Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President George H. W. Bush during his presidency.[1] In total Bush appointed 192 federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 42 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 148 judges to the United States district courts. In his single term in office, Bush came one appointment short of matching Franklin D. Roosevelt's mark of 193 federal judicial appointments over the course of his presidency.
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United States Supreme Court Justices
| # | Judge | Seat | State | Confirmation date |
Confirmation vote |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
| 1 | David Souter | Seat 1 | New Hampshire | October 2, 1990 | 90-9 | October 3, 1990 | June 29, 2009 |
| 2 | Clarence Thomas | Seat 10 | Georgia | October 15, 1991 | 52-48 | October 18, 1991 | Incumbent |
Courts of Appeals
| # | Judge | Circuit | Confirmation date |
Confirmation vote |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
| 12 | Samuel Alito | Third | April 27, 1990 | unanimous consent | April 30, 1990[2] | January 31, 2006 | – |
| 34 | Morris S. Arnold | Eighth | May 21, 1992 | unanimous consent | May 26, 1992 | October 9, 2006 | Incumbent |
| 7 | Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale | Fifth | March 9, 1990 | unanimous consent | March 12, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 30 | Alice M. Batchelder | Sixth | November 27, 1991 | unanimous consent | December 2, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| 13 | Stanley F. Birch, Jr. | Eleventh | May 11, 1990 | unanimous consent | May 14, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 37 | Susan H. Black | Eleventh | August 11, 1992 | unanimous consent | August 12, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| 35 | Michael Boudin | First | May 21, 1992 | unanimous consent | May 26, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| 40 | Edward Earl Carnes | Eleventh | September 9, 1992 | 62-36 | September 10, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| 10 | Raymond Charles Clevenger III | Fed. Cir. | April 27, 1990 | unanimous consent | April 30, 1990 | February 1, 2006 | Incumbent |
| 3 | Conrad K. Cyr | First | October 24, 1989 | unanimous consent | November 20, 1989 | January 31, 1997 | Incumbent |
| 31 | Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. | Fifth | November 27, 1991 | unanimous consent | December 2, 1991 | July 1, 2007 | Incumbent |
| 19 | Joel Fredrick Dubina | Eleventh | September 28, 1990 | unanimous consent | October 1, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 1 | Ferdinand Francis Fernandez | Ninth | May 18, 1989 | unanimous consent | May 22, 1989 | June 1, 2002 | Incumbent |
| 23 | Emilio M. Garza | Fifth | May 24, 1991 | unanimous consent | May 30, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| 25 | Clyde H. Hamilton | Fourth | July 18, 1991 | unanimous consent | July 22, 1991 | November 30, 1999 | Incumbent |
| 29 | David Rasmussen Hansen | Eighth | November 15, 1991 | unanimous consent | November 18, 1991 | April 1, 2003 | Incumbent |
| 15 | Karen L. Henderson | D.C. Cir. | June 29, 1990 | unanimous consent | July 5, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 41 | Dennis G. Jacobs | Second | September 29, 1992 | unanimous consent | October 2, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| 33 | Paul Joseph Kelly, Jr. | Tenth | April 8, 1992 | unanimous consent | April 13, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| 27 | Andrew Kleinfeld | Ninth | September 12, 1991 | unanimous consent | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| 42 | Timothy K. Lewis | Third | October 8, 1992 | unanimous consent | October 9, 1992 | June 30, 1999 | – |
| 22 | James B. Loken | Eighth | October 12, 1990 | unanimous consent | October 17, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 9 | Alan David Lourie | Fed. Cir. | April 5, 1990 | unanimous consent | April 6, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 26 | J. Michael Luttig | Fourth | July 29, 1991 | unanimous consent | August 2, 1991 | May 10, 2006 | – |
| 20 | Joseph M. McLaughlin | Second | October 12, 1990 | unanimous consent | October 17, 1990 | March 20, 1998 | Incumbent |
| 21 | Thomas G. Nelson | Ninth | October 12, 1990 | unanimous consent | October 17, 1990 | November 14, 2003 | Incumbent |
| 17 | Paul V. Niemeyer | Fourth | August 4, 1990 | unanimous consent | August 7, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 4 | S. Jay Plager | Fed. Cir. | November 8, 1989 | unanimous consent | November 11, 1989 | November 30, 2000 | Incumbent |
| 18 | Randall Ray Rader | Fed. Cir. | August 4, 1990 | unanimous consent | August 9, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 16 | Arthur Raymond Randolph | D.C. Cir. | July 13, 1990 | unanimous consent | July 16, 1990 | November 1, 2008 | Incumbent |
| 24 | Jane Richards Roth | Third | June 28, 1991 | unanimous consent | July 2, 1991 | May 31, 2006 | Incumbent |
