Who appointed Thomas Todd?

President Thomas Jefferson appointed Thomas Todd to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1807.

What was Thomas Todd's confirmation vote?

Thomas Todd was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1807. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Supreme Court / Appointed 1807 / Served to 1826

Thomas Todd

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas Todd was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Sources ↓

Lived: 1765–1826
Appointed by: Thomas Jefferson, 1807
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded by: Robert Trimble

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1807	Supreme Court	Jefferson (N)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University)		1783
Read law		1786

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

Continental Army	1779, 1781
Clerk, conventions seeking statehood for Kentucky	1784-1792
Private practice, Danville, Kentucky	1788-1801
Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Kentucky	1789-1792
Clerk, Kentucky constitutional conventions	1792, 1799
Clerk, Lexington [Kentucky] Democratic Society	1793-1794
Clerk, Kentucky House of Representatives	1792-1801
Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals	1799-1801
Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals	1801-1806
Chief justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky	1806-1807

Questions & answers

Who appointed Thomas Todd?: President Thomas Jefferson appointed Thomas Todd to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1807.
What was Thomas Todd's confirmation vote?: Thomas Todd was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1807. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Thomas Todd on?: Thomas Todd was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Sources

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18 years on the Supreme Court of the United States. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).