List of federal judges appointed by Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce.

John Archibald Campbell was Pierce's only appointee to the Supreme Court.

James M. Love, named to the United States District Court for the District of Iowa, was Pierce's longest-serving appointee.

Former Indiana Supreme Court Justice Isaac Newton Blackford was among Pierce's appointments to the newly created United States Court of Claims.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin Pierce during his presidency.^[1] In total Pierce appointed sixteen federal judges, including one Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, three judges to the United States circuit courts, and twelve judges to the United States district courts. Pierce was also the first president to appoint judges to the United States Court of Claims.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service
John Archibald Campbell	Seat 8	Alabama	March 22, 1853	April 30, 1861

Circuit Courts

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service
Dunlop, JamesJames Dunlop	D.C.	November 27, 1855	March 3, 1863[2][3]
McAllister, Matthew HallMatthew Hall McAllister	California	March 3, 1855	January 12, 1863
Merrick, William MatthewsWilliam Matthews Merrick	D.C.	December 14, 1855	March 3, 1863[3]

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service
DuVal, Thomas HowardThomas Howard DuVal	W.D. Tex.	March 3, 1857	October 10, 1880
Giles, William FellWilliam Fell Giles	D. Md.	July 18, 1853[4]	March 21, 1879
Humphreys, West HughesWest Hughes Humphreys	E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. W.D. Tenn.	March 26, 1853	June 26, 1862
Ingersoll, Charles A.Charles A. Ingersoll	D. Conn.	April 8, 1853	January 12, 1860
Love, James M.James M. Love	D. Iowa.	October 5, 1855[5]	July 2, 1891[6]
Magrath, Andrew GordonAndrew Gordon Magrath	D.S.C.	May 12, 1856	November 7, 1860
McIntosh, McQueenMcQueen McIntosh	N.D. Fla.	March 11, 1856	January 3, 1861
Ogier, Isaac Stockton KeithIsaac Stockton Keith Ogier	S.D. Cal.	January 23, 1854	May 21, 1861
Smalley, David AllenDavid Allen Smalley	D. Vt.	February 3, 1857	March 10, 1877
Treat, SamuelSamuel Treat	E.D. Mo.	March 3, 1857	March 5, 1887
Treat, Jr., Samuel HubbelSamuel Hubbel Treat, Jr.	S.D. Ill.	March 3, 1855	March 27, 1887
Willson, Hiram V.Hiram V. Willson	N.D. Ohio	February 20, 1855	November 11, 1866

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Blackford, Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Blackford	1855	1859
Gilchrist, John JamesJohn James Gilchrist	1855	1858
Scarburgh, George ParkerGeorge Parker Scarburgh	1855	1861

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. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

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. Because of the unique structure of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, Franklin Pierce's elevation of James Dunlop to chief judge of the Court is considered a separate appointment.
3. The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia was abolished on March 3, 1863, ending the service of all judges then serving on that court.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 19, 1853, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 11, 1854, and received commission on January 11, 1854.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 7, 1856, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1856, and received commission on December 21, 1856.
6. On July 20, 1882, the District of Iowa was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa; Love was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District, where he remained until the end of his service.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center