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Courts & Judges
Judges Appointed by John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy (Democratic) made 134 Article III appointments between 1961 and 1963, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.
Supreme Court2
Courts of appeals21
District courts109
Other courts2
Total appointments134
The appointees
GenderMale 133 Female 1
Race or ethnicityWhite 130 African American 3 Hispanic 1
ABA ratingWell Qualified 2 Not Qualified By Reason of Age 1 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 (2)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Raymond White Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | Death 2002 | |||
| Arthur Joseph Goldberg Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | Resignation 1965 |
Courts of appeals (21)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Skelly Wright | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Death 1988 | |||
| Carl E. McGowan | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Death 1987 | |||
| Albert Alphonso Ridge | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Death 1967 | |||
| Pat Mehaffy | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Death 1981 | |||
| Griffin Boyette Bell | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Resignation 1976 | |||
| Walter Pettus Gewin | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Death 1981 | |||
| Albert Vickers Bryan | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Death 1984 | |||
| J. Spencer Bell | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Death 1967 | |||
| James Robert Browning | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Death 2012 | |||
| Benjamin Cushing Duniway | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Death 1986 | |||
| Irving Robert Kaufman | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Death 1992 | |||
| Paul Raymond Hays | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Death 1980 | |||
| Thurgood Marshall | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | 54-16 | Resignation 1965 | ||
| Roger Joseph Kiley | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Death 1974 | |||
| Luther Merritt Swygert | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Death 1988 | |||
| Harry Phillips | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Death 1985 | |||
| George Clifton Edwards Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Death 1995 | |||
| Delmas Carl Hill | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Death 1989 | |||
| Oliver Seth | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Death 1996 | |||
| James Cullen Ganey | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Death 1972 | |||
| William Francis Smith | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Death 1968 |
District courts (109)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Eugene Plummer | District Court for the District of Alaska | Death 1987 | |||
| Arthur Marshall Davis | District Court for the District of Arizona | Death 1963 | |||
| Walter Early Craig | District Court for the District of Arizona | Death 1986 | |||
| William Edward Doyle | District Court for the District of Colorado | Appointed to another court 1971 | |||
| William Blakely Jones | District Court for the District of Columbia | Death 1979 | |||
| Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Death 1988 | |||
| T. Emmet Clarie | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Death 1997 | |||
| Martin Pence | District Court for the District of Hawaii | Retirement 2000 | |||
| Wesley Ernest Brown | District Court for the District of Kansas | Death 2012 | |||
| Henry George Templar | District Court for the District of Kansas | Death 1988 | |||
| Edward Skottowe Northrop | District Court for the District of Maryland | Death 2003 | |||
| Harrison Lee Winter | District Court for the District of Maryland | Appointed to another court 1966 | |||
| Earl Richard Larson | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Death 2001 | |||
| Roger D. Foley | District Court for the District of Nevada | Death 1996 | |||
| Bruce Rutherford Thompson | District Court for the District of Nevada | Death 1992 | |||
| Anthony Thomas Augelli | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Resignation 1974 | |||
| James Aloysius Coolahan | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Death 1986 | |||
| Robert Shaw | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Death 1972 | |||
| Mitchell Harry Cohen | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Death 1991 | |||
| Harry Vearle Payne | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Death 1983 | |||
| Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Death 1999 | |||
| Elmer Gordon West | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Reassignment 1972 | |||
| Robert Andrew Ainsworth Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Appointed to another court 1966 | |||
| Frank Burton Ellis | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Death 1969 | |||
| Thaddeus M. Machrowicz | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Death 1970 | |||
| Wade Hampton McCree Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Appointed to another court 1966 | |||
| Talbot Smith | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Death 1978 | |||
| Stephen John Roth | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Death 1974 | |||
| James Hargrove Meredith | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Death 1988 | |||
| John Keating Regan | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Death 1987 | |||
| John Francis Dooling Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Death 1981 | |||
| George Rosling | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Death 1973 | |||
| John Davis Larkins Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | Death 1990 | |||
| Luther Lee Bohanon | District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | Death 2003 | |||
| Frederick Alvin Daugherty | District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | Death 2006 | |||
| Joseph Simon Lord III | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Death 1991 | |||
| Abraham L Freedman | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Appointed to another court 1964 | |||
| Alfred Leopold Luongo | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Death 1986 | |||
| Ralph C. Body | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Death 1973 | |||
| James Robert Martin Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina | Reassignment 1965 | |||
| Frank Wiley Wilson | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Death 1982 | |||
| Charles Gelbert Neese | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Death 1989 | |||
| John Decker Butzner Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Appointed to another court 1967 | |||
