List of federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland
# List of federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland

* This article is part of a series aboutGrover Cleveland

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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Grover Cleveland during his presidency. In total Cleveland appointed 45 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including 1 Chief Justice), 11 judges to the United States courts of appeals and United States circuit courts and 30 judges to the United States district courts.

Additionally, Cleveland appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

The Judiciary Act of 1891, approved March 3, 1891, during the intervening administration of President Benjamin Harrison, established the United States courts of appeals. Prior to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were appointed solely to the existing United States circuit courts. Subsequent to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were concurrently appointed to both the United States courts of appeals and the United States circuit courts. This situation persisted until the abolition of the United States circuit courts on December 31, 1911. Starting January 1, 1912, United States Circuit Judges served only upon their respective United States court of appeals.

Thus, the 2 United States Circuit Judges appointed during Cleveland's first administration were appointed solely to the United States circuit court for their respective circuit and were reassigned by operation of law to serve concurrently on the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court on March 3, 1891. The 6 United States Circuit Judges appointed to numbered circuits during Cleveland's second administration were appointed concurrently to the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court.

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (now the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit) was established on February 9, 1893. As the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia had been abolished in 1863, the judges of this newly established court served only on the Court of Appeals and had no concurrent Circuit Court service. Cleveland appointed 3 judges to this newly established court during his second administration.

## United States Supreme Court justices

### First administration

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lucius Q. C. Lamar II | 3 | Mississippi | William Burnham Woods | December 6, 1887 | January 16, 1888 | January 16, 1888 | January 23, 1893 |
| 2 | Melville Fuller | Chief | Illinois | Morrison Waite | April 30, 1888 | July 20, 1888 | July 20, 1888 | July 4, 1910 |

### Second administration

| # | Justice | Seat | State | Former justice | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Edward Douglass White | 1 | Louisiana | Samuel Blatchford | February 19, 1894 | February 19, 1894 | February 19, 1894 | December 19, 1910 |
| 2 | Rufus W. Peckham | 3 | New York | Howell Edmunds Jackson | December 3, 1895 | December 9, 1895 | December 9, 1895 | October 24, 1909 |

## Court of appeals and circuit courts

### First administration

| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Howell Edmunds Jackson | Sixth | April 12, 1886 | April 12, 1886 | April 12, 1886 | March 4, 1893 | Elevated |
| 2 | Emile Henry Lacombe | Second | December 20, 1887 | February 28, 1888 | May 26, 1887 | December 31, 1911 | – |

### Second administration

| # | Judge | Circuit | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | James Graham Jenkins | Seventh | March 20, 1893 | March 23, 1893 | March 23, 1893 | February 23, 1905 | – |
| 2 | Horace Harmon Lurton | Sixth | March 22, 1893 | March 27, 1893 | March 27, 1893 | December 20, 1909 | Elevated |
| 3 | Richard H. Alvey | D.C. | April 14, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | January 1, 1905 | – |
| 4 | Martin Ferdinand Morris | D.C. | April 14, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | June 30, 1905 | – |
| 5 | Seth Shepard | D.C. | April 14, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | January 19, 1905 | – |
| 6 | Charles Henry Simonton | Fourth | December 11, 1893 | December 19, 1893 | December 19, 1893 | April 25, 1904 | – |
| 7 | Amos Madden Thayer | Eighth | August 6, 1894 | August 9, 1894 | August 9, 1894 | April 24, 1905 | – |
| 8 | Erskine Mayo Ross | Ninth | February 19, 1895 | February 22, 1895 | February 22, 1895 | May 31, 1925 | December 10, 1928 |
| 9 | John William Showalter | Seventh | February 25, 1895 | March 1, 1895 | March 1, 1895 | December 10, 1898 | – |

