List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Jackson
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List of federal judges appointed by Andrew Jackson
Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Andrew Jackson during his presidency.[1] In total Jackson appointed 24 federal judges: six Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States and eighteen judges to the United States district courts.
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United States Supreme Court Justices
| Justice | Seat | State | Began active service |
Ended active service |
| Henry Baldwin | Seat 1 | Pennsylvania | January 6, 1830 | April 21, 1844 |
| Philip Pendleton Barbour | Seat 3 | Virginia | March 15, 1836 | February 25, 1841 |
| John Catron | Seat 7 | Tennessee | March 8, 1837 | May 30, 1865 |
| John McLean | Seat 6 | Ohio | March 7, 1829 | April 4, 1861 |
| Roger Brooke Taney | Chief Justice | Maryland | March 15, 1836 | October 12, 1864 |
| James Moore Wayne | Seat 5 | Georgia | January 9, 1835 | July 5, 1867 |
District courts
| Judge | Court [Note 1] |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
| George Adams | D. Miss. | January 20, 1836 | September 30, 1838[2] |
| Philip Pendleton Barbour | E.D. Va. | October 8, 1830[3] | March 17, 1836 |
| Morgan Welles Brown | W.D. Tenn. E.D. Tenn. |
January 3, 1834 | March 7, 1853 |
| John Wilson Campbell | D. Ohio. | March 7, 1829 | September 24, 1833 |
| Peter Vivian Daniel | E.D. Va. | April 19, 1836 | March 3, 1841 |
| Powhatan Ellis | D. Miss. | July 14, 1832 | January 5, 1836 |
| Samuel Hadden Harper | W.D. La. E.D. La. |
March 7, 1829 | July 19, 1837 |
| Matthew Harvey | D.N.H. | November 2, 1830[4] | April 7, 1866 |
| Upton Scott Heath | D. Md. | April 4, 1836 | February 21, 1852 |
| Jesse Lynch Holman | D. Ind. | September 16, 1835[5] | March 14, 1842 |
| Thomas Irwin | W.D. Pa. | April 14, 1831[6] | January 4, 1859 |
| Benjamin Johnson | D. Ark. | June 29, 1836 | October 2, 1849 |
| Andrew T. Judson | D. Conn. | July 4, 1836 | March 17, 1853 |
| Humphrey H. Leavitt | D. Ohio. | June 30, 1834 | April 1, 1871[7] |
| Thomas Bell Monroe | D. Ky. | March 8, 1834 | September 18, 1861 |
| Benjamin Tappan | D. Ohio. | October 12, 1833[8] | May 29, 1834 |
| Robert William Wells | D. Mo. | June 27, 1836 | September 22, 1864[9] |
| Ross Wilkins | D. Mich. | January 26, 1837 | February 18, 1870[10] |
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- ^ 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.
- ^ On June 18, 1838, the District of Mississippi was divided into United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; Adams was reassigned by operation of law to both districts, and was the sole federal judge for the state of Mississippi until the termination of his service.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1830, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830, and received commission on December 16, 1830.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1830, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 16, 1830, and received commission on December 16, 1830.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on March 21, 1836, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 29, 1836, and received commission on March 29, 1836.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 7, 1831, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1832, and received commission on March 21, 1832.
- ^ On February 10, 1855, the District of Ohio was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio; Leavitt was reassigned by operation of law to the Southern District for the remainder of his time in office.
- ^ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
- ^ On March 3, 1857,the District of Missouri was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; Wells was reassigned by operation of law to the Western District for the remainder of his time in office.
- ^ On February 24, 1863, the District of Michigan was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan; Wilkins was reassigned by operation of law to the Eastern District of Michigan, where he served until his resignation.
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