Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by William McKinley

William McKinley (Republican) made 42 Article III appointments between 1897 and 1902, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court1
Courts of appeals6
District courts29
Other courts6
Total appointments42

The appointees

GenderMale 42
Race or ethnicityWhite 42

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 (1)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Joseph McKenna Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Retirement 1925

Courts of appeals (6)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
David Davie Shelby Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1914
William W. Morrow Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Death 1929
Peter Stenger Grosscup Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Resignation 1911
William Rufus Day Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Appointed to another court 1903
Henry Franklin Severens Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Resignation 1911
George Gray Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Retirement 1914

District courts (29)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Harry M. Clabaugh Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Appointed to another court 1903
Job Barnard Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Retirement 1914
Thomas H. Anderson Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1916
Edward Green Bradford II District Court for the District of Delaware Retirement 1918
William Cather Hook District Court for the District of Kansas Appointed to another court 1903
Walter Evans District Court for the District of Kentucky Reassignment 1901
Francis Cabot Lowell District Court for the District of Massachusetts Appointed to another court 1905
Jacob Trieber District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Death 1927
Andrew McConnell January Cochran District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky Death 1934
Asa Wentworth Tenney District Court for the Eastern District of New York Death 1897
Edward Beers Thomas District Court for the Eastern District of New York Resignation 1906
Thomas Richard Purnell District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Death 1908
John Bayard McPherson District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Appointed to another court 1912
Edmund Waddill Jr. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Appointed to another court 1921
Robert Wodrow Archbald District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Appointed to another court 1911
John Jefferson DeHaven District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1913
Christian Cecil Kohlsaat District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Appointed to another court 1905
Francis Joseph Wing District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Resignation 1905
Edward Roscoe Meek District Court for the Northern District of Texas 41-8 Death 1939
J. Otis Humphrey District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Death 1918
Smith McPherson District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Death 1915
George Bethune Adams District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1911
Albert Clifton Thompson District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Death 1910
Benjamin Franklin Keller District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Death 1921
George P. Wanty District Court for the Western District of Michigan Death 1906
John Raymond Hazel District Court for the Western District of New York Retirement 1931
Hamilton Glover Ewart District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Recess appointment, not confirmed 1899
Hamilton Glover Ewart District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Recess appointment, not confirmed 1900
James Edmund Boyd District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Death 1935

Other courts (6)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
David Davie Shelby Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
William W. Morrow Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit Abolition of Court 1911
Peter Stenger Grosscup Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit Resignation 1911
William Rufus Day Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit Appointed to another court 1903
Henry Franklin Severens Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit Resignation 1911
George Gray Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit Abolition of Court 1911

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