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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower during his presidency. In total Eisenhower appointed 185 Article III federal judges, including 5 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), 45 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 130 judges to the United States district courts, 2 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 1 judge to the United States Customs Court.

Three federal courts were raised to Article III status during Eisenhower's tenure, the United States Court of Claims on July 28, 1953, the United States Customs Court on July 14, 1956, and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals on August 25, 1958. Judges appointed prior to those dates are counted as Article I judicial appointments, later gaining Article III status by operation of law, while judges appointed after those dates are counted as Article III judicial appointments. Eisenhower appointed 5 total Article I federal judges to these courts, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 0 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 2 judges to the United States Customs Court.

• Eisenhower picked Earl Warren to be Chief Justice of the United States.
• Warren E. Burger was among the five Court of Appeals judges appointed by Eisenhower to later serve on the Supreme Court.

United States Supreme Court justices

Courts of appeals

District courts

Specialty courts

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals became an Article III Court on August 25, 1958.

Judges appointed under Article III

Judges appointed under Article I

United States Court of Claims

The United States Court of Claims became an Article III Court on July 28, 1953.

Judges appointed under Article III

United States Customs Court

The United States Customs Court became an Article III Court on July 14, 1956.

Judges appointed under Article III

Judges appointed under Article I

Notes

1. See List of United States district and territorial courts

Renominations

1. ^ Renominated on January 10, 1955.
2. ^ Renominated on November 8, 1954.
3. ^ Renominated on January 12, 1956.
4. Renominated on January 13, 1958.
5. ^ Renominated on January 11, 1960.
6. Renominated on November 16, 1954, and January 21, 1955.
7. Renominated on March 20, 1955.
8. Renominated on January 25, 1956.
9. ^ Renominated on January 17, 1959.
10. ^ Renominated on January 10, 1961.

References

General

• "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

Specific

1. 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.
2. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1954, and received commission on March 20, 1954.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on May 5, 1959, and received commission on May 7, 1959.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1954, and received commission on March 31, 1954.
6. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 9, 1954.
7. ^ Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
8. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 8, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 2, 1954, and received commission on December 3, 1954.
9. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1958, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25, 1958, and received commission on February 27, 1958.
10. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 10, 1954.
11. Reassigned to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California by operation of law on September 18, 1966.
12. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1955, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 4, 1955, and received commission on February 7, 1955.
13. On September 18, 1966, Clarke was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
14. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1956, and received commission on March 2, 1956.
15. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 26, 1956, and received commission on June 27, 1956.
16. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.
17. On October 29, 1962, Lieb was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
18. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956.
19. On March 30, 1979, Juergens was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
20. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 9, 1959, and received commission on September 10, 1959.
21. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1959, and received commission on April 30, 1959.
22. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, to the Eastern District of Arkansas only, but not confirmed by the United States Senate; formally re-nominated on August 18, 1959 (prior to the expiration of the recess appointment) to a different seat on both the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, confirmed by the Senate on September 2, 1959, and received his commission on September 8, 1959.
23. On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.
24. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1961, and received commission from President John F. Kennedy on August 16, 1961.
25. Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
26. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 21, 1961, and received commission from President John F. Kennedy on September 22, 1961.
27. ^ Previously an Associate Judge of the same court, this was a lateral appointment to Chief Judge.
28. ^ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
29. Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade, effective November 1, 1980.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center

• Lists of United States judicial appointments by president
• United States federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower