List of federal judges appointed by Herbert Hoover

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President Herbert Hoover.
Charles Evans Hughes was Hoover's pick for Chief Justice.
One of Hoover's first appellate court appointees, Curtis D. Wilbur had previously been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Calvin Coolidge, but the nomination was not acted on before the end of Coolidge's presidency.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Herbert Hoover during his presidency.[1] In total Hoover appointed 62 federal judges: three Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one chief justice), 16 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 43 judges to the United States district courts.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Justice Seat State Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status
Benjamin N. Cardozo Seat 2 New York March 2, 1932 July 9, 1938 –
Charles Evans Hughes Chief Justice New York February 13, 1930 June 30, 1941 August 27, 1948
Owen Roberts Seat 8 Pennsylvania May 20, 1930 July 31, 1945 –

Courts of Appeals

Judge Circuit Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status
Archibald K. Gardner Eighth May 23, 1929 September 30, 1960 January 21, 1962
Duncan Lawrence Groner D.C. Cir. February 21, 1931 December 7, 1937 –
William Hitz D.C. Cir. February 6, 1931 July 3, 1935 –
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. Fifth January 26, 1931 November 4, 1964 January 18, 1973
George Thomas McDermott Tenth April 30, 1929 January 19, 1937 –
James Madison Morton, Jr. First January 9, 1932 September 30, 1939 June 26, 1940
Orie Leon Phillips Tenth April 29, 1929 January 1, 1956 November 14, 1974
John B. Sanborn, Jr. Eighth January 23, 1932 June 30, 1959 March 7, 1964
William Henry Sawtelle Ninth January 29, 1931 December 17, 1934 –
Samuel Hale Sibley Fifth January 24, 1931 October 1, 1949 October 13, 1958
Charles Casper Simons Sixth January 29, 1932 September 15, 1959 February 2, 1964
Morris Ames Soper Fourth May 6, 1931[2] June 2, 1955 March 11, 1963
William Morris Sparks Seventh October 31, 1929 November 13, 1948 January 7, 1950
Joseph Whitaker Thompson Third January 29, 1931 May 1, 1938 January 7, 1946
Curtis D. Wilbur Ninth May 2, 1929 May 10, 1945 September 8, 1954
Scott Wilson First October 2, 1929 March 31, 1940 October 22, 1942

