List of federal judges appointed by William Howard Taft

President William Howard Taft.

Taft picked Edward Douglass White to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Willis Van Devanter was the longest-serving of Taft's five Supreme Court appointees.

Learned Hand, appointed by Taft to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, was later elevated by Calvin Coolidge to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President William Howard Taft during his presidency.^[1] In total Taft appointed 57 federal judges, including five Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States and the elevation of another to Chief Justice, thirteen judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 38 judges to the United States district courts. Taft also appointed judges to various specialty courts, including the first five appointees each to the United States Commerce Court and the United States Court of Customs Appeals. The Commerce Court was abolished in 1913; Taft was thus the only President to appoint judges to that body.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice	Seat	State	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
Hughes, Charles EvansCharles Evans Hughes	Seat 6	New York	May 2, 1910[2]	June 10, 1916	–
Lamar, Joseph RuckerJoseph Rucker Lamar	Seat 3	Georgia	December 17, 1910	January 2, 1916	–
Lurton, Horace HarmonHorace Harmon Lurton	Seat 1	Tennessee	December 20, 1909	July 12, 1914	–
Pitney, MahlonMahlon Pitney	Seat 8	New Jersey	March 13, 1912	December 31, 1922	–
Van Devanter, WillisWillis Van Devanter	Seat 4	Wyoming	December 16, 1910	June 2, 1937	February 8, 1941
White, Edward DouglassEdward Douglass White	Chief Justice	Louisiana	December 12, 1910[3]	May 19, 1921	–

Courts of Appeals

Judge	Circuit	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
Archbald, Robert W.Robert W. Archbald	Third	January 31, 1911	January 13, 1913[4]	–
Carland, John EmmettJohn Emmett Carland	Eighth	January 31, 1911	November 11, 1922	–
Denison, Arthur CarterArthur Carter Denison	Sixth	March 2, 1911	December 31, 1931	–
Dodge, FredericFrederic Dodge	First	July 23, 1912	June 30, 1918	–
Hunt, William HenryWilliam Henry Hunt	Ninth	February 8, 1911	January 31, 1928	November 30, 1928
Knapp, Martin A.Martin A. Knapp	Second	December 20, 1910	February 10, 1923[5]	–
Knappen, Loyal EdwinLoyal Edwin Knappen	Sixth	January 31, 1910	April 15, 1924	May 14, 1930
Lanning, William M.William M. Lanning	Third	May 18, 1909	February 16, 1912	–
Mack, JulianJulian Mack	Seventh	January 31, 1911	September 6, 1940[6]	–
McPherson, John BayardJohn Bayard McPherson	Third	April 3, 1912	January 20, 1919	–
Schofield, WilliamWilliam Schofield	First	June 6, 1911	June 10, 1912	–
Smith, Walter I.Walter I. Smith	Eighth	January 31, 1911	January 27, 1922	–
Warrington, John WesleyJohn Wesley Warrington	Sixth	March 16, 1909	October 6, 1919	May 26, 1921

