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Courts & Judges
Judges Appointed by George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush (Republican) made 194 Article III appointments between 1989 and 1992, by commission date. 89 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.
Supreme Court2
Courts of appeals42
District courts149
Other courts1
Total appointments194
The appointees
GenderMale 157 Female 37
Race or ethnicityWhite 173 African American 13 Hispanic 8
ABA ratingWell Qualified 113 Qualified 80
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Hackett Souter Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 90-9 | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | |
| Clarence Thomas Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 52-48 | Qualified | Active |
Courts of appeals (42)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Thomas | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1991 | ||
| Karen LeCraft Henderson | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Arthur Raymond Randolph | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| James B. Loken | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| David Rasmussen Hansen | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Morris Sheppard Arnold | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Stanley F. Birch Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| Joel Fredrick Dubina | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Susan Harrell Black | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Edward Earl Carnes | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 62-36 | Qualified | Senior status since 2020 | |
| S. Jay Plager | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2000 | ||
| Alan David Lourie | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Raymond Charles Clevenger III | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2026 | ||
| Randall Ray Rader | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2014 | ||
| Alvin Anthony Schall | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Jacques Loeb Wiener Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Emilio M. Garza | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2015 | ||
| Harold R. DeMoss Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2015 | ||
| Conrad Keefe Cyr | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| David Hackett Souter | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1990 | ||
| Michael Boudin | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2021 | ||
| Norman H. Stahl | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Paul Victor Niemeyer | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Clyde H. Hamilton | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| J. Michael Luttig | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Qualified | Resignation 2006 | ||
| Karen J. Williams | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Ferdinand Francis Fernandez | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| Pamela Ann Rymer | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Death 2011 | |||
| Thomas G. Nelson | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Andrew Jay Kleinfeld | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| John Mercer Walker Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Joseph Michael McLaughlin | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Dennis G. Jacobs | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| Richard Fred Suhrheinrich | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Eugene Edward Siler Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Alice Moore Batchelder | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2006 | ||
| Jane Richards Roth | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Timothy K. Lewis | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Qualified | Resignation 1999 |
District courts (149)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert C. Bonner | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Resignation 1990 | ||
| Gary L. Taylor | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2005 | ||
| Lourdes Gillespie Baird | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2005 | ||
| Linda Hodge McLaughlin | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Joe Billy McDade | District Court for the Central District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| James Keith Singleton Jr. | District Court for the District of Alaska | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| John W. Sedwick | District Court for the District of Alaska | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Stephen M. McNamee | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| John McCarthy Roll | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. | District Court for the District of Colorado | Well Qualified | Resignation 2008 | ||
| Daniel B. Sparr | District Court for the District of Colorado | Well Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Michael Boudin | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Resignation 1992 | ||
| Alfred V. Covello | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Sue Lewis Robinson | District Court for the District of Delaware | Well Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Roderick R. McKelvie | District Court for the District of Delaware | Well Qualified | Resignation 2002 | ||
| Edward J. Lodge | District Court for the District of Idaho | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| G[eorge] Thomas VanBebber | District Court for the District of Kansas | Well Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| John Watson Lungstrum | District Court for the District of Kansas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Monti L. Belot | District Court for the District of Kansas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Kathryn Hoefer Vratil | District Court for the District of Kansas | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| David Brock Hornby | District Court for the District of Maine | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Morton Aaron Brody | District Court for the District of Maine | Well Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| Marvin J. Garbis | District Court for the District of Maryland | Qualified | Retirement 2018 | ||
| William M. Nickerson | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| Benson Everett Legg | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | ||
| Nathaniel M. Gorton | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Qualified | Senior status since 2025 | ||
| Richard House Kyle | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Jack D. Shanstrom | District Court for the District of Montana | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Richard George Kopf | District Court for the District of Nebraska | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Norman H. Stahl | District Court for the District of New Hampshire | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1992 | ||
| Joseph A. DiClerico Jr. | District Court for the District of New Hampshire | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Paul J. Barbadoro | District Court for the District of New Hampshire | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2021 | ||
| Steven J. McAuliffe | District Court for the District of New Hampshire | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| William G. Bassler | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Retirement 2006 | ||
| Mary Little Cooper | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Joseph Eron Irenas | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Jerome B. Simandle | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Curtis LeRoy Hansen | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Robert Edward Jones | District Court for the District of Oregon | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Michael Robert Hogan | District Court for the District of Oregon | Well Qualified | Retirement 2012 | ||
| David C. Norton | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Dennis W. Shedd | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2002 | ||
| Henry Michael Herlong Jr. | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| William Byrd Traxler Jr. | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1998 | ||
