Federal judges nominated by Herbert Hoover

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Herbert Hoover, President from 1929-1933

Herbert Hoover was president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. During his time in office he had 69 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Hoover had 11 nominees rejected by or not voted on by the Senate.[1][2]










List of judges

First name Last name Court Status Term
Jesse Adkins District of Columbia Deceased 1930 - 1955
John Avis District of New Jersey Deceased 1929 - 1944
John Barnes Northern District of Illinois Resigned 1931 - 1958
Charles Briggle Southern District of Illinois Deceased 1932 - 1972
Randolph Bryant Eastern District of Texas Deceased 1931 - 1951
Mortimer Byers Eastern District of New York Deceased 1929 - 1962
Francis Caffey Southern District of New York Deceased 1929 - 1951
Benjamin Cardozo Supreme Court Deceased 1932 - 1938
William Chesnut District of Maryland Deceased 1931 - 1962
George Cosgrave Southern District of California Deceased 1930 - 1945
Joseph Cox District of Columbia Deceased 1930 - 1939
Alfred Coxe, Jr. Southern District of New York Deceased 1929 - 1957
Fredrick Dallinger United States Customs Court Deceased 1932 - 1955
Walter Evans United States Customs Court Deceased 1931 - 1959
James Fee District of Oregon Elevated 1931 - 1954
Phillip Forman District of New Jersey Elevated 1932 - 1959
Clarence Galston Eastern District of New York Deceased 1929 - 1964
Archibald Gardner Eighth Circuit Deceased 1929 - 1962
John Glenn Eastern District of South Carolina Deceased 1929 - 1938
John Glenn Western District of South Carolina Deceased 1929 - 1938
Duncan Groner District of Columbia Circuit Elevated 1931 - 1937
Carroll Hincks District of Connecticut Elevated 1931 - 1953
William Hitz District of Columbia Circuit Deceased 1931 - 1935
Harry Hollzer Southern District of California Deceased 1931 - 1946
Richard Hopkins District of Kansas Deceased 1929 - 1943
Charles Hughes Supreme Court Deceased 1930 - 1948
Joseph Hutcheson Fifth Circuit Deceased 1931 - 1973
George Johnson Northern District of Illinois Nomination rejected 1932 - 1933
Matthew Joyce District of Minnesota Deceased 1932 - 1956
Charles Kennamer Middle District of Alabama Deceased 1931 - 1955
Charles Kennamer Northern District of Alabama Reassigned 1931 - 1936
Thomas Kennerly Southern District of Texas Deceased 1931 - 1962
David Kincheloe United States Customs Court Deceased 1931 - 1950
John Knight Western District of New York Deceased 1931 - 1955
Irvine Lenroot Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Deceased 1929 - 1949
Fred Letts District of Columbia Deceased 1931 - 1965
Benjamin Littleton United States Court of Claims Deceased 1929 - 1966
Oscar Luhring District of Columbia Deceased 1930 - 1944
George McDermott Tenth Circuit Deceased 1929 - 1937
Hugh McLellan District of Massachusetts Resigned 1932 - 1941
Robert McMillan Western District of Texas Deceased 1932 - 1941
James Morton First Circuit Deceased 1932 - 1940
John Nields District of Delaware Deceased 1930 - 1943
Gunnar Nordbye District of Minnesota Deceased 1931 - 1977
Ernest O'Brien Eastern District of Michigan Deceased 1931 - 1948
Daniel O'Donoghue District of Columbia Deceased 1931 - 1948
Robert Patterson Southern District of New York Elevated 1930 - 1939
John Paul Western District of Virginia Deceased 1932 - 1964
Orie Phillips Tenth Circuit Deceased 1929 - 1974
James Proctor District of Columbia Elevated 1931 - 1948
Owen Roberts Supreme Court Resigned 1930 - 1945
Albert Sames District of Arizona Deceased 1931 - 1958
John Sanborn Eighth Circuit Deceased 1932 - 1964
William Sawtelle Ninth Circuit Deceased 1931 - 1934
Samuel Sibley Fifth Circuit Deceased 1931 - 1958
Charles Simons Sixth Circuit Deceased 1932 - 1964
Morris Soper Fourth Circuit Deceased 1931 - 1963
William Sparks Seventh Circuit Deceased 1929 - 1950
Louie Strum Southern District of Florida Elevated 1931 - 1950
Joseph Thompson Third Circuit Deceased 1931 - 1946
Emory Underwood Northern District of Georgia Deceased 1931 - 1960
Albert Watson Middle District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1929 - 1960
Luther Way Eastern District of Virginia Deceased 1931 - 1943
George Welsh Eastern District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1932 - 1970
Richard Whaley Court of Claims Elevated 1930 - 1939
Alfred Wheat Associate Justice, District of Columbia Elevated 1929 - 1930
Alfred Wheat Chief Justice, District of Columbia Deceased 1930 - 1943
Curtis Wilbur Ninth Circuit Deceased 1929 - 1954
Thomas Williams Court of Claims Deceased 1929 - 1940
Scott Wilson First Circuit Deceased 1929 - 1942
John Woolsey Southern District of New York Deceased 1929 - 1945
Alfred Wyman District of South Dakota Deceased 1929 - 1953

Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also: Federal judges nominated by Joe Biden

Since taking office, President Joe Biden (D) has nominated 245 individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts. As of July 11, 2024, 198 of the nominees have been confirmed.[3]

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United States Article III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering activity in July 2024, there were 46 Article III vacancies in the federal judiciary. To learn more about current vacancies in the federal judiciary, click here.

The following chart from the monthly federal vacancy count report for July 1, 2024, details the number of appointments made by President Biden to each type of Article III federal court since taking office. This chart is updated at the start of each month with new appointments data.





Appointments since Theodore Roosevelt

See also: Federal judicial appointments by president

The following chart shows the total judgeship appointments made by each president from 1901 to 2021.

The following chart shows the judgeship appointments by court made by each president from 1901 to 2021. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is abbreviated as USCAFC. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims, previously known as the U.S. Court of Claims, is abbreviated USCFC.

The following chart shows the average number of judicial appointments per year in office by presidents from 1901 to 2021.


The chart below shows the number of appeals court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through July 1 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Trump had the most appeals court appointments with 53.


The chart below shows the number of district court judges confirmed by the U.S. Senate through July 1 of the fourth year of each president's term in office. At this point in the term, President Joe Biden had the most district court appointments with 156.

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Footnotes

  1. Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
  2. Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2015
  3. These figures are limited to Article III judges. Article III judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. They serve for life.