The following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Jimmy Carter during his presidency.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. In total Carter appointed 262 Article III federal judges, including 56 judges to the courts of appeals, 203 judges to the United States district courts, 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 1 judge to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Later presidents have exceeded Carter's total number of judicial appointments, which had itself surpassed the previous record of 235 set by Richard Nixon, but Carter retains the record for the largest number of judicial appointments in a single term.
Although Carter made no appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States, two of his Court of Appeals appointees—Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—were later elevated to the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton.
None of Carter's appointees remain in active status, however 9 appellate judges and 19 district judges remain on senior status. Four additional judges appointed by Carter to district courts remain on senior status as appellate judges by appointment of later presidents, as is one appellate judge appointed to the Supreme Court.
Courts of Appeals
# Judge Circuit Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Originally nominated on December 14, 1979. Nomination was withdrawn on December 19, 1979 and renominated on the same day. Incumbent Incumbent Elevated Elevated
District Courts
# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Incumbent Elevated Reassigned to only the Eastern District of Arkansas on December 1, 1990. Incumbent Renominated on January 26, 1978. Reassigned to only the Western District of Washington on November 8, 1978. Incumbent Elevated On March 31, 1979, the Eastern District and Southern District of Illinois were rearranged into the Southern District and a new United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois; Baker was reassigned by operation of law to the Central District, and was there for the remainder of his service. Reassigned to only the Northern District of Iowa on December 1, 1990. Elevated Originally nominated on March 2, 1979. Nomination was withdrawn on March 6, 1979 and renominated on the same day. Incumbent Elevated Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Elevated Elevated Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Elevated Incumbent Reassigned from the Southern District of West Virginia to the Northern District of West Virginia on January 14, 1983. Elevated Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Incumbent Elevated Incumbent Reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on December 1, 1990. Incumbent Incumbent Renominated on January 8, 1981. Withdrawn by President Reagan on January 21, 1981. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
Specialty courts (Article III)
United States Court of Claims
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Ended seniorstatus Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
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Sources Federal Judicial Center