# List of federal judges appointed by Herbert Hoover

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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Herbert Hoover during his presidency. In total Hoover appointed 63 Article III federal judges: three Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one chief justice), 16 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 44 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, 7 Article I federal judge appointments are listed, including 1 judge to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 3 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 3 judges to the United States Customs Court.
* Charles Evans Hughes was Hoover's pick for Chief Justice.
* One of Hoover's first appellate court appointees, Curtis D. Wilbur had previously been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President Calvin Coolidge, but the nomination was not acted on before the end of Coolidge's presidency.

## United States Supreme Court justices

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended retired service |
| 1 | Charles Evans Hughes | Chief | New York | William Howard Taft | February 3, 1930 | February 13, 1930 | February 13, 1930 | June 30, 1941 | August 27, 1948 |
| 2 | Owen Roberts | 8 | Pennsylvania | Edward Terry Sanford | May 9, 1930 | May 20, 1930 | May 20, 1930 | July 31, 1945 | – |
| 3 | Benjamin N. Cardozo | 2 | New York | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | February 15, 1932 | February 24, 1932 | March 2, 1932 | July 9, 1938 | – |

## Courts of appeals

| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Orie Leon Phillips | Tenth | April 18, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | January 1, 1956 | November 14, 1974 |
| 2 | George Thomas McDermott | Tenth | April 18, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | April 30, 1929 | January 19, 1937 | – |
| 3 | Curtis D. Wilbur | Ninth | April 18, 1929 | May 2, 1929 | May 2, 1929 | May 10, 1945 | September 8, 1954 |
| 4 | Archibald K. Gardner | Eighth | April 18, 1929 | May 23, 1929 | May 23, 1929 | September 30, 1960 | January 21, 1962 |
| 5 | Scott Wilson | First | September 9, 1929 | October 2, 1929 | October 2, 1929 | March 31, 1940 | October 22, 1942 |
| 6 | William Morris Sparks | Seventh | October 25, 1929 | October 31, 1929 | October 31, 1929 | November 13, 1948 | January 7, 1950 |
| 7 | Samuel Hale Sibley | Fifth | December 20, 1930 | January 13, 1931 | January 24, 1931 | October 1, 1949 | October 13, 1958 |
| 8 | Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. | Fifth | December 20, 1930 | January 13, 1931 | January 26, 1931 | November 4, 1964 | January 18, 1973 |
| 9 | William Henry Sawtelle | Ninth | January 8, 1931 | January 22, 1931 | January 29, 1931 | December 17, 1934 | – |
| 10 | Joseph Whitaker Thompson | Third | December 4, 1930 | January 22, 1931 | January 29, 1931 | May 1, 1938 | January 7, 1946 |
| 11 | William Hitz | D.C. | January 5, 1931 | January 28, 1931 | February 6, 1931 | July 3, 1935 | – |
| 12 | Duncan Lawrence Groner | D.C. | January 5, 1931 | February 10, 1931 | February 21, 1931 | December 7, 1937 | – |
| 13 | Morris Ames Soper | Fourth | December 15, 1931 | January 12, 1932 | May 6, 1931 | June 2, 1955 | March 11, 1963 |
| 14 | James Madison Morton Jr. | First | December 15, 1931 | January 6, 1932 | January 9, 1932 | September 30, 1939 | June 26, 1940 |
