List of federal judges appointed by James Buchanan

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President James Buchanan during his presidency. In total Buchanan appointed 8 Article III federal judges, including 1 Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, and 7 judges to the United States district courts. Buchanan appointed no judges to the United States circuit courts during his time in office.

President Buchanan.

Buchanan appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

• Buchanan's only Supreme Court appointee, Nathan Clifford.
• Asa Biggs, named by Buchanan to the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina.

United States Supreme Court justices

#	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Nathan Clifford	2	Maine	Benjamin Robbins Curtis	December 9, 1857	January 12, 1858	January 12, 1858	July 25, 1881

District courts

#	Judge	Court	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	John Cadwalader	E.D. Pa.	April 19, 1858	April 24, 1858	April 24, 1858	January 26, 1879
2	Asa Biggs	D.N.C.	May 3, 1858	May 3, 1858	May 3, 1858	April 23, 1861
3	Rensselaer Nelson	D. Minn.	May 20, 1858	May 30, 1858	May 20, 1858	May 16, 1896
4	Wilson McCandless	W.D. Pa.	February 3, 1859	February 8, 1859	February 8, 1859	July 24, 1876
5	Matthew Deady	D. Ore.	March 7, 1859	March 9, 1859	March 9, 1859	March 24, 1893
6	William Giles Jones	M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala.	January 23, 1860	January 30, 1860	September 29, 1859	January 12, 1861
7	William Davis Shipman	D. Conn.	February 28, 1860	March 12, 1860	March 12, 1860	April 16, 1873

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Edward G. Loring	May 3, 1858	May 6, 1858	May 6, 1858	December 14, 1877
2	James Hughes	January 12, 1860	January 18, 1860	January 18, 1860	December 1, 1864

Notes

1. See List of United States district and territorial courts

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 January 23, 1860, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 1860, and received commission on January 30, 1860.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center