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The Federal Judiciary

Index of Politicians by Office Held or Sought

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-2003 (may be Incomplete!)
John Jay 1789-95 John Rutledge 1795 Oliver Ellsworth 1796-1800 John Marshall 1801-35 Roger B. Taney 1836-64 Salmon P. Chase 1864-73 Morrison R. Waite 1874-88 Melville W. Fuller 1888-1910 Edward Douglass White 1910-21 William H. Taft 1921-30 Charles Evans Hughes 1930-41 Harlan F. Stone 1941-46 Fred M. Vinson 1946-53 Earl Warren 1953-69 Warren E. Burger 1969-86 William H. Rehnquist 1986-

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1849 (may be Incomplete!)
William Cushing 1789-1810 John Rutledge 1789-91 James Wilson 1789-98 John Blair, Jr. 1789-95 James Iredell 1790-99 Thomas Johnson 1791-93 William Paterson 1793-1806 Samuel Chase 1796-1811 Bushrod Washington 1798-1829 Alfred Moore 1799-1804 William Johnson 1804-34 Brockholst Livingston 1806-23 Thomas Todd 1807-26 Gabriel Duvall 1811-35 Joseph Story 1811-45 Smith Thompson 1823-43 Robert Trimble 1826-28 John McLean 1830-61 Henry Baldwin 1830-44 James M. Wayne 1835-67 Philip Pendleton Barbour 1836-41 John Catron 1837-65 John McKinley 1837-52 Peter Vivian Daniel 1841-60 Samuel Nelson 1845-72 Levi Woodbury 1845-51 Robert Cooper Grier 1846-70

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1850-1899 (may be Incomplete!)
John McLean 1830-61 James M. Wayne 1835-67 John Catron 1837-65 John McKinley 1837-52 Peter Vivian Daniel 1841-60 Samuel Nelson 1845-72 Levi Woodbury 1845-51 Robert Cooper Grier 1846-70 Benjamin Robbins Curtis 1851-57 John Archibald Campbell 1853-61 Nathan Clifford 1858-81 David Davis 1862-77 Samuel Freeman Miller 1862-90 Noah Haynes Swayne 1862-81 Stephen J. Field 1863-97 William Strong 1870-80 Joseph P. Bradley 1870-92 Ward Hunt 1872-82 John Marshall Harlan 1877-1911 William Burnham Woods 1880-87 Horace Gray 1881-1902 Stanley Matthews 1881-89 Samuel M. Blatchford 1882-93 Lucius Q. C. Lamar 1888-93 David Josiah Brewer 1889-1910 Henry B. Brown 1890-1906 George Shiras, Jr. 1892-1903 Howell Edmunds Jackson 1893-95 Edward Douglass White 1894-1910 Rufus Wheeler Peckham 1895-1909 Joseph McKenna 1898-1925

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1900-1949 (may be Incomplete!)
John Marshall Harlan 1877-1911 Horace Gray 1881-1902 David Josiah Brewer 1889-1910 Henry B. Brown 1890-1906 George Shiras, Jr. 1892-1903 Edward Douglass White 1894-1910 Rufus Wheeler Peckham 1895-1909 Joseph McKenna 1898-1925 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 1902-32 William Rufus Day 1903-22 William H. Moody 1906-10 Horace Larmon Lurton 1909-14 Joseph Rucker Lamar 1910-16 Willis Van Devanter 1910-37 Charles Evans Hughes 1910-16 Mahlon Pitney 1912-22 James C. McReynolds 1914-41 Louis D. Brandeis 1916-39 John H. Clarke 1916-22 George Sutherland 1922-38 Pierce Butler 1922-39 Edward Terry Sanford 1923-30 Harlan F. Stone 1925-41 Owen J. Roberts 1930-45 Benjamin N. Cardozo 1932-38 Hugo L. Black 1937-71 Stanley F. Reed 1938-57 William O. Douglas 1939-75 Felix Frankfurter 1939-62 Frank Murphy 1940-49 Robert H. Jackson 1941-54 James F. Byrnes 1941-42 Wiley Blount Rutledge 1943-49 Harold H. Burton 1945-58 Thomas Campbell Clark 1949-67 Sherman Minton 1949-56

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1950-2003 (may be Incomplete!)
Hugo L. Black 1937-71 Stanley F. Reed 1938-57 William O. Douglas 1939-75 Felix Frankfurter 1939-62 Robert H. Jackson 1941-54 Harold H. Burton 1945-58 Thomas Campbell Clark 1949-67 Sherman Minton 1949-56 John Marshall Harlan 1955-71 William J. Brennan, Jr. 1956-90 Charles Evans Whittaker 1957-62 Potter Stewart 1958-81 Arthur J. Goldberg 1962-65 Byron R. White 1962-93 Abe Fortas 1965-69 Thurgood Marshall 1967-91 Harry A. Blackmun 1970-94 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 1972-87 William H. Rehnquist 1972-86 John Paul Stevens 1975- Sandra Day O'Connor 1981- Antonin Scalia 1986- Anthony M. Kennedy 1988- David H. Souter 1990- Clarence Thomas 1991- Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1993- Stephen G. Breyer 1994-

