# List of federal judges appointed by William McKinley

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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President William McKinley during his presidency. In total McKinley appointed 35 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, 6 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 28 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, McKinley appointed 3 members of the Article I tribunal Board of General Appraisers (later the United States Customs Court).
From the establishment of the United States courts of appeals on June 16, 1891, until the abolition of the United States circuit courts on December 31, 1911, all United States Circuit Judges where jointly appointed to both the United States court of appeal and the United States circuit court for their respective circuit. Starting January 1, 1912, United States Circuit Judges served only on the United States court of appeal for their respective circuit.
* Joseph McKenna was McKinley's only appointment to the Supreme Court.
* William R. Day, appointed by McKinley to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, was later elevated to the Supreme Court.

## United States Supreme Court justices

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Joseph McKenna | 9 | California | Stephen Johnson Field | December 16, 1897 | January 21, 1898 | January 21, 1898 | January 5, 1925 |

## Courts of appeals and circuit courts

The United States circuit courts were abolished on January 1, 1912, the final day of service being December 31, 1911.
| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | William W. Morrow | Ninth | May 18, 1897 | May 20, 1897 | May 20, 1897 | January 1, 1923 | July 24, 1929 |
| 2 | Peter S. Grosscup | Seventh | January 18, 1899 | January 23, 1899 | January 23, 1899 | October 23, 1911 | – |
| 3 | William R. Day | Sixth | February 25, 1899 | February 28, 1899 | February 28, 1899 | February 23, 1903 | Elevated |
| 4 | David Davie Shelby | Fifth | February 21, 1899 | March 2, 1899 | March 2, 1899 | August 22, 1914 | – |
| 5 | George Gray | Third | December 11, 1899 | December 18, 1899 | March 29, 1899 | June 1, 1914 | – |
| 6 | Henry Franklin Severens | Sixth | February 6, 1900 | February 20, 1900 | February 20, 1900 | October 3, 1911 | – |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Thomas Richard Purnell | E.D.N.C. | April 26, 1897 | May 5, 1897 | May 5, 1897 | December 19, 1908 | – |
| 2 | Edward Green Bradford II | D. Del. | April 26, 1897 | May 11, 1897 | May 11, 1897 | May 20, 1918 | – |
| 3 | John J. De Haven | N.D. Cal. | June 1, 1897 | June 8, 1897 | June 8, 1897 | January 26, 1913 | – |
| 4 | Asa Wentworth Tenney | E.D.N.Y. | July 2, 1897 | July 8, 1897 | July 8, 1897 | December 10, 1897 | – |
| 5 | Francis Cabot Lowell | D. Mass. | January 5, 1898 | January 10, 1898 | January 10, 1898 | April 15, 1905 | Elevated |
| 6 | Edward B. Thomas | E.D.N.Y. | February 7, 1898 | February 15, 1898 | February 15, 1898 | December 31, 1906 | – |
| 7 | Edmund Waddill Jr. | E.D. Va. | March 10, 1898 | March 22, 1898 | March 22, 1898 | June 9, 1921 | Elevated |
| 8 | Hamilton G. Ewart | W.D.N.C. | January 27, 1898 | – | July 13, 1898 | March 3, 1899 | – |
| 8.1 | Hamilton G. Ewart | W.D.N.C. | December 19, 1899 | – | April 13, 1899 | June 7, 1900 | – |
| 9 | Edward Roscoe Meek | N.D. Tex. | March 10, 1898 | February 15, 1899 | July 13, 1898 | December 31, 1935 | April 10, 1939 |
| 10 | Albert C. Thompson | S.D. Ohio | December 13, 1898 | December 20, 1898 | September 23, 1898 | January 26, 1910 | – |
| 11 | William Cather Hook | D. Kan. | January 28, 1899 | January 31, 1899 | January 31, 1899 | December 1, 1903 | Elevated |
| 12 | Christian Cecil Kohlsaat | N.D. Ill. | February 23, 1899 | February 28, 1899 | February 28, 1899 | March 24, 1905 | Elevated |
| 13 | Harry M. Clabaugh | D.D.C. | February 21, 1899 | March 2, 1899 | March 2, 1899 | May 1, 1903 | – |
| 14 | John Bayard McPherson | E.D. Pa. | February 28, 1899 | March 2, 1899 | March 2, 1899 | April 8, 1912 | Elevated |
| 15 | Walter Evans | D. Ky. / W.D. Ky. | March 3, 1899 | March 3, 1899 | March 3, 1899 | December 30, 1923 | – |
| 16 | Job Barnard | D.D.C. | December 11, 1899 | December 19, 1899 | October 1, 1899 | June 8, 1914 | – |
| 17 | George P. Wanty | W.D. Mich. | March 7, 1900 | March 13, 1900 | March 13, 1900 | July 9, 1906 | – |
| 18 | Smith McPherson | S.D. Iowa | April 3, 1900 | May 7, 1900 | May 7, 1900 | January 17, 1915 | – |
| 19 | John R. Hazel | W.D.N.Y. | May 18, 1900 | June 5, 1900 | June 5, 1900 | March 5, 1931 | – |
| 20 | James Edmund Boyd | W.D.N.C. | December 15, 1900 | January 9, 1901 | July 11, 1900 | August 21, 1935 | – |
| 21 | Jacob Trieber | E.D. Ark. | December 4, 1900 | January 9, 1901 | July 26, 1900 | September 17, 1927 | – |
| 22 | Francis Joseph Wing | N.D. Ohio | January 21, 1901 | January 23, 1901 | January 23, 1901 | February 1, 1905 | – |
| 23 | J. Otis Humphrey | S.D. Ill. | March 7, 1901 | March 8, 1901 | March 8, 1901 | June 14, 1918 | – |
| 24 | Robert W. Archbald | M.D. Pa. | – | – | March 29, 1901 | February 1, 1911 | Elevated |
| 25 | Thomas H. Anderson | D.D.C. | – | – | April 23, 1901 | October 1, 1916 | – |
| 26 | Andrew McConnell January Cochran | E.D. Ky. | – | – | April 24, 1901 | June 12, 1934 | – |
| 27 | Benjamin Franklin Keller | S.D. W. Va. | – | – | June 18, 1901 | August 8, 1921 | – |
| 28 | George B. Adams | S.D.N.Y. | – | – | August 30, 1901 | October 9, 1911 | – |

## Specialty courts (Article I)
### Board of General Appraisers

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | William Barberie Howell | February 8, 1899 | February 20, 1899 | February 24, 1899 | April 4, 1927 |
| 2 | Israel F. Fischer | December 15, 1899 | January 17, 1900 | May 2, 1899 | March 31, 1932 |
| 3 | Marion De Vries | December 5, 1900 | December 10, 1900 | June 9, 1900 | April 2, 1910 |