| 39 | Ilana Rovner | Seventh | August 12, 1992 | unanimous consent | August 17, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| 2 | Pamela Ann Rymer | Ninth | May 18, 1989 | unanimous consent | May 22, 1989 | Incumbent | – |
| 38 | Alvin Anthony Schall | Fed. Cir. | August 12, 1992 | unanimous consent | August 17, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| 28 | Eugene Edward Siler, Jr. | Sixth | September 12, 1991 | unanimous consent | September 16, 1991 | December 31, 2001 | Incumbent |
| 11 | David Souter | First | April 27, 1990 | unanimous consent | April 30, 1990 | October 8, 1990 | – |
| 36 | Norman H. Stahl | First | June 26, 1992 | unanimous consent | June 30, 1992 | April 16, 2001 | Incumbent |
| 14 | Richard Fred Suhrheinrich | Sixth | June 29, 1990 | unanimous consent | July 10, 1990 | August 15, 2001 | Incumbent |
| 6 | Clarence Thomas | D.C. Cir. | March 6, 1990 | voice vote | March 6, 1990 | October 17, 1991 | – |
| 5 | John Mercer Walker, Jr. | Second | November 22, 1989 | unanimous consent | November 27, 1989 | September 30, 2006 | Incumbent |
| 8 | Jacques Loeb Wiener, Jr. | Fifth | March 9, 1990 | unanimous consent | March 12, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| 32 | Karen J. Williams | Fourth | February 27, 1992 | unanimous consent | March 2, 1992 | July 8, 2009 | – |
District courts
| Judge | Court [Note 1] |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
| William Harold Albritton III | M.D. Ala. | May 14, 1991 | May 17, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Carol Bagley Amon | E.D.N.Y. | August 7, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Wayne R. Andersen | N.D. Ill. | November 18, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Saundra Brown Armstrong | N.D. Cal. | June 18, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Lourdes Gillespie Baird | C.D. Cal. | August 12, 1992 | May 12, 2004 | April 15, 2005 |
| Paul J. Barbadoro | D.N.H. | October 9, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Harvey Bartle III | E.D. Pa. | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| William G. Bassler | D.N.J. | September 16, 1991 | March 6, 2005 | August 31, 2006 |
| Sandra Beckwith | S.D. Ohio | February 10, 1992 | January 1, 2009 | Incumbent |
| Monti L. Belot | D. Kan. | November 25, 1991 | March 4, 2008 | Incumbent |
| Dee Benson | D. Utah | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Sharon Lovelace Blackburn | N.D. Ala. | May 30, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Robert C. Bonner | C.D. Cal. | May 24, 1989 | August 12, 1990 | – |
| Michael Boudin | D.D.C. | August 7, 1990 | January 31, 1992 | – |
| David C. Bramlette | S.D. Miss. | November 25, 1991 | March 20, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Anita B. Brody | E.D. Pa. | October 2, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Morton A. Brody | D. Me. | July 25, 1991 | March 25, 2000 | – |
| Ronald L. Buckwalter | E.D. Pa. | March 12, 1990 | December 11, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Garland Ellis Burrell, Jr. | E.D. Cal. | March 2, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Julie E. Carnes | N.D. Ga. | February 10, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Barbara A. Caulfield | N.D. Cal. | November 5, 1991 | September 16, 1994 | – |
| Robin J. Cauthron | W.D. Okla. | March 25, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Robert Hardy Cleland | E.D. Mich. | June 19, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Edith Brown Clement | E.D. La. | November 25, 1991 | November 27, 2001 | – |
| Lacey A. Collier | N.D. Fla. | November 18, 1991 | November 20, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Anne C. Conway | M.D. Fla. | November 25, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Mary Little Cooper | D.N.J. | March 2, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Alfred V. Covello | D. Conn. | August 17, 1992 | February 4, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Stewart Dalzell | E.D. Pa. | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Ira De Ment | M.D. Ala. | March 18, 1992 | April 15, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Joseph A. Diclerico, Jr. | D.N.H. | August 17, 1992 | March 15, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Rebecca F. Doherty | W.D. La. | November 5, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Robert L. Echols | M.D. Tenn. | March 18, 1992 | March 1, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Nancy Garlock Edmunds | E.D. Mich. | February 10, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| David A. Faber | S.D.W.Va. | November 25, 1991 | December 31, 2008 | Incumbent |
| Louis Freeh | S.D.N.Y. | May 30, 1991 | August 31, 1993 | – |
| Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr. | W.D. Mo. | August 2, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Marvin J. Garbis | D. Md. | October 25, 1989 | June 14, 2003 | Incumbent |
