Deaths of United States federal judges in active service
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Deaths of United States federal judges in active service have profound political and procedural effects. Due to their implications for the political composition of the courts on which they serve, they can result in unexpected political conflicts regarding appointments to fill those seats. Such incidences can also disrupt the operations of the court with respect to active cases assigned to the deceased judge, and with opinions written by the deceased judge but not yet distributed. Historically, the rate of judges dying in active service was highest in the early days of the country, but declined sharply as lifespans increased, and as various legislation was introduced first allowing retiring judges to collect a pension, and later allowing judges to transition from active service to senior status, continuing to do judicial work in a semi-retired state.
Background
editWhile Article Three of the United States Constitution provides that "Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour", thereby securing lifetime appointments, in practice a substantial majority of federal judges have resigned, retired, or otherwise left active service prior to their death.[1] In Federalist No. 79, Alexander Hamilton, advocating for lifetime judicial appointments rather than a set retirement age, suggested that the people should "consider how few there are who outlive the season of intellectual vigor, and how improbable it is that any considerable portion of the bench, whether more or less numerous, should be in such a situation at the same time".[2] A majority of federal judges who died in office in the 18th and 19th centuries died before reaching the age of 65, with several dying in their 30s. As one source has noted, "given what we now know about health and ageing, it must have been uncommon then for old age to impact adversely on the performance of a federal judge's official duties. However, as the epidemiological transition took root, and as life expectancy in the United States lengthened, early death provided a dwindling solution to age-related declined in mental capacity. Instead, the judicial system had to place greater reliance on the discretion of federal judges to retire at an appropriate point in their careers".[3] Concerns about the capacity of aging judges were often dealt with informally; for example, Supreme Court Justice George Shiras Jr. recounted having once been part of a committee "sent to suggest to an aged judge that he had remained in service too long".[4]
The Judiciary Act of 1869 allowed judges to receive a pension upon retirement, and beginning in 1919, the retirement of judges from active duty was further facilitated by legislation creating senior status, in which a judge could retire from full-time service while continuing to receive full pay for engaging in a lighter amount of work.[5] Historically, judges have often sought to time their retirement from the bench so that their replacement can be named by a president of the same political party; the death of a judge in office therefore presents a situation where this timing is out of the judge's control.[1]
Political consequences
editDue to the unpredictability of such circumstances, deaths of judges in active service are more likely to lead to judicial appointment controversies (where one party resists the confirmation of a judge appointed by a president of the other party); such deaths occasionally change the structure of the court itself, as legislators may seek to avoid changing the balance of a particular court by abolishing the seat vacated by the death. These issues have most widely been reported in the popular media with respect to justices of the Supreme Court of the United States,[6][7][8] but have also been reported with respect to judges of lower courts.[9][10]
At the district court level, for example, Republicans were able to scuttle of the nomination by Democrat Jimmy Carter of recess appointment Walter Heen to replace Republican Gerald Ford-appointee Dick Yin Wong on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Wong had died in 1978, and Republicans argued that there had always been Republican representation in the District. The seat was ultimately filled by Republican Ronald Reagan, who appointed Harold Fong.[10]
Logistical consequences
editJudges preparing to retire generally wind down the active cases over which they are presiding, or make preparations for the reassignment of these cases to other judges. Unlike planned retirements, deaths of judges can disrupt these active cases, necessitating redistribution of the court's docket to accommodate the handling of previously scheduled proceedings. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, in particular, provide for the reassignment of cases where the presiding judge has died during a criminal trial.[11]
In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that where a judge serving on a panel died after voting on the outcome of a case, but before the decision was announced, the vote of the deceased judge could no longer be counted. The Court noted that "[f]ederal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity".[12] Traditionally, law clerks of the deceased judge may be reassigned to other judges on the same court, or may be held over in chambers to work for the successor appointed to replace the deceased judge, although there is no legal requirement or guarantee that they be retained.[13] Legislation provides for a survivor's annuity to benefit the widow, widower or minor child of a judge who dies while in service, which may be purchased via a deduction of 2.2% to 3.5% from the retirement benefit.[14]
Lists
editThe following are lists of United States Article Three federal judges who died while in active service from 1789 to the present day.[15] In some cases, judges have been appointed to one court, and then reassigned by operation of law to another court when the original court is subdivided, merged, or otherwise reconfigured. In other cases, judges initially appointed to one court have later been elevated to a higher court. This list indicates only the placement of the judge at the time of their death. For judges nominated by different presidents to different judicial offices, the list indicates only the last president to successfully nominate them to a judicial office.
1789–1869
editA total of 107 United States Article III federal judges died in office between the establishment of the federal judiciary with the Judiciary Act of 1789 and the enactment of the Judiciary Act of 1869, which provided for pensions for retiring federal judges, making it easier for them to depart the bench before death. Of these, 22 were justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
| Judge | Appointing president | Court | Date of birth | Confirmation date | Date of death and age | Successor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Drayton Sr. | Washington | D.S.C. | March 21, 1732 | February 10, 1790 | May 18, 1790 (aged 58) | Thomas Bee |
| David Brearley | Washington | D.N.J. | June 11, 1745 | September 25, 1789 | August 16, 1790 (aged 45) | Robert Morris |
| John Stokes | Washington | D.N.C. | March 20, 1756 | August 3, 1790 | October 12, 1790 (aged 34) | John Sitgreaves |
| Francis Hopkinson | Washington | D. Penn. | October 2, 1737 | September 26, 1789 | May 9, 1791 (aged 53) | William Lewis |
| John Sullivan | Washington | D.N.H. | February 17, 1740 | September 26, 1789 | January 23, 1795 (aged 54) | John Pickering |
| Henry Marchant | Washington | D.R.I. | April 9, 1741 | July 3, 1790 | August 30, 1796 (aged 55) | Benjamin Bourne |
| James Wilson | Washington | SCOTUS | September 14, 1742 | September 26, 1789 | August 21, 1798 (aged 55) | Bushrod Washington |
| William Paca | Washington | D. Md. | October 31, 1740 | February 10, 1790 | October 13, 1799 (aged 58) | James Winchester |
| James Iredell | Washington | SCOTUS | October 5, 1751 | February 10, 1790 | October 20, 1799 (aged 48) | Alfred Moore |
| John Sitgreaves | Washington | D.N.C. | 1757 | December 20, 1790 | March 4, 1802 (aged 44–45) | Henry Potter |
| John Lowell | J. Adams | 1st Cir. | June 17, 1743 | February 20, 1801 | May 6, 1802 (aged 58) | Seat abolished |
| John Sloss Hobart | J. Adams | D.N.Y. | May 6, 1738 | April 12, 1798 | February 4, 1805 (aged 66) | Matthias B. Tallmadge |
| Richard Law | Washington | D. Conn. | March 7, 1733 | September 26, 1789 | January 26, 1806 (aged 72) | Pierpont Edwards |
| James Winchester | J. Adams | D. Md. | September 13, 1772 | December 10, 1799 | April 5, 1806 (aged 33) | James Houston |
| William Paterson | Washington | SCOTUS | December 24, 1745 | March 4, 1793 | September 9, 1806 (aged 60) | Henry Brockholst Livingston |
| Allen Bowie Duckett | Jefferson | D.C. Cir. | 1775 | March 3, 1806 | July 19, 1809 (aged 33–34) | Buckner Thruston |
| William Cushing | Washington | SCOTUS | March 1, 1732 | September 26, 1789 | September 13, 1810 (aged 78) | Joseph Story |
| Cyrus Griffin | Washington | D. Va. | July 16, 1748 | February 10, 1790 | December 14, 1810 (aged 62) | John Tyler Sr. |
| Samuel Chase | Washington | SCOTUS | April 17, 1741 | January 27, 1796 | June 19, 1811 (aged 70) | Gabriel Duvall |
| Thomas Bee | Washington | D.S.C. | 1739 | June 14, 1790 | February 18, 1812 (aged 72–73) | John Drayton |
| Gunning Bedford Jr. | Washington | D. Del. | 1747 | September 26, 1789 | March 30, 1812 (aged 64–65) | John Fisher |
| David L. Barnes | Jefferson | D.R.I. | January 28, 1760 | January 26, 1802 | November 3, 1812 (aged 52) | David Howell |
| John Tyler Sr. | Madison | D. Va. | February 28, 1747 | January 3, 1811 | January 6, 1813 (aged 65) | St. George Tucker |
| Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh | Jefferson | D.C. Cir. | May 10, 1764 | November 25, 1803 | December 31, 1814 (aged 50) | James Sewall Morsell |
| Robert Morris | Washington | D.N.J. | 1745 | December 20, 1790 | June 2, 1815 (aged 69–70) | William Sanford Pennington |
| Harry Innes | Washington | D. Ky. | January 4, 1752 | September 26, 1789 | September 20, 1816 (aged 64) | Robert Trimble |
| James Houston | Jefferson | D. Md. | October 10, 1767 | April 21, 1806 | June 8, 1819 (aged 51) | Theodorick Bland |
| Dominic Augustin Hall | Madison | D. La. | January 1, 1765 | June 1, 1813 | December 19, 1820 (aged 55) | John Dick |
| John Drayton | Madison | D.S.C. | June 22, 1766 | May 7, 1812 | November 27, 1822 (aged 56) | Thomas Lee |
| Henry Brockholst Livingston | Jefferson | SCOTUS | November 25, 1757 | December 17, 1806 | March 18, 1823 (aged 65) | Smith Thompson |
| William Bayard Shields | Monroe | D. Miss. | 1780 | April 20, 1818 | April 18, 1823 (aged 42–43) | Peter Randolph |
| John Fisher | Madison | D. Del. | May 22, 1771 | April 23, 1812 | April 22, 1823 (aged 51) | Willard Hall |
| Jonathan Hoge Walker | Monroe | W.D. Pa. | July 20, 1754 | April 20, 1818 | March 23, 1824 (aged 69) | William Wilkins |
| John Dick | Monroe | E.D. La. W.D. La. |
1788 | March 2, 1821 | April 23, 1824 (aged 35–36) | Thomas B. Robertson |
| David Howell | Madison | D.R.I. | January 1, 1747 | November 16, 1812 | July 30, 1824 (aged 77) | John Pitman |
| John G. Jackson | Monroe | W.D. Va. | September 22, 1777 | February 24, 1819 | March 28, 1825 (aged 47) | Philip C. Pendleton |
| Roger Skinner | Monroe | N.D.N.Y. | June 1, 1773 | January 5, 1820 | August 19, 1825 (aged 52) | Alfred Conkling |
| Thomas Todd | Jefferson | SCOTUS | January 23, 1765 | March 2, 1807 | February 7, 1826 (aged 61) | Robert Trimble |
| Pierpont Edwards | Jefferson | D. Conn. | April 8, 1750 | February 24, 1806 | April 5, 1826 (aged 75) | William Bristol |
| William P. Van Ness | Madison | S.D.N.Y. | February 13, 1778 | May 26, 1812 | September 6, 1826 (aged 48) | Samuel Betts |
| William Sanford Pennington | Madison | D.N.J. | 1757 | January 9, 1816 | September 17, 1826 (aged 68–69) | William Rossell |
| Richard Peters | Washington | E.D. Pa. | June 22, 1744 | January 13, 1792 | August 22, 1828 (aged 84) | Joseph Hopkinson |
| Charles Willing Byrd | Jefferson | D. Ohio | July 26, 1770 | March 3, 1803 | August 25, 1828 (aged 58) | William Creighton Jr. |
| Robert Trimble | J.Q. Adams | SCOTUS | November 17, 1776 | May 9, 1826 | August 25, 1828 (aged 51) | John McLean |
| Thomas B. Robertson | Monroe | E.D. La. W.D. La. |
February 27, 1779 | May 26, 1824 | October 5, 1828 (aged 49) | Samuel Hadden Harper |
| Bushrod Washington | J. Adams | SCOTUS | June 5, 1762 | December 20, 1798 | November 26, 1829 (aged 67) | Henry Baldwin |
| John S. Sherburne | Jefferson | D.N.H. | 1757 | March 24, 1804 | August 2, 1830 (aged 72–73) | Matthew Harvey |
| George Hay | J.Q. Adams | E.D. Va. | December 17, 1765 | March 31, 1826 | September 21, 1830 (aged 64) | Philip P. Barbour |
| Peter Randolph | Monroe | D. Miss. | 1779 | December 9, 1823 | January 30, 1832 (aged 52–53) | Powhatan Ellis |
| John Wilson Campbell | Jackson | D. Ohio | February 23, 1782 | March 7, 1829 | September 24, 1833 (aged 51) | Benjamin Tappan |
| John Boyle | J.Q. Adams | D. Ky. | October 28, 1774 | February 12, 1827 | January 28, 1834 (aged 59) | Thomas Bell Monroe |
| William Johnson | Jefferson | SCOTUS | December 27, 1771 | March 24, 1804 | August 4, 1834 (aged 62) | James M. Wayne |
| John Marshall | J. Adams | SCOTUS | September 24, 1755 | January 27, 1801 | July 6, 1835 (aged 79) | Roger B. Taney |
| Benjamin Parke | Monroe | D. Ind. | September 2, 1777 | March 5, 1817 | July 12, 1835 (aged 57) | Jesse Lynch Holman |
| William Bristol | J.Q. Adams | D. Conn. | June 2, 1779 | May 22, 1826 | March 7, 1836 (aged 56) | Andrew T. Judson |
| James H. Peck | Monroe | D. Mo. | January 12, 1790 | April 5, 1822 | April 29, 1836 (aged 46) | Robert William Wells |
| Samuel Hadden Harper | Jackson | E.D. La. W.D. La. |
1783 | March 7, 1829 | July 19, 1837 (aged 53–54) | Philip Kissick Lawrence |
| Alexander Caldwell | J.Q. Adams | W.D. Va. | November 1, 1774 | January 3, 1826 | April 8, 1839 (aged 64) | Isaac S. Pennybacker |
| Jeremiah La Touche Cuyler | Monroe | D. Ga. | June 4, 1768 | January 10, 1822 | May 7, 1839 (aged 70) | John Cochran Nicoll |
| Thomas Lee | Monroe | D.S.C. | December 1, 1769 | February 17, 1823 | October 24, 1839 (aged 69) | Robert Budd Gilchrist |
| William Rossell | J.Q. Adams | D.N.J. | October 25, 1760 | December 19, 1826 | June 20, 1840 (aged 79) | Mahlon Dickerson |
| Philip P. Barbour | Jackson | SCOTUS | May 25, 1783 | March 15, 1836 | February 25, 1841 (aged 57) | Peter V. Daniel |
| Joseph Hopkinson | J.Q. Adams | E.D. Pa. | November 12, 1770 | February 23, 1829 | January 15, 1842 (aged 71) | Archibald Randall |
| Jesse Lynch Holman | Jackson | D. Ind. | October 24, 1784 | March 29, 1836 | March 28, 1842 (aged 57) | Elisha Mills Huntington |
| Smith Thompson | Monroe | SCOTUS | January 17, 1768 | December 9, 1823 | December 18, 1843 (aged 75) | Samuel Nelson |
| Henry Baldwin | Jackson | SCOTUS | January 14, 1780 | January 6, 1830 | April 21, 1844 (aged 64) | Robert Cooper Grier |
| Buckner Thruston | Madison | D.C. Cir. | February 9, 1763 | December 13, 1809 | August 30, 1845 (aged 82) | James Dunlop |
| Joseph Story | Madison | SCOTUS | September 18, 1779 | November 18, 1811 | September 10, 1845 (aged 65) | Levi Woodbury |
| Archibald Randall | Tyler | E.D. Pa. | May 24, 1797 | March 8, 1842 | June 8, 1846 (aged 49) | John K. Kane |
| William Crawford | J.Q. Adams | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala. |
1784 | May 22, 1826 | February 28, 1849 (aged 64–65) | John Gayle |
| Benjamin Johnson | Jackson | D. Ark. | January 22, 1784 | June 29, 1836 | October 2, 1849 (aged 65) | Daniel Ringo |
| Nathaniel Pope | Monroe | D. Ill. | January 5, 1784 | March 3, 1819 | January 23, 1850 (aged 66) | Thomas Drummond |
| Levi Woodbury | Polk | SCOTUS | December 22, 1789 | January 3, 1846 | September 4, 1851 (aged 61) | Benjamin Robbins Curtis |
| James McHall Jones | Fillmore | S.D. Cal. | December 31, 1823 | December 26, 1850 | December 15, 1851 (aged 27) | Seat abolished |
| Upton Scott Heath | Jackson | D. Md. | October 10, 1784 | April 4, 1836 | February 21, 1852 (aged 67) | John Glenn |
| John McKinley | Van Buren | SCOTUS | May 1, 1780 | September 25, 1837 | July 19, 1852 (aged 72) | John Archibald Campbell |
| Morgan Welles Brown | Jackson | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. W.D. Tenn. |
1800 | December 31, 1833 | March 7, 1853 (aged 52–53) | West Hughes Humphreys |
| Andrew T. Judson | Jackson | D. Conn. | November 29, 1784 | July 4, 1836 | March 17, 1853 (aged 68) | Charles A. Ingersoll |
| John Glenn | Fillmore | D. Md. | October 9, 1795 | March 19, 1852 | July 8, 1853 (aged 57) | William F. Giles |
| Isaac H. Bronson | Polk | N.D. Fla. | October 16, 1802 | August 8, 1846 | August 13, 1855 (aged 52) | McQueen McIntosh |
| William Cranch | Jefferson | D.C. Cir. | July 17, 1769 | February 24, 1806 | September 1, 1855 (aged 86) | James Dunlop |
| John James Dyer | Polk | D. Iowa | July 26, 1809 | March 3, 1847 | September 14, 1855 (aged 46) | James M. Love |
| Robert Budd Gilchrist | Van Buren | D.S.C. | September 28, 1796 | February 17, 1840 | May 1, 1856 (aged 59) | Andrew Gordon Magrath |
| Samuel Prentiss | Tyler | D. Vt. | March 31, 1782 | April 8, 1842 | January 15, 1857 (aged 74) | David Allen Smalley |
| Henry Potter | Jefferson | D.N.C. | January 5, 1766 | April 7, 1802 | December 20, 1857 (aged 91) | Asa Biggs |
| John K. Kane | Polk | E.D. Pa. | May 16, 1795 | June 17, 1846 | February 21, 1858 (aged 62) | John Cadwalader |
| John Gayle | Taylor | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala. |
September 11, 1792 | March 13, 1849 | July 21, 1859 (aged 66) | William Giles Jones |
| Charles A. Ingersoll | Pierce | D. Conn. | October 19, 1798 | April 8, 1853 | January 12, 1860 (aged 61) | William Davis Shipman |
| Peter V. Daniel | Van Buren | SCOTUS | April 24, 1784 | March 2, 1841 | May 31, 1860 (aged 76) | Samuel Freeman Miller |
| John McLean | Jackson | SCOTUS | March 11, 1785 | March 7, 1829 | April 4, 1861 (aged 76) | Noah Haynes Swayne |
| Isaac Stockton Keith Ogier | Pierce | S.D. Cal. | July 27, 1819 | January 23, 1854 | May 21, 1861 (aged 41) | Fletcher Mathews Haight |
| Elisha Mills Huntington | Tyler | D. Ind. | March 29, 1806 | May 2, 1842 | October 26, 1862 (aged 56) | Caleb B. Smith |
| Philemon Dickerson | Van Buren | D.N.J. | January 11, 1788 | February 27, 1841 | December 10, 1862 (aged 74) | Richard Stockton Field |
| Caleb B. Smith | Lincoln | D. Ind. | April 16, 1808 | December 22, 1862 | January 7, 1864 (aged 55) | Albert Smith White |
| Albert Smith White | Lincoln | D. Ind. | October 24, 1803 | January 18, 1864 | September 4, 1864 (aged 60) | David McDonald |
| Robert William Wells | Jackson | W.D. Mo. | November 29, 1795 | June 27, 1836 | September 22, 1864 (aged 68) | Arnold Krekel |
| Archibald Williams | Lincoln | D. Kan. | June 10, 1801 | March 12, 1861 | September 21, 1863 (aged 62) | Mark W. Delahay |
| George Washington Lane | Lincoln | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala. |
1806 | March 28, 1861 | November 12, 1863 (aged 56–57) | Richard Busteed |
| Roger B. Taney | Jackson | SCOTUS | March 17, 1777 | March 15, 1836 | October 12, 1864 (aged 87) | Salmon P. Chase |
| John Pitman | Monroe | D.R.I. | February 23, 1785 | January 3, 1825 | November 17, 1864 (aged 79) | J. Russell Bullock |
| John Catron | Jackson | SCOTUS | January 7, 1786 | March 8, 1837 | May 30, 1865 (aged 79) | Seat abolished |
| Fletcher Mathews Haight | Lincoln | S.D. Cal. | November 28, 1799 | August 5, 1861 | February 23, 1866 (aged 66) | Seat abolished |
| Matthew Harvey | Jackson | D.N.H. | June 21, 1781 | December 16, 1830 | April 7, 1866 (aged 84) | Daniel Clark |
| Hiram V. Willson | Pierce | N.D. Ohio | April 1808 | February 20, 1855 | November 11, 1866 (aged 58) | Charles Taylor Sherman |
| James M. Wayne | Jackson | SCOTUS | 1790 | January 9, 1835 | July 5, 1867 (aged 76–77) | Seat abolished |
| David McDonald | Lincoln | D. Ind. | May 8, 1803 | December 13, 1864 | August 25, 1869 (aged 66) | Walter Q. Gresham |
| Alexander W. Baldwin | Lincoln | D. Nev. | June 1835 | March 11, 1865 | November 14, 1869 (aged 34) | Edgar Winters Hillyer |
1870–1919
edit138 United States Article III federal judges died in office between the enactment of the Judiciary Act of 1869, providing for pensions for retiring federal judges, and the enactment of legislation in 1919 allowing judges to serve in senior status. During this period the number of federal judgeships was substantially increased with the admission of new states to the union, and with the establishment of the United States courts of appeals by the Judiciary Act of 1891. In the same period, the two-party divide between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party became firmly established, with the appointment of judges developing as a point of contention between the two parties. Of these, 17 were justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
| Judge | Appointing president | Court | Date of birth | Confirmation date | Date of death and age | Successor | Change of party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McKinney | Grant | S.D. Fla. | 1829 | February 18, 1871 | October 12, 1871 (aged 41–42) | James William Locke | No |
| Salmon P. Chase | Lincoln | SCOTUS | January 13, 1808 | December 6, 1864 | May 7, 1873 (aged 65) | Morrison Waite | No |
| John Curtiss Underwood | Lincoln | E.D. Va. | March 14, 1809 | January 25, 1864 | December 7, 1873 (aged 64) | Robert William Hughes | No |
| Nathan K. Hall | Fillmore | N.D.N.Y. | March 28, 1810 | August 31, 1852 | March 2, 1874 (aged 63) | William James Wallace | W → R |
| John W. Longyear | Grant | E.D. Mich. | October 22, 1820 | February 18, 1870 | March 10, 1875 (aged 54) | Henry Billings Brown | No |
| Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff | Grant | 2d Cir. | June 19, 1809 | December 22, 1869 | September 10, 1875 (aged 66) | Alexander S. Johnson | No |
| Philip Fraser | Lincoln | N.D. Fla. | January 27, 1814 | July 17, 1862 | July 26, 1876 (aged 62) | Thomas Settle | No |
| David Allen Smalley | Pierce | D. Vt. | April 6, 1809 | February 3, 1857 | March 10, 1877 (aged 67) | Hoyt Henry Wheeler | D → R |
| Halmor Hull Emmons | Grant | 6th Cir. | November 22, 1814 | January 17, 1870 | May 14, 1877 (aged 62) | John Baxter | No |
| James C. Hopkins | Grant | W.D. Wis. | April 27, 1819 | July 9, 1870 | September 3, 1877 (aged 58) | Romanzo Bunn | No |
| Alexander S. Johnson | Grant | 2d Cir. | July 30, 1817 | December 15, 1875 | January 26, 1878 (aged 60) | Samuel Blatchford | No |
| George Foster Shepley | Grant | 1st Cir. | January 1, 1819 | December 22, 1869 | July 20, 1878 (aged 59) | John Lowell | No |
| John Cadwalader | Buchanan | E.D. Pa. | April 1, 1805 | April 24, 1858 | January 26, 1879 (aged 73) | William Butler | D → R |
| William F. Giles | Pierce | D. Md. | April 8, 1807 | January 11, 1854 | March 21, 1879 (aged 71) | Thomas John Morris | D → R |
| David Campbell Humphreys | Grant | S.C.D.C. | November 9, 1817 | May 10, 1870 | July 12, 1879 (aged 61) | Charles Pinckney James | No |
| Bland Ballard | Lincoln | D. Ky. | September 4, 1819 | January 22, 1862 | July 29, 1879 (aged 59) | William Hercules Hays | No |
| Winthrop Welles Ketcham | Grant | W.D. Pa. | June 29, 1820 | June 26, 1876 | December 6, 1879 (aged 59) | Marcus W. Acheson | No |
| William Hercules Hays | Hayes | D. Ky. | August 26, 1820 | December 10, 1879 | March 7, 1880 (aged 59) | John W. Barr | No |
| Connally Findlay Trigg | Lincoln | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. |
March 8, 1810 | July 17, 1862 | April 25, 1880 (aged 70) | David M. Key | No |
| Thomas Howard DuVal | Pierce | W.D. Tex. | November 4, 1813 | March 3, 1857 | October 10, 1880 (aged 66) | Ezekiel B. Turner | D → R |
