Federal judges nominated by Chester Arthur

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Chester Arthur, President from 1881-1885

Chester Arthur was president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. During his time in office he had 23 judges successfully nominated and confirmed to the federal bench. Arthur had one nominee decline their nomination and one withdrawn.[1][2]









List of judges

First name Last name Court Term
Samuel Blatchford Supreme Court 1882 - 1893
David Brewer Eighth Circuit 1884 - 1890
George Carpenter District of Rhode Island 1884 - 1896
LeBaron Colt First Circuit 1884 - 1913
Alfred Coxe District of New York 1882 - 1902
John Davis United States Court of Claims 1885 - 1902
John Davis Court of Claims 1882 - 1883
Horace Gray Supreme Court 1881 - 1902
Walter Gresham Seventh Circuit 1884 - 1893
Henry McCay Northern District of Georgia 1882 - 1886
John Paul Western District of Virginia 1883 - 1901
William Richardson Court of Claims, chief justice 1885 - 1896
Chauncey Sabin Eastern District of Texas 1884 - 1890
George Sabin District of Nevada 1882 - 1890
George Sage Southern District of Ohio 1884 - 1898
Augustus Seymour Eastern District of North Carolina 1882 - 1897
Oliver Shiras Northern District of Iowa 1882 - 1903
Emory Speer Southern District of Georgia 1885 - 1918
Leonard Wales District of Delaware 1884 - 1897
Lawrence Weldon Court of Claims 1883 - 1905
William Wallace Second Circuit 1882 - 1907
Nathan Webb District of Maine 1882 - 1902
William Woods District of Indiana 1884 - 1892

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.[3] Of those appointments, 234 were Article III judges.[4] Trump withdrew eight nominees and 143 received no vote from the Senate.[5]

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.



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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "History of the Federal Judiciary - Biographical Directory of Federal Judges," accessed June 30, 2014 Select "Nominating President"
  2. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2015
  3. ↑ United States Courts, "Judgeship Appointments by President," accessed January 20, 2021
  4. ↑ Article III judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in accordance with Article III of the United States Constitution. They serve for life.
  5. ↑ Federal Judicial Center, "Unsuccessful Nominations and Recess Appointments," accessed March 23, 2021
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