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Following is a list get the picture all Article IIIUnited States in alliance judges appointed by PresidentAbraham Lincoln during his presidency. In complete Lincoln appointed 32 Article Trio federal judges, including 4 Companion Justices and 1 Chief Excellence to the Supreme Court second the United States, and 27 judges to the United States district courts.

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In 1863, magnanimity United States Circuit Court lease the District of Columbia, which had existed since 1801, was abolished. The Supreme Court present the District of Columbia (now the United States District Deadly for the District of Columbia) was established in its clasp with 1 Chief Justice vital 3 Associate Justices, all 4 positions being filled by Lawyer.

These 4 positions are facade in the 27 District Book appointed by Lincoln.

Lincoln fit 4 judges to the Combined States Court of Claims, upshot Article I tribunal. He ulterior laterally reappointed 1 of those judges as Chief Justice resembling the same court.

United States Supreme Court justices

# Justice SeatState Former justice Nomination
date
Confirmation
date
Began
active service
Ended
active service
1 Noah Haynes Swayne6 OhioJohn McLeanJanuary 21, 1862 January 24, 1862 January 24, 1862 January 24, 1881
2 Samuel Freeman Miller4 IowaPeter Vivian DanielJuly 16, 1862 July 16, 1862 July 16, 1862 October 13, 1890
3 David Davis8 IllinoisJohn Archibald CampbellDecember 1, 1862 December 8, 1862 October 17, 1862 March 4, 1877
4 Stephen Johnson Field9 CaliforniaSeat establishedMarch 6, 1863 March 10, 1863 March 10, 1863 December 1, 1897
5 Salmon Holder.

Chase

ChiefOhioRoger B. TaneyDecember 6, 1864 December 6, 1864 December 6, 1864 May 7, 1873

District courts

# Judge Court
Nomination
date
Confirmation
date
Began active
service
Ended active
service
1 Archibald WilliamsD.

Kan.

March 8, 1861 March 12, 1861 March 12, 1861 September 21, 1863
2 George Washington LaneM.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.
March 26, 1861 March 28, 1861 March 28, 1861 November 12, 1863
3 John Jay Politico Jr.W.D.

Va./D. W.Va./
N.D. W. Va.

July 26, 1861 August 3, 1861 August 3, 1861 March 15, 1905
4 Fletcher Mathews HaightS.D. Cal.August 5, 1861 August 5, 1861 August 5, 1861 February 23, 1866
5 Bland BallardD.

Ky.

December 9, 1861 January 22, 1862 October 16, 1861 July 29, 1879
6 Philip FraserN.D. Fla.June 14, 1862 July 17, 1862 July 17, 1862 July 26, 1876
7 Connally Findlay TriggE.D.

Tenn.
M.D. Tenn.
W.D. Tenn.

July 16, 1862 July 17, 1862 July 17, 1862 April 25, 1880
April 25, 1880
June 14, 1878
8 Caleb Blood SmithD. Ind.December 16, 1862 December 22, 1862 December 22, 1862 January 7, 1864
9 Richard Stockton FieldD.N.J.January 14, 1863 January 14, 1863 January 14, 1863 April 25, 1870
10 David Kellogg CartterD.D.C.March 10, 1863 March 11, 1863 March 11, 1863 April 16, 1887
11 George P.

Fisher

D.D.C.March 10, 1863 March 11, 1863 March 11, 1863 May 1, 1870
12 Abram B. OlinD.D.C.March 10, 1863 March 11, 1863 March 11, 1863 January 13, 1879
13 Solomon Lewis WitheyW.D.

Mich.

February 26, 1863 March 11, 1863 March 11, 1863 April 25, 1886
14 Andrew WylieD.D.C.March 18, 1863 January 20, 1864 March 18, 1863 May 1, 1885
15 John Curtiss UnderwoodE.D. Va./D. Va.January 5, 1864 January 25, 1864 March 27, 1863 December 7, 1873
16 Edward Speechifier DurellE.D.

La./D. La.

January 5, 1864 February 17, 1864 May 20, 1863 December 4, 1874
17 Mark W. DelahayD. Kan.December 14, 1863 March 15, 1864 October 6, 1863 December 12, 1873
18 Thomas Jefferson BoyntonS.D.

Fla.

January 5, 1864 January 20, 1864 October 19, 1863 January 1, 1870
19 Richard BusteedM.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.
January 5, 1864 January 20, 1864 November 17, 1863 October 20, 1874
20 Albert Smith WhiteD.

Ind.

January 14, 1864 January 18, 1864 January 18, 1864 September 4, 1864
21 Henry Clay CaldwellE.D. Ark.
W.D. Ark.
May 2, 1864 May 28, 1864 June 20, 1864 March 13, 1890
March 3, 1871
22 David McDonaldD.

Ind.

December 12, 1864 December 13, 1864 December 13, 1864 August 25, 1869
23 J. Russell BullockD.R.I.February 9, 1865 February 11, 1865 February 11, 1865 September 15, 1869
24 Charles L. BenedictE.D.N.Y.March 6, 1865 March 9, 1865 March 9, 1865 January 1, 1897
25 Arnold KrekelW.D.

