Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
Court of Claims
Title
Chief Justice
Appointed by
Abraham LincolnRepublican president
Seat
CLMS0401
Nominated
March 12, 1863
Committee action
Reported (no recommendation recorded)March 12, 1863
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
March 13, 1863
Commissioned
March 13, 1863
Service ended
Dec. 1, 1870Resignation

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
Court of Claims Judge July 22, 1861 May 4, 1863 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Abraham Lincoln
Court of Claims Chief Justice March 13, 1863 Dec. 1, 1870 Resignation Abraham Lincoln

Recent judicial activity

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  • No recorded activity.

Cases

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Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.