| John Phil Gilbert | S.D. Ill. | September 24, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Irma Elsa Gonzalez | S.D. Cal. | August 12, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Nathaniel M. Gorton | D. Mass. | September 24, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Donald L. Graham | S.D. Fla. | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Richard T. Haik | W.D. La. | May 30, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Jean Constance Hamilton | E.D. Mo. | October 1, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Curtis LeRoy Hansen | D.N.M. | October 2, 1992 | April 18, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Melinda Harmon | S.D. Tex. | May 22, 1989 | Incumbent | – |
| Jimm Larry Hendren | W.D. Ark. | March 18, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Henry Michael Herlong, Jr. | D.S.C. | May 14, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| John Gilpin Heyburn II | W.D. Ky. | August 17, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Shelby Highsmith | S.D. Fla. | September 16, 1991 | March 15, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Michael Robert Hogan | D. Or. | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Joseph Martin Hood | E.D. Ky. | April 30, 1990 | October 14, 2007 | Incumbent |
| David Brock Hornby | D. Me. | April 30, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Marilyn L. Huff | S.D. Cal. | May 14, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Denis Reagan Hurley | E.D.N.Y. | November 5, 1991 | December 18, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Joseph Eron Irenas | D.N.J. | April 13, 1992 | July 1, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Carol E. Jackson | E.D. Mo. | August 17, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Sterling Johnson, Jr. | E.D.N.Y. | July 2, 1991 | June 1, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Robert E. Jones | D. Or. | April 30, 1990 | May 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| J. Curtis Joyner | E.D. Pa. | April 13, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley | N.D.W.Va. | August 12, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Elton Joe Kendall | N.D. Tex. | May 15, 1992 | January 22, 2002 | – |
| Samuel B. Kent | S.D. Tex. | October 1, 1990 | June 30, 2009 | – |
| Richard G. Kopf | D. Neb. | May 26, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Richard House Kyle | D. Minn. | May 13, 1992 | May 31, 2005 | Incumbent |
| Donald J. Lee | W.D. Pa. | March 12, 1990 | April 6, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Benson Everett Legg | D. Md. | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Timothy D. Leonard | W.D. Okla. | August 12, 1992 | August 21, 2006 | Incumbent |
| David F. Levi | E.D. Cal. | October 1, 1990 | June 30, 2007 | – |
| Timothy K. Lewis | W.D. Pa. | June 18, 1991 | October 23, 1992 | – |
| George Wakem Lindberg | N.D. Ill. | November 6, 1989 | June 21, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Edward Lodge | D. Idaho | November 27, 1989 | Incumbent | – |
| Ronald Earl Longstaff | S.D. Iowa | November 5, 1991 | November 5, 2006 | Incumbent |
| John Watson Lungstrum | D. Kan. | November 5, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| John S. Martin, Jr. | S.D.N.Y. | April 6, 1990 | May 31, 2003 | September 30, 2003 |
| Paul Ramon Matia | N.D. Ohio | November 18, 1991 | December 31, 2004 | May 31, 2005 |
| Steven J. McAuliffe | D.N.H. | October 10, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| John H. McBryde | N.D. Tex. | August 7, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Jon Phipps McCalla | W.D. Tenn. | February 10, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| James Focht McClure, Jr. | M.D. Pa. | April 30, 1990 | April 7, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Joe Billy McDade | C.D. Ill. | November 25, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| David McKeague | W.D. Mich. | February 10, 1992 | June 13, 2005 | – |
| Roderick R. McKelvie | D. Del. | March 2, 1992 | June 28, 2002 | – |
| Lawrence M. McKenna | S.D.N.Y. | April 30, 1990 | May 24, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Linda Hodge McLaughlin | C.D. Cal. | August 17, 1992 | March 7, 1999 | – |
| Stephen M. McNamee | D. Ariz. | June 4, 1990 | October 1, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Terry R. Means | N.D. Tex. | November 5, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Michael Joseph Melloy | N.D. Iowa | August 17, 1992 | February 26, 2002 | – |
| Steven Douglas Merryday | M.D. Fla. | February 10, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Kevin Michael Moore | S.D. Fla. | February 10, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Federico A. Moreno | S.D. Fla. | July 16, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Henry Coke Morgan, Jr. | E.D. Va. | April 13, 1992 | February 8, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Graham Calder Mullen | W.D.N.C. | September 11, 1990 | December 1, 2005 | Incumbent |
| Edwin L. Nelson | N.D. Ala. | January 24, 1990 | May 17, 2003 | – |
| William M. Nickerson | D. Md. | May 14, 1990 | June 11, 2002 | Incumbent |