| Nathan Clifford | Buchanan | SCOTUS | August 18, 1803 | January 12, 1858 | July 25, 1881 (aged 77) | Horace Gray | D → R |
| Edward Fox | A. Johnson | D. Me. | June 10, 1815 | May 30, 1866 | December 14, 1881 (aged 66) | Nathan Webb | D → R |
| George Washington Brooks | A. Johnson | E.D.N.C. | March 16, 1821 | January 22, 1866 | January 6, 1882 (aged 60) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Edgar Winters Hillyer | Grant | D. Nev. | December 3, 1830 | December 21, 1869 | May 10, 1882 (aged 51) | George Myron Sabin | No |
| Philip Bergen Swing | Grant | S.D. Ohio | October 23, 1820 | March 30, 1871 | October 31, 1882 (aged 62) | William White | No |
| William White | Arthur | S.D. Ohio | January 28, 1822 | February 19, 1883 | March 12, 1883 (aged 61)[a] | George Read Sage | No |
| Edward Green Bradford | Grant | D. Del. | July 17, 1819 | December 12, 1871 | January 16, 1884 (aged 64) | Leonard Eugene Wales | No |
| John Baxter | Hayes | 6th Cir. | March 5, 1819 | December 13, 1877 | April 2, 1886 (aged 67) | Howell E. Jackson | R → D |
| Solomon Lewis Withey | Lincoln | W.D. Mich. | April 21, 1820 | March 11, 1863 | April 25, 1886 (aged 66) | Henry Franklin Severens | R → D |
| Henry Kent McCay | Arthur | N.D. Ga. | January 8, 1820 | August 4, 1882 | July 30, 1886 (aged 66) | William Truslow Newman | R → D |
| Samuel H. Treat | Pierce | S.D. Ill. | June 21, 1811 | March 3, 1855 | March 27, 1887 (aged 75) | William J. Allen | No |
| David Kellogg Cartter | Lincoln | S.C.D.C. | June 22, 1812 | March 11, 1863 | April 16, 1887 (aged 74) | Edward Franklin Bingham | R → D |
| William Burnham Woods | Hayes | SCOTUS | August 3, 1824 | December 21, 1880 | May 14, 1887 (aged 62) | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | R → D |
| Morrison Waite | Grant | SCOTUS | November 29, 1816 | January 21, 1874 | March 23, 1888 (aged 71) | Melville Fuller | R → D |
| Ezekiel B. Turner | Hayes | W.D. Tex. | May 24, 1825 | December 20, 1880 | June 2, 1888 (aged 63) | Thomas Shelton Maxey | R → D |
| Thomas Settle | Grant | N.D. Fla. | January 23, 1831 | January 30, 1877 | December 1, 1888 (aged 57) | Charles Swayne | No[b] |
| William Matthews Merrick | Cleveland | S.C.D.C. | September 1, 1818 | March 30, 1886 | February 4, 1889 (aged 70) | Andrew Coyle Bradley | D → R[b] |
| Stanley Matthews | Garfield | SCOTUS | July 21, 1824 | May 12, 1881 | March 22, 1889 (aged 64) | David J. Brewer | No |
| John T. Nixon | Grant | D.N.J. | August 31, 1820 | April 29, 1870 | September 28, 1889 (aged 69) | Edward T. Green | No |
| Chauncey Brewer Sabin | Arthur | E.D. Tex. | August 6, 1824 | April 5, 1884 | March 30, 1890 (aged 65) | David Ezekiel Bryant | No |
| George Myron Sabin | Arthur | D. Nev. | August 1833 | July 26, 1882 | May 12, 1890 (aged 56) | Thomas Porter Hawley | No |
| Samuel Freeman Miller | Lincoln | SCOTUS | April 5, 1816 | July 16, 1862 | October 13, 1890 (aged 74) | Henry Billings Brown | No |
| Daniel Clark | A. Johnson | D.N.H. | October 24, 1809 | July 27, 1866 | January 2, 1891 (aged 81) | Edgar Aldrich | D → R |
| James M. Love | Pierce | S.D. Iowa | March 4, 1820 | February 25, 1856 | July 2, 1891 (aged 71) | John Simson Woolson | D → R |
| Ogden Hoffman Jr. | Fillmore | N.D. Cal. | October 16, 1822 | February 27, 1851 | August 9, 1891 (aged 68) | William W. Morrow | W → R |
| Lorenzo Sawyer | Grant | 9th Cir. | May 23, 1820 | January 10, 1870 | September 7, 1891 (aged 71) | Joseph McKenna | No |
| Joseph P. Bradley | Grant | SCOTUS | March 14, 1813 | March 21, 1870 | January 22, 1892 (aged 78) | George Shiras Jr. | No |
| Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar | Cleveland | SCOTUS | September 17, 1825 | January 16, 1888 | January 23, 1893 (aged 67) | Howell E. Jackson | D → R |
| Matthew Deady | Buchanan | D. Ore. | May 12, 1824 | March 9, 1859 | March 24, 1893 (aged 68) | Charles B. Bellinger | No |
| Samuel Blatchford | Arthur | SCOTUS | March 9, 1820 | March 22, 1882 | July 7, 1893 (aged 73) | Edward Douglass White | R → D |
| Hugh Lennox Bond | Grant | 4th Cir. | December 16, 1828 | July 13, 1870 | October 24, 1893 (aged 64) | Charles Henry Simonton | R → D |
| Edward Coke Billings | Grant | E.D. La. | December 3, 1829 | February 10, 1876 | December 1, 1893 (aged 63) | Charles Parlange | R → D |
| Howell E. Jackson | B. Harrison | SCOTUS | April 8, 1832 | February 18, 1893 | August 8, 1895 (aged 63) | Rufus W. Peckham | R → D |
| George Moulton Carpenter Jr. | Arthur | D.R.I. | April 22, 1844 | December 18, 1884 | July 31, 1896 (aged 52) | Arthur Lewis Brown | R → D |
| Alfred Delavan Thomas | B. Harrison | D.N.D. | August 11, 1837 | February 25, 1890 | August 8, 1896 (aged 58) | Charles F. Amidon | R → D |
| Alonzo J. Edgerton | B. Harrison | D.S.D. | June 7, 1827 | January 16, 1890 | August 9, 1896 (aged 69) | John Emmett Carland | R → D |
| Edward T. Green | B. Harrison | D.N.J. | 1837 | January 27, 1890 | October 10, 1896 (aged 58–59) | Andrew Kirkpatrick | R → D |
| Elmer Scipio Dundy | A. Johnson | D. Neb. | March 5, 1830 | April 9, 1868 | October 28, 1896 (aged 66) | William Douglas McHugh | No |
| Isaac C. Parker | Grant | W.D. Ark. | October 15, 1838 | March 19, 1875 | November 17, 1896 (aged 58) | John Henry Rogers | R → D |
| Augustus Sherrill Seymour | Arthur | E.D.N.C. | November 30, 1836 | February 21, 1882 | February 19, 1897 (aged 60) | Thomas Richard Purnell | No |
| Leonard Eugene Wales | Arthur | D. Del. | November 26, 1823 | March 20, 1884 | February 8, 1897 (aged 73) | Edward Green Bradford II | No[b] |
| Thomas Leverett Nelson | Hayes | D. Mass. | March 4, 1827 | January 10, 1879 | November 21, 1897 (aged 70) | Francis Cabot Lowell | No |
| Asa Wentworth Tenney | McKinley | E.D.N.Y. | May 20, 1833 | July 8, 1897 | December 10, 1897 (aged 64) | Edward B. Thomas | No |
| John B. Rector | B. Harrison | N.D. Tex. | November 24, 1837 | March 28, 1892 | April 9, 1898 (aged 60) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| John William Showalter | Cleveland | 7th Cir. | February 8, 1844 | March 1, 1895 | December 10, 1898 (aged 54) | Peter S. Grosscup | D → R |
| John Simson Woolson | B. Harrison | S.D. Iowa | December 6, 1840 | January 11, 1892 | December 4, 1899 (aged 58) | Smith McPherson | No |
| John A. Williams | B. Harrison | E.D. Ark. | May 1, 1835 | September 22, 1890 | July 7, 1900 (aged 65) | Jacob Trieber | No |
| William J. Allen | Cleveland | S.D. Ill. | June 9, 1829 | January 19, 1888 | January 26, 1901 (aged 71) | J. Otis Humphrey | D → R |
| William Allen Woods | B. Harrison | 7th Cir. | May 16, 1837 | March 17, 1892 | June 29, 1901 (aged 64) | Francis E. Baker | No |
| John Bruce | Grant | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. |
February 16, 1832 | February 27, 1875 | October 1, 1901 (aged 69) | Thomas G. Jones | No |
| John Paul | Arthur | W.D. Va. | June 30, 1839 | March 3, 1883 | November 1, 1901 (aged 62) | Henry C. McDowell Jr. | No |
| Linton McGee Collins | L.B. Johnson | Ct. Cl. | June 21, 1902 | September 17, 1964 | April 12, 1972 (aged 69) | Marion T. Bennett | D → R |
| Andrew Coyle Bradley | B. Harrison | S.C.D.C. | February 12, 1844 | March 23, 1889 | May 15, 1902 (aged 58) | Ashley Mulgrave Gould | No |
| Horace Gray | Arthur | SCOTUS | March 24, 1828 | December 20, 1881 | September 15, 1902 (aged 74) | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | No |
| Charles Henry Simonton | Cleveland | 4th Cir. | July 11, 1829 | December 19, 1893 | April 25, 1904 (aged 74) | Jeter C. Pritchard | D → R |
| Andrew Kirkpatrick | Cleveland | D.N.J. | October 8, 1844 | December 15, 1896 | May 3, 1904 (aged 59) | William M. Lanning | D → R |
| Eli Shelby Hammond | Hayes | W.D. Tenn. | April 1, 1838 | June 17, 1878 | December 17, 1904 (aged 66) | John E. McCall | No |
| Amos Madden Thayer | Cleveland | 8th Cir. | October 10, 1841 | August 9, 1894 | April 24, 1905 (aged 63) | Elmer B. Adams | D → R |
| Charles B. Bellinger | Cleveland | D. Ore. | November 21, 1839 | April 15, 1893 | May 12, 1905 (aged 65) | Charles E. Wolverton | D → R |
| Marcus W. Acheson | B. Harrison | 3d Cir. | June 7, 1828 | February 3, 1891 | June 21, 1906 (aged 78) | Joseph Buffington | No |
| George P. Wanty | McKinley | W.D. Mich. | March 12, 1856 | March 13, 1900 | July 9, 1906 (aged 50) | Loyal Edwin Knappen | No |
| Augustus J. Ricks | B. Harrison | N.D. Ohio | February 10, 1843 | January 16, 1890 | December 22, 1906 (aged 63) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Charles Parlange | Cleveland | E.D. La. | July 23, 1851 | January 15, 1894 | February 4, 1907 (aged 55) | Eugene Davis Saunders | D → R |
| William Kneeland Townsend | T. Roosevelt | 2d Cir. | June 12, 1849 | January 21, 1902 | June 2, 1907 (aged 57) | Walter Chadwick Noyes | No |
| Charles Swayne | B. Harrison | N.D. Fla. | August 10, 1842 | April 1, 1890 | July 5, 1907 (aged 64) | William Bostwick Sheppard | No |
| Louis E. McComas | T. Roosevelt | D.C. Cir. | October 28, 1846 | December 6, 1905 | November 10, 1907 (aged 61) | Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel | No |
| Charles Dickens Clark | Cleveland | E.D. Tenn. M.D. Tenn. |
October 7, 1847 | January 21, 1895 | March 15, 1908 (aged 60) | Edward Terry Sanford | D → R |
| Thomas Richard Purnell | McKinley | E.D.N.C. | November 11, 1847 | May 5, 1897 | December 19, 1908 (aged 61) | Henry G. Connor | No |
| John K. Richards | T. Roosevelt | 6th Cir. | March 15, 1856 | February 23, 1903 | March 1, 1909 (aged 52) | John Wesley Warrington | No |
| Solomon H. Bethea | T. Roosevelt | N.D. Ill. | May 18, 1852 | March 18, 1905 | August 3, 1909 (aged 57) | George Albert Carpenter | No |
| Rufus W. Peckham | Cleveland | SCOTUS | November 8, 1838 | December 9, 1895 | October 24, 1909 (aged 70) | Horace Harmon Lurton | D → R |
| Albert C. Thompson | McKinley | S.D. Ohio | January 23, 1842 | December 20, 1898 | January 26, 1910 (aged 68) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| David Ezekiel Bryant | B. Harrison | E.D. Tex. | October 19, 1849 | May 27, 1890 | February 5, 1910 (aged 60) | Gordon J. Russell | No |
| David J. Brewer | B. Harrison | SCOTUS | June 27, 1837 | December 18, 1889 | March 28, 1910 (aged 72) | Charles Evans Hughes | No |
| Melville Fuller | Cleveland | SCOTUS | February 11, 1833 | July 20, 1888 | July 4, 1910 (aged 77) | Edward Douglass White | D → R |
| Edward Whitson | T. Roosevelt | E.D. Wash. | October 6, 1852 | March 14, 1905 | October 15, 1910 (aged 58) | Frank H. Rudkin | No |
| Robert Walker Tayler | T. Roosevelt | N.D. Ohio | November 20, 1852 | January 10, 1905 | November 25, 1910 (aged 58) | William Louis Day | No |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | T. Roosevelt | 1st Cir. | January 7, 1855 | February 23, 1905 | March 6, 1911 (aged 56) | William Schofield | No |
| John Henry Rogers | Cleveland | W.D. Ark. | October 9, 1845 | December 15, 1896 | April 17, 1911 (aged 65)[c] | Frank A. Youmans | D → R |
| John Marshall Harlan | Hayes | SCOTUS | June 1, 1833 | November 29, 1877 | October 14, 1911 (aged 78) | Mahlon Pitney | No |
| Joseph V. Quarles | T. Roosevelt | E.D. Wis. | December 16, 1843 | March 6, 1905 | October 7, 1911 (aged 67) | Ferdinand August Geiger | No |
| George B. Adams | T. Roosevelt | S.D.N.Y. | April 3, 1845 | December 17, 1901 | October 9, 1911 (aged 66) | Julius Marshuetz Mayer | No |
| William M. Lanning | Taft | 3d Cir. | January 1, 1849 | May 18, 1909 | February 16, 1912 (aged 63) | John Bayard McPherson | No |
| William Schofield | Taft | 1st Cir. | February 14, 1857 | June 6, 1911 | June 10, 1912 (aged 55) | Frederic Dodge | No |
| Thomas John Morris | Hayes | D. Md. | September 24, 1837 | July 1, 1879 | June 6, 1912 (aged 74) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| John J. De Haven | McKinley | N.D. Cal. | March 12, 1845 | June 8, 1897 | January 26, 1913 (aged 67) | Maurice Timothy Dooling | R → D[d] |
