List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency.[1] In total Johnson appointed 168 federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 40 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 126 judges to the United States district courts.
United States Supreme Court Justices
| # | Justice | Seat | State | Retiring Justice | Nomination date |
Confirmation date |
Confirmation vote |
Began service |
Ended service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abe Fortas | Seat 2 | Tennessee | Arthur Goldberg | July 28, 1965 | August 11, 1965 | Voice vote | October 4, 1965 | May 14, 1969 |
| 2 | Thurgood Marshall | Seat 10 | Maryland | Tom C. Clark | June 13, 1967 | August 31, 1967 | 69-11 | October 2, 1967 | October 1, 1991 |
Courts of Appeals
| Judge | Circuit | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. | Fifth | July 22, 1966 | December 22, 1981 | – |
| Ruggero J. Aldisert | Third | July 29, 1968 | December 31, 1986 | December 28, 2014 |
| Robert P. Anderson | Second | August 15, 1964 | May 1, 1971 | May 2, 1978 |
| Myron H. Bright | Eighth | June 7, 1968 | June 1, 1985 | Incumbent |
| John Decker Butzner, Jr. | Fourth | July 31, 1967 | November 1, 1982 | January 20, 2006 |
| James Marshall Carter | Ninth | November 16, 1967 | September 30, 1971 | November 18, 1979 |
| Anthony J. Celebrezze | Sixth | August 19, 1965 | October 1, 1980 | October 29, 1998 |
| Claude Feemster Clayton | Fifth | October 27, 1967 | July 4, 1969 | – |
| Frank M. Coffin | First | October 2, 1965 | February 1, 1989 | December 7, 2009 |
| James P. Coleman | Fifth | July 26, 1965 | May 31, 1981 | January 31, 1984 |
| Bert T. Combs | Sixth | April 5, 1967 | June 5, 1970 | – |
| James Braxton Craven, Jr. | Fourth | June 29, 1966 | May 3, 1977 | – |
| Walter J. Cummings, Jr. | Seventh | August 11, 1966 | April 24, 1999 | – |
| David W. Dyer | Fifth | August 25, 1966 | September 30, 1976 | June 7, 1998[2] |
| Walter Raleigh Ely, Jr. | Ninth | July 2, 1964 | October 31, 1979 | October 9, 1984 |
| Thomas E. Fairchild | Seventh | August 11, 1966 | August 31, 1981 | February 12, 2007 |
| Wilfred Feinberg | Second | March 7, 1966 | January 31, 1991 | July 31, 2014 |
| Abraham Lincoln Freedman | Third | July 2, 1964 | March 13, 1971 | – |
| Floyd Robert Gibson | Eighth | June 8, 1965 | December 31, 1979 | October 4, 2001 |
| John Cooper Godbold | Fifth | July 22, 1966 | October 23, 1987[2] | December 22, 2009 |
| Irving Loeb Goldberg | Fifth | July 22, 1966 | January 31, 1980 | February 11, 1995 |
| Gerald William Heaney | Eighth | November 3, 1966 | December 31, 1988 | August 31, 2006 |
| John J. Hickey | Tenth | June 9, 1966 | September 22, 1970 | – |
| William Judson Holloway, Jr. | Tenth | September 16, 1968 | May 31, 1992 | April 25, 2014 |
| Shirley Hufstedler | Ninth | September 12, 1968 | December 5, 1979 | – |
| Otto Kerner, Jr. | Seventh | April 22, 1968 | July 22, 1974 | – |
| Donald P. Lay | Eighth | July 22, 1966 | January 7, 1992 | April 29, 2007 |
| Harold Leventhal | D.C. Cir. | April 7, 1965 | November 20, 1979 | – |
| Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. | Sixth | September 7, 1966 | March 28, 1977 | – |
| Edward McEntee | First | September 1, 1965 | December 31, 1976 | February 14, 1981 |
| Lewis Render Morgan | Fifth | July 25, 1968 | September 1, 1978 | November 15, 2001[2] |
| John Weld Peck II | Sixth | July 22, 1966 | July 1, 1978 | September 7, 1993 |
