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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judge
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s appointed by President
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
during his presidency.All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
The ''Biographical Directory of Federal Judges'' is a publication of the Federal Judicial Center providing basic biographical information on all past and present United States federal court Article III judges (those federal judges with life tenu ...
, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center. Johnson appointed 184 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 41 to the United States Courts of Appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary. The courts of appeals are divided into 11 numbered circuits that cover geographic areas of the United States and hear appeals f ...
, 128 to the United States district courts
The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district, which each cover one U.S. state or, in some cases, a portion of a state. Each district cou ...
, 1 to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) was a United States federal court which existed from 1909 to 1982 and had jurisdiction over certain types of civil disputes.
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, 4 to the United States Court of Claims and 8 to the United States Customs Court
The United States Court of International Trade (case citations: Int'l Trade or Intl. Trade) is a U.S. federal court that adjudicates civil actions arising out of U.S. customs and international trade laws. Seated in New York City, it exercises ...
.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-A ...
, Johnson placed the first African American on the Supreme Court.
File:SCOTUS Justice Abe Fortas.jpeg, Johnson named Abe Fortas
Abraham Fortas (June 19, 1910 – April 5, 1982) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated from R ...
to the Supreme Court, and later made an unsuccessful attempt to elevate Fortas to Chief Justice.
File:Myron H. Bright official portrait.jpg, Myron H. Bright
Myron Howard Bright (March 5, 1919 – December 12, 2016) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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, appointed by Johnson to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, served for 48 years.
United States Supreme Court justices
Courts of appeals
District courts
Specialty courts (Article III)
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
United States Court of Claims
United States Customs Court
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