| James Perry Platt | T. Roosevelt | D. Conn. | March 31, 1851 | February 28, 1902 | January 26, 1913 (aged 61) | Edwin Stark Thomas | R → D[d] |
| Joseph Cross | T. Roosevelt | D.N.J. | December 29, 1843 | March 17, 1905 | October 29, 1913 (aged 69) | Thomas Griffith Haight | R → D |
| James Scott Young | T. Roosevelt | W.D. Pa. | December 3, 1848 | January 22, 1908 | February 25, 1914 (aged 65) | W. H. Seward Thomson | R → D |
| Charles Andrew Willard | Taft | D. Minn. | May 21, 1857 | May 18, 1909 | March 13, 1914 (aged 56) | Wilbur F. Booth | R → D |
| Harry M. Clabaugh | T. Roosevelt[e] | S.C.D.C. | July 16, 1856 | November 16, 1903 | March 6, 1914 (aged 57) | J. Harry Covington | R → D |
| James Buchanan Holland | T. Roosevelt | E.D. Pa. | November 14, 1857 | April 19, 1904 | April 24, 1914 (aged 56) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Thomas G. Jones | T. Roosevelt | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. |
November 26, 1844 | December 17, 1901 | April 28, 1914 (aged 69) | Henry D. Clayton Jr. | R → D |
| Horace Harmon Lurton | Taft | SCOTUS | February 26, 1844 | December 20, 1909 | July 12, 1914 (aged 70) | James Clark McReynolds | R → D |
| David Davie Shelby | McKinley | 5th Cir. | October 24, 1847 | March 2, 1899 | August 22, 1914 (aged 66) | Richard Wilde Walker Jr. | R → D |
| James Loren Martin | T. Roosevelt | D. Vt. | September 13, 1846 | December 11, 1906 | January 14, 1915 (aged 68) | Harland Bradley Howe | R → D |
| Smith McPherson | McKinley | S.D. Iowa | February 14, 1848 | May 7, 1900 | January 17, 1915 (aged 66) | Martin J. Wade | R → D |
| William Henry Seaman | T. Roosevelt | 7th Cir. | November 15, 1842 | March 1, 1905 | March 8, 1915 (aged 72) | Evan Alfred Evans | R → D |
| William Henry Munger | Cleveland | D. Neb. | October 12, 1845 | February 18, 1897 | August 11, 1915 (aged 69) | Joseph William Woodrough | No |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar | Taft | SCOTUS | October 14, 1857 | December 15, 1910 | January 2, 1916 (aged 58) | Louis Brandeis | R → D |
| Alexander Boarman | Garfield | W.D. La. | December 10, 1839 | May 18, 1881 | August 30, 1916 (aged 76) | George W. Jack | R → D |
| William Hayes Pope | Taft | D.N.M. | June 14, 1870 | February 20, 1912 | September 13, 1916 (aged 46) | Colin Neblett | R → D |
| Thomas H. Anderson | T. Roosevelt | S.C.D.C. | June 6, 1848 | February 4, 1902 | October 1, 1916 (aged 68) | William Hitz | R → D |
| Elmer B. Adams | T. Roosevelt | 8th Cir. | October 27, 1842 | December 12, 1905 | October 24, 1916 (aged 73) | Kimbrough Stone | R → D |
| Andrew Phelps McCormick | B. Harrison | 5th Cir. | December 18, 1832 | March 17, 1892 | November 2, 1916 (aged 83) | R. L. Batts | R → D |
| Harry Theophilus Toulmin | Cleveland | S.D. Ala. | March 4, 1838 | January 13, 1887 | November 12, 1916 (aged 78) | Robert Tait Ervin | No |
| William Wallace Lambdin | Wilson | S.D. Ga. | October 25, 1861 | March 3, 1915 | December 20, 1916 (aged 55) | Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. | No |
| Francis Marion Wright | T. Roosevelt | E.D. Ill. | August 5, 1844 | March 17, 1905 | July 15, 1917 (aged 72) | George W. English | R → D |
| Waller Thomas Burns | T. Roosevelt | S.D. Tex. | January 14, 1858 | April 24, 1902 | November 17, 1917 (aged 59) | Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. | R → D |
| Christian Cecil Kohlsaat | T. Roosevelt | 7th Cir. | January 8, 1844 | March 18, 1905 | May 11, 1918 (aged 74) | George True Page | R → D |
| J. Otis Humphrey | McKinley | S.D. Ill. | December 30, 1850 | March 8, 1901 | June 14, 1918 (aged 67) | Louis FitzHenry | R → D |
| Henry Clay Niles | B. Harrison | N.D. Miss. S.D. Miss. |
October 21, 1850 | January 11, 1892 | September 26, 1918 (aged 67) | Edwin R. Holmes | R → D |
| Emory Speer | Arthur | S.D. Ga. | September 3, 1848 | February 18, 1885 | December 13, 1918 (aged 70) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| John Bayard McPherson | Taft | 3d Cir. | November 5, 1846 | April 3, 1912 | January 20, 1919 (aged 72) | Thomas Griffith Haight | R → D |
| Joseph T. Johnson | Wilson | W.D.S.C. | February 28, 1858 | January 24, 1916 | May 8, 1919 (aged 61) | Henry Hitt Watkins | No |
| Gordon J. Russell | Taft | E.D. Tex. | December 22, 1859 | June 6, 1910 | September 14, 1919 (aged 59) | William Lee Estes | R → D |
| Howard Clark Hollister | Taft | S.D. Ohio | September 11, 1856 | March 7, 1910 | September 24, 1919 (aged 63) | John Weld Peck | R → D |
| Don Albert Pardee | Garfield | 5th Cir. | March 29, 1837 | May 13, 1881 | September 26, 1919 (aged 82) | Alexander Campbell King | R → D |
1920–1954
edit168 United States Article III federal judges died in active service between the enactment of legislation in 1919 allowing judges over the age of 70 with more than 10 years of judicial service to serve in what later became known as senior status, and the expansion of that legislation in 1954 to cover judges over the age of 65 with more than 15 years of judicial service. Of these, nine were justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
| Judge | Appointing president | Court | Date of birth | Confirmation date | Date of death and age | Successor | Change of party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Truslow Newman | Cleveland | N.D. Ga. | June 23, 1843 | January 13, 1887 | February 14, 1920 (aged 76) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Alston G. Dayton | T. Roosevelt | N.D. W.Va. | October 18, 1857 | March 14, 1905 | July 30, 1920 (aged 62) | William E. Baker | No[b] |
| John E. McCall | T. Roosevelt | W.D. Tenn. | August 14, 1859 | January 17, 1905 | August 8, 1920 (aged 60) | John William Ross | No[b] |
| Arthur Loomis Sanborn | T. Roosevelt | W.D. Wis. | November 17, 1850 | January 9, 1905 | October 18, 1920 (aged 69) | Claude Luse | No[b] |
| Jeter C. Pritchard | T. Roosevelt | 4th Cir. | July 12, 1857 | April 27, 1904 | April 10, 1921 (aged 63) | Edmund Waddill Jr. | No |
| Edward Douglass White | Taft[e] | SCOTUS | November 3, 1845 | December 12, 1910 | May 19, 1921 (aged 75) | William Howard Taft | No |
| Ashley Mulgrave Gould | T. Roosevelt | S.C.D.C. | October 8, 1859 | December 8, 1902 | May 20, 1921 (aged 61) | Adolph A. Hoehling Jr. | No |
| Benjamin Franklin Keller | McKinley | S.D. W.Va. | April 21, 1857 | December 17, 1901 | August 8, 1921 (aged 64) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| William Cather Hook | T. Roosevelt | 8th Cir. | September 24, 1857 | November 17, 1903 | August 11, 1921 (aged 63) | Robert E. Lewis | No |
| Edgar Aldrich | B. Harrison | D.N.H. | February 5, 1848 | February 20, 1891 | September 15, 1921 (aged 73) | George Franklin Morris | No |
| Walter I. Smith | Taft | 8th Cir. | July 10, 1862 | January 31, 1911 | January 27, 1922 (aged 59) | William S. Kenyon | No |
| Beverly Daniel Evans Jr. | Wilson | S.D. Ga. | May 21, 1865 | August 15, 1917 | May 7, 1922 (aged 56) | William H. Barrett | D → R |
| Charles Prentiss Orr | Taft | W.D. Pa. | February 22, 1858 | April 8, 1909 | May 16, 1922 (aged 64) | Robert Murray Gibson | No |
| John Emmett Carland | Taft | 8th Cir. | December 11, 1853 | January 31, 1911 | November 11, 1922 (aged 68) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Thomas Chatfield | T. Roosevelt | E.D.N.Y. | October 4, 1871 | January 9, 1907 | December 24, 1922 (aged 51) | Robert Alexander Inch | No |
| Martin Augustine Knapp | Taft | 4th Cir. | November 6, 1843 | December 20, 1910 | February 10, 1923 (aged 79) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Oscar A. Trippet | Wilson | S.D. Cal. | March 6, 1856 | March 3, 1915 | July 15, 1923 (aged 67) | Paul John McCormick | D → R |
| William Cary Van Fleet | T. Roosevelt | N.D. Cal. | March 24, 1852 | December 17, 1907 | September 3, 1923 (aged 71) | Frank Henry Kerrigan | No |
| Walter Evans | McKinley | W.D. Ky. | September 18, 1842 | March 3, 1899 | December 30, 1923 (aged 81) | Charles Harwood Moorman | No |
| Francis E. Baker | T. Roosevelt | 7th Cir. | October 20, 1860 | January 21, 1902 | March 15, 1924 (aged 63) | Albert B. Anderson | No |
| George W. Jack | Wilson | W.D. La. | November 1, 1875 | March 16, 1917 | March 15, 1924 (aged 48) | Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr. | D → R |
| Constantine Joseph Smyth | Wilson | D.C. Cir. | December 4, 1859 | July 12, 1917 | April 14, 1924 (aged 64) | George Ewing Martin | D → R |
| William Robert Smith | Wilson | W.D. Tex. | August 18, 1863 | April 12, 1917 | August 16, 1924 (aged 60) | Charles Albert Boynton | D → R |
| Maurice Timothy Dooling | Wilson | N.D. Cal. | October 12, 1860 | July 28, 1913 | November 4, 1924 (aged 64) | Adolphus Frederic St. Sure | D → R |
| Henry G. Connor | Taft | E.D.N.C. | July 3, 1852 | May 25, 1909 | November 23, 1924 (aged 72) | Isaac Melson Meekins | No |
| George W. Ray | T. Roosevelt | N.D.N.Y. | February 3, 1844 | December 8, 1902 | January 10, 1925 (aged 80) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| John F. McGee | Harding | D. Minn. | January 1, 1861 | March 2, 1923 | February 15, 1925 (aged 64) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Charles Louis McKeehan | Harding | E.D. Pa. | March 29, 1876 | February 9, 1923 | March 23, 1925 (aged 48) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Charles B. Witmer | Taft | M.D. Penn. | April 18, 1862 | March 2, 1911 | April 7, 1925 (aged 62) | Albert Williams Johnson | No |
| Charles Albert Woods | Wilson | 4th Cir. | July 31, 1852 | June 5, 1913 | June 21, 1925 (aged 72) | John J. Parker | D → R |
| John William Ross | Harding | W.D. Tenn. | March 9, 1878 | May 31, 1921 | July 9, 1925 (aged 47) | Harry B. Anderson | No |
| Charlton Beattie | Coolidge | E.D. La. | April 22, 1869 | January 19, 1925 | August 23, 1925 (aged 56) | Louis Henry Burns | No |
| John Slater Partridge | Harding | N.D. Cal. | June 22, 1870 | March 3, 1923 | May 20, 1926 (aged 55) | Harold Louderback | No |
| Henry Wade Rogers | Wilson | 2d Cir. | October 10, 1853 | September 29, 1913 | August 16, 1926 (aged 72) | Thomas Walter Swan | D → R |
| Charles E. Wolverton | T. Roosevelt | D. Ore. | May 16, 1851 | January 10, 1906 | September 21, 1926 (aged 75) | John Hugh McNary | No |
| John Carter Rose | Harding | 4th Cir. | April 27, 1861 | December 20, 1922 | March 26, 1927 (aged 65) | Elliott Northcott | No |
| Charles Merrill Hough | Wilson | 2d Cir. | May 18, 1858 | August 21, 1916 | April 22, 1927 (aged 68) | Augustus Noble Hand | D → R |
| Jacob Trieber | McKinley | E.D. Ark. | October 6, 1853 | January 9, 1901 | September 17, 1927 (aged 73) | John Ellis Martineau | No |
| Rhydon Mays Call | Wilson | S.D. Fla. | January 13, 1858 | April 24, 1913 | December 15, 1927 (aged 69) | Halsted L. Ritter | D → R |
| Walter Henry Sanborn | B. Harrison | 8th Cir. | October 19, 1845 | March 17, 1892 | May 10, 1928 (aged 82) | John Hazelton Cotteral | No |
| Louis Henry Burns | Coolidge | E.D. La. | May 11, 1878 | December 21, 1925 | June 9, 1928 (aged 50) | Wayne G. Borah | No |
| Adam C. Cliffe | Harding | N.D. Ill. | June 25, 1869 | December 22, 1922 | June 12, 1928 (aged 58) | Charles Edgar Woodward | No |
| David C. Westenhaver | Wilson | N.D. Ohio | January 13, 1865 | March 14, 1917 | July 29, 1928 (aged 63) | Samuel H. West | D → R |
| Maurice H. Donahue | Wilson | 6th Cir. | May 10, 1864 | October 29, 1919 | September 10, 1928 (aged 64) | Smith Hickenlooper | D → R |
| Henry D. Clayton Jr. | Wilson | M.D. Ala. N.D. Ala. |
February 10, 1857 | May 2, 1914 | December 21, 1929 (aged 72) | Charles Brents Kennamer | D → R |
| Edward Terry Sanford | Harding | SCOTUS | July 23, 1865 | January 29, 1923 | March 8, 1930 (aged 64) | Owen Roberts | No |
| Lake Jones | Coolidge | S.D. Fla. | February 10, 1867 | February 18, 1924 | June 7, 1930 (aged 63) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| William Lee Estes | Wilson | E.D. Tex. | October 18, 1870 | February 18, 1920 | June 14, 1930 (aged 59) | Randolph Bryant | D → R |
