List of federal judges appointed by Benjamin Harrison

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Benjamin Harrison during his presidency. In total Harrison appointed 42 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 12 judges to the United States courts of appeals and United States circuit courts and 26 judges to the United States district courts.

President Benjamin Harrison.

Additionally, Harrison appointed 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims and 10 members to the Board of General Appraisers (later the United States Customs Court), both Article I tribunals.

The Judiciary Act of 1891, approved March 3, 1891, established the United States courts of appeals. Prior to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were appointed solely to the existing United States circuit courts. Subsequent to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were concurrently appointed to both the United States courts of appeals and the United States circuit courts. This situation persisted until the abolition of the United States circuit courts on December 31, 1911. Starting January 1, 1912, United States Circuit Judges served only upon their respective United States court of appeals.

Thus, the first 2 United States Circuit Judges appointed during Harrison's administration were appointed solely to the United States circuit court for their respective circuit and were reassigned by operation of law to serve concurrently on the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court on June 16, 1891. The 10 United States Circuit Judges appointed by Harrison after June 16, 1891, were appointed concurrently to the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court.

• David Josiah Brewer was Harrison's first appointee to the Supreme Court, and his longest serving.
• Harrison appointed William Howard Taft to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
• Alonzo J. Edgerton was appointed by Harrison as the first judge for the newly created United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.

United States Supreme Court justices

#	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	David J. Brewer	6	Kansas	Stanley Matthews	December 4, 1889	December 18, 1889	December 18, 1889	March 28, 1910
2	Henry Billings Brown	4	Michigan	Samuel Freeman Miller	December 23, 1890	December 29, 1890	December 29, 1890	May 28, 1906
3	George Shiras Jr.	10	Pennsylvania	Joseph P. Bradley	July 19, 1892	July 26, 1892	July 26, 1892	February 23, 1903
4	Howell Edmunds Jackson	3	Tennessee	Lucius Q. C. Lamar II	February 2, 1893	February 18, 1893	February 18, 1893	August 8, 1895

Courts of appeals and circuit courts

#	Judge	Circuit	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Henry Clay Caldwell	Eighth	February 27, 1890	March 4, 1890	March 4, 1890	June 4, 1903
2	Marcus W. Acheson	Third	January 23, 1891	February 3, 1891	February 3, 1891	June 21, 1906
3	George M. Dallas	Third	December 16, 1891	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	May 24, 1909
4	Nathan Goff Jr.	Fourth	December 16, 1891	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	March 31, 1913
5	Andrew Phelps McCormick	Fifth	January 5, 1892	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	November 2, 1916
6	Joseph McKenna	Ninth	February 11, 1892	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	March 5, 1897
7	William LeBaron Putnam	First	December 16, 1891	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	September 17, 1917
8	Walter Henry Sanborn	Eighth	February 10, 1892	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	May 10, 1928
9	Nathaniel Shipman	Second	December 16, 1891	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	March 22, 1902
10	William Howard Taft	Sixth	December 16, 1891	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	March 15, 1900
11	William Allen Woods	Seventh	December 16, 1891	March 17, 1892	March 17, 1892	June 29, 1901
12	William Ball Gilbert	Ninth	February 23, 1892	March 18, 1892	March 18, 1892	April 27, 1931

