Appointing president / Republican

Judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge

President Calvin Coolidge filled 88 lifetime federal judgeships, including 1 on the Supreme Court.

What this list covers. Every lifetime (Article III) appointment in the Federal Judicial Center’s directory: 1 Supreme Court · 17 courts of appeals · 62 district courts · 8 specialized courts. Bankruptcy and magistrate judges are appointed by the courts, not the president, and fixed-term (Article I) judgeships such as the U.S. Tax Court aren’t attributed to a president here.

Jump to: Supreme Court (1) · Courts of Appeals (17) · District Courts (62) · Specialized courts (8)

Supreme Court · 1

JudgeCourtVoteYear
Harlan Fiske StoneSupreme Court71–61925

Courts of Appeals · 17

District Courts · 62

JudgeCourtVoteYear
Simon Louis AdlerWestern District of New YorkVoice1928
Alexander AkermanSouthern District of FloridaVoice1929
Harry Bennett AndersonWestern District of TennesseeVoice1926
Robert C. BaltzellDistrict of IndianaVoice1925
Charlton Reid BeattieEastern District of LouisianaVoice1925
Wayne G. BorahEastern District of LouisianaVoice1928
Charles Albert BoyntonWestern District of TexasVoice1924
Frederick Howard BryantNorthern District of New YorkVoice1927
Louis Henry BurnsEastern District of LouisianaVoice1925
Warren Booth BurrowsDistrict of ConnecticutVoice1928
Charles Cheatham CavanahDistrict of IdahoVoice1927
William ClarkDistrict of New JerseyVoice1925
Ernest Ford CochranEastern District of South CarolinaVoice1924
Frank Joseph ColemanSouthern District of New YorkVoice1927
William Caldwell ColemanDistrict of MarylandVoice1927
Elijah Allen CoxNorthern District of MississippiVoice1929
Charles B. DavisEastern District of MissouriVoice1924
Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Sr.Western District of LouisianaVoice1924
Charles I. DawsonWestern District of KentuckyVoice1925
Bascom Sine DeaverMiddle District of GeorgiaVoice1928
Charles Almon DeweySouthern District of IowaVoice1928
Guy Leverne FakeDistrict of New JerseyVoice1929
Peyton GordonDistrict of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia)Voice1928
George Philip HahnNorthern District of OhioVoice1928
Johnson Jay HayesMiddle District of North CarolinaVoice1928
Edward J. HenningSouthern District of CaliforniaVoice1925
Benson W. HoughSouthern District of OhioVoice1925
Albert Williams JohnsonMiddle District of PennsylvaniaVoice1925
Lake JonesSouthern District of FloridaVoice1924
Franklin Elmore KennamerEastern District of OklahomaVoice1924
Frank Henry KerriganNorthern District of CaliforniaVoice1924
William Huntington KirkpatrickEastern District of PennsylvaniaVoice1927
Ira Lloyd LettsDistrict of Rhode IslandVoice1928
Harold LouderbackNorthern District of CaliforniaVoice1928
John Ellis MartineauEastern District of ArkansasVoice1928
James William McCarthyDistrict of New JerseyVoice1929
Paul John McCormickSouthern District of CaliforniaVoice1924
George Thomas McDermottDistrict of KansasVoice1928
John Hugh McNaryDistrict of OregonVoice1927
Nelson McVicarWestern District of PennsylvaniaVoice1928
Isaac Melson MeekinsEastern District of North CarolinaVoice1925
Edward Julien MoinetEastern District of MichiganVoice1927
Joseph West MolyneauxDistrict of MinnesotaVoice1925
Charles Harwood MoormanWestern District of KentuckyVoice1924
Grover M. MoscowitzEastern District of New YorkVoice1925
Robert Reasoner NevinSouthern District of OhioVoice1929
Frank Herbert NorcrossDistrict of NevadaVoice1928
Merrill E. OtisWestern District of MissouriVoice1925
Charles Nelson PrayDistrict of MontanaVoice1924
Fred Morton RaymondWestern District of MichiganVoice1925
Halsted Lockwood RitterSouthern District of FloridaVoice1929
John Benjamin SanbornDistrict of MinnesotaVoice1925
Thomas Whitten SlickDistrict of IndianaVoice1925
Adolphus Frederic St. SureNorthern District of CaliforniaVoice1925
George Caldwell TaylorEastern District of TennesseeVoice1928
Thomas Day ThacherSouthern District of New YorkVoice1925
William Josiah TilsonMiddle District of Georgia1926
William Josiah TilsonMiddle District of Georgia
Edgar Sullins VaughtWestern District of OklahomaVoice1929
Samuel H. WestNorthern District of OhioVoice1928
Fred Louis WhamEastern District of IllinoisVoice1927
Charles Edgar WoodwardNorthern District of IllinoisVoice1929

Specialized courts · 8

Vote “–”: no recorded tally or vote type in the FJC record. Year “–”: no dated Senate action, typically a recess appointment that was never confirmed.

Source: FJC Biographical Directory (the complete record of Article III federal judges). Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.