Courts & Judges

Judges Appointed by Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) made 82 Article III appointments between 1913 and 1920, by commission date. 0 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.

Supreme Court3
Courts of appeals20
District courts55
Other courts4
Total appointments82

The appointees

GenderMale 82
Race or ethnicityWhite 82

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
James Clark McReynolds Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 44-6 Death 1946
Louis Dembitz Brandeis Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 47-22 Death 1941
John Hessin Clarke Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Resignation 1922

Courts of appeals (20)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Constantine Joseph Smyth Chief Justice Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Death 1924
Kimbrough Stone Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Death 1958
Richard Wilde Walker Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1936
Robert Lynn Batts Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Resignation 1919
Nathan Philemon Bryan Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Death 1935
Alexander Campbell King Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Resignation 1924
George Hutchins Bingham Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1949
Charles Fletcher Johnson Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1930
George Weston Anderson Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Death 1938
Charles Albert Woods Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Death 1925
Henry Wade Rogers Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1926
Charles Merrill Hough Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Death 1927
Martin Thomas Manton Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Resignation 1939
Samuel Alschuler Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1939
Evan Alfred Evans Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1948
George True Page Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Death 1941
Maurice H. Donahue Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Death 1928
Victor Baynard Woolley Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Death 1945
Thomas Griffith Haight Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Resignation 1920
John Warren Davis Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Resignation 1941

District courts (55)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
William Henry Sawtelle District Court for the District of Arizona Appointed to another court 1931
James Harry Covington Chief Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Resignation 1918
Walter Irving McCoy Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Appointed to another court 1918
Frederick Lincoln Siddons Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1931
William Hitz Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Appointed to another court 1931
Thomas Jennings Bailey Associate Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Death 1963
Walter Irving McCoy Chief Justice District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia) Retirement 1929
Edwin Stark Thomas District Court for the District of Connecticut Resignation 1939
Hugh Martin Morris District Court for the District of Delaware Resignation 1930
Wilbur Franklin Booth District Court for the District of Minnesota Appointed to another court 1925
Joseph William Woodrough District Court for the District of Nebraska Appointed to another court 1933
Thomas Griffith Haight District Court for the District of New Jersey Appointed to another court 1919
John Warren Davis District Court for the District of New Jersey Appointed to another court 1920
Charles Francis Lynch District Court for the District of New Jersey Resignation 1925
Joseph Lamb Bodine District Court for the District of New Jersey Resignation 1929
Colin Neblett District Court for the District of New Mexico Death 1950
Tillman Davis Johnson District Court for the District of Utah Death 1953
Harland Bradley Howe District Court for the District of Vermont Retirement 1945
George Washington English District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois Resignation 1926
Charles Breckenridge Faris District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Appointed to another court 1935
Edwin Louis Garvin District Court for the Eastern District of New York Resignation 1925
Robert Lee Williams District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma Appointed to another court 1937
Oliver Booth Dickinson District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Death 1939
William Lee Estes District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Death 1930
Henry De Lamar Clayton District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Death 1929
Henry De Lamar Clayton District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Death 1929
Maurice Timothy Dooling District Court for the Northern District of California Death 1924
Samuel Hale Sibley District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Appointed to another court 1931
Edwin Ruthven Holmes District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi Reassignment 1929
Frank Cooper District Court for the Northern District of New York Death 1946
John Hessin Clarke District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Appointed to another court 1916
David C. Westenhaver District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Death 1928
James Clifton Wilson District Court for the Northern District of Texas Death 1951
Robert Tait Ervin District Court for the Southern District of Alabama Death 1949
Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe District Court for the Southern District of California Resignation 1925
Oscar A. Trippet District Court for the Southern District of California Death 1923
Rhydon Mays Call District Court for the Southern District of Florida Death 1927
William Wallace Lambdin District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Death 1916
Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia Death 1922
Louis FitzHenry District Court for the Southern District of Illinois Appointed to another court 1933
Martin Joseph Wade District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Death 1931
Edwin Ruthven Holmes District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Appointed to another court 1936
Augustus Noble Hand District Court for the Southern District of New York Appointed to another court 1927
Martin Thomas Manton District Court for the Southern District of New York Appointed to another court 1918
John Clark Knox District Court for the Southern District of New York Death 1966
John Weld Peck District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Resignation 1923
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Appointed to another court 1931
George Whitfield Jack District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Death 1924
Edwin Yates Webb District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Death 1955
W. H. Seward Thomson District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Death 1932
Joseph Travis Johnson District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Death 1919
Henry Hitt Watkins District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Death 1947
DuVal West District Court for the Western District of Texas Death 1949
William Robert Smith Sr. District Court for the Western District of Texas Death 1924
Jeremiah Neterer District Court for the Western District of Washington Death 1943

Other courts (4)

Judge Court Commissioned Senate vote ABA rating Status
Edward Kernan Campbell Chief Justice Court of Claims Death 1938
George Eddy Downey Court of Claims Death 1926
James Hay Court of Claims Death 1931
Samuel Jordan Graham Court of Claims Death 1951

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