Following is a list of all Article III

United States federal judge In the United States, federal judges are judges who serve on courts established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. They include the chief justice and the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit judges of the U.S. ...

s appointed by

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...

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. In total Grant appointed 46 Article III federal judges, making him the first president to appoint more federal judges than

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of ...

. Grant's appointments included 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 10 judges to the

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s, and 32 judges to the

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. Grant also appointed

Edwin M. Stanton Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814December 24, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize ...

to the Supreme Court in 1869; Stanton was confirmed and his commission was issued, but died before he could accept his commission and take his seat. Grant appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an

Article I Article One may refer to: Legal codes * Article One of the United States Constitution, pertaining to the powers of the United States Congress * Article One of the Constitution of India, pertaining to the federal nature of the republic Other us ...

tribunal. File:Chief Justice Morrison Waite.jpg, Grant appointed

Morrison Remick Waite Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio. He served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenure ...

to be Chief Justice of the United States. File:Moses Hallett.jpg, Moses Hallett was appointed by Grant to be the first judge of the

United States District Court for the District of Colorado The United States District Court for the District of Colorado (in case citations, D. Colo. or D. Col.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are a ...

. File:James W. Locke.jpg, James William Locke served as a judge of the

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.. Appeal ...

for forty years, the longest tenure of any Grant appointee.

United States Supreme Court justices

Circuit courts

District courts

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

Notes

;Renominations

References

;General * ;Specific

Sources

* Federal Judicial Center {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Federal Judges Appointed By Ulysses S. Grant Judicial appointments

Grant Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County (disambiguation) Australia * Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia United Kingdom * Castle Grant United States * Grant, Alabama * Grant, Inyo County, ...