Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) made 222 Article III appointments between 1933 and 1945, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court9
Courts of appeals51
District courts149
Other courts13
Total appointments222

The appointees

GenderMale 221 Female 1
Race or ethnicityWhite 222

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 (9)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Hugo Lafayette Black Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 63-16 Death 1971
Stanley Forman Reed Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1980
Felix Frankfurter Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1965
William Orville Douglas Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 62-4 Death 1980
Frank Murphy Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1949
James Francis Byrnes Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Resignation 1942
Harlan Fiske Stone Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1946
Robert Houghwout Jackson Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1954
Wiley Blount Rutledge Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1949

Courts of appeals (51)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Harold Montelle Stephens Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Appointed to another court 1948
Justin Miller Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Resignation 1945
Duncan Lawrence Groner Chief Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1957
Frederick Moore Vinson Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Resignation 1943
Henry White Edgerton Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1970
Wiley Blount Rutledge Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Appointed to another court 1943
Thurman Wesley Arnold Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Resignation 1945
Joseph William Woodrough Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1977
Charles Breckenridge Faris Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1938
Seth Thomas Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1962
Harvey M. Johnsen Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1975
Walter Garrett Riddick Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1953
Edwin Ruthven Holmes Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1961
Leon Clarence McCord Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1952
Curtis Longino Waller Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1950
Elmo Pearce Lee Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1949
Calvert Magruder Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1968
John Christopher Mahoney Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1952
Peter Woodbury Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1970
Armistead Mason Dobie Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1962
Francis Arthur Garrecht Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1948
William Denman Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1959
Clifton Mathews Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1962
Bert Emory Haney Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1943
Albert Lee Stephens Sr. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1965
William Healy Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1962
Homer Truett Bone Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1970
Charles Edward Clark Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1963
Robert Porter Patterson Sr. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Resignation 1940
Jerome New Frank Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1957
Louis FitzHenry Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1935
James Earl Major Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1972
Walter Emanuel Treanor Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1941
Otto Kerner Sr. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1952
Sherman Minton Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Appointed to another court 1949
Florence Ellinwood Allen Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1966
Elwood Hamilton Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1945
Herschel Whitfield Arant Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1941
John Donelson Martin Sr. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1962
Thomas Francis McAllister Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1976
Sam Gilbert Bratton Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1963
Robert Lee Williams Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1948
Walter August Huxman Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1972
Alfred Paul Murrah Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1975
John Biggs Jr. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1979
Albert Branson Maris Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1989
William Clark Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 57-5 Resignation 1942
Francis Biddle Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Resignation 1940
Charles Alvin Jones Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Resignation 1944
Herbert Funk Goodrich Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1962
Gerald McLaughlin Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1977

