# List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy

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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President John F. Kennedy during his presidency. In total Kennedy appointed 126 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 20 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 102 judges to the United States district courts, 1 judge to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims. Two of Kennedy's District Judge appointees, Andrew Augustine Caffrey and Cyrus Nils Tavares, were recess appointed and nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, before being confirmed by the United States Senate and receiving their commissions from President Kennedy.
Additionally, 1 Article I judicial appointment is listed, namely to the United States Tax Court.
* Byron White, one of Kennedy's two appointments to the Supreme Court.
* Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit before being elevated to the Supreme Court.
* James R. Browning formerly of the Ninth Circuit, deceased in 2012, was the longest serving Court of Appeals judge appointed by Kennedy.

## United States Supreme Court justices

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended retired service |
| 1 | Byron White | 6 | Colorado | Charles Evans Whittaker | April 3, 1962 | April 11, 1962 | April 12, 1962 | June 28, 1993 | April 15, 2002 |
| 2 | Arthur Goldberg | 2 | Illinois | Felix Frankfurter | August 31, 1962 | September 25, 1962 | September 28, 1962 | July 25, 1965 | – |

## Courts of appeals

| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Albert Alphonso Ridge | Eighth | May 23, 1961 | June 14, 1961 | June 15, 1961 | April 16, 1965 | March 2, 1967 |
| 2 | Roger Kiley | Seventh | June 20, 1961 | June 27, 1961 | June 30, 1961 | January 1, 1974 | September 6, 1974 |
| 3 | Albert Vickers Bryan | Fourth | August 2, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | May 3, 1972 | March 13, 1984 |
| 4 | James Cullen Ganey | Third | August 3, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | August 15, 1966 | February 7, 1972 |
| 5 | William Francis Smith | Third | August 15, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | February 26, 1968 | – |
| 6 | James R. Browning | Ninth | September 6, 1961 | September 14, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | September 1, 2000 | May 6, 2012 |
| 7 | Ben C. Duniway | Ninth | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | October 5, 1976 | August 23, 1986 |
| 8 | Delmas Carl Hill | Tenth | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | April 1, 1977 | December 2, 1989 |
| 9 | Irving Kaufman | Second | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | July 1, 1987 | February 1, 1992 |
| 10 | J. Spencer Bell | Fourth | September 14, 1961 | September 23, 1961 | September 27, 1961 | March 19, 1967 | – |
| 11 | Luther Merritt Swygert | Seventh | September 18, 1961 | September 23, 1961 | September 29, 1961 | July 1, 1981 | March 16, 1988 |
| 12 | Griffin Bell | Fifth | September 20, 1961 | February 5, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | March 1, 1976 | – |
| 13 | Walter Pettus Gewin | Fifth | September 20, 1961 | February 5, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | November 1, 1976 | May 15, 1981 |
| 14 | Paul R. Hays | Second | September 23, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | September 11, 1974 | February 13, 1980 |
| 15 | Thurgood Marshall | Second | September 23, 1961 | September 11, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | August 23, 1965 | – |
| 16 | J. Skelly Wright | D.C. | February 2, 1962 | March 28, 1962 | March 30, 1962 | June 1, 1986 | August 6, 1988 |
