# List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency. In total Roosevelt appointed 194 Article III federal judges, more than twice as many as the previous record of 82 appointed by Calvin Coolidge. Among them were: nine justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice, 51 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 134 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, 13 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 6 judges to the United States Customs Court.
* Roosevelt appointee William O. Douglas was the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
* Roosevelt elevated sitting Justice Harlan F. Stone to Chief Justice of the United States.
* Florence Ellinwood Allen, appointed by Roosevelt to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, was the first woman appointed to a federal appellate court.
* Fred M. Vinson, appointed by Roosevelt to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, would later be appointed by President Truman to serve as Chief Justice of the United States.

## United States Supreme Court justices

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Confirmation vote | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended retired service |
| 1 | Hugo Black | 1 | Alabama | Willis Van Devanter | August 12, 1937 | August 17, 1937 | 63–16 | August 18, 1937 | September 17, 1971 | – |
| 2 | Stanley Forman Reed | 6 | Kentucky | George Sutherland | January 15, 1938 | January 25, 1938 | voice vote | January 27, 1938 | February 25, 1957 | February 2, 1980 |
| 3 | Felix Frankfurter | 2 | New York | Benjamin N. Cardozo | January 5, 1939 | January 17, 1939 | voice vote | January 20, 1939 | August 28, 1962 | February 22, 1965 |
| 4 | William O. Douglas | 4 | Washington | Louis Brandeis | March 20, 1939 | April 4, 1939 | 62–4 | April 15, 1939 | November 12, 1975 | January 19, 1980 |
| 5 | Frank Murphy | 10 | Michigan | Pierce Butler | January 4, 1940 | January 16, 1940 | voice vote | January 18, 1940 | July 19, 1949 | – |
| 6 | James F. Byrnes | 3 | South Carolina | James Clark McReynolds | June 12, 1941 | June 12, 1941 | voice vote | June 25, 1941 | October 3, 1942 | – |
| 7 | Harlan F. Stone | Chief | New York | Charles Evans Hughes | June 12, 1941 | June 27, 1941 | voice vote | July 3, 1941 | April 22, 1946 | – |
| 8 | Robert H. Jackson | 9 | New York | Harlan F. Stone | June 12, 1941 | July 7, 1941 | voice vote | July 11, 1941 | October 9, 1954 | – |
| 9 | Wiley Rutledge | 3 | Missouri | James F. Byrnes | January 11, 1943 | February 8, 1943 | voice vote | February 11, 1943 | September 10, 1949 | – |

## Courts of appeals

| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Joseph William Woodrough | Eighth | April 3, 1933 | April 12, 1933 | April 12, 1933 | January 3, 1961 | October 2, 1977 |
| 2 | Francis Arthur Garrecht | Ninth | May 4, 1933 | May 16, 1933 | May 19, 1933 | August 11, 1948 | – |
| 3 | Sam G. Bratton | Tenth | June 1, 1933 | June 1, 1933 | June 1, 1933 | March 1, 1961 | September 22, 1963 |
| 4 | Louis FitzHenry | Seventh | June 3, 1933 | June 10, 1933 | June 16, 1933 | November 18, 1935 | – |
| 5 | Florence E. Allen | Sixth | March 6, 1934 | March 15, 1934 | March 21, 1934 | October 5, 1959 | September 12, 1966 |
| 6 | Charles Breckenridge Faris | Eighth | January 14, 1935 | January 25, 1935 | January 31, 1935 | November 30, 1935 | December 18, 1938 |