District courts (149)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
David W. Ling District Court for the District of Arizona Death 1965
Bolitha James Laws Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Appointed to another court 1945
Thomas Alan Goldsborough Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1951
James Ward Morris Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1960
David Andrew Pine Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1970
Matthew Francis McGuire Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1986
Edward Clayton Eicher Chief Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1944
Henry Albert Schweinhaut Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Death 1970
Bolitha James Laws Chief Justice District Court for the District of Columbia Reassignment 1948
John Joseph Smith District Court for the District of Connecticut Appointed to another court 1960
Paul Conway Leahy District Court for the District of Delaware Death 1966
Chase Addison Clark District Court for the District of Idaho Death 1966
Guy Tresillian Helvering District Court for the District of Kansas Death 1946
George Clinton Sweeney District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1966
Francis Joseph William Ford District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1975
Arthur Daniel Healey District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1948
Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr. District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1986
Robert Cook Bell District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1964
George F. Sullivan District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1944
James Harris Baldwin District Court for the District of Montana Death 1944
Robert Lewis Brown Sr. District Court for the District of Montana Death 1948
James A. Donohoe District Court for the District of Nebraska Death 1956
John Wayne Delehant District Court for the District of Nebraska Death 1972
Roger Thomas Foley District Court for the District of Nevada Death 1974
Aloysius Joseph Connor District Court for the District of New Hampshire Death 1967
Thomas Glynn Walker District Court for the District of New Jersey Resignation 1941
William Francis Smith District Court for the District of New Jersey Appointed to another court 1961
Thomas Francis Meaney District Court for the District of New Jersey 39-20 Death 1968
Charles Joseph Vogel District Court for the District of North Dakota Appointed to another court 1954
Claude Charles McColloch District Court for the District of Oregon Death 1959
John Christopher Mahoney District Court for the District of Rhode Island Appointed to another court 1940
John Patrick Hartigan District Court for the District of Rhode Island Appointed to another court 1951
James Patrick Leamy District Court for the District of Vermont Death 1949
Thomas Clark Trimble III District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Death 1965
Harry Jacob Lemley District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Death 1965
Hiram Church Ford District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Death 1969
Mac Swinford District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Death 1975
Adrian Joseph Caillouet District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Death 1946
Arthur F. Lederle District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Death 1972
Frank Albert Picard District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Death 1963
George Moore District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Death 1962
John Caskie Collet District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Appointed to another court 1947
Richard M. Duncan District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Death 1974
Rubey Mosley Hulen District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Death 1956
Matthew T. Abruzzo District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1971
Harold Maurice Kennedy District Court for the Eastern District of New York Resignation 1952
Alfred Paul Murrah District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Appointed to another court 1940
Eugene Rice District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Death 1967
Bower Slack Broaddus District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Death 1949
Albert Branson Maris District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Appointed to another court 1938
Harry Ellis Kalodner District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Appointed to another court 1946
Guy Kurtz Bard District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Resignation 1952
James Cullen Ganey District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Appointed to another court 1961
Francis Kerschner Myers District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina Death 1940
Alva Moore Lumpkin District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina Resignation 1941
George Bell Timmerman Sr. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina Death 1966
Julius Waties Waring District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina Death 1968
Leslie Rogers Darr District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee Death 1967
Robert Nelson Pollard District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Death 1954
Charles Sterling Hutcheson District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Death 1969
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Resignation 1945
Francis Ryan Duffy District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Appointed to another court 1949
Thomas Hoyt Davis District Court for the Middle District of Georgia Death 1969
Leslie Rogers Darr District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Reassignment 1940
Elmer David Davies District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Death 1957
David Jackson Davis District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Death 1938
Thomas Alexander Murphree District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Death 1945
Clarence H. Mullins District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Death 1957
Michael Joseph Roche District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1964
Martin Ignatius Welsh District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1953
Louis Earl Goodman District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1961
Augustine V. Long District Court for the Northern District of Florida Death 1955
Curtis Longino Waller District Court for the Northern District of Florida Appointed to another court 1943
Dozier Adolphus DeVane District Court for the Northern District of Florida Death 1963
Robert Lee Russell District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Appointed to another court 1949
Philip Leo Sullivan District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1960
William Harrison Holly District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1958
Michael Lambert Igoe District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1967
William Joseph Campbell District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1988
Walter J. LaBuy District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1967
