List of federal judges appointed by James Madison

James Madison.
President Madison appointed Joseph Story, the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court, who went on to write a large number of noted opinions.
Robert Trimble, appointed as a district court judge by Madison, was later elevated to the Supreme Court by John Quincy Adams.

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President James Madison during his presidency.[1] In total Madison appointed thirteen federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, two judges to the United States circuit courts, and nine judges to the United States district courts. One of Madison's district court appointments was in fact appointed twice, to different seats on the same court, having resigned from the first appointment to pursue another political office.

United States Supreme Court Justices

JusticeSeatStateBegan active
service		Ended active
service
Duvall, GabrielGabriel DuvallSeat 3MarylandNovember 23, 1811January 12, 1835
Story, JosephJoseph StorySeat 2MassachusettsFebruary 3, 1812September 10, 1845

Circuit courts

JudgeCircuitBegan active
service		Ended active
service
Morsell, James SewallJames Sewall MorsellD.C.January 11, 1815March 3, 1863
Thruston, BucknerBuckner ThrustonD.C.December 14, 1809August 30, 1845

District courts

JudgeCourt
[Note 1]		Began active
service		Ended active
service
Drayton, JohnJohn DraytonD.S.C.May 7, 1812November 27, 1822
Fisher, JohnJohn FisherD. Del.April 23, 1812April 22, 1823
Hall, Dominic AugustinDominic Augustin HallD. La.June 1, 1812
June 1, 1813		February 13, 1813
December 19, 1820[2]
Howell, DavidDavid HowellD.R.I.November 17, 1812July 30, 1824
Pennington, William SanfordWilliam Sanford PenningtonD.N.J.June 19, 1815[3]September 17, 1826
Trimble, RobertRobert TrimbleD. Ky.January 31, 1817May 9, 1826[4]
Tucker, St. GeorgeSt. George TuckerD. Va.January 19, 1813June 30, 1825[5]
Tyler, Sr., JohnJohn Tyler, Sr.D. Va.January 7, 1811January 6, 1813
Van Ness, William PeterWilliam Peter Van NessD.N.Y.May 27, 1812September 6, 1826[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

General
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. ↑ Hall initially served on the court until February 1813, and then resigned. In May 1813, Madison reappointed Hall to a different seat on the same court.
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1816, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1816, and received commission on January 16, 1816.
  4. ↑ Trimble was elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States by John Quincy Adams.
  5. ↑ On February 4, 1819, the United States District Court for the District of Virginia was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia; Tucker was reassigned by operation of law to the Eastern District of Virginia.
  6. ↑ On April 9, 1814, the United States District Court for the District of New York was subdivided; Van Ness was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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