| 17 | Oliver Seth | Tenth | May 24, 1962 | June 11, 1962 | June 20, 1962 | December 25, 1984 | March 27, 1996 |
| 18 | Carl E. McGowan | D.C. | August 16, 1962 | March 15, 1963 | March 27, 1963 | August 31, 1981 | December 21, 1987 |
| 19 | Harry Phillips | Sixth | June 4, 1963 | June 28, 1963 | July 3, 1963 | January 15, 1979 | August 3, 1985 |
| 20 | Pat Mehaffy | Eighth | June 24, 1963 | July 15, 1963 | July 16, 1963 | August 31, 1974 | January 31, 1981 |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Cyrus Nils Tavares | D. Haw. | January 10, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | October 13, 1960 | April 12, 1972 | August 3, 1976 |
| 2 | Andrew A. Caffrey | D. Mass. | January 10, 1961 | August 9, 1961 | October 13, 1960 | October 17, 1986 | October 6, 1993 |
| 3 | William McRae | S.D. Fla. / M.D. Fla. | February 20, 1961 | March 3, 1961 | March 8, 1961 | January 27, 1973 | – |
| 4 | Reynaldo Guerra Garza | S.D. Tex. | March 24, 1961 | April 13, 1961 | April 14, 1961 | August 1, 1979 | Elevated |
| 5 | Frank Wiley Wilson | E.D. Tenn. | May 24, 1961 | June 14, 1961 | June 15, 1961 | September 29, 1982 | – |
| 6 | William Harold Cox | S.D. Miss. | June 20, 1961 | June 27, 1961 | June 30, 1961 | October 4, 1982 | February 25, 1988 |
| 7 | Thomas J. Michie | W.D. Va. | May 11, 1961 | June 27, 1961 | June 30, 1961 | April 9, 1973 | – |
| 8 | Edward Dumbauld | W.D. Pa. | August 2, 1961 | August 2, 1961 | August 3, 1961 | December 31, 1976 | September 6, 1997 |
| 9 | James Braxton Craven Jr. | W.D.N.C. | July 24, 1961 | August 9, 1961 | August 10, 1961 | July 5, 1966 | Elevated |
| 10 | Earl R. Larson | D. Minn. | July 24, 1961 | August 9, 1961 | August 10, 1961 | June 30, 1977 | October 31, 2001 |
| 11 | Lewis Render Morgan | N.D. Ga. | July 24, 1961 | August 9, 1961 | August 10, 1961 | October 2, 1968 | Elevated |
| 12 | Richard B. Austin | N.D. Ill. | August 7, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | October 10, 1975 | February 7, 1977 |
| 13 | William T. Beeks | W.D. Wash. | August 4, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | May 31, 1973 | December 30, 1988 |
| 14 | Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld | D. Conn. | August 7, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | August 15, 1961 | January 20, 1977 | November 5, 1988 |
| 15 | Bailey Brown | W.D. Tenn. | August 7, 1961 | August 21, 1961 | August 21, 1961 | September 26, 1979 | Elevated |
| 16 | Arthur Marshall Davis | D. Ariz. | August 8, 1961 | August 21, 1961 | August 21, 1961 | July 11, 1963 | – |
| 17 | John Davis Larkins Jr. | E.D.N.C. | August 8, 1961 | August 21, 1961 | August 21, 1961 | June 8, 1979 | February 16, 1990 |
| 18 | Luther L. Bohanon | E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. | August 18, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 2, 1974 | July 18, 2003 |
| 19 | Floyd Robert Gibson | W.D. Mo. | August 17, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | June 20, 1965 | Elevated |
| 20 | James Benton Parsons | N.D. Ill. | August 10, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 30, 1981 | June 19, 1993 |
| 21 | Michael Henry Sheridan | M.D. Pa. | August 15, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 30, 1961 | August 23, 1976 | – |
| 22 | Edward Skottowe Northrop | D. Md. | August 23, 1961 | September 1, 1961 | September 5, 1961 | June 12, 1981 | August 12, 2003 |
| 23 | Thaddeus M. Machrowicz | E.D. Mich. | August 25, 1961 | September 1, 1961 | September 7, 1961 | February 17, 1970 | – |
| 24 | Joseph Simon Lord III | E.D. Pa. | August 31, 1961 | September 14, 1961 | September 15, 1961 | July 1, 1982 | April 23, 1991 |
| 25 | Elmer Gordon West | E.D. La. / M.D. La. | September 5, 1961 | September 14, 1961 | September 15, 1961 | November 27, 1979 | November 2, 1992 |