| Spottswood William Robinson III | D.C. Cir. | November 3, 1966 | September 1, 1989 | October 11, 1998 |
| Collins J. Seitz | Third | June 9, 1966 | June 1, 1989 | October 16, 1998 |
| John Milton Bryan Simpson | Fifth | November 3, 1966 | June 30, 1975 | August 22, 1987[2] |
| David Henry Stahl | Third | October 11, 1968 | February 21, 1970 | – |
| Edward Allen Tamm | D.C. Cir. | March 11, 1965 | September 22, 1985 | – |
| Homer Thornberry | Fifth | July 1, 1965 | December 21, 1978 | December 12, 1995 |
| Francis Lund Van Dusen | Third | June 12, 1967 | May 16, 1977 | May 26, 1993 |
| Harrison Lee Winter | Fourth | June 24, 1966 | January 1, 1990 | April 10, 1990 |
District courts
| Judge | Court [Note 1] |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston E. Arnow | N.D. Fla. | December 7, 1967 | March 14, 1981 | November 28, 1994 |
| C. Clyde Atkins | S.D. Fla. | July 22, 1966 | December 31, 1982 | March 11, 1999 |
| Robert C. Belloni | D. Or. | April 4, 1967 | April 4, 1984 | November 3, 1999 |
| Hugh H. Bownes | D.N.H. | July 25, 1968 | October 31, 1977 | – |
| Edward James Boyle, Sr. | E.D. La. | November 3, 1966 | December 1, 1981 | July 24, 2002 |
| Howard C. Bratton | D.N.M. | March 17, 1964 | February 4, 1987 | May 5, 2002 |
| William Benson Bryant | D.D.C. | August 11, 1965 | January 31, 1982 | November 13, 2005 |
| Ted Cabot | S.D. Fla. | August 11, 1966 | December 4, 1971 | – |
| Hiram Rafael Cancio | D.P.R. | June 12, 1967 | January 31, 1974 | – |
| Fred James Cassibry | E.D. La. | November 3, 1966 | March 15, 1984 | April 3, 1987 |
| Sidney Lee Christie | S.D.W.Va. N.D.W.Va. |
May 1, 1964 | February 15, 1974 | – |
| William Robert Collinson | W.D. Mo. E.D. Mo. |
August 11, 1965 | August 19, 1980 | June 1, 1995 |
| James August Comiskey | E.D. La. | March 4, 1967 | June 15, 1975 | – |
| William Perry Copple | D. Ariz. | November 3, 1966 | November 30, 1983 | September 14, 2000 |
| Howard Francis Corcoran | D.D.C. | March 11, 1965 | November 30, 1977 | May 11, 1989 |
| John Thomas Curtin | W.D.N.Y. | December 14, 1967 | July 1, 1989 | Incumbent |
| John Morgan Davis | E.D. Pa. | January 7, 1964[3] | May 6, 1974 | March 8, 1984 |
| James Edward Doyle | W.D. Wis. | May 22, 1965 | July 7, 1980 | April 1, 1987 |
| Joe Oscar Eaton | S.D. Fla. | June 12, 1967 | April 2, 1985 | September 28, 2008 |
| Newell Edenfield | N.D. Ga. | June 12, 1967 | September 1, 1981 | December 26, 1981 |
| Luther Boyd Eubanks | W.D. Okla. | August 11, 1965 | June 30, 1986 | August 31, 1987 |
| Warren John Ferguson | C.D. Cal. | November 3, 1966 | December 20, 1979 | – |
| Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo | D.P.R. | October 12, 1967 | June 30, 1972 | October 16, 1989 |
| Marvin E. Frankel | S.D.N.Y. | October 21, 1965 | September 30, 1978 | – |
| John P. Fullam | E.D. Pa. | August 11, 1966 | April 1, 1990 | Incumbent |
| Wendell Arthur Garrity, Jr. | D. Mass. | June 24, 1966 | December 1, 1985 | September 16, 1999 |
| Oliver Gasch | D.D.C. | August 11, 1965 | November 30, 1981 | July 8, 1999 |
| Gerhard Alden Gesell | D.D.C. | December 12, 1967 | January 22, 1993 | February 19, 1993 |
| William Nelson Goodwin | W.D. Wash. E.D. Wash. |
April 21, 1966 | December 31, 1975 | – |
| Eugene Andrew Gordon | M.D.N.C. | June 9, 1964 | July 12, 1982 | May 4, 2002 |
| James Fleming Gordon | W.D. Ky. | July 23, 1965 | January 1, 1976 | February 9, 1990 |
| Myron L. Gordon | E.D. Wis. | March 4, 1967 | February 12, 1983 | November 3, 2009 |