Elwyn Riley Shaw District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1950
Luther Merritt Swygert District Court for the Northern District of Indiana Appointed to another court 1961
Henry Norman Graven District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Death 1970
Stephen W. Brennan District Court for the Northern District of New York Death 1968
Frank Le Blond Kloeb District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1976
Robert Nugen Wilkin District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1973
Emerich B. Freed District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1955
Alfred Paul Murrah District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Appointed to another court 1940
Bower Slack Broaddus District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Death 1949
Royce H. Savage District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma Resignation 1961
Thomas Whitfield Davidson District Court for the Northern District of Texas Death 1974
Harry Evans Watkins District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Death 1963
John McDuffie District Court for the Southern District of Alabama Death 1950
Albert Lee Stephens Sr. District Court for the Southern District of California Appointed to another court 1937
Leon Rene Yankwich District Court for the Southern District of California Reassignment 1966
Ralph E. Jenney District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1945
Campbell Eben Beaumont District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1954
Benjamin Harrison District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1960
James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1949
Peirson Mitchell Hall District Court for the Southern District of California Reassignment 1966
John Warthen Holland District Court for the Southern District of Florida Death 1969
William Julius Barker District Court for the Southern District of Florida Death 1968
Curtis Longino Waller District Court for the Southern District of Florida Appointed to another court 1943
Dozier Adolphus DeVane District Court for the Southern District of Florida Reassignment 1947
Archibald Battle Lovett District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Death 1945
James Earl Major District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Appointed to another court 1937
J[ackson] Leroy Adair District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Death 1956
Sidney Carr Mize District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Death 1965
George Murray Hulbert District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1950
Vincent L. Leibell District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1968
John William Clancy District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1969
Samuel Mandelbaum District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1946
Edward A. Conger District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1963
John Bright District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1948
Simon Hirsch Rifkind District Court for the Southern District of New York Resignation 1950
Mell Gilbert Underwood District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Death 1972
John H. Druffel District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Death 1967
James V. Allred District Court for the Southern District of Texas Resignation 1942
Allen Burroughs Hannay District Court for the Southern District of Texas Death 1983
Harry Evans Watkins District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Death 1963
Ben Moore District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Death 1958
Heartsill Ragon District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Death 1940
Harry Jacob Lemley District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Death 1965
John Elvis Miller District Court for the Western District of Arkansas Death 1981
Elwood Hamilton District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Appointed to another court 1938
Mac Swinford District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Death 1975
Shackelford Miller Jr. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Appointed to another court 1945
Gaston Louis Noel Porterie District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Death 1953
John Caskie Collet District Court for the Western District of Missouri Appointed to another court 1947
Richard M. Duncan District Court for the Western District of Missouri Death 1974
Albert Alphonso Ridge District Court for the Western District of Missouri Appointed to another court 1961
Harlan Watson Rippey District Court for the Western District of New York Resignation 1936
Harold P. Burke District Court for the Western District of New York Death 1981
Alfred Paul Murrah District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Appointed to another court 1940
Bower Slack Broaddus District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Death 1949
Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma 37-28 Death 1989
Charles Cecil Wyche District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Reassignment 1965
Alva Moore Lumpkin District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Resignation 1941
George Bell Timmerman Sr. District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Death 1966
John Donelson Martin Sr. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Appointed to another court 1940
Marion Speed Boyd District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Death 1988
Walter Angus Keeling District Court for the Western District of Texas Death 1945
Floyd H. Roberts District Court for the Western District of Virginia 9--72 Recess appointment, not confirmed 1939
Armistead Mason Dobie District Court for the Western District of Virginia Appointed to another court 1939
Alfred Dickinson Barksdale District Court for the Western District of Virginia Death 1972
John Clyde Bowen District Court for the Western District of Washington Death 1978
Lloyd Llewellyn Black District Court for the Western District of Washington Death 1950
Charles Henry Leavy District Court for the Western District of Washington Death 1952
Patrick Thomas Stone District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Death 1963

Other courts (13)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Richard Smith Whaley Chief Justice Court of Claims Death 1951
Samuel Estill Whitaker Court of Claims Death 1967
John Marvin Jones Court of Claims Appointed to another court 1947
Joseph Warren Madden Court of Claims 36-14 Death 1972
Finis James Garrett Presiding Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Reassignment 1948
Joseph Raymond Jackson Associate Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Death 1969
Ambrose O'Connell Associate Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Death 1962
William John Keefe Customs Court Retirement 1947
Thomas Joseph Walker Customs Court Death 1945
Webster J. Oliver Customs Court Death 1969
William Alexander Ekwall Customs Court Death 1956
William Purrington Cole Customs Court Appointed to another court 1952
Charles Drummond Lawrence Customs Court Death 1975

‹ Herbert HooverAll presidentsHarry S Truman ›

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