| 26 | William H. Becker | W.D. Mo. | August 21, 1961 | September 8, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | February 8, 1977 | February 2, 1992 |
| 27 | T. Emmet Clarie | D. Conn. | September 5, 1961 | September 14, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | January 1, 1983 | September 24, 1997 |
| 28 | David W. Dyer | S.D. Fla. | September 1, 1961 | September 8, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | September 22, 1966 | Elevated |
| 29 | James Robert Martin Jr. | E.D.S.C. W.D.S.C. / D.S.C. | August 30, 1961 | September 8, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | November 20, 1979 | November 14, 1984 |
| 30 | Raymond Eugene Plummer | D. Alaska | August 28, 1961 | September 8, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | June 1, 1973 | December 26, 1987 |
| 31 | Richard Johnson Putnam | W.D. La. | September 5, 1961 | September 14, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | December 19, 1975 | December 16, 2002 |
| 32 | Albert Lee Stephens Jr. | S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal. | August 28, 1961 | September 8, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | June 1, 1979 | September 6, 2001 |
| 33 | George C. Young | N.D. Fla. S.D. Fla. / M.D. Fla. | September 5, 1961 | September 14, 1961 | September 18, 1961 | October 19, 1981 | April 24, 2015 |
| 34 | Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. | E.D. La. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | August 31, 1966 | Elevated |
| 35 | Anthony T. Augelli | D.N.J. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | April 1, 1972 | August 31, 1974 |
| 36 | Frank J. Battisti | N.D. Ohio | August 23, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | April 1, 1994 | October 19, 1994 |
| 37 | Thomas Francis Croake | S.D.N.Y. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | January 31, 1972 | July 21, 1978 |
| 38 | Samuel Hugh Dillin | S.D. Ind. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | March 31, 1993 | March 13, 2006 |
| 39 | John Francis Dooling Jr. | E.D.N.Y. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | November 30, 1976 | January 12, 1981 |
| 40 | William Edward Doyle | D. Colo. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | May 17, 1971 | Elevated |
| 41 | Abraham Lincoln Freedman | E.D. Pa. | September 1, 1961 | September 14, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | July 6, 1964 | Elevated |
| 42 | Alfred Leopold Luongo | E.D. Pa. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | July 19, 1986 | – |
| 43 | Thomas Jamison MacBride | N.D. Cal. / E.D. Cal. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | March 25, 1979 | January 6, 2000 |
| 44 | Martin Pence | D. Haw. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | November 18, 1974 | January 31, 2000 |
| 45 | Hubert Louis Will | N.D. Ill. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | April 23, 1979 | December 9, 1995 |
| 46 | Alfonso Zirpoli | N.D. Cal. | September 14, 1961 | September 21, 1961 | September 22, 1961 | September 30, 1975 | July 10, 1995 |
| 47 | Wade H. McCree | E.D. Mich. | September 18, 1961 | September 23, 1961 | September 29, 1961 | September 13, 1966 | Elevated |
| 48 | Ben Charles Green | N.D. Ohio | September 23, 1961 | June 29, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | January 5, 1976 | January 12, 1983 |
| 49 | John Weld Peck II | S.D. Ohio | September 23, 1961 | April 11, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | August 4, 1966 | Elevated |
| 50 | Clarence W. Allgood | N.D. Ala. | September 23, 1961 | February 5, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | January 9, 1973 | November 30, 1991 |