District courts

Judge	Court [Note 1]	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status
Angell, Alexis CaswellAlexis Caswell Angell	E.D. Mich.	March 2, 1911	June 1, 1912	–
Bean, Robert S.Robert S. Bean	D. Or.	April 28, 1909	January 7, 1931	–
Bourquin, George M.George M. Bourquin	D. Mont.	March 8, 1912	March 9, 1934	November 15, 1958
Carpenter, George AlbertGeorge Albert Carpenter	N.D. Ill.	January 11, 1910	June 30, 1933	–
Cheney, John MosesJohn Moses Cheney	S.D. Fla.	August 26, 1912[7]	March 3, 1913	–
Connor, Henry G.Henry G. Connor	E.D.N.C.	May 25, 1909	November 23, 1924	–
Cushman, Edward E.Edward E. Cushman	W.D. Wash.	May 1, 1912	November 3, 1939	January 25, 1944
Day, William LouisWilliam Louis Day	N.D. Ohio	May 9, 1911	May 1, 1914	–
Denison, Arthur CarterArthur Carter Denison	W.D. Mich.	January 31, 1910	October 3, 1911	–
Donworth, GeorgeGeorge Donworth	W.D. Wash.	May 18, 1909	March 20, 1912	–
Elliott, James DouglasJames Douglas Elliott	D.S.D.	June 7, 1911	January 30, 1933	–
Geiger, Ferdinand AugustFerdinand August Geiger	E.D. Wis.	March 20, 1912	May 22, 1939	–
Grubb, William IrwinWilliam Irwin Grubb	N.D. Ala.	May 18, 1909	October 27, 1935	–
Hand, LearnedLearned Hand	S.D.N.Y.	April 26, 1909	December 29, 1924	–
Hollister, Howard ClarkHoward Clark Hollister	S.D. Ohio	March 7, 1910	September 24, 1919	–
Howard, Clinton WoodburyClinton Woodbury Howard	W.D. Wash.	August 26, 1912[8]	March 3, 1913	–
Hundley, Oscar RichardOscar Richard Hundley	N.D. Ala.	March 6, 1909[9]	May 25, 1909	–
Killits, John MiltonJohn Milton Killits	N.D. Ohio	June 24, 1910	October 6, 1928	September 13, 1938
Mayer, Julius MarshuetzJulius Marshuetz Mayer	S.D.N.Y.	February 26, 1912	October 13, 1921	–
Morton, Jr., James MadisonJames Madison Morton, Jr.	D. Mass.	August 12, 1912	January 19, 1932	–
Orr, Charles PrentissCharles Prentiss Orr	W.D. Pa.	April 8, 1909	May 16, 1922	–
Pope, William HayesWilliam Hayes Pope	D.N.M.	February 20, 1912	September 13, 1916	–
Purdy, Milton DwightMilton Dwight Purdy	D. Minn.	March 6, 1909[10]	May 1, 1909	–
Rasch, Carl L.Carl L. Rasch	D. Mont.	May 2, 1910	October 15, 1911	–
Rellstab, JohnJohn Rellstab	D.N.J.	May 18, 1909	October 10, 1928	September 22, 1930
Rose, John CarterJohn Carter Rose	D. Md.	April 4, 1910	December 26, 1922	–
Rudkin, Frank H.Frank H. Rudkin	E.D. Wash.	January 31, 1911	January 17, 1923	–
Russell, Gordon J.Gordon J. Russell	E.D. Tex.	June 6, 1910	September 14, 1919	–
Sessions, Clarence W.Clarence W. Sessions	W.D. Mich.	March 2, 1911	April 1, 1931	–
Sloan, Richard ElihuRichard Elihu Sloan	D. Ariz.	August 26, 1912[10]	March 3, 1913	–
Smith, Henry Augustus MiddletonHenry Augustus Middleton Smith	D.S.C.	June 7, 1911	March 3, 1915[11]	–
Thompson, Joseph WhitakerJoseph Whitaker Thompson	E.D. Pa.	July 16, 1912	February 3, 1931	–
Tuttle, Arthur J.Arthur J. Tuttle	E.D. Mich.	August 6, 1912	December 2, 1944	–
Van Valkenburgh, Arba SeymourArba Seymour Van Valkenburgh	W.D. Mo.	June 21, 1910	March 18, 1925	–
Veeder, Van VechtenVan Vechten Veeder	E.D.N.Y.	January 26, 1911	December 31, 1917	–
Willard, Charles AndrewCharles Andrew Willard	D. Minn.	May 18, 1909	March 13, 1914	–
Witmer, Charles B.Charles B. Witmer	M.D. Pa.	March 2, 1911	April 7, 1925	–
Youmans, Frank A.Frank A. Youmans	W.D. Ark.	June 20, 1911	April 11, 1932	–

Specialty courts

United States Commerce Court

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Archbald, Robert WodrowRobert Wodrow Archbald	1911	January 13, 1913[4]
Carland, John EmmettJohn Emmett Carland	1911	December 13, 1913
Hunt, William HenryWilliam Henry Hunt	1911	December 13, 1913
Knapp, Martin AugustineMartin Augustine Knapp	1910	December 13, 1913
Mack, Julian WilliamJulian William Mack	1911	December 13, 1913

United States Court of Customs Appeals

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Barber, Orion MetcalfOrion Metcalf Barber	1910	1930
De Vries, MarionMarion De Vries	1910	1922
Martin, George EwingGeorge Ewing Martin	1911	1924
Montgomery, Robert MorrisRobert Morris Montgomery	1910	1920
Smith, James FrancisJames Francis Smith	1910	1928

Board of General Appraisers

Judge	Began active service	Ended active service
Cooper, Samuel BronsonSamuel Bronson Cooper	1910	1918

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. Hughes resigned from the Court to run for the office of President of the United States, unsuccessfully. He was later reappointed as Chief Justice by President Herbert Hoover.
3. White had previously been appointed as an Associate Justice by President Grover Cleveland on March 12, 1894.
4. Impeached and removed from office by the United States Congress.
5. Reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on January 1, 1916.
6. Reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on June 30, 1929.
7. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1912, but not confirmed by the United States Senate.
9. Recess appointment; resigned with no formal nomination having been submitted. Hundley had previously been appointed by recess appointment twice by Taft's predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, and both times his nomination was not confirmed by the United States Senate.
10. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
11. On January 1, 1912, Smith was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center