quintin Gresham Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit Resignation 1893

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