| 51 | Talbot Smith | E.D. Mich. | September 23, 1961 | February 5, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | October 31, 1971 | December 21, 1978 |
| 52 | Dudley Baldwin Bonsal | S.D.N.Y. | September 23, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | December 6, 1976 | July 22, 1995 |
| 53 | Leo Brewster | N.D. Tex. | September 25, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | November 1, 1973 | November 27, 1979 |
| 54 | Wilfred Feinberg | S.D.N.Y. | September 23, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | March 7, 1966 | Elevated |
| 55 | Sarah T. Hughes | N.D. Tex. | September 25, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | August 4, 1975 | April 23, 1985 |
| 56 | James Latane Noel Jr. | S.D. Tex. | September 25, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | December 15, 1976 | August 29, 1997 |
| 57 | George Rosling | E.D.N.Y. | September 21, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | April 16, 1973 | – |
| 58 | Adrian Anthony Spears | W.D. Tex. | September 25, 1961 | March 16, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | October 10, 1979 | December 31, 1982 |
| 59 | Irving Ben Cooper | S.D.N.Y. | September 23, 1961 | September 20, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | February 7, 1972 | September 17, 1996 |
| 60 | Frederick Alvin Daugherty | E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. | September 23, 1961 | February 7, 1962 | October 5, 1961 | January 12, 1982 | April 7, 2006 |
| 61 | L. Richardson Preyer | M.D.N.C. | January 15, 1962 | February 7, 1962 | October 7, 1961 | October 9, 1963 | – |
| 62 | Harrison Lee Winter | D. Md. | January 15, 1962 | February 7, 1962 | November 9, 1961 | June 27, 1966 | Elevated |
| 63 | Louis Rosenberg | W.D. Pa. | January 15, 1962 | July 10, 1962 | November 20, 1961 | January 5, 1976 | July 2, 1999 |
| 64 | Frank Gray Jr. | M.D. Tenn. | January 15, 1962 | February 7, 1962 | November 20, 1961 | July 15, 1977 | September 6, 1978 |
| 65 | Charles Gelbert Neese | E.D. Tenn. | January 15, 1962 | February 7, 1962 | November 20, 1961 | August 31, 1982 | October 22, 1989 |
| 66 | J. Robert Elliott | M.D. Ga. | January 23, 1962 | February 7, 1962 | February 17, 1962 | December 31, 2000 | – |
| 67 | James Hargrove Meredith | E.D. Mo. | March 5, 1962 | March 16, 1962 | March 17, 1962 | August 31, 1979 | December 8, 1988 |
| 68 | John Watkins Oliver | W.D. Mo. | March 5, 1962 | April 2, 1962 | April 3, 1962 | November 3, 1980 | April 25, 1990 |
| 69 | John Keating Regan | E.D. Mo. | March 5, 1962 | April 2, 1962 | April 3, 1962 | April 7, 1977 | March 9, 1987 |
| 70 | Ralph C. Body | E.D. Pa. | March 5, 1962 | April 2, 1962 | April 4, 1962 | May 30, 1972 | June 2, 1973 |
| 71 | Wesley E. Brown | D. Kan. | March 8, 1962 | April 2, 1962 | April 4, 1962 | September 1, 1979 | January 23, 2012 |
| 72 | James Aloysius Coolahan | D.N.J. | February 19, 1962 | April 2, 1962 | April 7, 1962 | June 1, 1974 | July 16, 1986 |
| 73 | George N. Beamer | N.D. Ind. | March 8, 1962 | April 11, 1962 | April 12, 1962 | October 21, 1974 | – |
| 74 | Frank Burton Ellis | E.D. La. | February 2, 1962 | April 3, 1962 | April 12, 1962 | November 16, 1965 | November 3, 1969 |
| 75 | William Blakely Jones | D.D.C. | March 19, 1962 | April 11, 1962 | April 12, 1962 | March 20, 1977 | July 31, 1979 |
| 76 | Robert Shaw | D.N.J. | March 19, 1962 | April 11, 1962 | April 12, 1962 | July 9, 1972 | – |
| 77 | Henry George Templar | D. Kan. | March 21, 1962 | April 11, 1962 | April 12, 1962 | November 1, 1974 | August 5, 1988 |
| 78 | Jesse E. Eschbach | N.D. Ind. | March 12, 1962 | April 2, 1962 | April 13, 1962 | December 11, 1981 | Elevated |
| 79 | Stephen John Roth | E.D. Mich. | April 19, 1962 | May 1, 1962 | May 7, 1962 | July 11, 1974 | – |