| Frank Sigel Dietrich | Coolidge | 9th Cir. | January 23, 1863 | January 3, 1927 | October 2, 1930 (aged 67) | William Henry Sawtelle | No |
| Robert S. Bean | Taft | D. Ore. | November 28, 1854 | April 28, 1909 | January 7, 1931 (aged 76) | James Alger Fee | No |
| Clarence W. Sessions | Taft | W.D. Mich. | February 8, 1859 | March 2, 1911 | April 1, 1931 (aged 72) | Arthur Carter Denison | No |
| Edmund Waddill Jr. | Harding | 4th Cir. | May 22, 1855 | June 2, 1921 | April 9, 1931 (aged 75) | Morris Ames Soper | No |
| Martin J. Wade | Wilson | S.D. Iowa | October 20, 1861 | March 3, 1915 | April 16, 1931 (aged 69) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| William Ball Gilbert | B. Harrison | 9th Cir. | July 4, 1847 | March 18, 1892 | April 27, 1931 (aged 83) | William Denman | No |
| Frank H. Rudkin | Harding | 9th Cir. | April 23, 1864 | January 9, 1923 | May 3, 1931 (aged 67) | Francis Arthur Garrecht | No |
| Frederick Lincoln Siddons | Wilson | S.C.D.C. | November 21, 1864 | January 15, 1915 | June 19, 1931 (aged 66) | Daniel William O'Donoghue | D → R |
| William Nelson Runyon | Harding | D.N.J. | March 5, 1871 | January 16, 1923 | November 9, 1931 (aged 60) | Phillip Forman | No |
| Frank A. Youmans | Taft | W.D. Ark. | May 23, 1860 | June 20, 1911 | April 11, 1932 (aged 71) | Heartsill Ragon | R → D[d] |
| Claude Luse | Harding | W.D. Wis. | February 23, 1879 | April 27, 1921 | May 28, 1932 (aged 53) | Patrick Thomas Stone | R → D[d] |
| William Alexander Cant | Harding | D. Minn. | December 23, 1863 | January 15, 1924 | January 12, 1933 (aged 69) | Robert C. Bell | R → D[d] |
| James Douglas Elliott | Taft | D.S.D. | October 7, 1859 | June 7, 1911 | January 30, 1933 (aged 73) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| John Hazelton Cotteral | Coolidge | 10th Cir. | September 26, 1864 | May 23, 1928 | April 22, 1933 (aged 68) | Sam G. Bratton | R → D |
| William S. Kenyon | Harding | 8th Cir. | June 10, 1869 | January 31, 1922 | September 9, 1933 (aged 64) | Charles Breckenridge Faris | R → D |
| James Arnold Lowell | Harding | D. Mass. | February 5, 1869 | September 22, 1922 | November 30, 1933 (aged 64) | George Clinton Sweeney | R → D |
| Smith Hickenlooper | Coolidge | 6th Cir. | February 13, 1880 | December 17, 1928 | December 22, 1933 (aged 53) | Florence E. Allen | R → D |
| Ernest Ford Cochran | Coolidge | E.D.S.C. | September 12, 1865 | January 17, 1924 | March 4, 1934 (aged 68) | Francis Kerschner Myers | R → D |
| Frank Joseph Coleman | Coolidge | S.D.N.Y. | March 24, 1886 | December 19, 1927 | March 14, 1934 (aged 47) | George Murray Hulbert | R → D |
| William Bostwick Sheppard | T. Roosevelt | N.D. Fla. | October 4, 1860 | May 20, 1908 | April 21, 1934 (aged 73) | Augustus V. Long | R → D |
| Simon L. Adler | Coolidge | W.D.N.Y | August 30, 1867 | January 16, 1928 | May 23, 1934 (aged 66) | Harlan W. Rippey | R → D |
| Andrew McConnell January Cochran | McKinley | E.D. Ky. | February 4, 1854 | December 17, 1901 | June 12, 1934 (aged 80) | Hiram Church Ford | R → D |
| William Henry Sawtelle | Hoover | 9th Cir. | August 27, 1868 | January 22, 1931 | December 17, 1934 (aged 66) | Clifton Mathews | R → D |
| Frank Henry Kerrigan | Coolidge | N.D. Cal. | September 17, 1868 | January 28, 1924 | February 9, 1935 (aged 66) | Michael Joseph Roche | R → D |
| Harry B. Anderson | Coolidge | W.D. Tenn. | November 5, 1879 | January 29, 1926 | April 9, 1935 (aged 55) | John Donelson Martin Sr. | R → D |
| William Hitz | Hoover | D.C. Cir. | April 21, 1872 | January 28, 1931 | July 3, 1935 (aged 63) | Harold Montelle Stephens | R → D |
| Nathan P. Bryan | Wilson | 5th Cir. | April 23, 1872 | April 23, 1920 | August 8, 1935 (aged 63) | Edwin R. Holmes | No |
| James Edmund Boyd | McKinley | W.D.N.C. | February 14, 1845 | January 9, 1901 | August 21, 1935 (aged 90) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| William Irwin Grubb | Taft | N.D. Ala. | March 8, 1862 | May 18, 1909 | October 27, 1935 (aged 73) | David Jackson Davis | R → D |
| Louis FitzHenry | F.D. Roosevelt | 7th Cir. | June 13, 1870 | June 10, 1933 | November 18, 1935 (aged 65) | James Earl Major | No |
| Benson W. Hough | Coolidge | S.D. Ohio | March 5, 1875 | February 9, 1925 | November 19, 1935 (aged 60) | Mell G. Underwood | R → D |
| John Hugh McNary | Coolidge | D. Ore. | January 31, 1867 | February 28, 1927 | October 25, 1936 (aged 69) | Claude C. McColloch | R → D |
| George Thomas McDermott | Hoover | 10th Cir. | October 21, 1886 | April 29, 1929 | January 19, 1937 (aged 50) | Robert L. Williams | R → D |
| John Calvin Pollock | T. Roosevelt | D. Kan. | October 5, 1857 | December 1, 1903 | January 24, 1937 (aged 79) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| George Philip Hahn | Coolidge | N.D. Ohio | June 26, 1879 | December 17, 1928 | February 12, 1937 (aged 57) | Frank Le Blond Kloeb | R → D |
| John Ellis Martineau | Coolidge | E.D. Ark. | December 2, 1873 | March 2, 1928 | March 6, 1937 (aged 63) | Thomas Clark Trimble III | R → D |
| Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel | T. Roosevelt | D.C. Cir. | November 17, 1860 | December 12, 1907 | August 7, 1937 (aged 76) | Justin Miller | R → D |
| Charles Harwood Moorman | Coolidge | 6th Cir. | April 24, 1876 | January 13, 1925 | January 26, 1938 (aged 61) | Elwood Hamilton | R → D |
| John Lyles Glenn Jr. | Hoover | E.D.S.C. W.D.S.C. |
April 2, 1892 | April 29, 1929 | May 2, 1938 (aged 46) | Alva M. Lumpkin | R → D |
| Benjamin N. Cardozo | Hoover | SCOTUS | May 24, 1870 | February 24, 1932 | July 9, 1938 (aged 68) | Felix Frankfurter | R → D |
| Samuel H. West | Coolidge | N.D. Ohio | July 17, 1872 | December 17, 1928 | October 5, 1938 (aged 66) | Robert Nugen Wilkin | R → D |
| David Jackson Davis | F.D. Roosevelt | N.D. Ala. | October 15, 1878 | January 22, 1936 | December 7, 1938 (aged 60) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| John J. Gore | Harding | M.D. Tenn. | April 28, 1878 | March 2, 1923 | February 21, 1939 (aged 60) | Elmer David Davies | R → D |
| Joseph Winston Cox | Hoover | D.D.C. | October 19, 1875 | July 1, 1930 | September 9, 1939 (aged 63) | David Andrew Pine | R → D |
| Oliver Booth Dickinson | Wilson | E.D. Pa. | September 25, 1857 | April 28, 1914 | September 16, 1939 (aged 81) | Guy K. Bard | No |
| Pierce Butler | Harding | SCOTUS | March 17, 1866 | December 21, 1922 | November 16, 1939 (aged 73) | Frank Murphy | R → D |
| William P. James | Harding | S.D. Cal. | January 10, 1870 | March 3, 1923 | July 28, 1940 (aged 70) | James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor | R → D |
| Francis Kerschner Myers | F.D. Roosevelt | E.D.S.C. | March 7, 1874 | June 9, 1934 | August 2, 1940 (aged 66) | Julius Waties Waring | No |
| Heartsill Ragon | F.D. Roosevelt | W.D. Ark. | March 20, 1885 | May 12, 1933 | September 15, 1940 (aged 55) | John E. Miller | No |
| Herschel W. Arant | F.D. Roosevelt | 6th Cir. | July 18, 1887 | February 21, 1939 | January 14, 1941 (aged 53) | Thomas Francis McAllister | No |
| Walter Emanuel Treanor | F.D. Roosevelt | 7th Cir. | November 17, 1883 | December 21, 1937 | April 26, 1941 (aged 57) | Sherman Minton | No |
| William H. Barrett | Harding | S.D. Ga. | September 10, 1866 | June 22, 1922 | May 1, 1941 (aged 74) | Archibald Battle Lovett | R → D |
| Robert Johnston McMillan | Hoover | W.D. Tex. | August 21, 1885 | January 12, 1932 | October 27, 1941 (aged 56) | Walter Angus Keeling | R → D |
| Harold Louderback | Coolidge | N.D. Cal. | January 30, 1881 | April 17, 1928 | December 11, 1941 (aged 60) | Louis Earl Goodman | R → D |
| Charles Edgar Woodward | Coolidge | N.D. Ill. | December 1, 1876 | March 2, 1929 | May 15, 1942 (aged 65) | Elwyn R. Shaw | R → D |
| Rufus Edward Foster | Coolidge | 5th Cir. | May 22, 1871 | January 13, 1925 | August 23, 1942 (aged 71) | Elmo Pearce Lee | R → D |
| Charles B. Davis | Coolidge | E.D. Mo. | March 9, 1877 | January 31, 1924 | March 3, 1943 (aged 65) | Rubey Mosley Hulen | R → D |
| Richard Joseph Hopkins | Hoover | D. Kan. | April 4, 1873 | December 19, 1929 | August 28, 1943 (aged 70) | Guy T. Helvering | R → D |
| Bert E. Haney | F.D. Roosevelt | 9th Cir. | April 10, 1879 | August 23, 1935 | September 18, 1943 (aged 64) | Homer Bone | No |
| Luther B. Way | Hoover | E.D. Va. | September 26, 1879 | March 2, 1931 | October 23, 1943 (aged 64) | Charles Sterling Hutcheson | R → D |
| John Boyd Avis | Hoover | D.N.J. | July 11, 1875 | October 2, 1929 | January 21, 1944 (aged 68) | Thomas M. Madden | R → D |
| George F. Sullivan | F.D. Roosevelt | D. Minn. | January 30, 1886 | August 17, 1937 | April 14, 1944 (aged 58) | Dennis F. Donovan | No |
| Marcus Beach Campbell | Harding | E.D.N.Y. | November 18, 1866 | January 3, 1923 | August 3, 1944 (aged 77) | Harold Maurice Kennedy | R → D |
| Oscar Raymond Luhring | Hoover | D.D.C. | February 11, 1879 | July 3, 1930 | August 18, 1944 (aged 65) | Henry Albert Schweinhaut | R → D |
| Bascom Sine Deaver | Coolidge | M.D. Ga. | November 26, 1882 | March 19, 1928 | October 13, 1944 (aged 61) | Thomas Hoyt Davis | R → D |
| James H. Baldwin | F.D. Roosevelt | D. Mont. | August 1, 1876 | May 29, 1935 | October 26, 1944 (aged 68) | R. Lewis Brown | No |
| Edward C. Eicher | F.D. Roosevelt | D.D.C. | December 16, 1878 | January 20, 1942 | November 30, 1944 (aged 65) | Bolitha James Laws | No |
| Arthur J. Tuttle | Taft | E.D. Mich. | November 8, 1868 | August 6, 1912 | December 2, 1944 (aged 76) | Arthur A. Koscinski | R → D |
| Merrill E. Otis | Coolidge | W.D. Mo. | July 7, 1884 | December 14, 1925 | December 23, 1944 (aged 60) | Albert Alphonso Ridge | R → D |
| Walter Angus Keeling | F.D. Roosevelt | W.D. Tex. | November 22, 1873 | January 26, 1942 | January 22, 1945 (aged 71) | Ben Herbert Rice Jr. | No |
| Ralph E. Jenney | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Cal. | February 20, 1883 | June 29, 1937 | July 13, 1945 (aged 62) | William Carey Mathes | No |
| Frederick Howard Bryant | Coolidge | N.D.N.Y. | July 25, 1877 | December 19, 1927 | September 4, 1945 (aged 68) | Edward S. Kampf | R → D |
| Frederic Palen Schoonmaker | Harding | W.D. Pa. | March 11, 1870 | December 22, 1922 | September 5, 1945 (aged 75) | Wallace Samuel Gourley | R → D |
| Thomas Alexander Murphree | F.D. Roosevelt | N.D. Ala. | December 1, 1883 | May 17, 1938 | September 5, 1945 (aged 61) | Seybourn Harris Lynne | No |
| Elwood Hamilton | F.D. Roosevelt | 6th Cir. | February 22, 1883 | March 1, 1938 | September 19, 1945 (aged 62) | Shackelford Miller Jr. | No |
| Archibald Battle Lovett | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Ga. | June 21, 1884 | October 2, 1941 | December 28, 1945 (aged 61) | Francis Muir Scarlett | No |
| Harry Aaron Hollzer | Hoover | S.D. Cal. | November 4, 1880 | February 27, 1931 | January 14, 1946 (aged 65) | Jacob Weinberger | R → D |
| Fred Morton Raymond | Coolidge | W.D. Mich. | March 22, 1876 | December 18, 1925 | February 6, 1946 (aged 69) | Raymond Wesley Starr | R → D |
| Harlan F. Stone | F.D. Roosevelt[e] | SCOTUS | October 11, 1872 | June 27, 1941 | April 22, 1946 (aged 73) | Fred M. Vinson | No |
| Guy T. Helvering | F.D. Roosevelt | D. Kan. | January 10, 1878 | September 28, 1943 | July 4, 1946 (aged 68) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Samuel Mandelbaum | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D.N.Y. | September 20, 1884 | June 20, 1936 | November 20, 1946 (aged 62) | Harold Medina | No |
| Adrian Joseph Caillouet | F.D. Roosevelt | E.D. La. | February 19, 1883 | April 9, 1940 | December 19, 1946 (aged 63) | Herbert William Christenberry | No |
| Grover M. Moscowitz | Coolidge | E.D.N.Y. | August 31, 1886 | December 21, 1925 | March 31, 1947 (aged 60) | Leo F. Rayfiel | R → D |
| John Bright | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D.N.Y. | May 23, 1884 | June 3, 1941 | March 24, 1948 (aged 63) | Samuel H. Kaufman | No |