| 15 | John B. Sanborn Jr. | Eighth | December 19, 1931 | January 19, 1932 | January 23, 1932 | June 30, 1959 | March 7, 1964 |
| 16 | Charles C. Simons | Sixth | January 8, 1932 | January 26, 1932 | January 29, 1932 | September 15, 1959 | February 2, 1964 |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Clarence G. Galston | E.D.N.Y. | April 18, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | January 1, 1957 | January 22, 1964 |
| 2 | John M. Woolsey | S.D.N.Y. | April 18, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | December 31, 1943 | May 4, 1945 |
| 3 | John Lyles Glenn Jr. | E.D.S.C. W.D.S.C. | April 18, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | May 2, 1938 | – |
| 4 | Francis Gordon Caffey | S.D.N.Y. | April 18, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | April 30, 1929 | October 31, 1947 | September 20, 1951 |
| 5 | Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. | S.D.N.Y. | April 18, 1929 | April 29, 1929 | May 1, 1929 | January 31, 1951 | December 21, 1957 |
| 6 | Alfred Adams Wheat | D.D.C. | April 18, 1929 | May 3, 1929 | May 3, 1929 | June 4, 1930 | Elevated |
| 6.1 | Alfred Adams Wheat | D.D.C. | May 14, 1930 | June 4, 1930 | June 4, 1930 | December 31, 1941 | May 11, 1943 |
| 7 | Alfred Lee Wyman | D.S.D. | April 18, 1929 | May 10, 1929 | May 10, 1929 | December 15, 1953 | – |
| 8 | John Boyd Avis | D.N.J. | September 9, 1929 | October 2, 1929 | October 2, 1929 | January 21, 1944 | – |
| 9 | Mortimer W. Byers | E.D.N.Y. | September 9, 1929 | November 20, 1929 | November 20, 1929 | February 1, 1960 | March 5, 1962 |
| 10 | Albert Leisenring Watson | M.D. Pa. | June 8, 1929 | December 17, 1929 | December 17, 1929 | May 31, 1955 | December 20, 1960 |
| 11 | Richard Joseph Hopkins | D. Kan. | October 17, 1929 | December 19, 1929 | December 19, 1929 | August 28, 1943 | – |
| 12 | George Cosgrave | S.D. Cal. | March 12, 1930 | April 8, 1930 | April 8, 1930 | August 31, 1940 | August 4, 1945 |
| 13 | Robert P. Patterson | S.D.N.Y. | April 24, 1930 | May 13, 1930 | May 13, 1930 | March 22, 1939 | Elevated |
| 14 | Jesse C. Adkins | D.D.C. | June 6, 1930 | June 17, 1930 | June 17, 1930 | October 15, 1946 | March 29, 1955 |
| 15 | Oscar Raymond Luhring | D.D.C. | June 23, 1930 | July 3, 1930 | July 3, 1930 | August 18, 1944 | – |
| 16 | John Percy Nields | D. Del. | June 20, 1930 | July 3, 1930 | July 3, 1930 | September 30, 1941 | August 26, 1943 |
| 17 | Joseph Winston Cox | D.D.C. | June 23, 1930 | July 1, 1930 | July 7, 1930 | September 9, 1939 | – |
| 18 | Randolph Bryant | E.D. Tex. | December 3, 1930 | January 13, 1931 | January 24, 1931 | April 24, 1951 | – |
| 19 | Carroll C. Hincks | D. Conn. | December 15, 1930 | January 13, 1931 | January 24, 1931 | December 7, 1953 | Elevated |
| 20 | Thomas Martin Kennerly | S.D. Tex. | January 24, 1931 | February 4, 1931 | February 7, 1931 | August 29, 1954 | July 29, 1962 |
| 21 | Albert Morris Sames | D. Ariz. | January 29, 1931 | February 6, 1931 | February 21, 1931 | April 1, 1946 | March 16, 1958 |
| 22 | Charles Brents Kennamer | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. | January 24, 1931 | February 20, 1931 | February 25, 1931 | June 3, 1955 June 5, 1936 | – – |
| 23 | James McPherson Proctor | D.D.C. | February 6, 1931 | February 25, 1931 | March 2, 1931 | March 5, 1948 | Elevated |