| William Percival Gray | S.D. Cal. | July 2, 1966 | March 26, 1982[4] | February 10, 1992 |
| June Lazenby Green | D.D.C. | June 7, 1968 | January 15, 1984 | February 2, 2001 |
| Lawrence Gubow | E.D. Mich. | September 14, 1968 | March 26, 1978 | – |
| Ernest Allen Guinn | W.D. Tex. | July 27, 1966 | June 9, 1974 | – |
| Oren Harris | W.D. Ark. E.D. Ark. |
August 12, 1965 | February 3, 1976 | February 5, 1997 |
| Alexander Harvey II | D. Md. | September 22, 1966 | March 8, 1991 | Incumbent |
| A. Andrew Hauk | S.D. Cal. | June 29, 1966 | September 29, 1982[4] | November 9, 2004 |
| Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe | E.D. La. | March 26, 1966 | August 26, 1992 | August 10, 2014 |
| Robert W. Hemphill | W.D.S.C. E.D.S.C. |
April 30, 1964 | May 10, 1980[4] | December 25, 1983 |
| Albert John Henderson | N.D. Ga. | October 11, 1968 | July 26, 1979 | – |
| Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. | E.D. Pa. | January 6, 1964[5] | November 7, 1977 | – |
| Irving Hill | S.D. Cal. | June 10, 1965 | October 15, 1980[4] | March 18, 1998 |
| Timothy Sylvester Hogan (judge) | S.D. Ohio | November 3, 1966 | September 24, 1979 | January 30, 1989 |
| Elmo Bolton Hunter | W.D. Mo. | August 11, 1965 | December 31, 1980 | December 27, 2003 |
| Woodrow W. Jones | W.D.N.C. | June 28, 1967 | February 1, 1985 | November 25, 2002 |
| Orrin Grimmell Judd | E.D.N.Y. | July 17, 1968 | July 7, 1976 | – |
| William Wayne Justice | E.D. Tex. | June 7, 1968 | June 30, 1998 | October 13, 2009 |
| Frank Albert Kaufman | D. Md. | September 22, 1966 | June 16, 1986 | July 31, 1997 |
| William Colbert Keady | N.D. Miss. | April 4, 1968 | April 26, 1983 | June 16, 1989 |
| Damon Keith | E.D. Mich. | October 12, 1967 | November 22, 1977 | – |
| Richard Boykin Kellam | E.D. Va. | August 25, 1967 | May 30, 1981 | June 8, 1996 |
| Joseph Peter Kinneary | S.D. Ohio | July 22, 1966 | December 31, 1986 | February 14, 2003 |
| Ben Krentzman | M.D. Fla. | June 12, 1967 | November 15, 1982 | March 29, 1998 |
| Thomas Demetrios Lambros | N.D. Ohio | August 18, 1967 | February 10, 1995 | – |
| Orville Edwin Langley | E.D. Okla. | January 27, 1965 | September 12, 1973 | – |
| Morris E. Lasker | S.D.N.Y. | June 24, 1968 | October 3, 1983 | December 25, 2009 |
| James Levin Latchum | D. Del. | August 3, 1968 | December 23, 1983 | January 31, 2004 |
| Alexander Atkinson Lawrence, Jr. | S.D. Ga. | July 25, 1968 | August 2, 1978 | August 20, 1979 |
| Bernard Joseph Leddy | D. Vt. | August 25, 1966 | January 9, 1972 | – |
| Miles Lord | D. Minn. | April 28, 1966 | July 1, 1985 | September 8, 1985 |
| William Joseph Lynch | N.D. Ill. | March 7, 1966 | August 9, 1976 | – |
| John Ashton MacKenzie | E.D. Va. | August 25, 1967 | November 30, 1985 | January 30, 1998 |
| Walter R. Mansfield | S.D.N.Y. | June 29, 1966 | June 8, 1971 | – |
| Thomas Ambrose Masterson | E.D. Pa. | June 15, 1967 | November 16, 1973 | – |
| Robert Earl Maxwell | N.D.W.Va. | August 11, 1965 | July 19, 1995 | November 20, 2010 |
| James Bryan McMillan | W.D.N.C. | June 7, 1968 | September 1, 1989 | March 4, 1995 |
| Raymond Clyne McNichols | D. Idaho | May 1, 1964 | July 1, 1981 | December 25, 1985 |
| Robert Malcolm McRae, Jr. | W.D. Tenn. | November 3, 1966 | December 31, 1986 | June 25, 2004 |
| William O. Mehrtens | S.D. Fla. | September 1, 1965 | September 15, 1975 | July 16, 1980 |