| William Fremming Nielsen | E.D. Wash. | May 14, 1991 | May 30, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Ralph Wilson Nimmons, Jr. | M.D. Fla. | July 2, 1991 | November 24, 2003 | – |
| David C. Norton | D.S.C. | July 12, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Edward Willis Nottingham, Jr. | D. Colo. | November 27, 1989 | October 29, 2008 | – |
| William Lindsay Osteen, Sr. | M.D.N.C. | June 18, 1991 | April 3, 2006 | September 14, 2007 |
| John R. Padova | E.D. Pa. | March 18, 1992 | February 11, 2008 | Incumbent |
| Fred I. Parker | D. Vt. | August 7, 1990 | October 11, 1994 | – |
| Robert E. Payne | E.D. Va. | May 13, 1992 | May 7, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Charles W. Pickering | S.D. Miss. | October 1, 1990 | January 16, 2004 | – |
| Loretta A. Preska | S.D.N.Y. | August 12, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Gordon Jay Quist | W.D. Mich. | June 30, 1992 | January 1, 2006 | Incumbent |
| John David Rainey | S.D. Tex. | May 14, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Rudolph T. Randa | E.D. Wis. | August 12, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Philip Godfrey Reinhard | N.D. Ill. | February 10, 1992 | January 12, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Sue Lewis Robinson | D. Del. | November 18, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Eduardo C. Robreno | E.D. Pa. | June 30, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| John McCarthy Roll | D. Ariz. | November 25, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Gerald Ellis Rosen | E.D. Mich. | March 12, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Lee Hyman Rosenthal | S.D. Tex. | May 13, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Harvey E. Schlesinger | M.D. Fla. | July 2, 1991 | June 5, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Frederick Scullin | N.D.N.Y. | February 10, 1992 | March 13, 2006 | Incumbent |
| John W. Sedwick | D. Alaska | October 9, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Jack D. Shanstrom | D. Mont. | May 14, 1990 | January 30, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Dennis Shedd | D.S.C. | October 30, 1990 | December 10, 2002 | – |
| William B. Shubb | E.D. Cal. | October 1, 1990 | November 1, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Jerome B. Simandle | D.N.J. | May 26, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| James Keith Singleton, Jr. | D. Alaska | May 14, 1990 | January 27, 2005 | Incumbent |
| William M. Skretny | W.D.N.Y. | August 7, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Rebecca Beach Smith | E.D. Va. | October 25, 1989 | Incumbent | – |
| Jorge Antonio Solis | N.D. Tex. | September 16, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Sonia Sotomayor | S.D.N.Y. | August 12, 1992 | October 13, 1998 | – |
| Sam Sparks | W.D. Tex. | November 25, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Daniel B. Sparr | D. Colo. | April 6, 1990 | May 1, 2001 | November 9, 2006 |
| Arthur Donald Spatt | E.D.N.Y. | November 27, 1989 | December 1, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Norman H. Stahl | D.N.H. | April 6, 1990 | June 30, 1992 | – |
| Frederick Pfarr Stamp, Jr. | N.D.W.Va. | July 12, 1990 | November 1, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Donald J. Stohr | E.D. Mo. | April 13, 1992 | December 31, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Gary L. Taylor | C.D. Cal. | October 1, 1990 | December 8, 2004 | July 1, 2005 |
| William Byrd Traxler, Jr. | D.S.C. | March 2, 1992 | October 21, 1998 | – |
| James Travis Trimble, Jr. | W.D. La. | September 16, 1991 | September 13, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Ursula Mancusi Ungaro | S.D. Fla. | October 9, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Frederick L. Van Sickle | E.D. Wash. | May 14, 1991 | May 1, 2008 | Incumbent |
| George Thomas VanBebber | D. Kan. | December 8, 1989 | December 31, 2000 | May 26, 2005 |
| Richard W. Vollmer, Jr. | S.D. Ala. | May 14, 1990 | December 31, 2000 | March 20, 2003 |
| Kathryn Hoefer Vratil | D. Kan. | October 9, 1992 | Incumbent | – |
| Vaughn R. Walker | N.D. Cal. | November 27, 1989 | Incumbent | – |
| Oliver Winston Wanger | E.D. Cal. | March 25, 1991 | May 31, 2006 | Incumbent |
| James Ware | N.D. Cal. | October 1, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Ewing Werlein, Jr. | S.D. Tex. | April 13, 1992 | January 1, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Ronald M. Whyte | N.D. Cal. | February 10, 1992 | March 2, 2009 | Incumbent |
| Samuel Grayson Wilson | W.D. Va. | May 14, 1990 | Incumbent | – |
| Susan Webber Wright | W.D. Ark. | January 24, 1990 | Incumbent[3] | – |
| William Hendricks Yohn, Jr. | E.D. Pa. | September 16, 1991 | November 20, 2003 | Incumbent |
Notes
References
- General
- 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.
- ^ Elevated to the United States Supreme Court by George W. Bush
- ^ On December 1, 1990, Wright was reassigned to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
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