Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover (Republican) made 72 Article III appointments between 1929 and 1932, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court3
Courts of appeals16
District courts46
Other courts7
Total appointments72

The appointees

GenderMale 72
Race or ethnicityWhite 72

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 (3)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Charles Evans Hughes Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States 52-26 Death 1948
Owen Josephus Roberts Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Resignation 1945
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1938

Courts of appeals (16)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
William Hitz Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1935
Duncan Lawrence Groner Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Appointed to another court 1938
Archibald K. Gardner Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1962
John Benjamin Sanborn Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1964
Samuel Hale Sibley Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1958
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1973
Scott Wilson Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1942
James Madison Morton Jr. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1940
Morris Ames Soper Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1963
Curtis Dwight Wilbur Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1954
William Henry Sawtelle Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1934
William Morris Sparks Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1950
Charles Casper Simons Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1964
Orie Leon Phillips Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1974
George Thomas McDermott Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Death 1937
Joseph Whitaker Thompson Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1946

District courts (46)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Albert Morris Sames District Court for the District of Arizona Death 1958
Alfred Adams Wheat Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Appointed to another court 1930
Alfred Adams Wheat Chief Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1943
Jesse Corcoran Adkins Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1955
Oscar Raymond Luhring Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1944
Joseph Winston Cox Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1939
James McPherson Proctor Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Appointed to another court 1948
Fred Dickinson Letts Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1965
Daniel William O'Donoghue Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1948
Carroll Clark Hincks District Court for the District of Connecticut Appointed to another court 1953
John Percy Nields District Court for the District of Delaware Death 1943
Richard Joseph Hopkins District Court for the District of Kansas 49-22 Death 1943
William Calvin Chesnut District Court for the District of Maryland Death 1962
Hugh Dean McLellan District Court for the District of Massachusetts Resignation 1941
Gunnar Hans Nordbye District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1977
Matthew M. Joyce District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1956
John Boyd Avis District Court for the District of New Jersey Death 1944
Phillip Forman District Court for the District of New Jersey Appointed to another court 1959
James Alger Fee District Court for the District of Oregon Appointed to another court 1954
Alfred Lee Wyman District Court for the District of South Dakota Death 1953
Ernest Aloysius O'Brien District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Death 1948
Clarence G. Galston District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1964
Mortimer W. Byers District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1962
George Austin Welsh District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1970
John Lyles Glenn Jr. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina Death 1938
Randolph Bryant District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Death 1951
Luther B. Way District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Death 1943
Charles Brents Kennamer District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Death 1955
Albert Leisenring Watson District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 53-22 Death 1960
Charles Brents Kennamer District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Reassignment 1936
Emory Marvin Underwood District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Death 1960
John Peter Barnes District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Resignation 1958
George E. Q. Johnson District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Recess appointment, not confirmed 1933
George Cosgrave District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1945
Harry Aaron Hollzer District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1946
Louie Willard Strum District Court for the Southern District of Florida Appointed to another court 1950
Charles Guy Briggle District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Death 1972
John Munro Woolsey District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1945
Francis Gordon Caffey District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1951
Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1957
Robert Porter Patterson Sr. District Court for the Southern District of New York Appointed to another court 1939
Thomas Martin Kennerly District Court for the Southern District of Texas Death 1962
John Knight District Court for the Western District of New York Death 1955
John Lyles Glenn Jr. District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Death 1938
Robert Johnston McMillan District Court for the Western District of Texas Death 1941
John Paul Jr. District Court for the Western District of Virginia Death 1964

Other courts (7)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Thomas Sutler Williams Court of Claims Death 1940
Benjamin Horsley Littleton Court of Claims Death 1966
Richard Smith Whaley Court of Claims Appointed to another court 1939
Irvine Luther Lenroot Associate Judge Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 42-26 Retirement 1944
David Hayes Kincheloe Customs Court Retirement 1948
Walter Howard Evans Customs Court Retirement 1941
Fredrick William Dallinger Customs Court Retirement 1942

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