| 7 | William Denman | Ninth | January 10, 1935 | January 29, 1935 | February 1, 1935 | July 3, 1957 | March 9, 1959 |
| 8 | Clifton Mathews | Ninth | March 13, 1935 | March 20, 1935 | March 23, 1935 | June 30, 1953 | September 7, 1962 |
| 9 | Harold Montelle Stephens | D.C. | July 23, 1935 | July 24, 1935 | July 27, 1935 | March 9, 1948 | – |
| 10 | Bert E. Haney | Ninth | August 21, 1935 | August 23, 1935 | August 24, 1935 | September 18, 1943 | – |
| 11 | Seth Thomas | Eighth | January 6, 1936 | January 22, 1936 | December 2, 1935 | May 1, 1954 | February 2, 1962 |
| 12 | Edwin R. Holmes | Fifth | August 23, 1935 | March 19, 1936 | March 20, 1936 | November 30, 1954 | December 10, 1961 |
| 13 | John Biggs Jr. | Third | February 3, 1937 | February 10, 1937 | February 16, 1937 | October 30, 1965 | April 15, 1979 |
| 14 | James Earl Major | Seventh | March 9, 1937 | March 17, 1937 | March 23, 1937 | March 23, 1956 | January 4, 1972 |
| 15 | Robert L. Williams | Tenth | March 25, 1937 | April 20, 1937 | April 21, 1937 | March 31, 1939 | April 10, 1948 |
| 16 | Albert Lee Stephens Sr. | Ninth | June 8, 1937 | June 15, 1937 | June 18, 1937 | January 25, 1961 | January 15, 1965 |
| 17 | William Healy | Ninth | June 8, 1937 | June 15, 1937 | June 21, 1937 | November 30, 1958 | March 15, 1962 |
| 18 | Justin Miller | D.C. | August 20, 1937 | August 21, 1937 | August 23, 1937 | September 30, 1945 | – |
| 19 | Duncan Lawrence Groner | D.C. | November 26, 1937 | December 3, 1937 | December 7, 1937 | March 8, 1948 | July 17, 1957 |
| 20 | Henry White Edgerton | D.C. | November 26, 1937 | December 9, 1937 | December 15, 1937 | April 22, 1963 | February 23, 1970 |
| 21 | Fred M. Vinson | D.C. | November 26, 1937 | December 9, 1937 | December 15, 1937 | May 28, 1943 | – |
| 22 | Walter Emanuel Treanor | Seventh | December 11, 1937 | December 21, 1937 | December 27, 1937 | April 26, 1941 | – |
| 23 | Elwood Hamilton | Sixth | February 25, 1938 | March 1, 1938 | March 4, 1938 | September 19, 1945 | – |
| 24 | Albert Branson Maris | Third | June 14, 1938 | June 16, 1938 | June 24, 1938 | December 31, 1958 | February 7, 1989 |
| 25 | Leon Clarence McCord | Fifth | June 9, 1938 | June 15, 1938 | June 24, 1938 | February 26, 1951 | February 11, 1952 |
| 26 | William Clark | Third | June 10, 1938 | June 16, 1938 | June 25, 1938 | March 24, 1943 | – |
| 27 | Otto Kerner Sr. | Seventh | January 5, 1939 | February 1, 1939 | November 21, 1938 | December 13, 1952 | – |
| 28 | Herschel W. Arant | Sixth | February 9, 1939 | February 21, 1939 | March 4, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | – |
| 29 | Francis Biddle | Third | February 9, 1939 | February 28, 1939 | March 4, 1939 | January 22, 1940 | – |
| 30 | Charles Edward Clark | Second | January 5, 1939 | March 7, 1939 | March 9, 1939 | December 13, 1963 | – |
| 31 | Robert P. Patterson | Second | February 9, 1939 | March 20, 1939 | March 21, 1939 | July 30, 1940 | – |
| 32 | Wiley Rutledge | D.C. | March 21, 1939 | April 4, 1939 | May 2, 1939 | February 14, 1943 | Elevated |
| 33 | Walter A. Huxman | Tenth | April 24, 1939 | May 17, 1939 | May 23, 1939 | April 1, 1957 | June 25, 1972 |
| 34 | Calvert Magruder | First | April 24, 1939 | June 1, 1939 | June 3, 1939 | June 12, 1959 | May 22, 1968 |
| 35 | Charles Alvin Jones | Third | July 14, 1939 | July 18, 1939 | July 25, 1939 | December 31, 1944 | – |
