# List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt during his presidency. In total Roosevelt appointed 80 Article III federal judges, a record for his day surpassing the 46 appointed by Ulysses S. Grant. These included 3 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 19 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 58 judges to the United States district courts.
Five of Roosevelt's appointees - George Bethune Adams, Thomas H. Anderson, and Robert W. Archbald, Andrew McConnell January Cochran, and Benjamin Franklin Keller, were originally placed on their respective courts as recess appointments by President William McKinley. Following the assassination which resulted in McKinley's death on September 14, 1901, Roosevelt chose to formally nominate those judges for confirmation by the United States Senate, and all were confirmed.
Additionally, 9 Article I appointments are listed, including 5 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 4 members to the 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.
* Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. as he appeared when Roosevelt appointed him to the United States Supreme Court.
* William R. Day, another of Roosevelt's Supreme Court appointees.
* Willis Van Devanter, appointed by Roosevelt to the Eighth Circuit, would later serve on the Supreme Court.

## United States Supreme Court justices

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | 2 | Massachusetts | Horace Gray | December 2, 1902 | December 4, 1902 | December 4, 1902 | January 12, 1932 |
| 2 | William R. Day | 10 | Ohio | George Shiras Jr. | February 19, 1903 | February 23, 1903 | February 23, 1903 | November 13, 1922 |
| 3 | William Henry Moody | 4 | Massachusetts | Henry Billings Brown | December 3, 1906 | December 12, 1906 | December 12, 1906 | November 20, 1910 |

## 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. The United States circuit court in the District of Columbia was abolished in 1863. Therefore, those individuals who served in the D.C. Circuit served only on the Court of Appeals and had no Circuit Court service.
| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Francis E. Baker | Seventh | December 11, 1901 | January 21, 1902 | January 21, 1902 | March 15, 1924 | – |
| 2 | William Kneeland Townsend | Second | January 15, 1902 | January 21, 1902 | January 21, 1902 | June 2, 1907 | – |
| 3 | Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr. | Second | May 29, 1902 | June 3, 1902 | June 3, 1902 | July 31, 1917 | – |
| 4 | Willis Van Devanter | Eighth | February 4, 1903 | February 18, 1903 | February 18, 1903 | December 16, 1910 | Elevated |
| 5 | John K. Richards | Sixth | February 19, 1903 | February 23, 1903 | February 23, 1903 | March 1, 1909 | – |
| 6 | William Cather Hook | Eighth | November 10, 1903 | November 17, 1903 | November 17, 1903 | August 11, 1921 | – |
| 7 | Jeter Connelly Pritchard | Fourth | April 27, 1904 | April 27, 1904 | April 27, 1904 | April 10, 1921 | – |
| 8 | Charles Holland Duell | D.C. | December 16, 1904 | January 5, 1905 | January 5, 1905 | August 31, 1906 | – |
| 9 | Seth Shepard | D.C. | December 16, 1904 | January 5, 1905 | January 5, 1905 | September 30, 1917 | – |
| 10 | Francis Cabot Lowell | First | February 15, 1905 | February 23, 1905 | February 23, 1905 | March 6, 1911 | – |
| 11 | William Henry Seaman | Seventh | February 25, 1905 | March 1, 1905 | March 1, 1905 | March 8, 1915 | – |
| 12 | Christian Cecil Kohlsaat | Seventh | March 18, 1905 | March 18, 1905 | March 18, 1905 | May 11, 1918 | – |
| 13 | Elmer B. Adams | Eighth | December 5, 1905 | December 12, 1905 | May 20, 1905 | October 24, 1916 | – |
| 14 | Louis E. McComas | D.C. | December 5, 1905 | December 6, 1905 | June 26, 1905 | November 10, 1907 | – |
| 15 | Joseph Buffington | Third | December 3, 1906 | December 11, 1906 | September 25, 1906 | June 1, 1938 | October 21, 1947 |
| 16 | Charles Henry Robb | D.C. | December 3, 1906 | December 11, 1906 | October 5, 1906 | November 15, 1937 | June 10, 1939 |
| 17 | Henry Galbraith Ward | Second | December 3, 1907 | December 17, 1907 | May 18, 1907 | June 30, 1921 | October 31, 1924 |
| 18 | Walter Chadwick Noyes | Second | December 3, 1907 | December 10, 1907 | September 18, 1907 | July 1, 1913 | – |
| 19 | Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel | D.C. | December 3, 1907 | December 12, 1907 | November 14, 1907 | August 7, 1937 | – |

