Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding (Republican) made 57 Article III appointments between 1921 and 1924, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court4
Courts of appeals6
District courts43
Other courts4
Total appointments57

The appointees

GenderMale 57
Race or ethnicityWhite 57

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 (4)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
William Howard Taft Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States Resignation 1930
George Sutherland Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1942
Pierce Butler Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 61-8 Death 1939
Edward Terry Sanford Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Death 1930

Courts of appeals (6)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Robert E. Lewis Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Reassignment 1929
William Squire Kenyon Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1933
Edmund Waddill Jr. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1931
John Carter Rose Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1927
Frank H. Rudkin Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1931
Julius Marshuetz Mayer Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Resignation 1924

District courts (43)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Fred Clinton Jacobs District Court for the District of Arizona Death 1958
John Foster Symes District Court for the District of Colorado Death 1951
Adolph A. Hoehling Jr. Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Resignation 1927
John Andrew Peters District Court for the District of Maine Retirement 1953
Morris Ames Soper District Court for the District of Maryland Appointed to another court 1931
Elisha Hume Brewster District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1946
James Arnold Lowell District Court for the District of Massachusetts Death 1933
John Franklin McGee District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1925
William Alexander Cant District Court for the District of Minnesota Death 1933
George Franklin Morris District Court for the District of New Hampshire Death 1953
William Nelson Runyon District Court for the District of New Jersey Death 1931
Orie Leon Phillips District Court for the District of New Mexico Appointed to another court 1929
Andrew Miller District Court for the District of North Dakota Death 1960
Thomas Blake Kennedy District Court for the District of Wyoming Death 1957
Walter C. Lindley District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois Appointed to another court 1949
Charles Casper Simons District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Appointed to another court 1932
Marcus Beach Campbell District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1944
Robert Alexander Inch District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1961
Charles Louis McKeehan District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1925
Xenophon Hicks District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee Appointed to another court 1928
Duncan Lawrence Groner District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Appointed to another court 1931
John Stanley Webster District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Death 1962
John J. Gore District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Death 1939
Xenophon Hicks District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee Appointed to another court 1928
John Slater Partridge District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1926
James Herbert Wilkerson District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1948
Adam C. Cliffe District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Death 1928
George Cromwell Scott District Court for the Northern District of Iowa Death 1948
Paul J. Jones District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1965
William Hawley Atwell District Court for the Northern District of Texas Death 1961
William Eli Baker District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Death 1954
William P. James District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1940
William Hale Barrett District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Death 1941
Francis Asbury Winslow District Court for the Southern District of New York Resignation 1929
Henry Warren Goddard District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1955
William Bondy District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1964
Smith Hickenlooper District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Appointed to another court 1929
George Warwick McClintic District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Death 1942
Albert L. Reeves District Court for the Western District of Missouri Death 1971
Robert Murray Gibson District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1949
Frederic Palen Schoonmaker District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1945
John William Ross District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Death 1925
Claude Zeth Luse District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Death 1932

Other courts (4)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Marion De Vries Presiding Judge Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Resignation 1922
George Ewing Martin Presiding Judge Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Appointed to another court 1924
Charles Sherrod Hatfield Associate Judge Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Death 1950
Oscar Edward Bland Associate Judge Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals) Retirement 1947

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