| J[ames] Robert Elliott | District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | Retirement 2000 | |||
| Lunsford Richardson Preyer | District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | Resignation 1963 | |||
| Michael Henry Sheridan | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Death 1976 | |||
| William Joseph Nealon Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Death 2018 | |||
| Frank Gray Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Death 1978 | |||
| Clarence W. Allgood | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Death 1991 | |||
| Alfonso Joseph Zirpoli | District Court for the Northern District of California | Death 1995 | |||
| Thomas Jamison MacBride | District Court for the Northern District of California | Reassignment 1966 | |||
| Stanley Alexander Weigel | District Court for the Northern District of California | Retirement 1997 | |||
| George Cressler Young | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Reassignment 1966 | |||
| Lewis Render Morgan | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Appointed to another court 1968 | |||
| Richard Bevan Austin | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Death 1977 | |||
| James Benton Parsons | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Death 1993 | |||
| Hubert Louis Will | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Death 1995 | |||
| Bernard Martin Decker | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Death 1993 | |||
| Abraham Lincoln Marovitz | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Death 2001 | |||
| George N. Beamer | District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | Death 1974 | |||
| Jesse Ernest Eschbach | District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | Appointed to another court 1981 | |||
| Edward Joseph McManus | District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | Death 2017 | |||
| William Cook Hanson | District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | Death 1995 | |||
| Frank Joseph Battisti | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Death 1994 | |||
| Ben Charles Green | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Death 1983 | |||
| Luther Lee Bohanon | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Death 2003 | |||
| Frederick Alvin Daugherty | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Death 2006 | |||
| Allen Edward Barrow | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Death 1979 | |||
| Leo Brewster | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Death 1979 | |||
| Sarah Tilghman Hughes | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Not Qualified By Reason of Age | Death 1985 | ||
| Albert Lee Stephens Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of California | Reassignment 1966 | |||
| Charles Hardy Carr | District Court for the Southern District of California | Reassignment 1966 | |||
| Jesse William Curtis Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of California | Reassignment 1966 | |||
| Elisha Avery Crary | District Court for the Southern District of California | Reassignment 1966 | |||
| William Allan McRae Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Reassignment 1962 | |||
| David William Dyer | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Appointed to another court 1966 | |||
| George Cressler Young | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Reassignment 1966 | |||
| Charles Britton Fulton | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Death 1996 | |||
| Samuel Hugh Dillin | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | Death 2006 | |||
| William Cook Hanson | District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | Death 1995 | |||
| William Harold Cox | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Death 1988 | |||
| Thomas Francis Croake | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Death 1978 | |||
| Dudley Baldwin Bonsal | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Death 1995 | |||
| Wilfred Feinberg | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1966 | ||
| Harold R. Tyler Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Resignation 1975 | |||
| Edward Cochrane McLean | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Death 1972 | |||
| Inzer Bass Wyatt | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Death 1990 | |||
| Irving Ben Cooper | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Death 1996 | |||
| John Matthew Cannella | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Death 1996 | |||
| Charles Henry Tenney | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Death 1994 | |||
| John Weld Peck II | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Appointed to another court 1966 | |||
| Reynaldo Guerra Garza | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Appointed to another court 1979 | |||
| James Latane Noel Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Death 1997 | |||
| Richard Johnson Putnam | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Death 2002 | |||
| Noel Peter Fox | District Court for the Western District of Michigan | Death 1987 | |||
| Floyd Robert Gibson | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1965 | ||
| William Henry Becker | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Death 1992 | |||
| John Watkins Oliver | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Death 1990 | |||
| James Braxton Craven Jr. | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Appointed to another court 1966 | |||
| Luther Lee Bohanon | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Death 2003 | |||
| Frederick Alvin Daugherty | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Death 2006 | |||
| Edward Dumbauld | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Death 1997 | |||
| Louis Rosenberg | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Death 1999 | |||
| James Robert Martin Jr. | District Court for the Western District of South Carolina | Reassignment 1965 | |||
| Bailey Brown | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Appointed to another court 1979 | |||
| Adrian Anthony Spears | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Retirement 1982 | |||
| William Homer Thornberry | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1965 | ||
| Thomas Johnson Michie | District Court for the Western District of Virginia | Death 1973 | |||
| William Trulock Beeks | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Death 1988 |
Other courts (2)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Hirsh Davis | Court of Claims | Reassignment 1982 | |||
| James Lindsay Almond Jr. Associate Judge | Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | Reassignment 1982 |
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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.