## District courts

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| 1 | Robert W. Archbald | M.D. Pa. | December 5, 1901 | December 17, 1901 | March 29, 1901 | February 1, 1911 | Elevated |
| 2 | Thomas H. Anderson | D.D.C. | December 5, 1901 | February 4, 1902 | April 23, 1901 | October 1, 1916 | – |
| 3 | Andrew McConnell January Cochran | E.D. Ky. | December 5, 1901 | December 17, 1901 | April 24, 1901 | June 12, 1934 | – |
| 4 | Benjamin Franklin Keller | S.D. W. Va. | December 5, 1901 | December 17, 1901 | June 18, 1901 | August 8, 1921 | – |
| 5 | George B. Adams | S.D.N.Y. | December 5, 1901 | December 17, 1901 | August 30, 1901 | October 9, 1911 | – |
| 6 | Thomas G. Jones | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. | December 5, 1901 | December 17, 1901 | October 7, 1901 | April 28, 1914 | – |
| 7 | Henry C. McDowell Jr. | W.D. Va. | December 5, 1901 | December 18, 1901 | November 12, 1901 | September 1, 1931 | October 8, 1933 |
| 8 | James Perry Platt | D. Conn. | February 18, 1902 | February 28, 1902 | February 28, 1902 | January 26, 1913 | – |
| 9 | Waller Thomas Burns | S.D. Tex. | April 12, 1902 | April 24, 1902 | April 22, 1902 | November 17, 1917 | – |
| 10 | Clarence Hale | D. Me. | May 13, 1902 | May 19, 1902 | May 19, 1902 | January 1, 1922 | April 9, 1934 |
| 11 | George W. Ray | N.D.N.Y | December 2, 1902 | December 8, 1902 | September 12, 1902 | January 10, 1925 | – |
| 12 | Albert B. Anderson | D. Ind. | December 8, 1902 | December 8, 1902 | December 8, 1902 | January 13, 1925 | Elevated |
| 13 | Ashley Mulgrave Gould | D.D.C. | December 2, 1902 | December 8, 1902 | December 8, 1902 | May 20, 1921 | – |
| 14 | George Chandler Holt | S.D.N.Y. | March 2, 1903 | March 3, 1903 | March 3, 1903 | January 16, 1914 | – |
| 15 | Page Morris | D. Minn. | February 19, 1903 | March 9, 1903 | March 9, 1903 | June 30, 1923 | December 16, 1924 |
| 16 | Harry M. Clabaugh | D.D.C. | November 10, 1903 | November 16, 1903 | April 1, 1903 | March 6, 1914 | – |
| 17 | Jeter Connelly Pritchard | D.D.C. | November 10, 1903 | November 16, 1903 | November 16, 1903 | June 1, 1904 | Elevated |
| 18 | Daniel Thew Wright | D.D.C. | November 10, 1903 | November 17, 1903 | November 17, 1903 | November 15, 1914 | – |
| 19 | John Calvin Pollock | D. Kan. | November 25, 1903 | December 1, 1903 | December 1, 1903 | January 24, 1937 | – |
| 20 | Henry Thomas Reed | N.D. Iowa | March 5, 1904 | March 7, 1904 | March 7, 1904 | November 30, 1921 | February 22, 1924 |
| 21 | James Buchanan Holland | E.D. Pa. | April 14, 1904 | April 19, 1904 | April 19, 1904 | April 24, 1914 | – |
| 22 | William Henry Hunt | D. Mont. | April 14, 1904 | April 19, 1904 | April 19, 1904 | March 30, 1910 | Elevated |
| 23 | William M. Lanning | D.N.J. | December 6, 1904 | December 13, 1904 | June 1, 1904 | May 24, 1909 | Elevated |
| 24 | Wendell Phillips Stafford | D.D.C. | December 6, 1904 | December 13, 1904 | June 1, 1904 | May 4, 1931 | – |
| 25 | Arthur Loomis Sanborn | W.D. Wis. | January 6, 1905 | January 9, 1905 | January 9, 1905 | October 18, 1920 | – |
| 26 | Robert Walker Tayler | N.D. Ohio | January 6, 1905 | January 10, 1905 | January 10, 1905 | November 25, 1910 | – |
| 27 | John E. McCall | W.D. Tenn. | January 9, 1905 | January 17, 1905 | January 17, 1905 | August 8, 1920 | – |
| 28 | Frederic Dodge | D. Mass. | February 15, 1905 | February 23, 1905 | February 23, 1905 | September 10, 1912 | Elevated |
| 29 | Joseph V. Quarles | E.D. Wis. | February 25, 1905 | March 6, 1905 | March 6, 1905 | October 7, 1911 | – |
| 30 | Alston G. Dayton | N.D. W. Va. | March 7, 1905 | March 14, 1905 | March 14, 1905 | July 30, 1920 | – |
| 31 | Edward Whitson | E.D. Wash. | March 10, 1905 | March 14, 1905 | March 14, 1905 | October 15, 1910 | – |
| 32 | Joseph Cross | D.N.J. | March 13, 1905 | March 17, 1905 | March 17, 1905 | October 29, 1913 | – |
| 33 | Francis Marion Wright | E.D. Ill. | March 14, 1905 | March 17, 1905 | March 17, 1905 | July 15, 1917 | – |
| 34 | Solomon H. Bethea | N.D. Ill. | March 18, 1905 | March 18, 1905 | March 18, 1905 | August 3, 1909 | – |