| R. Lewis Brown | F.D. Roosevelt | D. Mont. | May 25, 1892 | March 27, 1945 | April 2, 1948 (aged 55) | William Daniel Murray | No |
| Evan Alfred Evans | Wilson | 7th Cir. | March 19, 1876 | May 10, 1916 | July 7, 1948 (aged 72) | F. Ryan Duffy | No |
| Francis Arthur Garrecht | F.D. Roosevelt | 9th Cir. | September 11, 1870 | May 16, 1933 | August 11, 1948 (aged 77) | Walter Lyndon Pope | No |
| Arthur Daniel Healey | F.D. Roosevelt | D. Mass. | December 29, 1889 | December 16, 1941 | September 16, 1948 (aged 58) | William T. McCarthy | No |
| Ernest Aloysius O'Brien | Hoover | E.D. Mich. | July 1, 1880 | March 2, 1931 | October 9, 1948 (aged 68) | Thomas Patrick Thornton | R → D |
| Frank Murphy | F.D. Roosevelt | SCOTUS | April 13, 1890 | January 16, 1940 | July 19, 1949 (aged 59) | Tom C. Clark | No |
| James Patrick Leamy | F.D. Roosevelt | D. Vt. | January 16, 1892 | April 30, 1940 | July 22, 1949 (aged 57) | Ernest W. Gibson Jr. | No |
| Elmo Pearce Lee | F.D. Roosevelt | 5th Cir. | February 10, 1882 | November 30, 1943 | July 26, 1949 (aged 67) | Wayne G. Borah | No |
| Wiley Rutledge | F.D. Roosevelt | SCOTUS | July 20, 1894 | February 8, 1943 | September 10, 1949 (aged 55) | Sherman Minton | No |
| James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Cal. | November 10, 1886 | September 19, 1940 | September 28, 1949 (aged 62) | William Matthew Byrne Sr. | No |
| Bower Slack Broaddus | F.D. Roosevelt | E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. |
May 30, 1888 | September 27, 1940 | December 10, 1949 (aged 61) | William Robert Wallace | No |
| John Joseph O'Connell | Truman | 3d Cir. | September 8, 1894 | October 3, 1945 | December 16, 1949 (aged 55) | Austin Leander Staley | No |
| George Murray Hulbert | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D.N.Y. | May 14, 1881 | June 14, 1934 | April 26, 1950 (aged 68) | Edward Jordan Dimock | No |
| Curtis L. Waller | F.D. Roosevelt | 5th Cir. | January 9, 1887 | March 9, 1943 | July 11, 1950 (aged 63) | Louie Willard Strum | No |
| Elwyn R. Shaw | F.D. Roosevelt | N.D. Ill. | October 19, 1888 | May 3, 1944 | July 18, 1950 (aged 61) | Joseph Sam Perry | No |
| Lloyd Llewellyn Black | F.D. Roosevelt | E.D. Wash. W.D. Wash. |
March 15, 1889 | August 4, 1939 | August 23, 1950 (aged 61) | William James Lindberg | No |
| John McDuffie | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Ala. | September 25, 1883 | February 7, 1935 | November 1, 1950 (aged 67) | Daniel Holcombe Thomas | No |
| Herbert Wilson Erskine | Truman | N.D. Cal. | August 27, 1888 | February 25, 1949 | March 18, 1951 (aged 62) | Monroe Mark Friedman | No |
| Randolph Bryant | Hoover | E.D. Tex. | May 2, 1893 | January 13, 1931 | April 24, 1951 (aged 57) | Joseph Warren Sheehy | R → D |
| Thomas Alan Goldsborough | F.D. Roosevelt | D.D.C. | September 16, 1877 | February 16, 1939 | June 16, 1951 (aged 73) | Luther Youngdahl | No |
| Howard C. Speakman | Truman | D. Ariz. | May 25, 1892 | April 9, 1946 | June 17, 1952 (aged 60) | James Augustine Walsh | No |
| Owen McIntosh Burns | Truman | W.D. Pa. | September 6, 1892 | March 8, 1950 | October 26, 1952 (aged 60) | Joseph Putnam Willson | D → R[b] |
| Otto Kerner Sr. | F.D. Roosevelt | 7th Cir. | February 22, 1884 | February 1, 1939 | December 13, 1952 (aged 68) | Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg | D → R[b][b] |
| Robert Reasoner Nevin | Coolidge | S.D. Ohio | August 2, 1875 | January 21, 1929 | December 31, 1952 (aged 77) | Mell G. Underwood | No[b] |
| Gaston Louis Noel Porterie | F.D. Roosevelt | W.D. La. | January 22, 1885 | February 1, 1939 | March 24, 1953 (aged 68) | Edwin F. Hunter | D → R |
| William Alvah Stewart | Truman | W.D. Pa. | August 16, 1903 | April 24, 1951 | April 9, 1953 (aged 49) | John Lester Miller | D → R |
| Edward L. Leahy | Truman | D.R.I. | February 9, 1886 | January 2, 1951 | July 22, 1953 (aged 67) | Edward William Day | D → R |
| Walter Garrett Riddick | F.D. Roosevelt | 8th Cir. | September 13, 1883 | December 16, 1941 | July 31, 1953 (aged 69) | Charles Joseph Vogel | D → R |
| Fred M. Vinson | Truman | SCOTUS | January 22, 1890 | June 20, 1946 | September 8, 1953 (aged 63) | Earl Warren | D → R |
| James McPherson Proctor | Truman | D.C. Cir. | September 4, 1882 | March 2, 1948 | September 17, 1953 (aged 71) | John A. Danaher | D → R |
| Abraham Benjamin Conger | Truman | M.D. Ga. | July 14, 1887 | June 2, 1949 | December 9, 1953 (aged 66) | William Augustus Bootle | D → R |
| Alfred Lee Wyman | Hoover | D.S.D. | December 9, 1874 | May 10, 1929 | December 15, 1953 (aged 79) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Bennett Champ Clark | Truman | D.C. Cir. | January 8, 1890 | September 24, 1945 | July 13, 1954 (aged 64) | Walter M. Bastian | D → R |
| Louie Willard Strum | Truman | 5th Cir. | January 16, 1890 | September 23, 1950 | July 26, 1954 (aged 64) | Warren Leroy Jones | D → R |
| Robert H. Jackson | F.D. Roosevelt | SCOTUS | February 13, 1892 | July 7, 1941 | October 9, 1954 (aged 62) | John Marshall Harlan II | D → R |
| Campbell E. Beaumont | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Cal. | August 27, 1883 | August 1, 1939 | November 19, 1954 (aged 71) | Gilbert H. Jertberg | D → R |
1954–present
editAs of June 2024[update], 240 United States Article III federal judges have died in active service since the 1954 expansion of senior status to cover judges over the age of 65 with more than 15 years of judicial service. Although this is the largest number of judges to die over such a period of time, it is the lowest percentage, due to substantial expansions of the judiciary branch. Notably, only three United States Supreme Court justices have died in office in that period, whereas 48 had died in office over the preceding periods.
| Judge | Appointing president | Court | Date of birth | Confirmation date | Date of death and age | Successor | Change of party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Lee Russell | Truman | 5th Cir. | August 19, 1900 | October 19, 1949 | January 18, 1955 (aged 54) | John Robert Brown | D → R |
| Harold Montelle Stephens | Truman | D.C. Cir. | March 6, 1886 | March 2, 1948 | May 28, 1955 (aged 69) | Warren E. Burger | D → R |
| Charles Brents Kennamer | Hoover | M.D. Ala. | November 25, 1874 | February 20, 1931 | June 3, 1955 (aged 80) | Frank Minis Johnson | No |
| John Knight | Hoover | W.D.N.Y. | April 29, 1871 | January 6, 1932 | June 15, 1955 (aged 84) | Justin C. Morgan | No |
| Emerich B. Freed | F.D. Roosevelt | N.D. Ohio | November 22, 1897 | October 2, 1941 | December 4, 1955 (aged 58) | Paul Charles Weick | D → R |
| John Caskie Collet | Truman | 8th Cir. | May 25, 1898 | July 8, 1947 | December 5, 1955 (aged 57) | Charles Evans Whittaker | D → R |
| J. Leroy Adair | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Ill. | February 23, 1887 | April 20, 1937 | January 19, 1956 (aged 68) | Frederick Olen Mercer | D → R |
| James A. Donohoe | F.D. Roosevelt | D. Neb. | August 9, 1877 | April 20, 1933 | February 26, 1956 (aged 78) | Richard Earl Robinson | D → R |
| Rubey Mosley Hulen | F.D. Roosevelt | E.D. Mo. | July 9, 1894 | July 8, 1943 | July 7, 1956 (aged 61) | Randolph Henry Weber | D → R |
| William A. Ekwall | F.D. Roosevelt | Cust. Ct. | June 14, 1887 | February 9, 1942 | October 16, 1956 (aged 69) | Scovel Richardson | D → R |
| John David Clifford Jr. | Truman | D. Me. | May 15, 1887 | March 14, 1947 | November 18, 1956 (aged 69) | Edward Thaxter Gignoux | D → R |
| William F. Riley | Truman | S.D. Iowa | March 20, 1884 | December 14, 1950 | December 29, 1956 (aged 72) | Edwin Richley Hicklin | D → R |
| Elmer David Davies | F.D. Roosevelt | M.D. Tenn. | January 12, 1899 | July 12, 1939 | January 7, 1957 (aged 57) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Jerome Frank | F.D. Roosevelt | 2d Cir. | September 10, 1889 | March 20, 1941 | January 13, 1957 (aged 67) | Leonard P. Moore | D → R |
| Hardress Nathaniel Swaim | Truman | 7th Cir. | November 30, 1890 | February 8, 1950 | July 30, 1957 (aged 66) | William Lynn Parkinson | D → R |
| Alfred Egidio Modarelli | Truman | D.N.J. | November 27, 1898 | January 2, 1951 | September 22, 1957 (aged 58) | Mendon Morrill | D → R |
| Arthur Johnson Mellott | Truman | D. Kan. | August 30, 1888 | November 27, 1945 | December 29, 1957 (aged 69) | Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr. | D → R |
| Walter C. Lindley | Truman | 7th Cir. | July 12, 1880 | October 12, 1949 | January 3, 1958 (aged 77) | Winfred George Knoch | D → R |
| Lamar John Ryan Cecil | Eisenhower | E.D. Tex. | November 2, 1902 | December 2, 1954 | February 14, 1958 (aged 55) | Joseph Jefferson Fisher | No |
| James Robert Kirkland | Truman | D.D.C. | February 15, 1903 | March 8, 1950 | February 25, 1958 (aged 55) | George Luzerne Hart Jr. | D → R |
| John J. Parker | Coolidge | 4th Cir. | November 20, 1885 | December 14, 1925 | March 17, 1958 (aged 72) | Simon Sobeloff | No |
| Dal Millington Lemmon | Eisenhower | 9th Cir. | October 29, 1887 | April 27, 1954 | April 26, 1958 (aged 70) | Gilbert H. Jertberg | No |
| Samuel Marion Driver | Truman | E.D. Wash. | May 22, 1892 | April 9, 1946 | September 12, 1958 (aged 66) | Charles Lawrence Powell | D → R |
| Ben Moore | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. W.Va. | January 1, 1891 | March 20, 1941 | September 25, 1958 (aged 67) | John A. Field Jr. | D → R |
| Bolitha James Laws | F.D. Roosevelt | D.D.C. | August 22, 1891 | February 22, 1945 | November 14, 1958 (aged 67) | Leonard Patrick Walsh | D → R |
| Edward Preston Murphy | Truman | N.D. Cal. | March 13, 1904 | December 13, 1950 | December 13, 1958 (aged 54) | William Thomas Sweigert | D → R |
| Philip J. Finnegan | Truman | 7th Cir. | June 25, 1886 | May 3, 1949 | January 4, 1959 (aged 72) | Latham Castle | D → R |
| Justin C. Morgan | Eisenhower | W.D.N.Y. | July 8, 1900 | March 6, 1956 | May 24, 1959 (aged 58) | John Oliver Henderson | No |
| James Alger Fee | Eisenhower | 9th Cir. | September 24, 1888 | April 23, 1954 | August 25, 1959 (aged 70) | Montgomery Oliver Koelsch | No |
| James V. Allred | Truman | S.D. Tex. | March 29, 1899 | October 12, 1949 | September 24, 1959 (aged 60) | Reynaldo Guerra Garza | D → R |
| William Lynn Parkinson | Eisenhower | 7th Cir. | September 18, 1902 | August 22, 1957 | October 26, 1959 (aged 57)[f] | Roger Kiley | R → D[d] |
| William Lee Knous | Truman | D. Colo. | February 2, 1889 | April 4, 1950 | December 12, 1959 (aged 70) | Olin Hatfield Chilson | D → R |
| Philip Leo Sullivan | F.D. Roosevelt | N.D. Ill. | October 2, 1889 | February 20, 1934 | June 12, 1960 (aged 70) | James Benton Parsons | No[d] |
| William Robert Wallace | Truman | E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla. |
February 21, 1886 | June 2, 1950 | June 24, 1960 (aged 74) | Luther L. Bohanon | No[d] |
| Roby C. Thompson | Eisenhower | W.D. Va. | March 30, 1898 | August 28, 1957 | July 29, 1960 (aged 62) | Thomas J. Michie | R → D[d] |
| Benjamin Harrison | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Cal. | December 18, 1888 | June 22, 1940 | August 13, 1960 (aged 71) | Albert Lee Stephens Jr. | No[d] |
| James Ward Morris | F.D. Roosevelt | D.D.C. | November 14, 1890 | June 15, 1939 | November 15, 1960 (aged 70) | Spottswood William Robinson III | No[d] |
| Mendon Morrill | Eisenhower | D.N.J. | September 18, 1902 | April 22, 1958 | March 12, 1961 (aged 58) | James Aloysius Coolahan | R → D |
| Ernest Allen Tolin | Truman | S.D. Cal. | August 2, 1904 | June 10, 1952 | June 11, 1961 (aged 56) | Elisha Avery Crary | No |
| Thomas C. Egan | Eisenhower | E.D. Pa. | July 15, 1894 | August 22, 1957 | July 6, 1961 (aged 66) | John Morgan Davis | R → D |
| Louis Earl Goodman | F.D. Roosevelt | N.D. Cal. | January 2, 1892 | December 15, 1942 | September 15, 1961 (aged 69) | Stanley Alexander Weigel | No |
| Randolph Henry Weber | Eisenhower | E.D. Mo. | November 26, 1909 | March 14, 1957 | November 23, 1961 (aged 51) | John Keating Regan | R → D |
