# List of federal judges appointed by Warren G. Harding

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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Warren G. Harding during his presidency. In total Harding appointed 52 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 6 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 42 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, Harding appointed 4 judges to the United States Court of Customs Appeals, an Article I tribunal.
* Harding (center) appointed William Howard Taft (left) as Chief Justice.
* Pierce Butler was the last of Harding's Supreme Court appointees to remain active on the Court.
* Harding appointed sitting Senator William S. Kenyon to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

## United States Supreme Court justices

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended retired service |
| 1 | William Howard Taft | Chief | Ohio | Edward Douglass White | June 30, 1921 | June 30, 1921 | June 30, 1921 | February 3, 1930 | – |
| 2 | George Sutherland | 6 | Utah | John Hessin Clarke | September 5, 1922 | September 5, 1922 | September 5, 1922 | January 17, 1938 | July 18, 1942 |
| 3 | Pierce Butler | 10 | Minnesota | William R. Day | November 21, 1922 | December 21, 1922 | December 21, 1922 | November 16, 1939 | – |
| 4 | Edward Terry Sanford | 8 | Tennessee | Mahlon Pitney | January 24, 1923 | January 29, 1923 | January 29, 1923 | March 8, 1930 | – |

## Courts of appeals

| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Edmund Waddill Jr. | Fourth | May 26, 1921 | June 2, 1921 | June 2, 1921 | April 9, 1931 | – |
| 2 | Julius Marshuetz Mayer | Second | September 22, 1921 | October 5, 1921 | October 5, 1921 | July 31, 1924 | – |
| 3 | Robert E. Lewis | Eighth / Tenth | November 3, 1921 | November 15, 1921 | November 15, 1921 | May 31, 1940 | July 31, 1941 |
| 4 | William S. Kenyon | Eighth | January 31, 1922 | January 31, 1922 | January 31, 1922 | September 9, 1933 | – |
| 5 | John Carter Rose | Fourth | November 27, 1922 | December 20, 1922 | December 20, 1922 | March 26, 1927 | – |
| 6 | Frank H. Rudkin | Ninth | January 5, 1923 | January 9, 1923 | January 9, 1923 | May 3, 1931 | – |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Claude Luse | W.D. Wis. | April 14, 1921 | April 27, 1921 | April 1, 1921 | May 28, 1932 | – |
| 2 | William E. Baker | N.D. W. Va. | April 14, 1921 | May 3, 1921 | April 4, 1921 | April 3, 1954 | June 4, 1954 |
| 3 | John William Ross | W.D. Tenn. | May 26, 1921 | May 31, 1921 | May 31, 1921 | July 9, 1925 | – |
| 4 | Duncan Lawrence Groner | E.D. Va. | May 26, 1921 | June 2, 1921 | June 2, 1921 | March 3, 1931 | Elevated |
| 5 | Adolph A. Hoehling Jr. | D.D.C. | June 6, 1921 | June 13, 1921 | June 13, 1921 | December 31, 1927 | – |
| 6 | George Warwick McClintic | S.D. W. Va. | July 19, 1921 | July 25, 1921 | July 25, 1921 | March 1, 1941 | September 25, 1942 |
| 7 | Thomas Blake Kennedy | D. Wyo. | October 17, 1921 | October 25, 1921 | October 25, 1921 | November 6, 1955 | May 21, 1957 |
| 8 | George Franklin Morris | D.N.H. | October 20, 1921 | October 25, 1921 | October 25, 1921 | April 30, 1943 | March 25, 1953 |
| 9 | John A. Peters | D. Me. | October 25, 1921 | November 14, 1921 | November 14, 1921 | January 2, 1947 | August 1, 1953 |
| 10 | Andrew Miller | D.N.D. | December 19, 1921 | February 2, 1922 | February 2, 1922 | March 29, 1941 | March 17, 1960 |
| 11 | George Cromwell Scott | N.D. Iowa | February 16, 1922 | February 21, 1922 | February 21, 1922 | November 1, 1943 | October 6, 1948 |
| 12 | John Foster Symes | D. Colo. | April 22, 1922 | May 16, 1922 | May 16, 1922 | April 14, 1950 | April 5, 1951 |
| 13 | William H. Barrett | S.D. Ga. | June 14, 1922 | June 22, 1922 | June 22, 1922 | May 1, 1941 | – |
| 14 | James Herbert Wilkerson | N.D. Ill. | July 11, 1922 | July 18, 1922 | July 18, 1922 | December 31, 1940 | September 30, 1948 |
