List of federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant.

Grant appointed Morrison Remick Waite to be Chief Justice of the United States.

Moses Hallett was appointed by Grant to be the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

James William Locke served as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida for forty years, the longest tenure of any Grant appointee.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant during his presidency.^[1] In total Grant appointed 46 federal judges, making him the first President to appoint more federal judges than George Washington. Grant's appointments included four Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, ten judges to the United States circuit courts, and 32 judges to the United States district courts. Grant also appointed Edwin M. Stanton to the Supreme Court in 1869; Stanton was confirmed and sworn in, but died before taking his seat.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service
Bradley, Joseph P.Joseph P. Bradley	Seat 10	New Jersey	March 21, 1870	January 22, 1892
Hunt, WardWard Hunt	Seat 4	New York	December 11, 1872	January 27, 1882
Strong, WilliamWilliam Strong	Seat 1	Pennsylvania	February 18, 1870	December 14, 1880
Waite, Morrison RemickMorrison Remick Waite	Chief Justice	Connecticut	January 21, 1874	March 23, 1888

Circuit Courts

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service
Bond, Hugh LennoxHugh Lennox Bond	Fourth	July 13, 1870	October 24, 1893[2]
Dillon, John ForrestJohn Forrest Dillon	Eighth	December 22, 1869	September 1, 1879
Drummond, ThomasThomas Drummond	Seventh	December 22, 1869	July 18, 1884
Emmons, Halmer HullHalmer Hull Emmons	Sixth	January 17, 1870	May 14, 1877
Johnson, Alexander SmithAlexander Smith Johnson	Second	December 15, 1875	January 26, 1878
McKennan, WilliamWilliam McKennan	Third	December 22, 1869	January 3, 1891
Sawyer, LorenzoLorenzo Sawyer	Ninth	January 10, 1870	September 7, 1891[3]
Shepley, George F.George F. Shepley	First	December 22, 1869	July 20, 1878
Woodruff, Lewis BartholomewLewis Bartholomew Woodruff	Second	December 22, 1869	September 10, 1875
Woods, William BurnhamWilliam Burnham Woods	Fifth	December 22, 1869	December 23, 1880

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service
Billings, Edward CokeEdward Coke Billings	E.D. La.	February 10, 1876	December 1, 1893
Blodgett, Henry WilliamsHenry Williams Blodgett	N.D. Ill.	January 11, 1870	December 5, 1892
Bradford, Edward GreenEdward Green Bradford	D. Del.	December 12, 1871	January 16, 1884
Brown, Henry BillingsHenry Billings Brown	E.D. Mich.	March 19, 1875	December 30, 1890
Bruce, JohnJohn Bruce	S.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. M.D. Ala.	February 27, 1875	October 1, 1901[4] October 1, 1901 -
Dick, Robert P.Robert P. Dick	W.D.N.C.	June 7, 1872	July 6, 1898
Dyer, Charles E.Charles E. Dyer	E.D. Wis.	February 10, 1875	May 18, 1888
Foster, Cassius GaiusCassius Gaius Foster	D. Kan.	March 10, 1874	February 28, 1899
Gresham, Walter Q.Walter Q. Gresham	D. Ind.	September 1, 1869[5]	April 9, 1883
Hallett, MosesMoses Hallett	D. Colo.	January 12, 1877	April 7, 1906
Hillyer, Edgar WintersEdgar Winters Hillyer	D. Nev.	December 21, 1869	May 10, 1882
Hopkins, James CampbellJames Campbell Hopkins	W.D. Wis.	July 9, 1870	September 3, 1877
Howe, James HenryJames Henry Howe	E.D. Wis.	December 11, 1873	January 1, 1875
Hughes, Robert WilliamRobert William Hughes	E.D. Va.	January 14, 1874	February 22, 1898
Humphreys, David CampbellDavid Campbell Humphreys	D.D.C.	May 13, 1870	July 2, 1879
Ketcham, Winthrop WellesWinthrop Welles Ketcham	W.D. Pa.	June 26, 1876	December 6, 1879
Knowles, John PowerJohn Power Knowles	D.R.I.	October 9, 1869[6]	March 21, 1881
Locke, James WilliamJames William Locke	S.D. Fla.	February 1, 1872	July 4, 1912
Longyear, John W.John W. Longyear	E.D. Mich.	February 18, 1870	March 10, 1875
MacArthur, Sr., ArthurArthur MacArthur, Sr.	D.D.C.	July 15, 1870	April 1, 1887
McKinney, JohnJohn McKinney	S.D. Fla.	November 8, 1870[7]	October 12, 1871
Morrill, AmosAmos Morrill	E.D. Tex.	February 5, 1872	October 18, 1883
Nixon, John T.John T. Nixon	D.N.J.	April 28, 1870	September 28, 1889
Parker, IsaacIsaac Parker	W.D. Ark.	March 19, 1875	November 17, 1896
Rives, AlexanderAlexander Rives	W.D. Va.	February 6, 1871	August 1, 1882
Settle, ThomasThomas Settle	N.D. Fla.	January 30, 1877	December 1, 1888
Shipman, NathanielNathaniel Shipman	D. Conn.	April 16, 1873[8]	March 22, 1892
Story, WilliamWilliam Story	W.D. Ark.	March 3, 1871	June 17, 1874
Swing, Philip BergenPhilip Bergen Swing	S.D. Ohio	March 30, 1871	October 31, 1882
Wallace, William JamesWilliam James Wallace	N.D.N.Y.	April 7, 1874	April 25, 1882
Welker, MartinMartin Welker	N.D. Ohio	November 25, 1873[8]	June 1, 1889
Winch, Joel C. C.Joel C. C. Winch	E.D. Tex.	October 11, 1870[9]	March 3, 1871

Specialty courts

United States Court of Claims

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Drake, Charles DanielCharles Daniel Drake	1870	1885
Richardson, William AdamsWilliam Adams Richardson	1874	1896

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. Reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by operation of law upon the abolition of the circuit courts in favor of the Courts of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
3. Reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by operation of law upon the abolition of the circuit courts in favor of the Courts of Appeals on June 16, 1891.
4. On August 2, 1886, Bruce's service on the Southern District of Alabama was terminated; he continued to sit on the Northern and Middle Districts.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 21, 1869, and received commission on December 21, 1869.
6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1869, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 1870, and received commission on January 24, 1870.
7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 7, 1870, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 18, 1871, and received commission on February 18, 1871.
8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 2, 1873, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1873, and received commission on December 8, 1873.
9. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1870, but the United States Senate did not confirm the appointment.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center