District courts

#	Judge	Court	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior service
1	Andrew Coyle Bradley	D.D.C.	March 19, 1889	March 23, 1889	March 23, 1889	May 15, 1902	–
2	Charles Swayne	N.D. Fla.	December 5, 1889	April 1, 1890	May 17, 1889	July 5, 1907	–
3	Augustus J. Ricks	N.D. Ohio	December 16, 1889	January 16, 1890	July 1, 1889	December 22, 1906	–
4	Edward T. Green	D.N.J.	December 16, 1889	January 27, 1890	October 24, 1889	October 10, 1896	–
5	Alonzo J. Edgerton	D.S.D.	December 16, 1889	January 16, 1890	November 19, 1889	August 9, 1896	–
6	Hiram Knowles	D. Mont.	January 6, 1890	February 21, 1890	February 21, 1890	April 15, 1904	–
7	Cornelius H. Hanford	D. Wash. / W.D. Wash.	February 10, 1890	February 25, 1890	February 25, 1890	March 2, 1905	–
8	Alfred Delavan Thomas	D.N.D.	February 19, 1890	February 25, 1890	February 25, 1890	August 8, 1896	–
9	David Ezekiel Bryant	E.D. Tex.	May 3, 1890	May 27, 1890	May 27, 1890	February 5, 1910	–
10	Thomas Porter Hawley	D. Nev.	August 30, 1890	September 9, 1890	September 9, 1890	June 30, 1906	–
11	John Alden Riner	D. Wyo.	September 20, 1890	September 22, 1890	September 22, 1890	October 31, 1921	March 4, 1923
12	John A. Williams	E.D. Ark.	August 14, 1890	September 22, 1890	September 22, 1890	July 7, 1900	–
13	Henry Harrison Swan	E.D. Mich.	January 13, 1891	January 19, 1891	January 19, 1891	July 1, 1911	–
14	Edgar Aldrich	D.N.H.	February 16, 1891	February 20, 1891	February 20, 1891	September 15, 1921	–
15	James Hay Reed	W.D. Pa.	February 10, 1891	February 20, 1891	February 20, 1891	January 15, 1892	–
16	James H. Beatty	D. Idaho	February 10, 1891	February 4, 1892	March 7, 1891	March 1, 1907	–
17	William W. Morrow	N.D. Cal.	December 10, 1891	January 11, 1892	August 11, 1891	June 1, 1897	Elevated
18	Henry Clay Niles	N.D. Miss. S.D. Miss.	December 10, 1891	January 11, 1892	August 11, 1891	September 26, 1918	–
19	John Simson Woolson	S.D. Iowa	December 10, 1891	January 11, 1892	August 14, 1891	December 4, 1899	–
20	Joseph Buffington	W.D. Pa.	February 10, 1892	February 23, 1892	February 23, 1892	September 26, 1906	Elevated
21	John B. Rector	N.D. Tex.	March 24, 1892	March 28, 1892	March 28, 1892	April 9, 1898	–
22	William Kneeland Townsend	D. Conn.	March 24, 1892	March 28, 1892	March 28, 1892	February 27, 1902	Elevated
23	John Baker	D. Ind.	March 24, 1892	March 29, 1892	March 29, 1892	December 8, 1902	–
24	Louis E. McComas	D.D.C.	December 6, 1892	January 25, 1893	November 17, 1892	March 3, 1899	–
25	Peter S. Grosscup	N.D. Ill.	December 12, 1892	December 20, 1892	December 20, 1892	February 1, 1899	Elevated
26	Charles Cleaves Cole	D.D.C.	December 12, 1892	January 28, 1893	January 28, 1893	April 22, 1901	–

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Stanton J. Peelle	March 24, 1892	March 28, 1892	March 28, 1892	January 2, 1906

Board of General Appraisers

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Charles H. Ham	July 2, 1890	July 16, 1890	July 16, 1890	August 1, 1902
2	George C. Tichenor	July 2, 1890	July 16, 1890	July 16, 1890	July 11, 1902
3	Joseph Biddle Wilkinson Jr.	July 2, 1890	July 16, 1890	July 16, 1890	December 15, 1899
4	James A. Jewell	July 2, 1890	July 16, 1890	July 17, 1890	July 15, 1903 August 12, 1903
5	Henderson M. Somerville	July 17, 1890	July 18, 1890	July 22, 1890	September 15, 1915
6	Ferdinand N. Shurtleff	July 17, 1890	July 18, 1890	July 22, 1890	May 12, 1899
7	Joseph Lewis Stackpole	July 17, 1890	July 18, 1890	July 22, 1890	December 5, 1890
8	Thaddeus S. Sharretts	July 30, 1890	July 30, 1890	July 30, 1890	March 3, 1913
9	George H. Sharpe	July 2, 1890	July 16, 1890	November 16, 1890	March 1, 1899
10	Wilbur Fisk Lunt	January 21, 1891	January 27, 1891	January 28, 1891	May 28, 1908

Notes

1. See List of United States district and territorial courts

Renominations

1. Renominated on December 10, 1891.

References

General

• "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2009.

Specific

1. All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1889; confirmed by the United States Senate on April 1, 1890, and received commission, on April 1, 1890.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1890, and received commission on January 16, 1890.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 27, 1890, and received commission on January 27, 1890.
5. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by operation of law on March 2, 1905.
6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1892, and received commission on February 4, 1892.
7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 10, 1891, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1892, and received commission on January 11, 1892.
8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1892, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 25, 1893, and received commission on January 25, 1893.
9. Laterally appointed Chief Justice of the same court on January 2, 1906.
10. Exact resignation date unknown, but circa July 15, 1903 to August 12, 1903.
11. Removed from office by William McKinley on May 12, 1899.
12. Removed from office by William Howard Taft on March 3, 1913.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center