| 35 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis | N.D. Ill. | March 18, 1905 | March 18, 1905 | March 18, 1905 | February 28, 1922 | – |
| 36 | Gustavus A. Finkelnburg | E.D. Mo. | December 5, 1905 | December 12, 1905 | May 20, 1905 | March 31, 1907 | – |
| 37 | Charles E. Wolverton | D. Ore. | December 5, 1905 | January 10, 1906 | November 20, 1905 | September 21, 1926 | – |
| 38 | Robert E. Lewis | D. Colo. | April 9, 1906 | April 10, 1906 | April 10, 1906 | December 1, 1921 | Elevated |
| 39 | Charles Merrill Hough | S.D.N.Y. | June 20, 1906 | June 27, 1906 | June 27, 1906 | September 5, 1916 | Elevated |
| 40 | Nathaniel Ewing | W.D. Pa. | December 3, 1906 | December 11, 1906 | September 25, 1906 | January 31, 1908 | – |
| 41 | James Loren Martin | D. Vt. | December 3, 1906 | December 11, 1906 | October 20, 1906 | January 14, 1915 | – |
| 42 | Loyal Edwin Knappen | W.D. Mich. | December 3, 1906 | December 10, 1906 | December 10, 1906 | February 8, 1910 | Elevated |
| 43 | Thomas Chatfield | E.D.N.Y. | December 10, 1906 | January 9, 1907 | January 9, 1907 | December 24, 1922 | – |
| 44 | Edward Silsby Farrington | D. Nev. | December 19, 1906 | January 10, 1907 | January 10, 1907 | April 30, 1928 | August 31, 1929 |
| 45 | Eugene Davis Saunders | E.D. La. | February 11, 1907 | February 20, 1907 | February 20, 1907 | February 8, 1909 | – |
| 46 | David Patterson Dyer | E.D. Mo. | February 27, 1907 | March 1, 1907 | March 1, 1907 | November 3, 1919 | April 29, 1924 |
| 47 | Thomas Charles Munger | D. Neb. | February 27, 1907 | March 1, 1907 | March 1, 1907 | July 31, 1941 | November 29, 1941 |
| 48 | John Elbert Sater | S.D. Ohio | December 3, 1907 | – | March 18, 1907 | May 30, 1908 | – |
| 48.1 | John Elbert Sater | S.D. Ohio | December 8, 1908 | March 1, 1909 | May 30, 1908 | November 18, 1924 | – |
| 49 | Frank Sigel Dietrich | D. Idaho | December 3, 1907 | December 17, 1907 | March 19, 1907 | January 18, 1927 | Elevated |
| 50 | William Cary Van Fleet | N.D. Cal. | December 3, 1907 | December 17, 1907 | April 2, 1907 | September 3, 1923 | – |
| 51 | Oscar Richard Hundley | N.D. Ala. | December 3, 1907 | – | April 9, 1907 | May 30, 1908 | – |
| 51.1 | Oscar Richard Hundley | N.D. Ala. | December 8, 1908 | – | May 30, 1908 | March 3, 1909 | – |
| 52 | William Bostwick Sheppard | N.D. Fla. | December 3, 1907 | May 20, 1908 | September 4, 1907 | April 21, 1934 | – |
| 53 | Ralph E. Campbell | E.D. Okla. | December 3, 1907 | January 13, 1908 | November 11, 1907 | August 31, 1918 | – |
| 54 | John Hazelton Cotteral | W.D. Okla. | December 3, 1907 | January 13, 1908 | November 11, 1907 | May 23, 1928 | Elevated |
| 55 | James Scott Young | W.D. Pa. | January 14, 1908 | January 22, 1908 | January 22, 1908 | February 25, 1914 | – |
| 56 | Edward Terry Sanford | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. | May 14, 1908 | May 18, 1908 | May 18, 1908 | February 5, 1923 | Elevated |
| 57 | Milton D. Purdy | D. Minn. | April 23, 1908 | – | July 6, 1908 | March 3, 1909 | – |
| 58 | Rufus Edward Foster | E.D. La. | January 22, 1909 | February 2, 1909 | February 2, 1909 | January 13, 1925 | Elevated |

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

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Francis Marion Wright | December 2, 1902 | January 13, 1903 | January 13, 1903 | March 16, 1905 |
| 2 | Fenton Whitlock Booth | March 14, 1905 | March 17, 1905 | March 17, 1905 | April 23, 1928 |
| 3 | George W. Atkinson | December 5, 1905 | January 16, 1906 | April 15, 1905 | April 16, 1916 |
| 4 | Samuel S. Barney | December 19, 1905 | December 20, 1905 | December 20, 1905 | April 15, 1919 |
| 5 | Stanton J. Peelle | December 19, 1905 | December 20, 1905 | December 20, 1905 | February 11, 1913 |

### Board of General Appraisers

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| 1 | Byron Sylvester Waite | June 13, 1902 | June 19, 1902 | June 25, 1902 | November 1, 1930 |
| 2 | Charles P. McClelland | November 10, 1903 | December 7, 1903 | August 21, 1903 | September 30, 1939 |
| 3 | Eugene Gano Hay | November 10, 1903 | November 24, 1903 | September 21, 1903 | November 30, 1923 |
| 4 | Roy Chamberlain | December 8, 1908 | January 11, 1909 | June 3, 1908 | March 3, 1913 |