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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Benjamin Harrison 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, a public-domain publication of the
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In total Harrison appointed 42 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the
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, 12 judges to the United States courts of appeals and United States circuit courts and 26 judges to the United States district courts. Additionally, Harrison appointed 1 judge to the
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and 10 members to the Board of General Appraisers (later the United States Customs Court), both
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tribunals. The Judiciary Act of 1891, approved March 3, 1891, established the United States courts of appeals. Prior to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were appointed solely to the existing United States circuit courts. Subsequent to the passage of that act, United States Circuit Judges were concurrently appointed to both the United States courts of appeals and the United States circuit courts. This situation persisted until the abolition of the United States circuit courts on December 31, 1911. Starting January 1, 1912, United States Circuit Judges served only upon their respective United States court of appeals. Thus, the first 2 United States Circuit Judges appointed during Harrison's administration were appointed solely to the United States circuit court for their respective circuit and were reassigned by operation of law to serve concurrently on the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court on June 16, 1891. The 10 United States Circuit Judges appointed by Harrison after June 16, 1891 were appointed concurrently to the United States court of appeals and United States circuit court. File:DavidBrewer.jpg, David Josiah Brewer was Harrison's first appointee to the Supreme Court, and his longest serving. File:William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg, Harrison appointed William Howard Taft to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. File:AlonzoEdgerton.jpg, Alonzo J. Edgerton was appointed by Harrison as the first judge for the newly created United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.


United States Supreme Court justices


Courts of appeals and circuit courts


District courts


Specialty courts (Article I)


United States Court of Claims


Board of General Appraisers


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