| 36 | Armistead Mason Dobie | Fourth | January 11, 1940 | February 1, 1940 | December 19, 1939 | February 1, 1956 | August 7, 1962 |
| 37 | John Christopher Mahoney | First | January 11, 1940 | February 7, 1940 | February 12, 1940 | December 20, 1950 | November 18, 1952 |
| 38 | Herbert Funk Goodrich | Third | March 5, 1940 | May 7, 1940 | May 10, 1940 | June 25, 1962 | – |
| 39 | John Donelson Martin Sr. | Sixth | August 12, 1940 | August 27, 1940 | September 4, 1940 | April 2, 1962 | – |
| 40 | Alfred P. Murrah | Tenth | August 5, 1940 | August 29, 1940 | September 4, 1940 | May 1, 1970 | October 30, 1975 |
| 41 | Harvey M. Johnsen | Eighth | October 1, 1940 | October 7, 1940 | October 14, 1940 | August 1, 1965 | September 15, 1975 |
| 42 | Peter Woodbury | First | January 31, 1941 | February 18, 1941 | February 25, 1941 | December 31, 1964 | November 17, 1970 |
| 43 | Jerome Frank | Second | February 13, 1941 | March 20, 1941 | March 27, 1941 | January 13, 1957 | – |
| 44 | Thomas Francis McAllister | Sixth | April 25, 1941 | May 19, 1941 | May 22, 1941 | January 1, 1963 | November 10, 1976 |
| 45 | Sherman Minton | Seventh | May 7, 1941 | May 19, 1941 | May 22, 1941 | October 11, 1949 | Elevated |
| 46 | Walter Garrett Riddick | Eighth | December 1, 1941 | December 16, 1941 | December 19, 1941 | July 31, 1953 | – |
| 47 | Curtis L. Waller | Fifth | February 18, 1943 | March 9, 1943 | March 10, 1943 | July 11, 1950 | – |
| 48 | Thurman Arnold | D.C. | February 11, 1943 | March 9, 1943 | March 11, 1943 | July 9, 1945 | – |
| 49 | Gerald McLaughlin | Third | May 24, 1943 | June 8, 1943 | June 14, 1943 | July 15, 1968 | December 6, 1977 |
| 50 | Elmo Pearce Lee | Fifth | November 5, 1943 | November 30, 1943 | December 17, 1943 | July 26, 1949 | – |
| 51 | Homer Bone | Ninth | April 1, 1944 | April 1, 1944 | April 1, 1944 | January 1, 1956 | March 11, 1970 |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | James A. Donohoe | D. Neb. | April 15, 1933 | April 20, 1933 | April 27, 1933 | February 26, 1956 | – |
| 2 | Heartsill Ragon | W.D. Ark. | May 12, 1933 | May 12, 1933 | May 17, 1933 | September 15, 1940 | – |
| 3 | James Earl Major | S.D. Ill. | January 8, 1934 | January 23, 1934 | June 12, 1933 | April 5, 1937 | Elevated |
| 4 | Robert C. Bell | D. Minn. | June 8, 1933 | June 10, 1933 | June 13, 1933 | May 1, 1961 | March 17, 1964 |
| 5 | Patrick Thomas Stone | W.D. Wis. | June 9, 1933 | June 10, 1933 | June 13, 1933 | January 13, 1963 | – |
| 6 | William Harrison Holly | N.D. Ill. | January 8, 1934 | February 20, 1934 | November 8, 1933 | December 31, 1943 | January 30, 1958 |
| 7 | Philip Leo Sullivan | N.D. Ill. | January 8, 1934 | February 20, 1934 | November 8, 1933 | June 12, 1960 | – |
| 8 | John Clyde Bowen | W.D. Wash. | February 22, 1934 | February 28, 1934 | March 20, 1934 | June 5, 1961 | April 27, 1978 |
| 9 | Augustus V. Long | N.D. Fla. | May 26, 1934 | May 29, 1934 | June 4, 1934 | October 1, 1947 | May 20, 1955 |
| 10 | Francis Kerschner Myers | E.D.S.C. | June 6, 1934 | June 9, 1934 | June 14, 1934 | August 2, 1940 | – |
| 11 | George Murray Hulbert | S.D.N.Y. | June 6, 1934 | June 14, 1934 | June 15, 1934 | April 26, 1950 | – |
| 12 | Harlan W. Rippey | W.D.N.Y. | June 9, 1934 | June 14, 1934 | June 18, 1934 | December 31, 1936 | – |
| 13 | John McDuffie | S.D. Ala. | January 31, 1935 | February 7, 1935 | February 8, 1935 | November 1, 1950 | – |
