Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) made 98 Article III appointments between 1901 and 1909, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court3
Courts of appeals19
District courts57
Other courts19
Total appointments98

The appointees

GenderMale 98
Race or ethnicityWhite 98
ABA ratingWell 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 (3)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Retirement 1932
William Rufus Day Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Retirement 1922
William Henry Moody Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Resignation 1910

Courts of appeals (19)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Charles Holland Duell Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Resignation 1906
Seth Shepard Chief Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Retirement 1917
Louis Emory McComas Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1907
Charles Henry Robb Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Well Qualified Death 1939
Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel Associate Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1937
Willis Van Devanter Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Appointed to another court 1910
William Cather Hook Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1921
Elmer Bragg Adams Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1916
Francis Cabot Lowell Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1911
Jeter Connelly Pritchard Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1921
William Kneeland Townsend Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1907
Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Retirement 1917
Henry Galbraith Ward Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Retirement 1924
Walter Chadwick Noyes Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Resignation 1913
Francis Elisha Baker Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1924
William Henry Seaman Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1915
Christian Cecil Kohlsaat Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1918
John Kelvey Richards Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1909
Joseph Buffington Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1947

District courts (57)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Robert E. Lewis District Court for the District of Colorado Appointed to another court 1921
Ashley Mulgrave Gould Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1921
Harry M. Clabaugh Chief Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1914
Jeter Connelly Pritchard Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Appointed to another court 1904
Daniel Thew Wright Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Resignation 1914
Wendell Phillips Stafford Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Retirement 1931
James Perry Platt District Court for the District of Connecticut Death 1913
Frank Sigel Dietrich District Court for the District of Idaho Appointed to another court 1927
Albert Barnes Anderson District Court for the District of Indiana Appointed to another court 1925
John Calvin Pollock District Court for the District of Kansas Death 1937
Clarence Hale District Court for the District of Maine Death 1934
Frederic Dodge District Court for the District of Massachusetts Appointed to another court 1912
Page Morris District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1924
Milton Dwight Purdy District Court for the District of Minnesota Recess appointment, not confirmed 1909
William Henry Hunt District Court for the District of Montana Appointed to another court 1910
Thomas Charles Munger District Court for the District of Nebraska Death 1941
Edward Silsby Farrington District Court for the District of Nevada Death 1929
William Mershon Lanning District Court for the District of New Jersey Appointed to another court 1909
Joseph Cross District Court for the District of New Jersey Death 1913
Charles Edwin Wolverton District Court for the District of Oregon Death 1926
James Loren Martin District Court for the District of Vermont Death 1915
Francis Marion Wright District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois Death 1917
Eugene Davis Saunders District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Resignation 1909
Rufus Edward Foster District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Appointed to another court 1925
Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Resignation 1907
David Patterson Dyer District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Death 1924
Thomas Chatfield District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1922
Ralph E. Campbell District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Resignation 1918
James Buchanan Holland District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1914
Edward Terry Sanford District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee Appointed to another court 1923
Edward Whitson District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Death 1910
Joseph Very Quarles District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Death 1911
Thomas Goode Jones District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Death 1914
Edward Terry Sanford District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Appointed to another court 1923
Thomas Goode Jones District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Death 1914
Oscar Richard Hundley District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Recess appointment, not confirmed 1908
Oscar Richard Hundley District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Recess appointment, not confirmed 1909
William Cary Van Fleet District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1923
William Bostwick Sheppard District Court for the Northern District of Florida Death 1934
Kenesaw Mountain Landis District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Resignation 1922
Solomon Hicks Bethea District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1909
Henry Thomas Reed District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Death 1924
George Washington Ray District Court for the Northern District of New York Death 1925
Robert Walker Tayler District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1910
Alston Gordon Dayton District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Death 1920
George Chandler Holt District Court for the Southern District of New York Retirement 1914
Charles Merrill Hough District Court for the Southern District of New York Appointed to another court 1916
John Elbert Sater District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Recess appointment, not confirmed 1908
John Elbert Sater District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Retirement 1924
Waller Thomas Burns District Court for the Southern District of Texas Death 1917
Loyal Edwin Knappen District Court for the Western District of Michigan Appointed to another court 1910
John Hazelton Cotteral District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Appointed to another court 1928
Nathaniel Ewing District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Resignation 1908
James Scott Young District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1914
John Ethridge McCall District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Death 1920
Henry Clay McDowell District Court for the Western District of Virginia Death 1933
Arthur Loomis Sanborn District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Death 1920

Other courts (19)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Francis Marion Wright Court of Claims Appointed to another court 1905
Fenton Whitlock Booth Court of Claims Appointed to another court 1928
Samuel Stebbins Barney Court of Claims Retirement 1919
Stanton Judkins Peelle Chief Justice Court of Claims Resignation 1913
George Wesley Atkinson Court of Claims Resignation 1916
Willis Van Devanter Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit Appointed to another court 1910
William Cather Hook Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
Elmer Bragg Adams Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
Francis Cabot Lowell Circuit Courts for the First Circuit Death 1911
Jeter Connelly Pritchard Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
William Kneeland Townsend Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit Death 1907
Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr. Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
Henry Galbraith Ward Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
Walter Chadwick Noyes Circuit Courts for the Second Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
Francis Elisha Baker Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
William Henry Seaman Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
Christian Cecil Kohlsaat Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
John Kelvey Richards Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit Death 1909
Joseph Buffington Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit Abolition of Court 1911

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