- United States Supreme Court Justices
- District Courts
- Specialty courts (Article I) United States Court of Claims
- Notes
- References
- Sources
Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President James Buchanan during his presidency.[1] In total Buchanan appointed 8 Article III federal judges, including 1 Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, and 7 judges to the United States district courts. Buchanan appointed no judges to the United States circuit courts during his time in office. Buchanan appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal. United States Supreme Court Justices # | Justice | Seat | State | Former Justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
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1}} | Nathan|Clifford}} | {{sort|02|2}} | Maine | Benjamin Robbins|Curtis}} | 1857|12|09}} | 1858|01|12}} | 1858|01|12}} | 1881|07|25}} |
District Courts # | Judge | Court [2] | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
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1}} | John|Cadwalader|dab=jurist}} | Pennsylvania E|E.D. Pa.}} | 1858|04|19}} | 1858|04|24}} | 1858|04|24}} | 1879|01|26}} | 2}} | Asa|Biggs}} | North Carolina|D.N.C.}} | 1858|05|03}} | 1858|05|03}} | 1858|05|03}} | 1861|04|23}} | 3}} | Rensselaer|Nelson}} | Minnesota|D. Minn.}} | 1858|05|20}} | 1858|05|30}} | 1858|05|20}} | 1896|05|16}} | 4}} | Wilson|McCandless}} | Pennsylvania W|W.D. Pa.}} | 1859|02|03}} | 1859|02|08}} | 1859|02|08}} | 1876|07|24}} | 5}} | Matthew|Deady}} | Oregon|D. Ore.}} | 1859|03|07}} | 1859|03|09}} | 1859|03|09}} | 1893|03|24}} | 6}} | William Giles|Jones}} | Alabama MNS|M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala.}} | 1860|01|23}} | 1860|01|30}} | 1859|09|29}}[3] | 1861|01|12}} | 7}} | William Davis|Shipman}} | Connecticut|D. Conn.}} | 1860|02|28}} | 1860|03|12}} | 1860|03|12}} | 1873|04|16}} |
Specialty courts (Article I)United States Court of Claims # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
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1}} | Edward G.|Loring}} | 1858|05|03}} | 1858|05|06}} | 1858|05|06}} | 1877|12|14}} | 2}} | James|Hughes|dab=representative}} | 1860|01|12}} | 1860|01|18}} | 1860|01|18}} | 1864|12|01}} |
Notes{{refbegin|2}}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. ^See List of United States district and territorial courts 3. ^Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 23, 1860, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 1860, and received commission on January 30, 1860.
{{refend}}References- General
{{refbegin}}- {{cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj |title=Judges of the United States Courts |work=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges |publisher=Federal Judicial Center |accessdate=2009-04-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730115701/http://www.fjc.gov/public/home.nsf/hisj |archivedate=2016-07-30 |df= }}
{{refend}}- Specific
Sources{{U.S. Presidents and the Judiciary|state=collapsed}}{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Federal Judges Appointed By James Buchanan}} 2 : Lists of United States judicial appointments by president|United States federal judges appointed by James Buchanan |