| 14 | Hiram Church Ford | E.D. Ky. | March 19, 1935 | March 27, 1935 | March 28, 1935 | January 1, 1963 | June 8, 1969 |
| 15 | Michael Joseph Roche | N.D. Cal. | August 21, 1935 | August 23, 1935 | August 24, 1935 | March 1, 1958 | July 1, 1964 |
| 16 | John Donelson Martin Sr. | W.D. Tenn. | April 22, 1935 | April 30, 1935 | May 3, 1935 | September 16, 1940 | Elevated |
| 17 | George Moore | E.D. Mo. | May 20, 1935 | May 28, 1935 | May 29, 1935 | January 19, 1962 | November 5, 1962 |
| 18 | James H. Baldwin | D. Mont. | May 20, 1935 | May 29, 1935 | June 4, 1935 | October 26, 1944 | – |
| 19 | John Christopher Mahoney | D.R.I. | May 24, 1935 | June 4, 1935 | June 7, 1935 | February 21, 1940 | Elevated |
| 20 | Elwood Hamilton | W.D. Ky. | June 14, 1935 | June 18, 1935 | June 20, 1935 | April 1, 1938 | Elevated |
| 21 | Albert Lee Stephens Sr. | S.D. Cal. | August 21, 1935 | August 23, 1935 | August 24, 1935 | June 21, 1937 | Elevated |
| 22 | George Clinton Sweeney | D. Mass. | August 20, 1935 | August 21, 1935 | August 24, 1935 | September 30, 1966 | November 5, 1966 |
| 23 | Leon Rene Yankwich | S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal. | August 21, 1935 | August 23, 1935 | August 24, 1935 | April 28, 1964 | February 9, 1975 |
| 24 | David Jackson Davis | N.D. Ala. | January 6, 1936 | January 22, 1936 | December 10, 1935 | December 7, 1938 | – |
| 25 | Thomas Whitfield Davidson | N.D. Tex. | January 22, 1936 | January 30, 1936 | February 5, 1936 | November 1, 1965 | January 26, 1974 |
| 26 | Mell G. Underwood | S.D. Ohio | January 27, 1936 | February 4, 1936 | February 12, 1936 | December 31, 1965 | March 8, 1972 |
| 27 | Matthew T. Abruzzo | E.D.N.Y. | February 3, 1936 | February 12, 1936 | February 15, 1936 | February 15, 1966 | May 28, 1971 |
| 28 | Robert Nelson Pollard | E.D. Va. | February 20, 1936 | February 27, 1936 | February 27, 1936 | April 22, 1947 | May 24, 1954 |
| 29 | Arthur F. Lederle | E.D. Mich. | February 20, 1936 | March 3, 1936 | March 6, 1936 | July 1, 1960 | April 29, 1972 |
| 30 | John W. Holland | S.D. Fla. | May 26, 1936 | May 30, 1936 | June 1, 1936 | July 1, 1955 | November 14, 1969 |
| 31 | David W. Ling | D. Ariz. | May 28, 1936 | May 30, 1936 | June 3, 1936 | October 11, 1964 | May 17, 1965 |
| 32 | Vincent L. Leibell | S.D.N.Y. | June 8, 1936 | June 18, 1936 | June 20, 1936 | January 1, 1954 | September 22, 1968 |
| 33 | John William Clancy | S.D.N.Y. | June 15, 1936 | June 20, 1936 | June 22, 1936 | April 3, 1959 | March 2, 1969 |
| 34 | Samuel Mandelbaum | S.D.N.Y. | June 15, 1936 | June 20, 1936 | June 22, 1936 | November 20, 1946 | – |
| 35 | Albert Branson Maris | E.D. Pa. | June 18, 1936 | June 20, 1936 | June 22, 1936 | June 27, 1938 | Elevated |
| 36 | Charles Cecil Wyche | W.D.S.C. / D.S.C | January 11, 1937 | January 22, 1937 | January 30, 1937 | September 17, 1966 | – |
| 37 | Sidney Carr Mize | S.D. Miss. | January 30, 1937 | February 2, 1937 | February 3, 1937 | April 26, 1965 | – |
| 38 | Alfred P. Murrah | E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. | February 8, 1937 | February 25, 1937 | March 3, 1937 | September 9, 1940 | Elevated |
| 39 | Harry Evans Watkins | N.D. W. Va. S.D. W. Va. | February 17, 1937 | March 2, 1937 | March 3, 1937 | June 6, 1963 | – |
