Federal judges nominated by William Howard Taft

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William Howard Taft, President from 1909-1913

William Howard Taft was president of the United States from 1909 to 1913. During his time in office he had 61 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Taft had five nominees withdrawn and 13 receive no vote from the Senate.

List of judges

First name Last name Court Status Term Alexis Angell Eastern District of Michigan Resigned 1911 - 1912 Robert Archbald Third Circuit Impeached 1910 - 1913 Robert Archbald Commerce Court Impeached 1910 - 1913 Orion Barber United States Court of Customs Appeals Deceased 1910 - 1930 Robert Bean District of Oregon Deceased 1909 - 1931 George Bourquin District of Montana Deceased 1912 - 1958 John Carland Eighth Circuit Deceased 1911 - 1922 John Carland Commerce Court Court abolished 1911 - 1913 George Carpenter Northern District of Illinois Resigned 1910 - 1933 John Cheney Southern District of Florida Nomination rejected 1912 - 1913 Henry Connor Eastern District of North Carolina Deceased 1909 - 1924 Samuel Cooper Board of General Appraisers Deceased 1910 - 1918 Edward Cushman Western District of Washington Deceased 1912 - 1924 William Day Northern District of Ohio Resigned 1911 - 1914 Arthur Denison Western District of Michigan Elevated 1910 - 1911 Arthur Denison Sixth Circuit Resigned 1911 - 1931 Marion De Vries Court of Customs Appeals 1910 - 1922 Frederic Dodge First Circuit Resigned 1912 - 1918 George Donworth Western District of Washington Resigned 1909 - 1912 James Elliott District of South Dakota Deceased 1911 - 1933 Ferdinand Geiger Eastern District of Wisconsin Retired 1912 - 1939 William Grubb Northern District of Alabama Deceased 1909 - 1935 Learned Hand Southern District of New York Elevated 1909 - 1924 Howard Hollister Southern District of Ohio Deceased 1910 - 1919 Clinton Howard Western District of Washington Nomination rejected 1912 - 1913 Charles Hughes Associate Justice, Supreme Court Resigned 1910 - 1916 Oscar Hundley Northern District of Alabama Resigned 1909 - 1909 William Hunt Ninth Circuit Retired 1910 - 1928 William Hunt Commerce Court Court abolished 1910 - 1913 John Killits Northern District of Ohio Deceased 1910 - 1938 Martin Knapp Second Circuit Reassigned 1910 - 1916 Martin Knapp Commerce Court Court abolished 1910 - 1913 Loyal Knappen Sixth Circuit Deceased 1910 - 1930 Joseph Lamar Supreme Court Deceased 1910 - 1916 William Lanning Third Circuit Deceased 1909 - 1912 Horace Lurton Associate Justice, Supreme Court Deceased 1909 - 1914 Julian Mack Seventh Circuit Reassigned 1910 - 1929 Julian Mack Commerce Court Court abolished 1910 - 1913 George Martin Court of Customs Appeals Elevated 1911 - 1924 Julius Mayer Southern District of New York Elevated 1912 - 1921 John McPherson Third Circuit Deceased 1912 - 1919 Robert Montgomery Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Deceased 1910 - 1920 James Morton District of Massachusetts Elevated 1912 - 1932 Charles Orr Western District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1909 - 1922 Mahlon Pitney Supreme Court Resigned 1912 - 1922 William Pope District of New Mexico Deceased 1912 - 1916 Milton Purdy District of Minnesota Resigned 1909 - 1909 Carl Rasch District of Montana Resigned 1910 - 1911 John Rellstab District of New Jersey Deceased 1909 - 1930 John Rose District of Maryland Deceased 1910 - 1922 Frank Rudkin Eastern District of Washington Elevated 1911 - 1923 Gordon Russell Eastern District of Texas Deceased 1910 - 1919 William Schofield First Circuit Deceased 1911 - 1912 Clarence Sessions Western District of Michigan Deceased 1911 - 1931 Richard Sloan District of Arizona Nomination rejected 1912 - 1913 Henry Smith District of South Carolina Reassigned 1911 - 1912 James Smith Court of Customs Appeals Deceased 1910 - 1928 Walter Smith Eighth Circuit Deceased 1911 - 1922 Joseph Thompson Eastern District of Pennsylvania Elevated 1912 - 1931 Arthur Tuttle Eastern District of Michigan Deceased 1912 - 1944 Willis Van Devanter Supreme Court Deceased 1910 - 1941 Arba Van Valkenburgh Western District of Missouri Elevated 1910 - 1925 Van Vechten Veeder Eastern District of New York Resigned 1911 - 1917 John Warrington Sixth Circuit Deceased 1909 - 1921 Edward White Chief Justice, Supreme Court Deceased 1910 - 1921 Charles Willard District of Minnesota Deceased 1909 - 1914 Charles Witmer Middle District of Pennsylvania Deceased 1911 - 1925 Frank Youmans Western District of Arkansas Deceased 1911 - 1932

Historical context

Appointments by current president

See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump

Since taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump (R) has not nominated any individuals to federal judgeships on Article III courts.

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump (R) nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. Trump made 245 judicial appointments. Of those appointments, 234 were Article III judges. Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from the Senate.

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 March 2025, there were 43 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 March 1, 2025, details the number of appointments made by President Trump 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.