List of federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower 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 Eisenhower appointed 185 Article III federal judges, including 5 Justices to the
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(including one Chief Justice), 45 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 130 judges to the United States district courts, 2 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 2 judges to the
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and 1 judge to the United States Customs Court. Three federal courts were raised to Article III status during Eisenhower's tenure, the
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on July 28, 1953, the United States Customs Court on July 14, 1956, and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals on August 25, 1958. Judges appointed prior to those dates are counted as Article I judicial appointments, later gaining Article III status by operation of law, while judges appointed after those dates are counted as Article III judicial appointments. Eisenhower appointed 5 total
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federal judges to these courts, including 3 judges to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 0 judges to the
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and 2 judges to the United States Customs Court. Earl Warren.jpg, Eisenhower picked
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to be Chief Justice of the United States. Warren e burger photo.jpeg,
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was among the five Court of Appeals judges appointed by Eisenhower to later serve on the Supreme Court.


United States Supreme Court justices


Courts of appeals


District courts


Specialty courts


United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals became an Article III Court on August 25, 1958.


Judges appointed under Article III


Judges appointed under Article I


United States Court of Claims

The
United States Court of Claims The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government. It was established in 1855, renamed in 1948 to the United States Court of Claims (), and abolished in 1982. Then, its jurisdiction was assumed by the n ...
became an Article III Court on July 28, 1953.


Judges appointed under Article III


United States Customs Court

The United States Customs Court became an Article III Court on July 14, 1956.


Judges appointed under Article III


Judges appointed under Article I


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