| 40 | John Caskie Collet | E.D. Mo. W.D. Mo. | March 9, 1937 | March 15, 1937 | March 20, 1937 | July 11, 1947 | Elevated |
| 41 | J. Leroy Adair | S.D. Ill. | March 24, 1937 | April 20, 1937 | April 27, 1937 | January 19, 1956 | – |
| 42 | Harold P. Burke | W.D.N.Y. | April 27, 1937 | June 15, 1937 | June 18, 1937 | June 15, 1981 | July 17, 1981 |
| 43 | Thomas Clark Trimble III | E.D. Ark. | June 17, 1937 | June 18, 1937 | June 18, 1937 | January 14, 1957 | July 6, 1965 |
| 44 | Ralph E. Jenney | S.D. Cal. | June 23, 1937 | June 29, 1937 | July 3, 1937 | July 13, 1945 | – |
| 45 | Eugene Rice | E.D. Okla. | August 3, 1937 | August 10, 1937 | August 11, 1937 | December 1, 1963 | November 24, 1967 |
| 46 | Frank Le Blond Kloeb | N.D. Ohio | June 18, 1937 | June 22, 1937 | August 20, 1937 | September 30, 1964 | March 11, 1976 |
| 47 | Claude C. McColloch | D. Ore. | August 5, 1937 | August 17, 1937 | August 20, 1937 | December 31, 1958 | September 30, 1959 |
| 48 | George F. Sullivan | D. Minn. | August 12, 1937 | August 17, 1937 | August 20, 1937 | April 14, 1944 | – |
| 49 | Mac Swinford | E.D. Ky. W.D. Ky. | August 19, 1937 | August 20, 1937 | August 21, 1937 | February 3, 1975 | – |
| 50 | John H. Druffel | S.D. Ohio | November 16, 1937 | December 8, 1937 | September 22, 1937 | September 30, 1961 | May 16, 1967 |
| 51 | Thomas Alexander Murphree | N.D. Ala. | May 12, 1938 | May 17, 1938 | May 31, 1938 | September 5, 1945 | – |
| 52 | Edward Augustus Conger | S.D.N.Y. | June 10, 1938 | June 16, 1938 | June 24, 1938 | October 20, 1954 | August 7, 1963 |
| 53 | Francis Ford | D. Mass. | June 9, 1938 | June 15, 1938 | June 24, 1938 | July 1, 1972 | May 26, 1975 |
| 54 | Bolitha James Laws | D.D.C. | June 10, 1938 | June 16, 1938 | June 24, 1938 | February 23, 1945 | Elevated |
| 54.1 | Bolitha James Laws | D.D.C. | January 19, 1945 | February 22, 1945 | February 23, 1945 | November 14, 1958 | – |
| 55 | Harry Ellis Kalodner | E.D. Pa. | January 5, 1939 | March 20, 1939 | July 6, 1938 | September 3, 1946 | Elevated |
| 56 | Floyd H. Roberts | W.D. Va. | January 5, 1939 | – | July 6, 1938 | February 6, 1939 | – |
| 57 | Michael L. Igoe | N.D. Ill. | January 5, 1939 | February 9, 1939 | November 21, 1938 | August 31, 1965 | August 21, 1967 |
| 58 | Gaston Louis Noel Porterie | W.D. La. | January 24, 1939 | February 1, 1939 | February 9, 1939 | March 24, 1953 | – |
| 59 | James V. Allred | S.D. Tex. | January 5, 1939 | February 16, 1939 | February 23, 1939 | May 15, 1942 | – |
| 60 | Thomas Alan Goldsborough | D.D.C. | January 20, 1939 | February 16, 1939 | February 23, 1939 | June 16, 1951 | – |
| 61 | Frank Albert Picard | E.D. Mich. | February 9, 1939 | February 16, 1939 | February 23, 1939 | March 31, 1959 | February 28, 1963 |
| 62 | Shackelford Miller Jr. | W.D. Ky. | February 16, 1939 | February 20, 1939 | March 4, 1939 | December 20, 1945 | Elevated |
| 63 | Harry Jacob Lemley | E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark. | April 27, 1939 | May 8, 1939 | May 11, 1939 | September 5, 1958 | March 5, 1965 |
| 64 | Leslie Rogers Darr | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. | May 17, 1939 | May 31, 1939 | June 2, 1939 | March 15, 1961 November 27, 1940 | May 29, 1967 – |
| 65 | Armistead Mason Dobie | W.D. Va. | May 16, 1939 | May 25, 1939 | June 2, 1939 | February 8, 1940 | Elevated |
| 66 | Robert Nugen Wilkin | N.D. Ohio | May 19, 1939 | June 1, 1939 | June 3, 1939 | August 31, 1949 | February 23, 1973 |
