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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 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 tenure ...
, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center
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. Johnson appointed 184 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States
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, 41 to the United States Courts of Appeals
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, 128 to the United States district courts, 1 to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 4 to the United States Court of Claims
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and 8 to the United States Customs Court.
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 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, appointed by Johnson to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, served for 48 years.
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United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
United States Court of Claims
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