| Dee Vance Benson | District Court for the District of Utah | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Fred I. Parker | District Court for the District of Vermont | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1994 | ||
| Susan Webber Wright | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| David F. Levi | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Qualified | Resignation 2007 | ||
| William B. Shubb | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Oliver Winston Wanger | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Garland Ellis Burrell Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Joseph Martin Hood | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Edith Brown Clement | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2001 | ||
| Gerald Ellis Rosen | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Robert Hardy Cleland | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Nancy Garlock Edmunds | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Jean Constance Hamilton | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Donald J. Stohr | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Carol E. Jackson | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Arthur Donald Spatt | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Carol Bagley Amon | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Sterling Johnson Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Denis Reagan Hurley | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Harvey Bartle III | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Stewart R. Dalzell | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| William Hendricks Yohn Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| John R. Padova | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| J. Curtis Joyner | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Retirement 2021 | ||
| Eduardo C. Robreno | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Retirement 2023 | ||
| Anita Blumstein Brody | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Rebecca Beach Smith | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Henry Coke Morgan Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Robert E. Payne | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Frederick L. Van Sickle | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| William Fremming Nielsen | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Rudolph Thomas Randa | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| William Harold Albritton III | District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Ira DeMent | District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Harvey Erwin Schlesinger | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Anne C. Conway | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Steven Douglas Merryday | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2025 | ||
| William Lindsay Osteen Sr. | District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | Well Qualified | Retirement 2007 | ||
| James Focht McClure Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| Robert L. Echols | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| Edwin L. Nelson | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Sharon Lovelace Blackburn | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Vaughn R. Walker | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| James Ware | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2012 | ||
| Saundra Brown Armstrong | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Barbara A. Caulfield | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Resignation 1994 | ||
| Ronald M. Whyte | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Lacey A. Collier | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Julie E. Carnes | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2014 | ||
| George Wakem Lindberg | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Wayne R. Andersen | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| Philip Godfrey Reinhard | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Michael Joseph Melloy | District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2002 | ||
| Frederick James Scullin Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Paul Ramon Matia | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Retirement 2005 | ||
| John H. McBryde | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Jorge Antonio Solis | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| Terry R. Means | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| [Elton] Joe Kendall | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Resignation 2002 | ||
| Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley | District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Richard W. Vollmer Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Marilyn L. Huff | District Court for the Southern District of California | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Irma Elsa Gonzalez | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Retirement 2013 | ||
| Federico A. Moreno | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2020 | ||
| Donald L. Graham | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Shelby Highsmith | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Kevin Michael Moore | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Active | ||
| Ursula Ungaro | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Retirement 2021 | ||
| John Phil Gilbert | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Ronald Earl Longstaff | District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Charles Willis Pickering Sr. | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2004 | ||
| David C. Bramlette | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| John S. Martin Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Retirement 2003 | ||
| Lawrence M. McKenna | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Louis J. Freeh | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Resignation 1993 | ||
| Loretta A. Preska | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Sonia Sotomayor | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1998 | ||
| Sandra Shank Beckwith | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Melinda Harmon | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| John David Rainey | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Samuel B. Kent | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Resignation 2009 | ||
| Ewing Werlein Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Lee Hyman Rosenthal | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2024 | ||
| David A. Faber | District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Susan Webber Wright | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Qualified | Reassignment 1990 | ||
| Jimm Larry Hendren | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| John Gilpin Heyburn II | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Richard T. Haik | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| James Travis Trimble Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| Rebecca F. Doherty | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Retirement 2020 | ||
| David William McKeague | District Court for the Western District of Michigan | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2005 | ||
| Gordon Jay Quist | District Court for the Western District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Fernando J. Gaitan Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| William M. Skretny | District Court for the Western District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Graham Calder Mullen | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| Robin J. Cauthron | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Timothy D. Leonard | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Donald John Lee | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Timothy K. Lewis | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1992 | ||
| Jon Phipps McCalla | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Sam Sparks | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Samuel Grayson Wilson | District Court for the Western District of Virginia | Qualified | Retirement 2014 |
Other courts (1)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard W. Goldberg | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Death 2023 |
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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.