| 67 | James Ward Morris | D.D.C. | May 23, 1939 | June 15, 1939 | June 19, 1939 | November 15, 1960 | – |
| 68 | F. Ryan Duffy | E.D. Wis. | June 21, 1939 | June 26, 1939 | June 29, 1939 | February 2, 1949 | Elevated |
| 69 | Elmer David Davies | M.D. Tenn. | June 19, 1939 | July 12, 1939 | July 12, 1939 | January 7, 1957 | – |
| 70 | Martin Ignatius Welsh | N.D. Cal. | June 21, 1939 | July 11, 1939 | July 14, 1939 | January 1, 1947 | January 4, 1953 |
| 71 | Alva M. Lumpkin | E.D.S.C. W.D.S.C. | May 17, 1939 | May 22, 1939 | July 19, 1939 | July 22, 1941 | – |
| 72 | Campbell E. Beaumont | S.D. Cal. | July 27, 1939 | August 1, 1939 | August 5, 1939 | November 19, 1954 | – |
| 73 | Lloyd Llewellyn Black | W.D. Wash. | August 2, 1939 | August 4, 1939 | August 11, 1939 | August 23, 1950 | – |
| 74 | Alfred D. Barksdale | W.D. Va. | January 11, 1940 | February 1, 1940 | December 19, 1939 | August 1, 1957 | August 16, 1972 |
| 75 | Guy K. Bard | E.D. Pa. | April 4, 1940 | April 24, 1940 | December 20, 1939 | July 16, 1952 | – |
| 76 | Thomas Glynn Walker | D.N.J. | January 16, 1940 | March 5, 1940 | December 20, 1939 | December 31, 1941 | – |
| 77 | William J. Barker | S.D. Fla. | January 11, 1940 | February 1, 1940 | February 5, 1940 | April 30, 1959 | April 13, 1968 |
| 78 | John Patrick Hartigan | D.R.I. | January 11, 1940 | February 1, 1940 | February 12, 1940 | January 13, 1951 | Elevated |
| 79 | David Andrew Pine | D.D.C. | March 15, 1940 | March 20, 1940 | March 29, 1940 | April 2, 1965 | June 11, 1970 |
| 80 | Adrian Joseph Caillouet | E.D. La. | April 2, 1940 | April 9, 1940 | April 23, 1940 | December 19, 1946 | – |
| 81 | James Patrick Leamy | D. Vt. | April 12, 1940 | April 30, 1940 | May 7, 1940 | July 22, 1949 | – |
| 82 | James Cullen Ganey | E.D. Pa. | June 11, 1940 | June 13, 1940 | June 19, 1940 | August 30, 1961 | Elevated |
| 83 | Curtis L. Waller | N.D. Fla. S.D. Fla. | June 11, 1940 | June 15, 1940 | June 19, 1940 | March 12, 1943 | Elevated |
| 84 | Benjamin Harrison | S.D. Cal. | June 11, 1940 | June 22, 1940 | June 26, 1940 | August 13, 1960 | – |
| 85 | Robert Lee Russell | N.D. Ga. | August 5, 1940 | August 8, 1940 | August 15, 1940 | October 26, 1949 | Elevated |
| 86 | Marion Speed Boyd | W.D. Tenn. | September 13, 1940 | September 18, 1940 | September 27, 1940 | August 1, 1966 | January 9, 1988 |
| 87 | James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor | S.D. Cal. | August 28, 1940 | September 19, 1940 | September 27, 1940 | September 28, 1949 | – |
| 88 | Bower Slack Broaddus | E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. | September 24, 1940 | September 27, 1940 | October 1, 1940 | December 10, 1949 | – |
| 89 | Royce H. Savage | N.D. Okla. | September 24, 1940 | September 27, 1940 | October 1, 1940 | October 31, 1961 | – |
| 90 | William Joseph Campbell | N.D. Ill. | September 24, 1940 | October 7, 1940 | October 10, 1940 | March 19, 1970 | October 19, 1988 |
| 91 | Lewis B. Schwellenbach | E.D. Wash. | May 6, 1940 | May 6, 1940 | November 20, 1940 | June 30, 1945 | – |
| 92 | William Francis Smith | D.N.J. | January 23, 1941 | February 13, 1941 | February 15, 1941 | September 12, 1961 | Elevated |
| 93 | John E. Miller | W.D. Ark. | January 31, 1941 | January 31, 1941 | March 12, 1941 | February 28, 1967 | January 30, 1981 |
