Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) made 191 Article III appointments between 1953 and 1961, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court5
Courts of appeals45
District courts131
Other courts10
Total appointments191

The appointees

GenderMale 190 Female 1
Race or ethnicityWhite 190 African American 1
ABA ratingWell Qualified 1

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 (5)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Earl Warren Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1974
John Marshall Harlan Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 71-11 Death 1971
William Joseph Brennan Jr. Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1997
Charles Evans Whittaker Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Resignation 1965
Potter Stewart Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 70-17 Death 1985

Courts of appeals (45)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
John Anthony Danaher Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1990
Walter Maximillian Bastian Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1975
Warren Earl Burger Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Appointed to another court 1969
Charles Joseph Vogel Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1980
Martin Donald Van Oosterhout Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1979
Charles Evans Whittaker Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Appointed to another court 1957
Marion Charles Matthes Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1980
Harry Andrew Blackmun Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Appointed to another court 1970
Elbert Parr Tuttle Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Reassignment 1981
Benjamin Franklin Cameron Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1964
Warren Leroy Jones Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Reassignment 1981
John Robert Brown Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1993
John Minor Wisdom Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1999
Bailey Aldrich Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 2002
Simon E. Sobeloff Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 64-19 Death 1973
Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1989
Herbert Stephenson Boreman Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1982
Dal Millington Lemmon Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1958
James Alger Fee Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1959
Richard Harvey Chambers Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1994
Stanley Nelson Barnes Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1990
Frederick George Hamley Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1975
Oliver Deveta Hamlin Jr. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1973
Gilbert H. Jertberg Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1973
Charles Merton Merrill Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1996
Montgomery Oliver Koelsch Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1992
Carroll Clark Hincks Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1964
John Marshall Harlan Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Appointed to another court 1955
Joseph Edward Lumbard Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1999
Sterry Robinson Waterman Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1984
Leonard Page Moore Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1982
Henry Jacob Friendly Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1986
John Joseph Smith Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1980
Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1968
John Simpson Hastings Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1977
William Lynn Parkinson Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1959
Winfred George Knoch Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1983
Latham Castle Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1986
Potter Stewart Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Appointed to another court 1958
Lester LeFevre Cecil Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1982
Paul Charles Weick Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1997
Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1975
David Thomas Lewis Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1983
Jean Sala Breitenstein Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1986
Phillip Forman Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1978