District courts

Judge Court
[Note 1]		 Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status
Jesse Corcoran Adkins D.D.C. June 17, 1930 October 15, 1946 March 29, 1955
John Boyd Avis D.N.J. October 2, 1929 January 21, 1944 –
John Peter Barnes N.D. Ill. March 4, 1931 September 15, 1957 December 31, 1958
Charles Guy Briggle S.D. Ill. January 25, 1932 August 1, 1958 June 6, 1972
Randolph Bryant E.D. Tex. January 24, 1931 April 24, 1951 –
Mortimer W. Byers E.D.N.Y. November 20, 1929 February 1, 1960 March 5, 1962
Francis Gordon Caffey S.D.N.Y. April 30, 1929 October 31, 1947 September 20, 1951
William Calvin Chesnut D. Md. May 9, 1931[3] July 31, 1953 October 16, 1962
George Cosgrave S.D. Cal. April 8, 1930 August 31, 1940 August 4, 1945
Joseph Winston Cox D.D.C. July 7, 1930 September 9, 1939 –
Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. S.D.N.Y. May 1, 1929 January 31, 1951 December 21, 1957
James Alger Fee D. Or. March 18, 1931[4] April 30, 1954 –
Phillip Forman D.N.J. June 25, 1932 September 20, 1959 –
Clarence G. Galston E.D.N.Y. April 29, 1929 January 1, 1957 January 22, 1964
John Lyles Glenn, Jr. W.D.S.C.
E.D.S.C.		 April 29, 1929 May 2, 1938 –
Carroll C. Hincks D. Conn. January 24, 1931 December 7, 1953 –
Harry Aaron Hollzer S.D. Cal. March 3, 1931 January 14, 1946 –
Richard Joseph Hopkins D. Kan. December 19, 1929 August 28, 1943 –
George E. Q. Johnson N.D. Ill. August 3, 1932[5] March 3, 1933 –
Matthew M. Joyce D. Minn. February 11, 1932 October 11, 1954 January 12, 1956
Charles Brents Kennamer N.D. Ala.
M.D. Ala.		 February 25, 1931 June 3, 1955
June 3, 1955[6]		 –
Thomas Martin Kennerly S.D. Tex. February 7, 1931 August 29, 1954 July 29, 1962
John Knight W.D.N.Y. March 18, 1931[7] June 15, 1955 –
F. Dickinson Letts D.D.C. May 5, 1931[8] May 31, 1961 January 19, 1965
Oscar Raymond Luhring D.D.C. July 3, 1930 August 18, 1944 –
Hugh Dean McLellan D. Mass. February 10, 1932 September 30, 1941 –
Robert Johnston McMillan W.D. Tex. January 19, 1932 October 27, 1941 –
John Percy Nields D. Del. July 3, 1930 September 30, 1941 August 26, 1943
Gunnar Hans Nordbye D. Minn. March 18, 1931[9] March 6, 1967 November 5, 1977
Ernest Aloysius O'Brien E.D. Mich. March 4, 1931 October 9, 1948 –
Daniel William O'Donoghue D.D.C. October 28, 1931[10] October 31, 1946 June 29, 1948
Robert P. Patterson S.D.N.Y. May 13, 1930 March 22, 1939 –
John Paul, Jr. W.D. Va. January 14, 1932 August 1, 1958 February 13, 1964
James McPherson Proctor D.D.C. March 2, 1931 March 5, 1948 –
Albert Morris Sames D. Ariz. February 21, 1931 April 1, 1946 March 16, 1958
Louie Willard Strum S.D. Fla. March 2, 1931 October 3, 1950 –
Emory Marvin Underwood N.D. Ga. March 2, 1931 March 5, 1948 August 28, 1960
Albert Leisenring Watson M.D. Pa. December 17, 1929 May 31, 1955 December 20, 1960
Luther B. Way E.D. Va. March 4, 1931 October 23, 1943 –
George Austin Welsh E.D. Pa. May 20, 1932 August 29, 1957 October 22, 1970
Alfred Adams Wheat D.D.C. May 3, 1929
June 4, 1930
(as Chief Judge)[11]		 December 31, 1941
December 31, 1941
 May 11, 1943
John M. Woolsey S.D.N.Y. April 29, 1929 December 31, 1943 May 4, 1945
Alfred Lee Wyman D.S.D. May 10, 1929 December 15, 1953 –

Specialty courts

United States Court of Customs Appeals

Judge Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Finis James Garrett 1929 1956
Irvine Luther Lenroot 1929 1949

United States Court of Claims

Judge Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Benjamin Horsley Littleton 1929 1966
Thomas Sutler Williams 1929 1940
Richard Smith Whaley 1930 1951

United States Customs Court

Judge Began active
service		 Ended active
service
Walter Howard Evans 1931 1959
David Hayes Kincheloe 1931 1950
Frederick William Dallinger 1932 1955

Notes

  1. ↑ See List of United States district and territorial courts

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Sources

  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. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1932, and received commission on January 19, 1932.
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1932, and received commission on January 12, 1932.
  4. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1931, and received commission on December 23, 1931.
  5. ↑ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
  6. ↑ After June 5, 1936, Kennamer served on only the Middle District of Alabama.
  7. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 6, 1932, and received commission on January 9, 1932.
  8. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1932, and received commission on February 20, 1932.
  9. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1932, and received commission on February 10, 1932.
  10. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1932, and received commission on February 23, 1932.
  11. ↑ The position of Chief Judge of the District of Columbia was considered a separate appointment at the time of Wheat's service.
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