| 15 | Robert Murray Gibson | W.D. Pa. | July 18, 1922 | July 24, 1922 | July 24, 1922 | January 31, 1949 | December 19, 1949 |
| 16 | Elisha Hume Brewster | D. Mass. | September 20, 1922 | September 22, 1922 | September 22, 1922 | October 14, 1941 | April 29, 1946 |
| 17 | Walter C. Lindley | E.D. Ill. | September 20, 1922 | September 22, 1922 | September 22, 1922 | October 23, 1949 | Elevated |
| 18 | James Arnold Lowell | D. Mass. | September 20, 1922 | September 22, 1922 | September 22, 1922 | November 30, 1933 | – |
| 19 | Adam C. Cliffe | N.D. Ill. | December 20, 1922 | December 22, 1922 | December 22, 1922 | June 12, 1928 | – |
| 20 | Frederic Palen Schoonmaker | W.D. Pa. | December 20, 1922 | December 22, 1922 | December 22, 1922 | September 5, 1945 | – |
| 21 | Marcus Beach Campbell | E.D.N.Y. | December 28, 1922 | January 3, 1923 | January 3, 1923 | August 3, 1944 | – |
| 22 | Henry W. Goddard | S.D.N.Y. | December 28, 1922 | January 4, 1923 | January 4, 1923 | February 1, 1954 | August 26, 1955 |
| 23 | Francis A. Winslow | S.D.N.Y. | December 28, 1922 | January 4, 1923 | January 4, 1923 | April 1, 1929 | – |
| 24 | William H. Atwell | N.D. Tex. | December 30, 1922 | January 9, 1923 | January 9, 1923 | December 31, 1954 | December 22, 1961 |
| 25 | William Nelson Runyon | D.N.J. | December 30, 1922 | January 16, 1923 | January 16, 1923 | November 9, 1931 | – |
| 26 | Charles C. Simons | E.D. Mich. | January 31, 1923 | February 6, 1923 | February 6, 1923 | February 2, 1932 | Elevated |
| 27 | Charles Louis McKeehan | E.D. Pa. | January 30, 1923 | February 9, 1923 | February 9, 1923 | March 23, 1925 | – |
| 28 | Morris Ames Soper | D. Md. | February 10, 1923 | February 24, 1923 | February 24, 1923 | May 9, 1931 | Elevated |
| 29 | William Bondy | S.D.N.Y. | February 28, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | May 1, 1956 | March 30, 1964 |
| 30 | John J. Gore | M.D. Tenn. | February 28, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | February 21, 1939 | – |
| 31 | Xenophon Hicks | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. | February 28, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | May 23, 1928 | Elevated |
| 32 | Fred Clinton Jacobs | D. Ariz. | February 28, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | May 31, 1936 | February 21, 1958 |
| 33 | Paul Jones | N.D. Ohio | February 28, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | August 4, 1965 | – |
| 34 | John F. McGee | D. Minn. | February 28, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | March 2, 1923 | February 15, 1925 | – |
| 35 | Smith Hickenlooper | S.D. Ohio | March 3, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | January 7, 1929 | Elevated |
| 36 | William P. James | S.D. Cal. | March 2, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | July 28, 1940 | – |
| 37 | John Slater Partridge | N.D. Cal. | March 2, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | May 20, 1926 | – |
| 38 | Orie Leon Phillips | D.N.M. | February 28, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | April 29, 1929 | Elevated |
| 39 | Robert Alexander Inch | E.D.N.Y. | – | – | April 28, 1923 | January 6, 1958 | January 12, 1961 |
| 40 | J. Stanley Webster | E.D. Wash. | – | – | April 28, 1923 | August 31, 1939 | December 24, 1962 |
| 41 | William Alexander Cant | D. Minn. | – | – | May 21, 1923 | January 12, 1933 | – |
| 42 | Albert L. Reeves | W.D. Mo. | January 16, 1923 | January 24, 1923 | June 24, 1923 | February 2, 1954 | March 24, 1971 |

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

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Marion De Vries | June 23, 1921 | June 28, 1921 | June 28, 1921 | October 31, 1922 | – |
| 2 | George Ewing Martin | December 28, 1922 | January 4, 1923 | January 4, 1923 | May 24, 1924 | Elevated |
| 3 | Oscar E. Bland | March 2, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | December 1, 1947 | – |
| 4 | Charles Sherrod Hatfield | March 2, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | March 3, 1923 | February 9, 1950 | – |