| 94 | Ben Moore | S.D. W. Va. | March 1, 1941 | March 20, 1941 | March 27, 1941 | September 25, 1958 | – |
| 95 | John Bright | S.D.N.Y. | April 25, 1941 | June 3, 1941 | June 6, 1941 | March 24, 1948 | – |
| 96 | Simon H. Rifkind | S.D.N.Y. | April 25, 1941 | June 3, 1941 | June 6, 1941 | May 24, 1950 | – |
| 97 | Matthew Francis McGuire | D.D.C. | July 14, 1941 | July 29, 1941 | August 1, 1941 | October 7, 1966 | January 24, 1986 |
| 98 | Emerich B. Freed | N.D. Ohio | September 11, 1941 | October 2, 1941 | October 7, 1941 | December 4, 1955 | – |
| 99 | Archibald Battle Lovett | S.D. Ga. | September 8, 1941 | October 2, 1941 | October 7, 1941 | December 28, 1945 | – |
| 100 | J. Joseph Smith | D. Conn. | October 16, 1941 | October 28, 1941 | October 30, 1941 | September 13, 1960 | Elevated |
| 101 | Charles Joseph Vogel | D.N.D. | July 15, 1941 | October 27, 1941 | October 30, 1941 | August 20, 1954 | Elevated |
| 102 | Arthur Daniel Healey | D. Mass. | December 1, 1941 | December 16, 1941 | December 19, 1941 | September 16, 1948 | – |
| 103 | Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr. | D. Mass. | December 1, 1941 | December 16, 1941 | December 19, 1941 | September 1, 1971 | September 3, 1986 |
| 104 | Paul Conway Leahy | D. Del. | December 23, 1941 | January 7, 1942 | January 14, 1942 | October 7, 1957 | July 3, 1966 |
| 105 | Edward C. Eicher | D.D.C. | December 30, 1941 | January 20, 1942 | January 23, 1942 | November 30, 1944 | – |
| 106 | George Bell Timmerman Sr. | E.D.S.C. W.D.S.C. | December 18, 1941 | January 20, 1942 | January 23, 1942 | October 10, 1962 | April 22, 1966 |
| 107 | Julius Waties Waring | E.D.S.C. | December 18, 1941 | January 20, 1942 | January 23, 1942 | February 15, 1952 | January 11, 1968 |
| 108 | Walter Angus Keeling | W.D. Tex. | January 16, 1942 | January 26, 1942 | January 28, 1942 | January 22, 1945 | – |
| 109 | John Wayne Delehant | D. Neb. | January 19, 1942 | February 9, 1942 | February 13, 1942 | April 30, 1957 | April 20, 1972 |
| 110 | Charles H. Leavy | W.D. Wash. | October 23, 1941 | February 18, 1942 | February 25, 1942 | August 31, 1952 | September 25, 1952 |
| 111 | Stephen W. Brennan | N.D.N.Y. | March 31, 1942 | April 28, 1942 | May 6, 1942 | May 1, 1963 | April 9, 1968 |
| 112 | Peirson Mitchell Hall | S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal. | February 17, 1942 | June 30, 1942 | July 3, 1942 | September 30, 1968 | December 8, 1979 |
| 113 | Thomas Francis Meaney | D.N.J. | May 4, 1942 | July 1, 1942 | July 3, 1942 | May 1, 1966 | May 17, 1968 |
| 114 | Allen Burroughs Hannay | S.D. Tex. | July 16, 1942 | August 6, 1942 | August 12, 1942 | August 6, 1975 | October 22, 1983 |
| 115 | Louis Earl Goodman | N.D. Cal. | November 9, 1942 | December 15, 1942 | December 24, 1942 | September 15, 1961 | – |
| 116 | Chase A. Clark | D. Idaho | February 18, 1943 | March 5, 1943 | March 10, 1943 | April 30, 1964 | December 30, 1966 |
| 117 | Clarence H. Mullins | N.D. Ala. | March 19, 1943 | April 7, 1943 | April 16, 1943 | May 31, 1953 | June 30, 1957 |
| 118 | Dozier A. DeVane | N.D. Fla. S.D. Fla. | March 26, 1943 | April 14, 1943 | April 22, 1943 | January 31, 1958 October 1, 1947 | December 15, 1963 – |
| 119 | Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr. | W.D. Okla. | December 11, 1942 | May 10, 1943 | May 13, 1943 | October 20, 1975 | April 27, 1989 |
