# List of federal judges appointed by Chester A. Arthur

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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Chester A. Arthur during his presidency. In total Arthur appointed 21 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 4 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 15 judges to the United States district courts. Arthur shared the appointment of Addison Brown with his predecessor, James A. Garfield, with Garfield placing him on the bench via a recess appointment and Arthur later nominating him to the same seat and issuing his commission. William White was confirmed by the United States Senate and received his commission from President Arthur, but died before taking the oath of office or commencing service. Nevertheless, he is counted as a successful appointment.
Arthur appointed 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.
* Justice Horace Gray, Arthur's first and longest serving appointee to the Supreme Court
* David Josiah Brewer, appointed to the Eighth Circuit Court by Arthur, 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 | Horace Gray | 2 | Massachusetts | Nathan Clifford | December 19, 1881 | December 20, 1881 | December 20, 1881 | September 15, 1902 |
| 2 | Samuel Blatchford | 1 | New York | Ward Hunt | March 13, 1882 | March 22, 1882 | March 22, 1882 | July 7, 1893 |

## Circuit courts

| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | William James Wallace | Second | March 28, 1882 | April 6, 1882 | April 6, 1882 | May 8, 1907 |
| 2 | David J. Brewer | Eighth | March 25, 1884 | March 31, 1884 | March 31, 1884 | January 6, 1890 |
| 3 | LeBaron Bradford Colt | First | July 2, 1884 | July 5, 1884 | July 5, 1884 | February 7, 1913 |
| 4 | Walter Q. Gresham | Seventh | December 3, 1884 | December 9, 1884 | October 28, 1884 | March 3, 1893 |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Addison Brown | S.D.N.Y. | October 12, 1881 | October 14, 1881 | June 2, 1881 | August 30, 1901 |
| 2 | Nathan Webb | D. Me. | January 18, 1882 | January 24, 1882 | January 24, 1882 | June 30, 1902 |
| 3 | Augustus Sherrill Seymour | E.D.N.C. | February 14, 1882 | February 21, 1882 | February 21, 1882 | February 19, 1897 |
| 4 | Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr. | N.D.N.Y. | April 24, 1882 | May 4, 1882 | May 4, 1882 | June 14, 1902 |
| 5 | George Myron Sabin | D. Nev. | July 20, 1882 | July 26, 1882 | July 26, 1882 | May 12, 1890 |
| 6 | Henry Kent McCay | N.D. Ga. | August 3, 1882 | August 4, 1882 | August 4, 1882 | July 30, 1886 |
| 7 | Oliver Perry Shiras | N.D. Iowa | August 3, 1882 | August 4, 1882 | August 4, 1882 | November 1, 1903 |
| 8 | William White | S.D. Ohio | February 9, 1883 | February 19, 1883 | February 19, 1883 | March 12, 1883 |
| 9 | John Paul | W.D. Va. | February 27, 1883 | March 3, 1883 | March 3, 1883 | November 1, 1901 |
| 10 | George Read Sage | S.D. Ohio | December 18, 1883 | January 7, 1884 | March 20, 1883 | August 24, 1898 |
| 11 | William Allen Woods | D. Ind. | December 18, 1883 | January 7, 1884 | May 2, 1883 | March 21, 1892 |
| 12 | Leonard Eugene Wales | D. Del. | March 6, 1884 | March 20, 1884 | March 20, 1884 | February 8, 1897 |
| 13 | Chauncey Brewer Sabin | E.D. Tex. | March 25, 1884 | April 5, 1884 | April 5, 1884 | March 30, 1890 |
| 14 | George Moulton Carpenter Jr. | D.R.I. | December 16, 1884 | December 18, 1884 | December 18, 1884 | July 31, 1896 |
| 15 | Emory Speer | S.D. Ga. | January 19, 1885 | February 18, 1885 | February 18, 1885 | December 13, 1918 |

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

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Bancroft Davis | December 13, 1882 | December 20, 1882 | December 20, 1882 | November 5, 1883 |
| 2 | Lawrence Weldon | December 12, 1883 | December 18, 1883 | November 24, 1883 | April 10, 1905 |
| 3 | William Adams Richardson | January 15, 1885 | January 20, 1885 | January 20, 1885 | October 19, 1896 |
| 4 | John Davis | January 15, 1885 | January 20, 1885 | January 20, 1885 | May 5, 1902 |