Abraham Lincoln half length seated, April 10, 1865

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 ...

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

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 Lincoln appointed 32 Article III federal judges, including 4 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, and 27 judges to the

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. Lincoln appointed no judges to the

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s during his time in office. In 1863, the

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, which had existed since 1801, was abolished. The

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(now the

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) was established in its place with 1 Chief Justice and 3 Associate Justices, all 4 positions being filled by Lincoln. These 4 positions are included in the 27 District Judges appointed by Lincoln. Lincoln appointed 4 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an

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tribunal. He later laterally reappointed 1 of those judges as Chief Justice of the same court. File:Mathew Brady, Portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, officer of the United States government (1860–1865, full version).jpg,

Salmon Portland Chase Salmon Portland Chase (January 13, 1808May 7, 1873) was an American politician and jurist who served as the sixth chief justice of the United States. He also served as the 23rd governor of Ohio, represented Ohio in the United States Senate, ...

was Lincoln's choice to be Chief Justice of the United States. File:John Jay Jackson, Jr.JPG,

John Jay Jackson, Jr. John Jay Jackson Jr. (August 4, 1824 – September 2, 1907) was an American lawyer, Whig party (United States), Whig politician, United States federal judge, United States District Judge (initially of the United States District Court for the Weste ...

was appointed to what was then the Western District of Virginia - which became the District of West Virginia. He remained on the bench until 1905. File:Caldwell1.jpg, Appointed by Lincoln to the

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, Henry Clay Caldwell was later elevated by President

Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia–a grandson of the ninth pr ...

to sit on the Eighth Circuit.

United States Supreme Court justices

District courts

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

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* Federal Judicial Center {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Federal Judges Appointed By Abraham Lincoln

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* Presidency of Abraham Lincoln