Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Andrew Johnson 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. Johnson appointed only 9 Article III federal judges during his presidency, all to United States district courts. Andrew Johnson is one of only four presidentsThe other three presidents are William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor and Jimmy Carter. who did not have an opportunity to appoint a judge to serve on the Supreme Court. In April 1866 he nominated Henry Stanbery to fill the vacancy left with the death of John Catron, but the Republican Congress eliminated the seat with the passage of the Judicial Circuits Act. One of Johnson's district court appointees, Samuel Blatchford, would later be appointed to the Supreme Court by Chester A. Arthur.
Johnson appointed 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.
District Courts
# Judge CourtSee List of United States district and territorial courts Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1865, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 1866, and received commission on January 22, 1866. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on June 4, 1872. Recess appointment; formally nominated on July 13, 1867, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 16, 1867, and received commission on July 16, 1867. Elevated
Specialty courts (Article I)
United States Court of Claims
# Judge Nominationdate Confirmationdate Began activeservice Ended activeservice
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Sources Federal Judicial Center