| Randle Jasper Smith | Eisenhower | W.D. Mo. | July 25, 1908 | July 2, 1956 | January 8, 1962 (aged 53) | Floyd Robert Gibson | R → D |
| Ashton Hilliard Williams | Truman | E.D.S.C. | August 15, 1891 | July 2, 1952 | February 25, 1962 (aged 70) | Charles Earl Simons Jr. | No |
| John W. Murphy | Truman | M.D. Penn. | April 26, 1902 | May 21, 1946 | March 28, 1962 (aged 59) | William Joseph Nealon Jr. | No |
| John Donelson Martin Sr. | F.D. Roosevelt | 6th Cir. | May 4, 1883 | August 27, 1940 | April 2, 1962 (aged 78) | Thomas Francis McAllister | No |
| Irvin C. Mollison | Truman | Cust. Ct. | December 24, 1898 | October 26, 1945 | May 5, 1962 (aged 63) | Philip Nichols Jr. | No |
| Herbert Funk Goodrich | F.D. Roosevelt | 3d Cir. | July 29, 1889 | May 7, 1940 | June 25, 1962 (aged 72) | Abraham Lincoln Freedman | No |
| Patrick Thomas Stone | F.D. Roosevelt | W.D. Wis. | June 21, 1889 | June 10, 1933 | January 13, 1963 (aged 73) | David Rabinovitz | No |
| Julius Howard Miner | Eisenhower | N.D. Ill. | May 25, 1896 | February 25, 1958 | March 13, 1963 (aged 66) | Abraham Lincoln Marovitz | R → D |
| John Rolly Ross | Eisenhower | D. Nev. | March 1, 1899 | May 13, 1954 | April 22, 1963 (aged 64) | Bruce Rutherford Thompson | R → D |
| Jed Johnson | Truman | Cust. Ct. | July 31, 1888 | June 23, 1947 | May 8, 1963 (aged 74) | James Lopez Watson | No |
| Alexander Bicks | Eisenhower | S.D.N.Y. | March 17, 1901 | May 11, 1954 | May 9, 1963 (aged 62) | Charles Henry Tenney | R → D |
| Harry Evans Watkins | F.D. Roosevelt | N.D. W.Va. S.D. W.Va. |
November 6, 1898 | March 2, 1937 | June 6, 1963 (aged 64) | Sidney Lee Christie | No |
| John Wilson McIlvaine | Eisenhower | W.D. Pa. | June 22, 1907 | July 29, 1955 | July 1, 1963 (aged 56) | Gerald Joseph Weber | R → D |
| Arthur Marshall Davis | Kennedy | D. Ariz. | June 7, 1907 | August 21, 1961 | July 11, 1963 (aged 56) | Walter Early Craig | No |
| Charles Edward Clark | F.D. Roosevelt | 2d Cir. | December 9, 1889 | March 7, 1939 | December 13, 1963 (aged 74) | Robert P. Anderson | No |
| Waldo Henry Rogers | Eisenhower | D.N.M. | May 17, 1908 | May 13, 1954 | January 12, 1964 (aged 55) | Howard C. Bratton | R → D |
| Ben Herbert Rice Jr. | Truman | W.D. Tex. | December 12, 1889 | September 19, 1945 | March 14, 1964 (aged 74) | Dorwin Wallace Suttle | No |
| Benjamin Franklin Cameron | Eisenhower | 5th Cir. | December 14, 1890 | March 14, 1955 | April 3, 1964 (aged 73) | James P. Coleman | R → D |
| Gregory Francis Noonan | Truman | S.D.N.Y. | May 12, 1906 | April 25, 1950 | May 1, 1964 (aged 57) | Marvin E. Frankel | No |
| Charles Joseph McNamee | Truman | N.D. Ohio | December 5, 1890 | March 6, 1951 | May 2, 1964 (aged 73) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Archie Owen Dawson | Eisenhower | S.D.N.Y. | October 9, 1898 | April 23, 1954 | August 3, 1964 (aged 65) | Constance Baker Motley | R → D |
| Charles Ferguson Paul | Eisenhower | N.D. W.Va. | April 26, 1902 | March 1, 1960 | February 17, 1965 (aged 62) | Robert Earl Maxwell | R → D |
| George T. Mickelson | Eisenhower | D.S.D. | July 23, 1903 | February 9, 1954 | February 28, 1965 (aged 61) | Fred Joseph Nichol | R → D |
| Sidney Carr Mize | F.D. Roosevelt | S.D. Miss. | March 7, 1888 | February 2, 1937 | April 26, 1965 (aged 77) | Dan Monroe Russell Jr. | No |
| Paul Jones | Harding | N.D. Ohio | November 4, 1880 | March 2, 1923 | August 4, 1965 (aged 84) | William Kernahan Thomas | R → D |
| Casper Platt | Truman | E.D. Ill. | June 6, 1892 | October 12, 1949 | September 16, 1965 (aged 73) | Henry Seiler Wise | No |
| Frederick Olen Mercer | Eisenhower | S.D. Ill. | March 11, 1901 | June 13, 1956 | April 3, 1966 (aged 65) | Robert Dale Morgan | R → D |
| Charles Cecil Wyche | F.D. Roosevelt | D.S.C. | July 7, 1885 | January 22, 1937 | September 17, 1966 (aged 81) | Donald S. Russell | No |
| Isaac Jack Martin | Eisenhower | CCPA | July 18, 1908 | August 5, 1958 | November 5, 1966 (aged 58) | Phillip Baldwin | R → D |
| Joseph Warren Sheehy | Truman | E.D. Tex. | October 21, 1910 | June 7, 1951 | February 23, 1967 (aged 56) | William Wayne Justice | No |
| J. Spencer Bell | Kennedy | 4th Cir. | April 1, 1906 | September 23, 1961 | March 19, 1967 (aged 60) | John D. Butzner Jr. | No |
| Aloysius Joseph Connor | F.D. Roosevelt | D.N.H. | April 13, 1895 | December 5, 1944 | December 18, 1967 (aged 72) | Hugh H. Bownes | No |
| William Francis Smith | Kennedy | 3d Cir. | February 24, 1903 | August 30, 1961 | February 26, 1968 (aged 65) | James Hunter III | D → R[b] |
| Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg | Eisenhower | 7th Cir. | August 22, 1889 | February 9, 1954 | September 15, 1968 (aged 79) | John Paul Stevens | No |
| Arthur Mumford Smith | Eisenhower | CCPA | September 19, 1903 | April 29, 1959 | November 20, 1968 (aged 65) | Donald Edward Lane | No[b] |
| Ross Rizley | Eisenhower | W.D. Okla. | July 5, 1892 | March 1, 1956 | March 4, 1969 (aged 76) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Claude Feemster Clayton | L.B. Johnson | 5th Cir. | August 4, 1909 | October 26, 1967 | July 4, 1969 (aged 59) | Charles Clark | D → R |
| Gordon Elmo Young | Eisenhower | E.D. Ark. | April 26, 1907 | September 2, 1959 | August 20, 1969 (aged 62) | Garnett Thomas Eisele | No |
| William Bernard Herlands | Eisenhower | S.D.N.Y. | July 19, 1905 | June 26, 1956 | August 28, 1969 (aged 64) | Lawrence W. Pierce | No |
| Ernest W. Gibson Jr. | Truman | D. Vt. | March 6, 1901 | October 15, 1949 | November 4, 1969 (aged 68) | James L. Oakes | D → R |
| Fred Kunzel | Eisenhower | S.D. Cal. | June 2, 1901 | September 9, 1959 | November 19, 1969 (aged 68) | Edward Joseph Schwartz | No |
| Thaddeus M. Machrowicz | Kennedy | E.D. Mich. | August 21, 1899 | September 1, 1961 | February 17, 1970 (aged 70) | Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy | D → R |
| David Henry Stahl | L.B. Johnson | 3d Cir. | May 29, 1920 | October 10, 1968 | February 21, 1970 (aged 49) | Max Rosenn | D → R |
| Joe Hickey | L.B. Johnson | 10th Cir. | August 22, 1911 | June 9, 1966 | September 22, 1970 (aged 59) | James E. Barrett | D → R |
| Theodore Levin | Truman | E.D. Mich. | February 18, 1897 | July 25, 1946 | December 31, 1970 (aged 73) | Robert Edward DeMascio | D → R |
| Abraham Lincoln Freedman | L.B. Johnson | 3d Cir. | November 19, 1904 | July 2, 1964 | March 13, 1971 (aged 66) | Joseph F. Weis Jr. | D → R |
| Gerald Sanford Levin | Nixon | N.D. Cal. | January 1, 1906 | July 11, 1969 | June 5, 1971 (aged 65) | Charles Byron Renfrew | No |
| Joseph Patrick Lieb | Eisenhower | M.D. Fla. | September 4, 1901 | March 1, 1956 | November 2, 1971 (aged 70) | William Terrell Hodges | No |
| Ted Cabot | L.B. Johnson | S.D. Fla. | February 5, 1917 | August 10, 1966 | December 4, 1971 (aged 54) | Norman Charles Roettger Jr. | D → R |
| Edwin Monroe Stanley | Eisenhower | M.D.N.C. | March 9, 1909 | February 25, 1958 | December 23, 1971 (aged 62) | Hiram Hamilton Ward | No |
| Henry Luesing Brooks | Nixon | 6th Cir. | December 9, 1905 | December 10, 1969 | December 30, 1971 (aged 66) | Pierce Lively | No |
| Bernard J. Leddy | L.B. Johnson | D. Vt. | March 18, 1910 | August 25, 1966 | January 9, 1972 (aged 61) | Albert Wheeler Coffrin | D → R |
| Robert Shaw | Kennedy | D.N.J. | May 22, 1907 | April 11, 1962 | July 9, 1972 (aged 65) | Vincent P. Biunno | D → R |
| Alexander J. Napoli | L.B. Johnson | N.D. Ill. | October 7, 1905 | September 20, 1966 | July 12, 1972 (aged 66) | Prentice Marshall | D → R |
| Edward Cochrane McLean | Kennedy | S.D.N.Y. | October 16, 1903 | July 13, 1962 | October 12, 1972 (aged 68) | Richard Owen | D → R |
| James Rosen | Nixon | 3d Cir. | October 23, 1909 | September 21, 1971 | November 18, 1972 (aged 63) | Leonard I. Garth | No |
| Richard A. Dier | Nixon | D. Neb. | February 27, 1914 | December 6, 1971 | December 7, 1972 (aged 58) | Albert Gerard Schatz | No |
| William McRae | Kennedy | M.D. Fla. | September 25, 1909 | March 3, 1961 | January 27, 1973 (aged 63) | John A. Reed Jr. | D → R |
| Thomas J. Michie | Kennedy | W.D. Va. | June 7, 1896 | June 27, 1961 | April 9, 1973 (aged 76) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| George Rosling | Kennedy | E.D.N.Y. | December 22, 1900 | March 16, 1962 | April 16, 1973 (aged 72) | Thomas Collier Platt Jr. | D → R |
| W. Wallace Kent | Nixon | 6th Cir. | May 1, 1916 | December 16, 1970 | May 28, 1973 (aged 57) | Albert J. Engel Jr. | No |
| Orville Edwin Langley | L.B. Johnson | E.D. Okla. | October 28, 1908 | January 26, 1965 | September 12, 1973 (aged 64) | Joseph Wilson Morris | D → R |
| John Joseph Kitchen | Nixon | D.N.J. | December 29, 1911 | October 13, 1970 | September 21, 1973 (aged 61) | Henry Curtis Meanor | No |
| Sidney Lee Christie | L.B. Johnson | N.D. W.Va. S.D. W.Va. |
April 17, 1903 | April 30, 1964 | February 15, 1974 (aged 70) | Charles Harold Haden II | D → R |
| Philip Neville | L.B. Johnson | D. Minn. | November 5, 1909 | July 31, 1967 | February 13, 1974 (aged 64) | Donald Alsop | D → R |
| John Oliver Henderson | Eisenhower | W.D.N.Y. | November 13, 1909 | September 14, 1959 | February 19, 1974 (aged 64) | John T. Elfvin | No |
| Ernest Allen Guinn | L.B. Johnson | W.D. Tex. | September 29, 1905 | July 22, 1966 | June 9, 1974 (aged 68) | William S. Sessions | D → R |
| Stephen John Roth | Kennedy | E.D. Mich. | April 21, 1908 | May 1, 1962 | July 11, 1974 (aged 66) | James Paul Churchill | D → R |
| George N. Beamer | Kennedy | N.D. Ind. | October 9, 1904 | April 11, 1962 | October 21, 1974 (aged 70) | Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. | D → R |
| Mac Swinford | F.D. Roosevelt | E.D. Ky. W.D. Ky. |
December 23, 1899 | August 20, 1937 | February 3, 1975 (aged 75) | Eugene Edward Siler Jr. | D → R |
| Herbert William Christenberry | Truman | E.D. La. | December 11, 1897 | December 18, 1947 | October 5, 1975 (aged 77) | Charles Schwartz Jr. | D → R |
| William Nelson Goodwin | L.B. Johnson | E.D. Wash. W.D. Wash. |
August 17, 1909 | April 21, 1966 | December 31, 1975 (aged 66) | Jack Edward Tanner | No[d] |
| Richard Wellington McLaren | Nixon | N.D. Ill. | April 21, 1918 | December 2, 1971 | February 25, 1976 (aged 57) | Stanley Julian Roszkowski | R → D[d] |
| William Ernest Miller | Nixon | 6th Cir. | February 3, 1908 | June 26, 1970 | April 12, 1976 (aged 68) | Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. | R → D[d] |
| Orrin Grimmell Judd | L.B. Johnson | E.D.N.Y. | September 6, 1906 | June 24, 1968 | July 7, 1976 (aged 69) | Eugene Nickerson | No[d] |
| William Joseph Lynch | L.B. Johnson | N.D. Ill. | June 6, 1908 | March 4, 1966 | August 9, 1976 (aged 68) | Nicholas John Bua | No[d] |
| Michael Henry Sheridan | Kennedy | M.D. Penn. | July 8, 1912 | August 30, 1961 | August 23, 1976 (aged 64) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| James Braxton Craven Jr. | L.B. Johnson | 4th Cir. | April 3, 1918 | June 29, 1966 | May 3, 1977 (aged 59) | James Dickson Phillips Jr. | No |
| Clifton Rhodes Bratcher | Nixon | W.D. Ky. | December 23, 1917 | October 13, 1970 | July 25, 1977 (aged 59) | Thomas A. Ballantine Jr. | R → D |
| James Henry Gorbey | Nixon | E.D. Pa. | July 30, 1920 | December 19, 1970 | October 24, 1977 (aged 57) | Norma Levy Shapiro | R → D |
| Roger Blake West | Nixon | E.D. La. | May 10, 1928 | June 18, 1971 | January 24, 1978 (aged 49) | Adrian G. Duplantier | R → D |
| Willis William Ritter | Truman | D. Utah | January 24, 1899 | June 29, 1950 | March 4, 1978 (aged 79) | Bruce Sterling Jenkins | No |
| Lawrence Gubow | L.B. Johnson | E.D. Mich. | January 10, 1919 | September 13, 1968 | March 26, 1978 (aged 59) | Julian A. Cook | No |
| Terry Shell | Ford | E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark. |
April 2, 1922 | September 15, 1975 | June 25, 1978 (aged 56) | Richard S. Arnold | R → D |
| Joseph Cornelius Waddy | L.B. Johnson | D.D.C. | May 26, 1911 | March 2, 1967 | August 1, 1978 (aged 67) | John Garrett Penn | No |