| Robert Reynold Merhige, Jr. | E.D. Va. | August 25, 1967 | November 30, 1986 | June 8, 1998 |
| Lansing Leroy Mitchell | E.D. La. | November 3, 1966 | November 3, 1981 | April 24, 2001 |
| Robert Dale Morgan | S.D. Ill. | June 12, 1967 | May 28, 1982[6] | May 29, 2002 |
| Constance Baker Motley | S.D.N.Y. | August 30, 1966 | September 30, 1986 | September 28, 2005 |
| Charles Andrew Muecke | D. Ariz. | October 1, 1964 | November 30, 1984 | September 21, 2007 |
| Frank Jerome Murray | D. Mass. | April 5, 1967 | July 15, 1977 | February 12, 1995 |
| Alexander J. Napoli | N.D. Ill. | September 21, 1966 | July 12, 1972 | – |
| Philip Neville | D. Minn. | July 31, 1967 | February 13, 1974 | – |
| Fred Joseph Nichol | D.S.D. | June 10, 1965 | June 11, 1980 | December 31, 1996 |
| Walter Louis Nixon, Jr. | S.D. Miss. | June 7, 1968 | November 3, 1989 | – |
| James Ellsworth Noland | S.D. Ind. | November 3, 1966 | December 31, 1986 | August 12, 1992 |
| Robert Francis Peckham | N.D. Cal. | November 3, 1966 | November 11, 1988 | February 16, 1993 |
| Raymond James Pettine | D.R.I. | June 29, 1966 | July 6, 1982 | November 17, 2003 |
| Thomas Virgil Pittman | S.D. Ala. M.D. Ala. |
June 29, 1966[7] | July 15, 1981 | January 6, 2012 |
| Milton Pollack | S.D.N.Y. | June 12, 1967 | September 29, 1983 | August 13, 2004 |
| Edmund Port | N.D.N.Y. | July 2, 1964 | February 7, 1976 | March 2, 1986 |
| David Stewart Porter | S.D. Ohio | November 3, 1966 | September 23, 1979 | January 5, 1989 |
| John H. Pratt | D.D.C. | June 7, 1968 | December 1, 1989 | August 11, 1995 |
| Harry Pregerson | C.D. Cal. | December 7, 1967 | November 6, 1979 | – |
| David Rabinovitz | W.D. Wis. | January 7, 1964[8] | October 3, 1964 | – |
| Manuel Real | C.D. Cal. | November 3, 1966 | Incumbent | – |
| John W. Reynolds | E.D. Wis. | October 21, 1965 | August 31, 1986 | January 7, 2002 |
| Jack Roberts | W.D. Tex. | July 22, 1966 | May 1, 1980 | February 27, 1988 |
| Aubrey Eugene Robinson, Jr. | D.D.C. | November 3, 1966 | March 1, 1992 | February 27, 2000 |
| Spottswood William Robinson III | D.D.C. | January 6, 1964[9] | November 8, 1966 | – |
| Alvin Benjamin Rubin | E.D. La. | November 3, 1966 | October 8, 1977 | – |
| Dan Monroe Russell, Jr. | S.D. Miss. | October 2, 1965 | October 25, 1983 | April 16, 2011 |
| Donald S. Russell | D.S.C. | November 3, 1966 | May 1, 1971 | – |
| Edward Joseph Schwartz | S.D. Cal. | March 28, 1968 | March 26, 1982 | March 22, 2000 |
| Charles R. Scott | M.D. Fla. | November 3, 1966 | November 12, 1976 | May 12, 1983 |
| Woodrow Bradley Seals | S.D. Tex. | July 23, 1966 | December 25, 1982 | October 27, 1990 |
| Charles Earl Simons, Jr. | E.D.S.C. | May 1, 1964 | August 17, 1986[10] | October 26, 1999 |
| John Virgil Singleton, Jr. | S.D. Tex. | July 22, 1966 | April 1, 1988 | June 1, 1992 |
| John Lewis Smith, Jr. | D.D.C. | November 3, 1966 | January 31, 1983 | September 4, 1992 |
| Orma Rinehart Smith | N.D. Miss. | July 25, 1968 | August 16, 1978 | July 5, 1982 |
| Russell Evans Smith | D. Mont. | March 26, 1966 | May 12, 1979 | March 29, 1990 |
| Sidney Oslin Smith, Jr. | N.D. Ga. | September 10, 1965 | June 1, 1974 | – |
| Dorwin Wallace Suttle | W.D. Tex. | July 2, 1964 | October 10, 1979 | September 29, 2001 |
| William McLaughlin Taylor, Jr. | N.D. Tex. | July 22, 1966 | February 7, 1979 | June 17, 1985 |
| Frank Gordon Theis | D. Kan. | March 4, 1967 | July 31, 1981 | January 17, 1998 |