| 24 | Louie Willard Strum | S.D. Fla. | February 21, 1931 | February 28, 1931 | March 2, 1931 | October 3, 1950 | Elevated |
| 25 | Emory Marvin Underwood | N.D. Ga. | February 7, 1931 | February 25, 1931 | March 2, 1931 | March 5, 1948 | August 28, 1960 |
| 26 | Harry Aaron Hollzer | S.D. Cal. | January 8, 1931 | February 27, 1931 | March 3, 1931 | January 14, 1946 | – |
| 27 | John P. Barnes | N.D. Ill. | February 26, 1931 | March 2, 1931 | March 4, 1931 | September 15, 1957 | December 31, 1958 |
| 28 | Ernest Aloysius O'Brien | E.D. Mich. | February 26, 1931 | March 2, 1931 | March 4, 1931 | October 9, 1948 | – |
| 29 | Luther B. Way | E.D. Va. | February 21, 1931 | March 2, 1931 | March 4, 1931 | October 23, 1943 | – |
| 30 | Gunnar Nordbye | D. Minn. | February 20, 1931 | February 3, 1932 | March 18, 1931 | March 6, 1967 | November 5, 1977 |
| 31 | James Alger Fee | D. Ore. | February 26, 1931 | December 22, 1931 | March 18, 1931 | April 30, 1954 | Elevated |
| 32 | John Knight | W.D.N.Y. | December 15, 1931 | January 6, 1932 | March 18, 1931 | June 15, 1955 | – |
| 33 | F. Dickinson Letts | D.D.C. | December 15, 1931 | February 17, 1932 | May 5, 1931 | May 31, 1961 | January 19, 1965 |
| 34 | William Calvin Chesnut | D. Md. | December 15, 1931 | January 12, 1932 | May 9, 1931 | July 31, 1953 | October 16, 1962 |
| 35 | Daniel William O'Donoghue | D.D.C. | December 15, 1931 | January 26, 1932 | October 28, 1931 | October 31, 1946 | June 29, 1948 |
| 36 | John Paul Jr. | W.D. Va. | December 15, 1931 | January 11, 1932 | January 14, 1932 | August 1, 1958 | February 13, 1964 |
| 37 | Robert Johnston McMillan | W.D. Tex. | December 15, 1931 | January 12, 1932 | January 19, 1932 | October 27, 1941 | – |
| 38 | Charles Guy Briggle | S.D. Ill. | January 8, 1932 | January 20, 1932 | January 25, 1932 | August 1, 1958 | June 6, 1972 |
| 39 | Hugh Dean McLellan | D. Mass. | January 18, 1932 | February 3, 1932 | February 10, 1932 | September 30, 1941 | – |
| 40 | Matthew M. Joyce | D. Minn. | January 28, 1932 | February 3, 1932 | February 11, 1932 | October 11, 1954 | January 12, 1956 |
| 41 | George Austin Welsh | E.D. Pa. | April 14, 1932 | May 19, 1932 | May 20, 1932 | August 29, 1957 | October 22, 1970 |
| 42 | Phillip Forman | D.N.J. | June 11, 1932 | June 23, 1932 | June 25, 1932 | September 20, 1959 | Elevated |
| 43 | George E. Q. Johnson | N.D. Ill. | December 7, 1932 | – | August 3, 1932 | March 3, 1933 | – |

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

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Irvine Lenroot | April 22, 1929 | May 17, 1929 | May 17, 1929 | April 30, 1944 | – |

### United States Court of Claims

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Thomas Sutler Williams | October 17, 1929 | November 1, 1929 | November 1, 1929 | April 5, 1940 | – |
| 2 | Benjamin Horsley Littleton | October 17, 1929 | November 6, 1929 | November 6, 1929 | October 31, 1958 | July 6, 1966 |
| 3 | Richard S. Whaley | May 23, 1930 | June 2, 1930 | June 2, 1930 | June 27, 1939 | – |

### United States Customs Court

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | David Hayes Kincheloe | December 4, 1930 | January 22, 1931 | September 22, 1930 | April 30, 1948 | – |
| 2 | Walter Howard Evans | January 28, 1931 | February 14, 1931 | February 23, 1931 | May 31, 1941 | – |
| 3 | Frederick W. Dallinger | June 20, 1932 | June 28, 1932 | July 8, 1932 | October 31, 1942 | – |