List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson
Jackson appointed Roger Brooke Taney as Chief Justice of the United States.
Humphrey H. Leavitt served on the United States District Court for the District of Ohio until 1871.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Andrew Jackson during his term of office.[1] In total Jackson appointed 24 federal judges: six Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States and eighteen judges to the United States district courts.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice Seat State Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Henry Baldwin Seat 1 Pennsylvania January 6, 1830 April 21, 1844
Philip Pendleton Barbour Seat 3 Virginia March 15, 1836 February 25, 1841
John Catron Seat 7 Tennessee March 8, 1837 May 30, 1865
John McLean Seat 6 Ohio March 7, 1829 April 4, 1861
Roger Brooke Taney Chief Justice Maryland March 15, 1836 October 12, 1864
James Moore Wayne Seat 5 Georgia January 9, 1835 July 5, 1867

District courts

Judge Court
[Note 1]		 Began active
service		 Ended active
service
George Adams D. Miss. January 20, 1836 September 30, 1838[2]
Philip Pendleton Barbour E.D. Va. October 8, 1830[3] March 17, 1836
Morgan Welles Brown W.D. Tenn.
E.D. Tenn.		 January 3, 1834 March 7, 1853
John Wilson Campbell D. Ohio. March 7, 1829 September 24, 1833
Peter Vivian Daniel E.D. Va. April 19, 1836 March 3, 1841
Powhatan Ellis D. Miss. July 14, 1832 January 5, 1836
Samuel Hadden Harper W.D. La.
E.D. La.		 March 7, 1829 July 19, 1837
Matthew Harvey D.N.H. November 2, 1830[4] April 7, 1866
Upton Scott Heath D. Md. April 4, 1836 February 21, 1852
Jesse Lynch Holman D. Ind. September 16, 1835[5] March 14, 1842
Thomas Irwin W.D. Pa. April 14, 1831[6] January 4, 1859
Benjamin Johnson D. Ark. June 29, 1836 October 2, 1849
Andrew T. Judson D. Conn. July 4, 1836 March 17, 1853
Humphrey H. Leavitt D. Ohio. June 30, 1834 April 1, 1871[7]
Thomas Bell Monroe D. Ky. March 8, 1834 September 18, 1861
Benjamin Tappan D. Ohio. October 12, 1833[8] May 29, 1834
Robert William Wells D. Mo. June 27, 1836 September 22, 1864[9]
Ross Wilkins D. Mich. January 26, 1837 February 18, 1870[10]

Notes

  1. ↑ See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

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  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. ↑ On June 18, 1838, the District of Mississippi was divided into United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; Adams was reassigned by operation of law to both districts, and was the sole federal judge for the state of Mississippi until the termination of his service.
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1830, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830, and received commission on December 16, 1830.
  4. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1830, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830, and received commission on December 16, 1830.
  5. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on March 21, 1836, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 1836, and received commission on March 29, 1836.
  6. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 7, 1831, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1832, and received commission on March 21, 1832.
  7. ↑ On February 10, 1855, the District of Ohio was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; Leavitt was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District for the remainder of his time in office.
  8. ↑ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
  9. ↑ On March 3, 1857,the District of Missouri was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; Wells was reassigned by operation of law to the Western District for the remainder of his time in office.
  10. ↑ On February 24, 1863, the District of Michigan was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan; Wilkins was reassigned by operation of law to the Eastern District of Michigan, where he served until his resignation.
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