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Courts & Judges
Judges Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) made 187 Article III appointments between 1964 and 1968, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.
Supreme Court2
Courts of appeals40
District courts132
Other courts13
Total appointments187
The appointees
GenderMale 184 Female 3
Race or ethnicityWhite 173 African American 11 Hispanic 3
ABA ratingWell Qualified 78 Qualified 74 Not Qualified 4 Exceptionally Well Qualified 3 Not Qualified By Reason of Age 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Fortas Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | Resignation 1969 | |||
| Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 69-11 | Death 1993 |
Courts of appeals (40)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Allen Tamm | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1985 | ||
| Harold Leventhal | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Death 1979 | ||
| Spottswood William Robinson III | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Floyd Robert Gibson | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Donald Pomery Lay | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Gerald William Heaney | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2006 | ||
| Myron H. Bright | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| William Homer Thornberry | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Death 1995 | |||
| James Plemon Coleman | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 76-8 | Well Qualified | Retirement 1984 | |
| Irving Loeb Goldberg | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| John Cooper Godbold | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| Robert Andrew Ainsworth Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Death 1981 | ||
| David William Dyer | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Reassignment 1981 | |||
| John Milton Bryan Simpson | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| Claude Feemster Clayton | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Death 1969 | |||
| Lewis Render Morgan | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Reassignment 1981 | |||
| Edward Matthew McEntee | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Not Qualified | Death 1981 | ||
| Frank Morey Coffin | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Death 2009 | |||
| Harrison Lee Winter | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Death 1990 | ||
| James Braxton Craven Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1977 | ||
| John Decker Butzner Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Death 2006 | |||
| Walter Raleigh Ely Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 1984 | ||
| James Marshall Carter | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1979 | ||
| Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Resignation 1979 | ||
| Robert Palmer Anderson | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1978 | ||
| Wilfred Feinberg | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Thomas Edward Fairchild | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Death 2007 | |||
| Walter Joseph Cummings | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Otto Kerner Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Resignation 1974 | ||
| Anthony Joseph Celebrezze | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| John Weld Peck II | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Death 1993 | |||
| Wade Hampton McCree Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Resignation 1977 | ||
| Bertram Thomas Combs | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Resignation 1970 | ||
| John Joseph Hickey | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1970 | ||
| William Judson Holloway Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Abraham L Freedman | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Death 1971 | |||
| Collins Jacques Seitz | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Death 1998 | |||
| Francis Lund Van Dusen | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1993 | ||
| Ruggero John Aldisert | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| David Henry Stahl | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1970 |
District courts (132)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Lawrence Real | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Warren John Ferguson | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1979 | ||
| Harry Pregerson | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1979 | ||
| James Arnold von der Heydt | District Court for the District of Alaska | Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Charles Andrew Muecke | District Court for the District of Arizona | Not Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| William Perry Copple | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| Spottswood William Robinson III | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1966 | ||
| Howard Francis Corcoran | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Death 1989 | ||
| Oliver Gasch | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| William Benson Bryant | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| John Lewis Smith Jr. | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 1992 | ||
| Joseph Cornelius Waddy | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 1978 | ||
| Gerhard Alden Gesell | District Court for the District of Columbia | Death 1993 | |||
| John Helm Pratt | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| June Lazenby Green | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Robert Carmine Zampano | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Qualified | Retirement 1994 | ||
| James Levin Latchum | District Court for the District of Delaware | Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Raymond Clyne McNichols | District Court for the District of Idaho | Qualified | Death 1985 | ||
| Frank Gordon Theis | District Court for the District of Kansas | Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Alexander Harvey II | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Frank Albert Kaufman | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Death 1997 | ||
| Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Frank Jerome Murray | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Death 1995 | |||
| Miles Welton Lord | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Qualified | Retirement 1985 | ||
| Philip Neville | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Death 1974 | |||
| Russell Evans Smith | District Court for the District of Montana | Well Qualified | Death 1990 | ||
| Hugh Henry Bownes | District Court for the District of New Hampshire | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1977 | ||
| Lawrence Aloysius Whipple | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Death 1983 | ||
| Howard C. Bratton | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Robert Clinton Belloni | District Court for the District of Oregon | Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Hiram Rafael Cancio | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Resignation 1974 | ||
| Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Death 1989 | ||
| Raymond James Pettine | District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Donald Stuart Russell | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1971 | ||
| Fred Joseph Nichol | District Court for the District of South Dakota | Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| Bernard Joseph Leddy | District Court for the District of Vermont | Qualified | Death 1972 | ||
| Oren Harris | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Qualified | Death 1997 | ||
| Henry Seiler Wise | District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois | Qualified | Reassignment 1979 | ||
| Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Alvin Benjamin Rubin | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1977 | ||
| Edward James Boyle Sr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Fred James Cassibry | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Retirement 1987 | ||
| Lansing Leroy Mitchell | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| James August Comiskey | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Resignation 1975 | ||
| Damon Jerome Keith | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1977 | ||
| Lawrence Gubow | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Death 1978 | ||
| William Robert Collinson | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| Jack Bertrand Weinstein | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Anthony John Travia | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Resignation 1974 | ||
| Orrin Grimmell Judd | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Death 1976 | |||
| Orville Edwin Langley | District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Death 1973 | ||
| Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Appointed to another court 1977 | |||
| John Morgan Davis | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Death 1984 | |||
| John Patrick Fullam | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Charles R. Weiner | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Thomas Ambrose Masterson | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Resignation 1973 | ||
| E[manuel] Mac Troutman | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Robert Witherspoon Hemphill | District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina | Qualified | Reassignment 1965 | ||
| Charles Earl Simons Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina | Qualified | Reassignment 1965 | ||
| William Wayne Justice | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| John Ashton MacKenzie | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Qualified | Retirement 1998 | ||
| Richard Boykin Kellam | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| Robert Reynold Merhige Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Retirement 1998 | ||
| William Nelson Goodwin | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Qualified | Death 1975 | ||
| John W. Reynolds | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Myron L. Gordon | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Well Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Thomas Virgil Pittman | District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1970 | ||
| Charles Ray Scott | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 1983 | ||
| Isaac Benjamin Krentzman Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Eugene Andrew Gordon | District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | Not Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Robert Francis Peckham | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Death 1993 | ||
| Winston Eugene Arnow | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 1994 | ||
| Sidney Oslin Smith Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Resignation 1974 | |||
| Newell Edenfield | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 1981 | ||
| Albert John Henderson | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1979 | ||
| William Joseph Lynch | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 1976 | ||
| Alexander J. Napoli | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 1972 | ||
| William Colbert Keady | District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi | Death 1989 | |||
| Orma Rinehart Smith | District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi | Well Qualified | Death 1982 | ||
| Edmund Port | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 1986 | ||
| Don John Young | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| William Kernahan Thomas | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Death 2001 | |||
| Thomas Demetrios Lambros | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Retirement 1995 | ||
| William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 1985 | ||
| Halbert Owen Woodward | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| Sidney Lee Christie | District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | Not Qualified By Reason of Age | Death 1974 | ||
| Robert Earl Maxwell | District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia | Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| Thomas Virgil Pittman | District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | Well Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Francis C. Whelan | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Reassignment 1966 | ||
| Irving Hill | District Court for the Southern District of California | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1966 | ||
| A. Andrew Hauk | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Reassignment 1966 | ||
| William Percival Gray | District Court for the Southern District of California | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1966 | ||
| Edward Joseph Schwartz | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| William Osborne Mehrtens | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 1980 | ||
| Carl Clyde Atkins | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Ted Cabot | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Death 1971 | ||
| Joseph Oscar Eaton | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| Alexander Atkinson Lawrence Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 1979 | ||
| Robert Dale Morgan | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1979 | ||
| James Ellsworth Noland | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | Qualified | Death 1992 | ||
| Dan Monroe Russell Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Walter Louis Nixon Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Impeachment & Conviction 1989 | ||
| Marvin E. Frankel | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Resignation 1978 | ||
| Walter Roe Mansfield | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Appointed to another court 1971 | |||
| Constance Baker Motley | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Milton Pollack | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Morris Edward Lasker | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Joseph Peter Kinneary | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| David Stewart Porter | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Qualified | Death 1989 | ||
| Timothy Sylvester Hogan | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Death 1989 | ||
| John Virgil Singleton Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Retirement 1992 | ||
| Woodrow Bradley Seals | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 1990 | ||
| Sidney Lee Christie | District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Not Qualified By Reason of Age | Death 1974 | ||
| Oren Harris | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Qualified | Death 1997 | ||
| Paul X Williams | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 1994 | ||
| James Fleming Gordon | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Death 1990 | ||
| Elmo Bolton Hunter | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| William Robert Collinson | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| John Thomas Curtin | District Court for the Western District of New York | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Woodrow Wilson Jones | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| James Bryan McMillan | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Death 1995 | |||
| Luther Boyd Eubanks | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Retirement 1987 | ||
| Gerald Joseph Weber | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 1989 | ||
| Robert Witherspoon Hemphill | District Court for the Western District of South Carolina | Qualified | Reassignment 1965 | ||
| Robert Malcolm McRae Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Dorwin Wallace Suttle | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Jack Roberts | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 1988 | ||
| Ernest Allen Guinn | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 1974 | ||
| William Nelson Goodwin | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Qualified | Death 1975 | ||
| David Rabinovitz | District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin | Not Qualified | Recess appointment, not confirmed 1964 | ||
| James Edward Doyle | District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin | Well Qualified | Death 1987 |
Other courts (13)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Wilson Cowen Chief Judge | Court of Claims | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1982 | ||
| Linton McGee Collins | Court of Claims | Well Qualified | Death 1972 | ||
| Byron George Skelton | Court of Claims | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1982 | ||
| Philip Nichols Jr. | Court of Claims | Qualified | Reassignment 1982 | ||
| Phillip Benjamin Baldwin Associate Judge | Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | Qualified | Reassignment 1982 | ||
| Philip Nichols Jr. | Customs Court | Appointed to another court 1966 | |||
| Frederick Landis | Customs Court | Reassignment 1980 | |||
| James Lopez Watson | Customs Court | Reassignment 1980 | |||
| Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. | Customs Court | Qualified | Resignation 1968 | ||
| Herbert Naaman Maletz | Customs Court | Qualified | Reassignment 1980 | ||
| Bernard Newman | Customs Court | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1980 | ||
| Samuel Murray Rosenstein | Customs Court | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1980 | ||
| Edward Domenic Re | Customs Court | Qualified | Reassignment 1980 |
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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.