| William Kernahan Thomas | N.D. Ohio | March 7, 1966 | February 15, 1981 | March 20, 2001 |
| Anthony J. Travia | E.D.N.Y. | July 17, 1968 | November 30, 1974 | – |
| Emanuel Mac Troutman | E.D. Pa. | June 16, 1967 | September 1, 1982 | October 8, 2004 |
| James Arnold von der Heydt | D. Alaska | November 3, 1966 | July 15, 1984 | December 1, 2013 |
| Joseph Cornelius Waddy | D.D.C. | March 4, 1967 | August 1, 1978 | – |
| Gerald Joseph Weber | W.D. Pa. | September 15, 1964 | December 31, 1988 | August 28, 1989 |
| Charles R. Weiner | E.D. Pa. | June 14, 1967 | December 31, 1988 | November 9, 2005 |
| Jack B. Weinstein | E.D.N.Y. | April 15, 1967 | March 1, 1993 | Incumbent |
| Francis C. Whelan | S.D. Cal. | September 15, 1964 | January 7, 1978[4] | August 22, 1991 |
| Lawrence Aloysius Whipple | D.N.J. | October 12, 1967 | September 1, 1978 | June 8, 1983 |
| Paul X. Williams | W.D. Ark. | June 12, 1967 | October 31, 1981 | January 24, 1994 |
| Henry Seiler Wise | E.D. Ill. | September 21, 1966 | March 31, 1978 | March 16, 1982[11] |
| Halbert Owen Woodward | N.D. Tex. | June 7, 1968 | December 30, 1986 | October 2, 2000 |
| Don John Young | N.D. Ohio | May 22, 1965 | July 1, 1980 | May 10, 1996 |
| Robert Carmine Zampano | D. Conn. | August 15, 1964 | June 1, 1977 | April 1, 1994 |
Specialty courts
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
| Phillip Benjamin Baldwin | 1968 | 1982[12] |
United States Court of Claims
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
|---|---|---|
| Linton McGee Collins | 1964 | 1972 |
| Arnold Wilson Cowen | 1964 | 1982[12] |
| Philip Nichols Jr. | 1966 | 1982[12] |
| Byron George Skelton | 1966 | 1982[12] |
United States Customs Court
| Judge | Began active service |
Ended active service |
| Philip Nichols, Jr. | 1964 | 1966 |
| Frederick Landis, Jr. | 1965 | 1980[13] |
| James L. Watson | 1966 | 1980[13] |
| Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr. | 1967 | 1968 |
| Herbert N. Maletz | 1967 | 1980[13] |
| Bernard Newman | 1968 | 1980[13] |
| Edward D. Re | 1968 | 1980[13] |
| Samuel Murray Rosenstein | 1968 | 1980[13] |
References
- Notes
- General
- "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- Specific
- ^ All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b c d Reassigned by operation of law to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 3, 1964, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 14, 1964, and received commission on March 17, 1964.
- ^ a b c d e Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on September 18, 1966. Cite error: The named reference "CDCal" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 3, 1964, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 14, 1964, and received commission on March 17, 1964.
- ^ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois on March 31, 1979
- ^ Reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on June 2, 1970.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 3, 1964; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 3, 1964, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 1, 1964, and received commission on July 2, 1964.
- ^ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965.
- ^ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.
- ^ a b c d Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
- ^ a b c d e f Reassigned to the Court of International Trade when the Customs Court was dissolved, receiving his commission on November 1, 1980.
