Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (Jeffersonian Republican) made 19 Article III appointments between 1802 and 1807, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court3
Courts of appeals0
District courts9
Other courts7
Total appointments19

The appointees

GenderMale 19
Race or ethnicityWhite 19

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
William Johnson Jr. Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1834
Henry Brockholst Livingston Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1823
Thomas Todd Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1826

District courts (9)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Henry Potter District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina Death 1857
Pierpont Edwards District Court for the District of Connecticut Death 1826
William Stephens District Court for the District of Georgia Resignation 1818
James Houston District Court for the District of Maryland Death 1819
John Samuel Sherburne District Court for the District of New Hampshire Death 1830
Matthias Burnett Tallmadge District Court for the District of New York Reassignment 1814
Charles Willing Byrd District Court for the District of Ohio Death 1828
Dominic Augustin Hall District Court for the District of Orleans Abolition of Court 1812
David Leonard Barnes District Court for the District of Rhode Island Death 1812

Other courts (7)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
William Kilty Chief Judge Circuit Court of the District of Columbia Resignation 1806
Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh Circuit Court of the District of Columbia Death 1814
William Cranch Chief Judge Circuit Court of the District of Columbia Death 1855
Allen Bowie Duckett Circuit Court of the District of Columbia Death 1809
Dominic Augustin Hall Chief Judge Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit Abolition of Court 1802
Henry Potter Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit Appointed to another court 1802
Edward Harris Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit Abolition of Court 1802

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