| 120 | Richard M. Duncan | E.D. Mo. W.D. Mo. | July 8, 1943 | July 8, 1943 | July 14, 1943 | May 31, 1965 | August 1, 1974 |
| 121 | Rubey Mosley Hulen | E.D. Mo. | July 8, 1943 | July 8, 1943 | July 14, 1943 | July 7, 1956 | – |
| 122 | Guy T. Helvering | D. Kan. | September 14, 1943 | September 28, 1943 | October 11, 1943 | July 4, 1946 | – |
| 123 | Luther Merritt Swygert | N.D. Ind. | September 29, 1943 | October 14, 1943 | October 16, 1943 | October 10, 1961 | Elevated |
| 124 | Charles Sterling Hutcheson | E.D. Va. | January 19, 1944 | February 8, 1944 | February 10, 1944 | September 1, 1959 | October 24, 1969 |
| 125 | Henry Norman Graven | N.D. Iowa | March 3, 1944 | March 21, 1944 | March 24, 1944 | August 31, 1961 | February 1, 1970 |
| 126 | Walter J. LaBuy | N.D. Ill. | March 7, 1944 | March 29, 1944 | March 31, 1944 | January 31, 1961 | September 29, 1967 |
| 127 | Elwyn R. Shaw | N.D. Ill. | March 7, 1944 | May 3, 1944 | May 9, 1944 | July 18, 1950 | – |
| 128 | Harold Maurice Kennedy | E.D.N.Y. | September 1, 1944 | September 20, 1944 | September 22, 1944 | September 30, 1952 | – |
| 129 | Aloysius Joseph Connor | D.N.H. | November 16, 1944 | December 5, 1944 | December 9, 1944 | December 18, 1967 | – |
| 130 | Henry Albert Schweinhaut | D.D.C. | November 21, 1944 | December 13, 1944 | December 19, 1944 | November 16, 1956 | June 22, 1970 |
| 131 | Thomas Hoyt Davis | M.D. Ga. | January 3, 1945 | January 29, 1945 | January 30, 1945 | June 30, 1961 | May 19, 1969 |
| 132 | Robert Lewis Brown Sr. | D. Mont. | March 12, 1945 | March 27, 1945 | April 7, 1945 | April 2, 1948 | – |
| 133 | Albert Alphonso Ridge | W.D. Mo. | March 12, 1945 | April 3, 1945 | April 7, 1945 | June 29, 1961 | Elevated |

## Specialty courts (Article I)
### United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Finis J. Garrett | November 16, 1937 | November 30, 1937 | December 1, 1937 | September 15, 1955 | – |
| 2 | Joseph Raymond Jackson | November 29, 1937 | December 9, 1937 | December 14, 1937 | April 1, 1952 | August 29, 1969 |
| 3 | Ambrose O'Connell | May 19, 1944 | June 6, 1944 | June 10, 1944 | April 10, 1962 | October 12, 1962 |

### United States Court of Claims

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Richard S. Whaley | June 23, 1939 | June 26, 1939 | June 27, 1939 | July 9, 1947 | November 8, 1951 |
| 2 | Samuel Estill Whitaker | June 23, 1939 | July 11, 1939 | July 13, 1939 | July 19, 1964 | March 26, 1967 |
| 3 | John Marvin Jones | April 9, 1940 | April 10, 1940 | November 20, 1940 | July 9, 1947 | – |
| 4 | J. Warren Madden | November 15, 1940 | January 2, 1941 | January 7, 1941 | August 15, 1961 | February 17, 1972 |

### United States Customs Court

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | William John Keefe | June 8, 1933 | June 10, 1933 | June 13, 1933 | January 15, 1947 | – |
| 2 | Thomas Joseph Walker | June 11, 1940 | June 15, 1940 | June 20, 1940 | January 18, 1945 | – |
| 3 | Webster Oliver | June 11, 1940 | June 18, 1940 | June 24, 1940 | June 24, 1967 | November 16, 1969 |
| 4 | William A. Ekwall | January 19, 1942 | February 9, 1942 | February 13, 1942 | October 16, 1956 | – |
| 5 | William Purington Cole Jr. | May 11, 1942 | May 11, 1942 | May 14, 1942 | July 9, 1952 | – |
| 6 | Charles Drummond Lawrence | December 11, 1942 | February 18, 1943 | February 22, 1943 | March 31, 1965 | February 12, 1975 |