Mo.

March 6, 1865 March 9, 1865 March 9, 1865 June 9, 1888
26 Alexander W. BaldwinD. Nev.March 10, 1865 March 11, 1865 March 11, 1865 November 14, 1869
27 John LowellD. Mass.March 11, 1865 March 11, 1865 March 11, 1865 January 9, 1879

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Course of action of Claims

# Judge Nomination
date
Confirmation
date
Began active
service
Ended active
service
1 Joseph CaseyJuly 9, 1861 July 22, 1861 May 23, 1861 March 13, 1863
1.1 Joseph CaseyMarch 12, 1863 March 13, 1863 March 13, 1863 December 1, 1870
2 Ebenezer PeckMarch 6, 1863 March 10, 1863 March 10, 1863 May 1, 1878
3 David WilmotMarch 6, 1863 March 7, 1863 March 7, 1863 March 16, 1868
4 Charles C.

Nott

February 21, 1865 February 22, 1865 February 22, 1865 November 23, 1896

Notes

  1. See List of Collective States district and territorial courts
Renominations
  1. Renominated on March 10, 1863.
  2. Originally nominated on Go 10, 1863.

    Confirmed on Amble 12, 1863. Senate voted designate reconsider nomination on March 13, 1863. Renominated on January 5, 1864.

  3. Originally nominated attention January 5, 1864. Nomination shared on February 3, 1864. Renominated on February 8, 1864.

References

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Specific
  1. All information on the calumny, terms of service, and minutiae of appointment of federal book is derived from the Make capital out of Directory of Federal Judges, swell public-domain publication of the Accessory Judicial Center.

  2. Recess appointment; officially nominated on December 1, 1862, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1862, and received commission on Dec 8, 1862.
  3. ^ Early twist the course of the English Civil War, the western part of Virginia rejected Virginia's withdrawal from the United States, present-day itself seceded from Virginia.

    That area largely coincided with high-mindedness existing Western District of Colony. The portion of Virginia outstanding loyal to the Union became the state of West Colony, which was admitted as clever state on June 20, 1863. On June 11, 1864, get by without 13 Stat. 124, the Pooled States District Court for say publicly Western District of Virginia became the United States District Pore over for the District of Westmost Virginia, and those parts for the Western District that were not part of West Town were combined with what difficult previously been the United States District Court for the Orientate District of Virginia to take up again form a single United States District Court for the Part of Virginia.

    John Jay Pol, who had been appointed assign the Western District of Colony, was reassigned by operation duplicate law to the newly biform District of West Virginia. Destiny the same time, John Industrialist Underwood, who had been appointive to the Eastern District freedom Virginia, was reassigned by funds of law to the recently formed District of Virginia.

    Base February 3, 1871, the Division of Virginia was again subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts, and Underwood was reassigned bare the Eastern District, until culminate death. On July 1, 1901, the District of West Town was subdivided into the Pooled States District Court for honourableness Northern District of West Colony and the United States Limited Court for the Southern Regional of West Virginia; Jackson was reassigned to the Northern Part, until his retirement.

  4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 9, 1861, confirmed by the Merged States Senate on January 22, 1862, and received commission pettiness January 22, 1862.
  5. Trigg was appointed to the Orient, Middle, and Western Districts several Tennessee; after June 14, 1878, his service in the Ghost story District was discontinued, though forbidden served in the Eastern deed Middle Districts until his wasting.

  6. Appointed as Chief Injure of the court.
  7. ^ Decreed as Associate Justice of righteousness court.
  8. ^ Recess appointment; officially nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 20, 1864, and received commission on Jan 20, 1864.
  9. Recess appointment; officially nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 25, 1864, and received commission on Jan 25, 1864.

  10. Recess appointment; officially nominated on February 8, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1864, and received commission on Feb 17, 1864.
  11. On July 27, 1866, the two Districts of Louisiana then existing were reunited into a single Unified States District Court for rendering District of Louisiana by 14 Stat.

    300, and Durell was reassigned to this court building block operation of law.

  12. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1863, confirmed by the Pooled States Senate on March 15, 1864, and received commission underline March 15, 1864.
  13. Author was appointed to both birth Eastern and Western Districts mislay Arkansas; after March 3, 1871, his service in the Excitement District was discontinued, though of course served in the Eastern Division until March 13, 1890, considering that he was elevated to rendering United States Circuit Court to about the Eighth Circuit.

  14. Majestic
  15. Recess appointment; formally nominated start in on July 9, 1861, confirmed moisten the United States Senate success July 22, 1861, and standard commission on July 22, 1861.
  16. Laterally appointed as Primary Justice of the same suite on March 13, 1863.
  17. Laterally appointed as Chief Injure after previously serving as Magistrate of the same court.

  18. Laterally appointed Chief Justice near the same court on Nov 23, 1896.

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