## District courts

### First administration

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | William Matthews Merrick | D.D.C. | December 14, 1885 | March 30, 1886 | May 1, 1885 | February 4, 1889 | – |
| 2 | Henry Franklin Severens | W.D. Mich. | May 14, 1886 | May 25, 1886 | May 25, 1886 | March 16, 1900 | Elevated |
| 3 | William Truslow Newman | N.D. Ga. | December 9, 1886 | January 13, 1887 | August 13, 1886 | February 14, 1920 | – |
| 4 | Charles Henry Simonton | D.S.C. | December 9, 1886 | January 13, 1887 | September 3, 1886 | December 28, 1893 | Elevated |
| 5 | Erskine Mayo Ross | S.D. Cal. | December 16, 1886 | January 13, 1887 | January 13, 1887 | March 5, 1895 | Elevated |
| 6 | Harry Theophilus Toulmin | S.D. Ala. | December 13, 1886 | January 13, 1887 | January 13, 1887 | November 12, 1916 | – |
| 7 | Amos Madden Thayer | E.D. Mo. | February 21, 1887 | February 26, 1887 | February 26, 1887 | August 20, 1894 | Elevated |
| 8 | Martin V. Montgomery | D.D.C. | December 20, 1887 | January 26, 1888 | April 1, 1887 | October 2, 1892 | – |
| 9 | William J. Allen | S.D. Ill. | December 20, 1887 | January 19, 1888 | April 18, 1887 | January 26, 1901 | – |
| 10 | Edward Franklin Bingham | D.D.C. | December 20, 1887 | January 23, 1888 | April 22, 1887 | April 30, 1903 | – |
| 11 | Thomas Sheldon Maxey | W.D. Tex. | June 18, 1888 | June 25, 1888 | June 25, 1888 | December 12, 1916 | – |
| 12 | John Finis Philips | W.D. Mo. | June 19, 1888 | June 25, 1888 | June 25, 1888 | June 25, 1910 | – |
| 13 | James Graham Jenkins | E.D. Wis. | June 19, 1888 | July 2, 1888 | July 2, 1888 | March 23, 1893 | Elevated |

### Second administration

| # | Judge | Court | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service | Ended senior status |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | William Henry Seaman | E.D. Wis. | March 27, 1893 | April 3, 1893 | April 3, 1893 | March 1, 1905 | Elevated |
| 2 | Charles B. Bellinger | D. Ore. | April 11, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | April 15, 1893 | May 12, 1905 | – |
| 3 | Charles Parlange | E.D. La. | December 11, 1893 | January 15, 1894 | January 15, 1894 | February 4, 1907 | – |
| 4 | William H. Brawley | D.S.C. | December 20, 1893 | January 18, 1894 | January 18, 1894 | June 14, 1911 | – |
| 5 | Henry Samuel Priest | E.D. Mo. | August 6, 1894 | August 9, 1894 | August 9, 1894 | May 23, 1895 | – |
| 6 | Charles Dickens Clark | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. | December 17, 1894 | January 21, 1895 | January 21, 1895 | March 15, 1908 | – |
| 7 | Olin Wellborn | S.D. Cal. | February 25, 1895 | March 1, 1895 | March 1, 1895 | January 31, 1915 | – |
| 8 | Elmer B. Adams | E.D. Mo. | December 4, 1895 | December 9, 1895 | May 17, 1895 | May 29, 1905 | Elevated |
| 9 | John Augustine Marshall | D. Utah | January 13, 1896 | February 4, 1896 | February 4, 1896 | September 8, 1915 | – |
| 10 | William Lochren | D. Minn. | May 15, 1896 | May 18, 1896 | May 18, 1896 | July 11, 1908 | – |
| 11 | John Emmett Carland | D.S.D. | December 8, 1896 | December 15, 1896 | August 31, 1896 | February 6, 1911 | Elevated |
| 12 | Charles F. Amidon | D.N.D. | December 8, 1896 | February 18, 1897 | August 31, 1896 | June 2, 1928 | December 26, 1937 |
| 13 | Arthur Lewis Brown | D.R.I. | December 8, 1896 | December 15, 1896 | October 15, 1896 | June 30, 1927 | – |
| 14 | Andrew Kirkpatrick | D.N.J. | December 8, 1896 | December 15, 1896 | November 20, 1896 | May 3, 1904 | – |
| 15 | William Douglas McHugh | D. Neb. | December 8, 1896 | – | November 20, 1896 | March 3, 1897 | – |
| 16 | John Henry Rogers | W.D. Ark. | December 8, 1896 | December 15, 1896 | November 27, 1896 | April 16, 1911 | – |
| 17 | William Henry Munger | D. Neb. | February 1, 1897 | February 18, 1897 | February 18, 1897 | August 11, 1915 | – |

## Specialty courts

### United States Court of Claims

| # | Judge | Nomination date | Confirmation date | Began active service | Ended active service |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Charles C. Nott | December 8, 1896 | December 15, 1896 | November 23, 1896 | December 31, 1905 |
| 2 | Charles Bowen Howry | December 8, 1896 | January 28, 1897 | November 23, 1896 | March 6, 1915 |
