# List of federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Abraham Lincoln during his presidency. In total Lincoln appointed 32 Article III federal judges, including 4 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, and 27 judges to the United States district courts. Lincoln appointed no judges to the United States circuit courts during his time in office.
In 1863, the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, which had existed since 1801, was abolished. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) was established in its place with 1 Chief Justice and 3 Associate Justices, all 4 positions being filled by Lincoln. These 4 positions are included in the 27 District Judges appointed by Lincoln.
Lincoln appointed 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal. He later laterally reappointed 1 of those judges as Chief Justice of the same court.
* Salmon Portland Chase was Lincoln's choice to be Chief Justice of the United States.
* John Jay Jackson, Jr. was appointed to what was then the Western District of Virginia - which became the District of West Virginia. He remained on the bench until 1905.
* Appointed by Lincoln to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Henry Clay Caldwell was later elevated by President Benjamin Harrison to sit on the Eighth Circuit.

## United States Supreme Court justices

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Noah Haynes Swayne | 6 | Ohio | John McLean | January 21, 1862 | January 24, 1862 | January 24, 1862 | January 24, 1881 |
| 2 | Samuel Freeman Miller | 4 | Iowa | Peter Vivian Daniel | July 16, 1862 | July 16, 1862 | July 16, 1862 | October 13, 1890 |
| 3 | David Davis | 8 | Illinois | John Archibald Campbell | December 1, 1862 | December 8, 1862 | October 17, 1862 | March 4, 1877 |
| 4 | Stephen Johnson Field | 9 | California | Seat established | March 6, 1863 | March 10, 1863 | March 10, 1863 | December 1, 1897 |
| 5 | Salmon P. Chase | Chief | Ohio | Roger B. Taney | December 6, 1864 | December 6, 1864 | December 6, 1864 | May 7, 1873 |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Archibald Williams | D. Kan. | March 8, 1861 | March 12, 1861 | March 12, 1861 | September 21, 1863 |
| 2 | George Washington Lane | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala. | March 26, 1861 | March 28, 1861 | March 28, 1861 | November 12, 1863 |
| 3 | John Jay Jackson Jr. | W.D. Va./D. W.Va./ N.D. W. Va. | July 26, 1861 | August 3, 1861 | August 3, 1861 | March 15, 1905 |
| 4 | Fletcher Mathews Haight | S.D. Cal. | August 5, 1861 | August 5, 1861 | August 5, 1861 | February 23, 1866 |
| 5 | Bland Ballard | D. Ky. | December 9, 1861 | January 22, 1862 | October 16, 1861 | July 29, 1879 |
| 6 | Philip Fraser | N.D. Fla. | June 14, 1862 | July 17, 1862 | July 17, 1862 | July 26, 1876 |
| 7 | Connally Findlay Trigg | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. W.D. Tenn. | July 16, 1862 | July 17, 1862 | July 17, 1862 | April 25, 1880 April 25, 1880 June 14, 1878 |
| 8 | Caleb Blood Smith | D. Ind. | December 16, 1862 | December 22, 1862 | December 22, 1862 | January 7, 1864 |
| 9 | Richard Stockton Field | D.N.J. | January 14, 1863 | January 14, 1863 | January 14, 1863 | April 25, 1870 |
| 10 | David Kellogg Cartter | D.D.C. | March 10, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | April 16, 1887 |
| 11 | George P. Fisher | D.D.C. | March 10, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | May 1, 1870 |
| 12 | Abram B. Olin | D.D.C. | March 10, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | January 13, 1879 |
| 13 | Solomon Lewis Withey | W.D. Mich. | February 26, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | March 11, 1863 | April 25, 1886 |
| 14 | Andrew Wylie | D.D.C. | March 18, 1863 | January 20, 1864 | March 18, 1863 | May 1, 1885 |
| 15 | John Curtiss Underwood | E.D. Va./D. Va. | January 5, 1864 | January 25, 1864 | March 27, 1863 | December 7, 1873 |
| 16 | Edward Henry Durell | E.D. La./D. La. | January 5, 1864 | February 17, 1864 | May 20, 1863 | December 4, 1874 |
| 17 | Mark W. Delahay | D. Kan. | December 14, 1863 | March 15, 1864 | October 6, 1863 | December 12, 1873 |
| 18 | Thomas Jefferson Boynton | S.D. Fla. | January 5, 1864 | January 20, 1864 | October 19, 1863 | January 1, 1870 |
| 19 | Richard Busteed | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala. | January 5, 1864 | January 20, 1864 | November 17, 1863 | October 20, 1874 |
| 20 | Albert Smith White | D. Ind. | January 14, 1864 | January 18, 1864 | January 18, 1864 | September 4, 1864 |
| 21 | Henry Clay Caldwell | E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark. | May 2, 1864 | May 28, 1864 | June 20, 1864 | March 13, 1890 March 3, 1871 |
| 22 | David McDonald | D. Ind. | December 12, 1864 | December 13, 1864 | December 13, 1864 | August 25, 1869 |
| 23 | J. Russell Bullock | D.R.I. | February 9, 1865 | February 11, 1865 | February 11, 1865 | September 15, 1869 |
| 24 | Charles L. Benedict | E.D.N.Y. | March 6, 1865 | March 9, 1865 | March 9, 1865 | January 1, 1897 |
| 25 | Arnold Krekel | W.D. Mo. | March 6, 1865 | March 9, 1865 | March 9, 1865 | June 9, 1888 |
| 26 | Alexander W. Baldwin | D. Nev. | March 10, 1865 | March 11, 1865 | March 11, 1865 | November 14, 1869 |
| 27 | John Lowell | D. Mass. | March 11, 1865 | March 11, 1865 | March 11, 1865 | January 9, 1879 |

## Specialty courts (Article I)
### United States Court of Claims

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Joseph Casey | July 9, 1861 | July 22, 1861 | May 23, 1861 | March 13, 1863 |
| 1.1 | Joseph Casey | March 12, 1863 | March 13, 1863 | March 13, 1863 | December 1, 1870 |
| 2 | Ebenezer Peck | March 6, 1863 | March 10, 1863 | March 10, 1863 | May 1, 1878 |
| 3 | David Wilmot | March 6, 1863 | March 7, 1863 | March 7, 1863 | March 16, 1868 |
| 4 | Charles C. Nott | February 21, 1865 | February 22, 1865 | February 22, 1865 | November 23, 1896 |