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1801-1809 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1810-1819 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1820-1829 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1830-1839 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1840-1849 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1850-1859 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1860-1869 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1870-1879 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1880-1889 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1890-1899 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1900-1909 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1910-1919 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1920-1929 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1930-1939 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1940-1949 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1950-1959 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1960-1969 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1970-1979 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1980-1989 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1990-2002 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1789-1799 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1800-1809 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1810-1819 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1820-1829 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1830-1839 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1840-1849 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1850-1859 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1860-1869 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1870-1879 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1880-1889 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1890-1899 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1900-1909 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1910-1919 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1920-1929 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1930-1939 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1940-1949 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1950-1959 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1960-1969 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1970-1979 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1980-1989 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1990-2004 (may be Incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. District Courts: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Court of Claims, 1855-2001 (may be Incomplete!)
Isaac Newton Blackford 1855-59 James Hughes 1860- Joseph Casey 1861- Charles Daniel Drake 1870- Bancroft Davis 1878-82 William H. Hunt 1878- Glenni William Scofield 1881- Stanton Judkins Peelle 1892-1913 Charles Bowen Howry 1897- Fenton W. Booth 1905- George W. Atkinson 1905-16 Samuel S. Barney 1906- Edward Kernan Campbell 1913- J. McKenzie Moss 1926- Nicholas J. Sinnott 1928- Benjamin Horsley Littleton 1929-58 Richard Smith Whaley 1930- Samuel Estill Whitaker 1939-64 Marvin Jones 1940-43 J. Warren Madden 1941-45 Marvin Jones 1945-64 J. Warren Madden 1946-61 Don Nelson Laramore 1954- James Randall Durfee 1960- Oscar H. Davis 1962- Wilson Cowen 1964- Linton McGee Collins 1964-71 Shiro Kashiwa 1971- Marion T. Bennett 1972-82 John Light Napier 1986 Roger B. Andewelt 1987-2001

Judges of U.S. Court of Claims: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1929-1982 (may be Incomplete!)
Finis J. Garrett 1929 Irvine L. Lenroot 1929-41 Frederick W. Dallinger 1932-42 William A. Ekwall 1942-56 Noble J. Johnson 1948-58 Eugene Worley 1950-59 William P. Cole, Jr. 1952-57 Giles Sutherland Rich 1956-82 I. Jack Martin 1958- Arthur M. Smith 1959- J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. 1962-82 Phillip Benjamin Baldwin 1968-82 Howard Thomas Markey 1972-82 Helen Wilson Nies 1980-82

Judges of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, 1910-1947 (may be Incomplete!)
William Henry Hunt 1910-11 Marion De Vries 1910-21 Oscar E. Bland 1923-47 William J. Graham 1924-37

Judges of U.S. Court of Customs Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

Judges of U.S. Customs Court, 1900-1968 (may be Incomplete!)
Marion De Vries 1900-10 William C. Adamson 1926-28 Israel F. Fischer 1927-33 Webster J. Oliver 1940- William P. Cole, Jr. 1942-52 Charles Drummond Lawrence 1943- Paul P. Rao 1948- Morgan Ford 1949- Lindley Beckworth 1967-68

Judges of U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1961-1967 (may be Incomplete!)
Paul J. Kilday 1961-67

Judges of U.S. Commerce Court, 1910-1913 (may be Incomplete!)
John E. Carland 1910-13 Martin Augustine Knapp 1910-13 Julian William Mack 1911-13 William Henry Hunt 1911-

Other Federal Judges, 1782-1849 (may be Incomplete!)
George Read 1782 Joseph Clay 1786- Francis Hopkinson 1789- Richard Law 1789-1806 John Sitgreaves 1789- John Sullivan 1789- John Laurance 1794- James Markham Marshall 1801- Jeremiah Smith 1801-02 Walter Leake 1807- Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. 1807-08 Jesse B. Thomas 1809-18 Thomas Rodney 1811- David Howell 1812- Robert Trimble 1817- John Branch 1822- Willard Hall 1823- James D. Doty 1828-32 Joseph Hopkinson 1828- Powhatan Ellis 1832- Archibald Yell 1832-35 Humphrey H. Leavitt 1834- John Y. Mason 1837- Samuel Jameson Gholson 1839-

Other Federal Judges, 1850-1899 (may be Incomplete!)
David Wilmot 185? John Sebrie Watts 1851- Charles Jared Ingersoll 1853- John Law 1855- Truman Smith 1862- Elisha Baxter 1868- William Burnham Woods 1869- John W. Longyear 1870- William M. Springer 187? Winthrop Welles Ketchum 1876- David McKendree Key 1880- Howell Edmunds Jackson 1886- Jeter C. Pritchard 189? Constantine B. Kilgore 1895- John R. Thomas 1897- Hosea Townsend 1897- Israel F. Fischer 1899-1927

Other Federal Judges, 1900-1949 (may be Incomplete!)
Israel F. Fischer 1899-1927 Willis Van Devanter 1903- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg 1905- Robert W. Tayler 1905- Bernard Shandon Rodey 1906- Walter I. Smith 1911- Joseph T. Johnson 1915- James Hay 1916- George M. Young 192? William S. Kenyon 1922- William H. Kirkpatrick 1927- John Ellis Martineau 1928 William R. Green 1928-40 David Hayes Kincheloe 1930- Oscar Raymond Luhring 1930- Samuel B. Hill 193? Thomas Sutler Williams 193? John Knight 1931 J. Russell Leech 1932- T. Webber Wilson 1933-35 Frank L. Kloeb 1937- Wiley Blount Rutledge 1939- Evan Howell 194? Charles H. Leavy 1942- Guy T. Helvering 1943- Byron B. Harlan 1946- Luther A. Johnson 1946- Jed Johnson 1947-

Other Federal Judges, 1950-2001 (may be Incomplete!)
Theodore Levin 1950- Edward L. Leahy 1951- Homer Ferguson 1956-71 John J. Sirica 196? Sidney L. Christie 1964 Woodrow W. Jones 1968- Jeffry H. Gallet 1993-2001

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