| 80 | John D. Butzner Jr. | E.D. Va. | May 15, 1962 | June 15, 1962 | June 20, 1962 | August 1, 1967 | Elevated |
| 81 | Roger D. Foley | D. Nev. | June 12, 1962 | June 29, 1962 | July 2, 1962 | October 29, 1982 | January 7, 1996 |
| 82 | Edward J. McManus | N.D. Iowa | June 23, 1962 | July 13, 1962 | July 16, 1962 | February 9, 1985 | March 20, 2017 |
| 83 | William Cook Hanson | N.D. Iowa S.D. Iowa | June 23, 1962 | July 13, 1962 | July 23, 1962 | August 15, 1977 | June 6, 1995 |
| 84 | Noel Peter Fox | W.D. Mich. | July 12, 1962 | July 25, 1962 | July 31, 1962 | December 31, 1979 | June 3, 1987 |
| 85 | Allen E. Barrow | N.D. Okla. | July 18, 1962 | August 1, 1962 | August 2, 1962 | February 26, 1979 | – |
| 86 | Mitchell Harry Cohen | D.N.J. | July 6, 1962 | August 1, 1962 | August 2, 1962 | September 11, 1974 | January 7, 1991 |
| 87 | Harold R. Tyler Jr. | S.D.N.Y. | May 17, 1962 | August 1, 1962 | August 2, 1962 | April 6, 1975 | – |
| 88 | Charles Hardy Carr | S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal. | July 12, 1962 | August 9, 1962 | August 14, 1962 | August 18, 1973 | March 13, 1976 |
| 89 | Stanley Alexander Weigel | N.D. Cal. | July 6, 1962 | August 9, 1962 | August 15, 1962 | October 9, 1982 | September 30, 1997 |
| 90 | Edward Cochrane McLean | S.D.N.Y. | April 3, 1962 | July 13, 1962 | August 24, 1962 | October 12, 1972 | – |
| 91 | Jesse William Curtis Jr. | S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal. | August 3, 1962 | August 25, 1962 | August 27, 1962 | December 31, 1975 | February 5, 1990 |
| 92 | Elisha Avery Crary | S.D. Cal. / C.D. Cal. | July 31, 1962 | August 25, 1962 | August 28, 1962 | June 24, 1975 | April 28, 1978 |
| 93 | Inzer Bass Wyatt | S.D.N.Y. | July 5, 1962 | September 20, 1962 | September 28, 1962 | March 29, 1977 | January 17, 1990 |
| 94 | Bernard Martin Decker | N.D. Ill. | January 15, 1963 | March 28, 1963 | December 12, 1962 | April 2, 1980 | November 3, 1993 |
| 95 | William Joseph Nealon Jr. | M.D. Pa. | January 15, 1963 | March 15, 1963 | December 13, 1962 | January 1, 1989 | August 30, 2018 |
| 96 | Harry Vearle Payne | D.N.M. | February 18, 1963 | March 19, 1963 | March 27, 1963 | April 6, 1978 | July 20, 1983 |
| 97 | Charles B. Fulton | S.D. Fla. | April 4, 1963 | April 24, 1963 | April 26, 1963 | June 30, 1978 | May 15, 1996 |
| 98 | John M. Cannella | S.D.N.Y. | April 4, 1963 | June 28, 1963 | July 3, 1963 | December 31, 1977 | October 30, 1996 |
| 99 | Bruce Rutherford Thompson | D. Nev. | July 9, 1963 | August 6, 1963 | August 16, 1963 | August 31, 1978 | February 10, 1992 |
| 100 | Walter Early Craig | D. Ariz. | August 26, 1963 | September 25, 1963 | October 2, 1963 | October 1, 1979 | June 29, 1986 |
| 101 | Abraham Lincoln Marovitz | N.D. Ill. | July 16, 1963 | September 25, 1963 | October 2, 1963 | August 10, 1975 | March 17, 2001 |
| 102 | Bernard Thomas Moynahan Jr. | E.D. Ky. | September 16, 1963 | November 4, 1963 | November 8, 1963 | September 30, 1984 | September 30, 1999 |
* ↑ See List of United States district and territorial courts
* 1 2 Recess appointed and nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower but received commission from John F. Kennedy.

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

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | J. Lindsay Almond | April 16, 1962 | June 28, 1963 | October 23, 1962 | March 1, 1973 | April 14, 1986 |

### United States Court of Claims

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Oscar Hirsh Davis | January 31, 1962 | April 11, 1962 | April 12, 1962 | June 19, 1988 | – |

## Specialty court (Article I)
### United States Tax Court

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Howard Dawson | – | – | August 21, 1962 | June 2, 1985 | July 15, 2016 |