District courts (131)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Walter Hartman Hodge District Court for the District of Alaska Death 1975
Jean Sala Breitenstein District Court for the District of Colorado Appointed to another court 1957
Alfred Albert Arraj District Court for the District of Colorado Death 1992
Olin Hatfield Chilson District Court for the District of Colorado Death 1991
Joseph Charles McGarraghy District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1975
John Joseph Sirica District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1992
George Luzerne Hart Jr. District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1984
Leonard Patrick Walsh District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1980
Robert Palmer Anderson District Court for the District of Connecticut Appointed to another court 1964
William Homer Timbers District Court for the District of Connecticut Appointed to another court 1971
Caleb Merrill Wright District Court for the District of Delaware Death 2001
Caleb Rodney Layton III District Court for the District of Delaware Death 1988
Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. District Court for the District of Delaware Death 1986
Cyrus Nils Tavares District Court for the District of Hawaii Death 1976
Fredrick Monroe Taylor District Court for the District of Idaho Death 1988
Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr. District Court for the District of Kansas Death 2001
Edward Thaxter Gignoux District Court for the District of Maine Death 1988
Roszel Cathcart Thomsen District Court for the District of Maryland Death 1992
Robert Dorsey Watkins District Court for the District of Maryland Death 1986
Bailey Aldrich District Court for the District of Massachusetts Appointed to another court 1959
Anthony Julian District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1984
Andrew Augustine Caffrey District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1993
Edward James Devitt District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1992
William James Jameson District Court for the District of Montana Death 1990
Richard Earl Robinson District Court for the District of Nebraska Death 1991
Robert Van Pelt District Court for the District of Nebraska Death 1988
John Rolly Ross District Court for the District of Nevada Death 1963
Reynier Jacob Wortendyke Jr. District Court for the District of New Jersey Death 1975
Mendon Morrill District Court for the District of New Jersey Death 1961
Arthur Stephen Lane District Court for the District of New Jersey Resignation 1967
Waldo Henry Rogers District Court for the District of New Mexico Death 1964
George Scott Register District Court for the District of North Dakota Death 1972
Ronald Norwood Davies District Court for the District of North Dakota Death 1996
William G. East District Court for the District of Oregon Death 1985
John Francis Kilkenny District Court for the District of Oregon Appointed to another court 1969
Edward William Day District Court for the District of Rhode Island Death 1985
George Theodore Mickelson District Court for the District of South Dakota Death 1965
Axel John Beck District Court for the District of South Dakota Death 1981
Albert Sherman Christensen District Court for the District of Utah Death 1996
Ewing Thomas Kerr District Court for the District of Wyoming Death 1992
Jesse Smith Henley District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Recess appointment, not confirmed 1959
Jesse Smith Henley District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Appointed to another court 1975
Gordon Elmo Young District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Death 1969
William George Juergens District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois Reassignment 1979
Ralph McKenzie Freeman District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Death 1990
Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Appointed to another court 1960
Frederick William Kaess District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Death 1979
John Feikens District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Recess appointment, not confirmed 1961
Randolph Henry Weber District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Death 1961
Walter Bruchhausen District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1976
Joseph Carmine Zavatt District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1985
John Ries Bartels District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1997
Jacob Mishler District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 2004
Algernon Lee Butler District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Death 1978
John Whitaker Lord Jr. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1972
Francis Lund Van Dusen District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Appointed to another court 1967
C[harles] William Kraft Jr. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 2002
Thomas C. Egan District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1961
Harold Kenneth Wood District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1972
Lamar John Ryan Cecil District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Death 1958
Joseph Jefferson Fisher District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Death 2000
Walter Edward Hoffman District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Death 1996
Oren Ritter Lewis District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Death 1983
Charles Lawrence Powell District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Death 1975
Kenneth Philip Grubb District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Retirement 1965
Frank Minis Johnson Jr. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Appointed to another court 1979
William Augustus Bootle District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Death 2005
Edwin Monroe Stanley District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina Death 1971
William Ernest Miller District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Appointed to another court 1970
Harlan Hobart Grooms District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Death 1991
Oliver Deveta Hamlin Jr. District Court for the Northern District of California Appointed to another court 1958
Sherrill Halbert District Court for the Northern District of California Reassignment 1966
Albert Charles Wollenberg District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1981
Lloyd Hudson Burke District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1988
William Thomas Sweigert District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1983
George Harrold Carswell District Court for the Northern District of Florida Appointed to another court 1969
Julius Jennings Hoffman District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1983
Winfred George Knoch District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Appointed to another court 1958
Julius Howard Miner District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1963
Edwin Albert Robson District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1986
William Lynn Parkinson District Court for the Northern District of Indiana Appointed to another court 1957
Robert Allen Grant District Court for the Northern District of Indiana Death 1998
Claude Feemster Clayton District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi Appointed to another court 1967
James C. Connell District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1973
Paul Charles Weick District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Appointed to another court 1959
Girard Edward Kalbfleisch District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1990
Joe Ewing Estes District Court for the Northern District of Texas Death 1989
Herbert Stephenson Boreman District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Appointed to another court 1959
Charles Ferguson Paul District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Death 1965
Gilbert H. Jertberg District Court for the Southern District of California Appointed to another court 1958
Thurmond Clarke District Court for the Southern District of California Reassignment 1966
Fred Kunzel District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1969
Myron Donovan Crocker District Court for the Southern District of California Reassignment 1966
Emett Clay Choate District Court for the Southern District of Florida Death 1974
Joseph Patrick Lieb District Court for the Southern District of Florida Reassignment 1962
Frederick Olen Mercer District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Death 1966
Omer Poos District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Death 1976
Cale James Holder District Court for the Southern District of Indiana Death 1983
Edwin Richley Hicklin District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Death 1963
Roy Laverne Stephenson District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Appointed to another court 1971
Archie Owen Dawson District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1964
Lawrence Edward Walsh District Court for the Southern District of New York Resignation 1957
Alexander Bicks District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1963
Edmund Louis Palmieri District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1989
John M. Cashin District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1970
Richard Harrington Levet District Court for the Southern District of New York Retirement 1976
Frederick van Pelt Bryan District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1978
William Bernard Herlands District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1969
Charles Miller Metzner District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 2009
Lloyd Francis MacMahon District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1989
Lester LeFevre Cecil District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Appointed to another court 1959
Carl Andrew Weinman District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Death 1979
Joe McDonald Ingraham District Court for the Southern District of Texas Appointed to another court 1969
John A. Field Jr. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Appointed to another court 1971
Jesse Smith Henley District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Appointed to another court 1975
Henry Luesing Brooks District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Appointed to another court 1969
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Jr. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Death 1984
Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Death 2002
W. Wallace Kent District Court for the Western District of Michigan Well Qualified Appointed to another court 1971
Charles Evans Whittaker District Court for the Western District of Missouri Appointed to another court 1956
Randle Jasper Smith District Court for the Western District of Missouri Death 1962
Justin Colfax Morgan District Court for the Western District of New York Death 1959
John Oliver Henderson District Court for the Western District of New York Death 1974
Ross Rizley District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Death 1969
Joseph Putnam Willson District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1998
John Lester Miller District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1978
Herbert Peter Sorg District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1979
John Wilson McIlvaine District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1963
Roby Calvin Thompson District Court for the Western District of Virginia Death 1960
Ted Dalton District Court for the Western District of Virginia Death 1989
George Hugo Boldt District Court for the Western District of Washington Death 1984

Other courts (10)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Don Nelson Laramore Court of Claims Reassignment 1982
James Randall Durfee Court of Claims 69-15 Death 1977
Giles Sutherland Rich Associate Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Reassignment 1982
Noble Jacob Johnson Chief Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Death 1968
Isaac Jack Martin Associate Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Death 1966
Arthur Mumford Smith Associate Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Death 1968
Francis Eugene Worley Chief Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Death 1974
David John Wilson Customs Court Death 1976
Mary Honor Donlon Customs Court Death 1977
Scovel Richardson Customs Court Reassignment 1980

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