| Dick Yin Wong | Ford | D. Haw. | September 13, 1920 | April 24, 1975 | December 26, 1978 (aged 58) | Walter Heen (recess) Harold Fong |
No[g] |
| William C. Frey | Nixon | D. Ariz. | July 24, 1919 | November 25, 1970 | February 16, 1979 (aged 59) | Richard Bilby | R → D |
| Allen E. Barrow | Kennedy | N.D. Okla. | January 22, 1914 | August 1, 1962 | February 26, 1979 (aged 65) | James O. Ellison | No |
| George H. Barlow | Nixon | D.N.J. | January 4, 1921 | December 17, 1969 | March 4, 1979 (aged 58) | Harold A. Ackerman | R → D |
| John H. Wood Jr. | Nixon | W.D. Tex. | March 31, 1916 | November 25, 1970 | May 29, 1979 (aged 63) | Lucius Desha Bunton III | R → D |
| Donald Edward Lane | Nixon | CCPA | June 10, 1909 | June 19, 1969 | May 30, 1979 (aged 69) | Helen W. Nies | R → D |
| Marshall Allen Neill | Nixon | E.D. Wash. | August 23, 1914 | August 2, 1972 | October 6, 1979 (aged 65) | Justin L. Quackenbush | R → D |
| Harold Leventhal | L.B. Johnson | D.C. Cir. | January 5, 1915 | April 7, 1965 | November 20, 1979 (aged 64) | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | No |
| Murray Gurfein | Nixon | 2d Cir. | November 17, 1907 | August 22, 1974 | December 16, 1979 (aged 72) | Lawrence W. Pierce | R → D |
| José Victor Toledo | Nixon | D.P.R. | August 14, 1931 | November 25, 1970 | February 3, 1980 (aged 48) | Raymond L. Acosta | R → D |
| Charles Stanley Blair | Nixon | D. Md. | December 20, 1927 | July 29, 1971 | April 20, 1980 (aged 52) | Norman Park Ramsey | R → D |
| Daniel John Snyder Jr. | Nixon | W.D. Pa. | May 2, 1916 | April 10, 1973 | May 11, 1980 (aged 64) | Glenn E. Mencer | No[b] |
| Morell Edward Sharp | Nixon | W.D. Wash. | September 12, 1920 | December 2, 1971 | October 19, 1980 (aged 60) | John C. Coughenour | No[b] |
| Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. | Ford | N.D. Ind. | July 16, 1924 | May 6, 1976 | March 28, 1981 (aged 56) | Michael Stephen Kanne | No |
| William W. Knox | Nixon | W.D. Pa. | June 18, 1911 | October 8, 1970 | August 30, 1981 (aged 70) | Carol Los Mansmann | No |
| Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. | L.B. Johnson | 5th Cir. | May 10, 1910 | July 22, 1966 | December 22, 1981 (aged 71) | W. Eugene Davis | D → R |
| Robert Lowe Kunzig | Nixon | Ct. Cl. | October 31, 1918 | December 2, 1971 | February 21, 1982 (aged 63) | Jean Galloway Bissell[h] | No |
| Jack Murphy Gordon | Nixon | E.D. La. | February 13, 1931 | June 18, 1971 | March 4, 1982 (aged 51) | Martin Leach-Cross Feldman | No |
| Scovel Richardson | Eisenhower | USCIT | February 4, 1912 | April 4, 1957 | March 30, 1982 (aged 70) | Gregory W. Carman | No |
| Robert Arthur Sprecher | Nixon | 7th Cir. | May 30, 1917 | April 21, 1971 | May 15, 1982 (aged 64) | Joel Flaum | No |
| Hernan Gregorio Pesquera | Nixon | D.P.R. | May 25, 1924 | October 12, 1972 | September 8, 1982 (aged 58) | Hector Manuel Laffitte | No |
| Frank Wiley Wilson | Kennedy | E.D. Tenn. | June 21, 1917 | June 14, 1961 | September 29, 1982 (aged 65) | Thomas Gray Hull | D → R |
| Cale James Holder | Eisenhower | S.D. Ind. | April 5, 1912 | August 6, 1954 | August 23, 1983 (aged 71) | Sarah Evans Barker | No |
| Mary Anne Richey | Ford | D. Ariz. | October 24, 1917 | June 16, 1976 | November 25, 1983 (aged 66) | William Docker Browning | No |
| Henry Frederick Werker | Nixon | S.D.N.Y. | April 16, 1920 | June 21, 1974 | May 10, 1984 (aged 64) | Louis L. Stanton | No |
| J. Waldo Ackerman | Ford | C.D. Ill. | January 1, 1926 | July 2, 1976 | November 23, 1984 (aged 58) | Harold Baker | No |
| Albert Gerard Schatz | Nixon | D. Neb. | August 4, 1921 | May 10, 1973 | April 30, 1985 (aged 63) | Lyle Elmer Strom | No |
| George Edward Cire | Carter | S.D. Tex. | September 29, 1922 | May 10, 1979 | May 5, 1985 (aged 62) | David Hittner | D → R |
| Edward Allen Tamm | L.B. Johnson | D.C. Cir. | April 21, 1906 | March 11, 1965 | September 22, 1985 (aged 79) | James L. Buckley | D → R |
| David Dortch Warriner | Nixon | E.D. Va. | February 25, 1929 | May 16, 1974 | March 17, 1986 (aged 57) | Rebecca Beach Smith | No |
| Albert Tate Jr. | Carter | 5th Cir. | September 23, 1920 | October 4, 1979 | March 27, 1986 (aged 65) | John M. Duhé Jr. | D → R |
| Alfred Leopold Luongo | Kennedy | E.D. Pa. | August 17, 1920 | September 21, 1961 | July 19, 1986 (aged 65) | Franklin Van Antwerpen | D → R |
| Ross Thompson Roberts | Reagan | W.D. Mo. | November 28, 1938 | August 20, 1982 | April 24, 1987 (aged 48) | Dean Whipple | No |
| William Overton | Carter | E.D. Ark. | September 19, 1939 | May 10, 1979 | July 14, 1987 (aged 47) | Stephen M. Reasoner | D → R |
| Robert Madden Hill | Reagan | 5th Cir. | January 13, 1928 | June 15, 1984 | October 19, 1987 (aged 59) | Jacques L. Wiener Jr. | No |
| Ross N. Sterling | Ford | S.D. Tex. | January 18, 1931 | May 6, 1976 | January 14, 1988 (aged 56) | Sim Lake | No |
| Edward Weinfeld | Truman | S.D.N.Y. | May 14, 1901 | August 1, 1950 | January 17, 1988 (aged 86) | John S. Martin Jr. | D → R |
| Lloyd Hudson Burke | Eisenhower | N.D. Cal. | April 1, 1916 | July 21, 1958 | March 15, 1988 (aged 71) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| J. Blaine Anderson | Ford | 9th Cir. | January 19, 1922 | July 2, 1976 | April 16, 1988 (aged 66) | Thomas G. Nelson | No |
| Richard J. Daronco | Reagan | S.D.N.Y. | August 1, 1931 | May 7, 1987 | May 21, 1988 (aged 56) | Louis Freeh | No |
| Valdemar Aguirre Cordova | Carter | D. Ariz. | December 6, 1922 | June 19, 1979 | June 18, 1988 (aged 65) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Oscar Hirsh Davis | Kennedy | Fed. Cir. | February 27, 1914 | April 11, 1962 | June 19, 1988 (aged 74) | Raymond C. Clevenger | D → R |
| Paul Peter Rao | Truman | USCIT | June 15, 1899 | January 31, 1949 | November 30, 1988 (aged 89) | Richard W. Goldberg | D → R |
| Philip Pratt | Nixon | E.D. Mich. | July 14, 1924 | November 25, 1970 | February 7, 1989 (aged 64) | Gerald Ellis Rosen | No |
| Robert Smith Vance | Carter | 11th Cir. | May 10, 1931 | December 15, 1977 | December 16, 1989 (aged 58) | Joel Fredrick Dubina | D → R |
| George C. Carr | Carter | M.D. Fla. | July 26, 1929 | December 15, 1977 | January 26, 1990 (aged 60) | Anne C. Conway | D → R |
| Jean Galloway Bissell | Reagan | Fed. Cir. | June 9, 1936 | June 8, 1984 | February 4, 1990 (aged 53) | Randall Ray Rader | No |
| Eugene P. Spellman | Carter | S.D. Fla. | September 16, 1930 | October 4, 1979 | May 4, 1991 (aged 60) | K. Michael Moore | D → R |
| George Arceneaux | Carter | E.D. La. | May 17, 1928 | September 25, 1979 | April 6, 1993 (aged 64) | Stanwood Duval | No |
| George Hughes Revercomb | Reagan | D.D.C. | June 3, 1929 | December 16, 1985 | August 1, 1993 (aged 64) | James Robertson | R → D |
| John P. Vukasin Jr. | Reagan | N.D. Cal. | May 25, 1928 | September 20, 1983 | September 20, 1993 (aged 65) | Maxine M. Chesney | R → D |
| Sam B. Hall Jr. | Reagan | E.D. Tex. | January 11, 1924 | May 3, 1985 | April 10, 1994 (aged 70) | David Folsom | R → D |
| Ronald Edward Meredith | Reagan | W.D. Ky. | January 30, 1946 | April 3, 1985 | December 1, 1994 (aged 48) | Joseph H. McKinley Jr. | R → D |
| Veronica DiCarlo Wicker | Carter | E.D. La. | November 26, 1930 | September 25, 1979 | December 10, 1994 (aged 64) | Ivan L. R. Lemelle | No |
| Harold Fong | Reagan | D. Haw. | April 28, 1938 | June 18, 1982 | April 20, 1995 (aged 56) | Susan Oki Mollway | R → D |
| Carl Bernard Rubin | Nixon | S.D. Ohio | March 27, 1920 | May 20, 1971 | August 2, 1995 (aged 75) | Edmund A. Sargus Jr. | R → D |
| William D. Hutchinson | Reagan | 3d Cir. | June 20, 1932 | August 5, 1987 | October 8, 1995 (aged 63) | Marjorie Rendell | R → D |
| Okla Jones II | Clinton | E.D. La. | September 23, 1945 | October 7, 1994 | January 8, 1996 (aged 50) | Carl Barbier | No |
| T. F. Gilroy Daly | Carter | D. Conn. | February 25, 1931 | August 5, 1977 | July 11, 1996 (aged 65) | Janet C. Hall | No |
| J. Daniel Mahoney | Reagan | 2d Cir. | September 7, 1931 | March 27, 1986 | October 23, 1996 (aged 65) | Sonia Sotomayor | R → D |
| Donald S. Russell | Nixon | 4th Cir. | February 22, 1906 | April 21, 1971 | February 22, 1998 (aged 92) | William Byrd Traxler Jr. | R → D |
| John David Kelly | Clinton | 8th Cir. | October 9, 1934 | July 31, 1998 | October 21, 1998 (aged 64) | Kermit Edward Bye | No |
| Linda Hodge McLaughlin | G.H.W. Bush | C.D. Cal. | February 13, 1942 | August 12, 1992 | March 7, 1999 (aged 57) | Florence-Marie Cooper | R → D |
| Walter J. Cummings Jr. | L.B. Johnson | 7th Cir. | September 29, 1916 | August 10, 1966 | April 24, 1999 (aged 82) | Ann Claire Williams | No |
| Giles Rich | Eisenhower | Fed. Cir. | May 30, 1904 | July 19, 1956 | June 9, 1999 (aged 95) | Richard Linn | R → D |
| Robert S. Gawthrop III | Reagan | E.D. Pa. | December 2, 1942 | December 8, 1987 | August 1, 1999 (aged 56) | Berle M. Schiller | R → D |
| Samuel James Ervin III | Carter | 4th Cir. | March 2, 1926 | May 21, 1980 | September 18, 1999 (aged 73) | Allyson K. Duncan | D → R[b] |
| D. Brook Bartlett | Reagan | W.D. Mo. | February 22, 1937 | September 16, 1981 | January 21, 2000 (aged 62) | Richard Everett Dorr | No[b] |
| Jerome Turner | Reagan | W.D. Tenn. | February 18, 1942 | December 8, 1987 | February 12, 2000 (aged 57) | Samuel H. Mays Jr. | No[b] |
| Morton A. Brody | G.H.W. Bush | D. Me. | June 12, 1933 | July 18, 1991 | March 25, 2000 (aged 66) | George Z. Singal | R → D |
| Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr. | Carter | 4th Cir. | June 20, 1920 | July 12, 1979 | August 31, 2000 (aged 80) | Andre M. Davis | No |
| Paul E. Riley | Clinton | S.D. Ill. | April 24, 1942 | October 6, 1994 | October 11, 2001 (aged 59) | Seat abolished | n/a |
| Hipolito Frank Garcia | Carter | W.D. Tex. | December 4, 1925 | September 29, 1980 | January 16, 2002 (aged 76) | Robert A. Junell | D → R |
| Carol Los Mansmann | Reagan | 3d Cir. | August 7, 1942 | April 3, 1985 | March 9, 2002 (aged 59) | D. Brooks Smith | No |
| Allen G. Schwartz | Clinton | S.D.N.Y. | August 23, 1934 | November 20, 1993 | March 22, 2003 (aged 68) | Kenneth M. Karas | D → R |
| Edwin L. Nelson | G.H.W. Bush | N.D. Ala. | February 10, 1940 | January 23, 1990 | May 17, 2003 (aged 63) | Virginia Emerson Hopkins | No |
| Jay Waldman | Reagan | E.D. Pa. | November 16, 1944 | October 14, 1988 | May 30, 2003 (aged 58) | Juan Ramon Sánchez | No |
| Wilkie D. Ferguson | Clinton | S.D. Fla. | May 11, 1938 | November 20, 1993 | June 9, 2003 (aged 65) | Marcia G. Cooke | D → R |
| Fred I. Parker | Clinton | 2d Cir. | February 2, 1938 | October 7, 1994 | August 12, 2003 (aged 65) | Peter W. Hall | D → R |
| Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. | G.H.W. Bush | M.D. Fla. | September 14, 1938 | June 27, 1991 | November 24, 2003 (aged 65) | Virginia M. Hernandez Covington | No |
| John H. Hannah Jr. | Clinton | E.D. Tex. | June 30, 1939 | March 10, 1994 | December 4, 2003 (aged 64) | Michael H. Schneider Sr. | D → R |
| Charles Harold Haden II | Ford | S.D. W.Va. | April 16, 1937 | November 20, 1975 | March 20, 2004 (aged 66) | Thomas E. Johnston | No |
| Judith Keep | Carter | S.D. Cal. | March 24, 1944 | June 26, 1980 | September 14, 2004 (aged 60) | Janis Lynn Sammartino | D → R |
| Harold Brent McKnight | G.W. Bush | W.D.N.C. | February 20, 1952 | July 31, 2003 | November 27, 2004 (aged 52) | Frank DeArmon Whitney | No |
| William Rehnquist | Reagan[e] | SCOTUS | October 1, 1924 | September 17, 1986 | September 3, 2005 (aged 80) | John Roberts | No |
| Susan Bieke Neilson | G.W. Bush | 6th Cir. | August 27, 1956 | October 27, 2005 | January 25, 2006 (aged 49) | Helene White | No |
| W. Craig Broadwater | Clinton | N.D. W.Va. | August 8, 1950 | July 12, 1996 | December 18, 2006 (aged 56) | Gina M. Groh | D → R |
| Richard C. Casey | Clinton | S.D.N.Y. | January 19, 1933 | October 21, 1997 | March 22, 2007 (aged 74) | Cathy Seibel | D → R |
| George Howard Jr. | Carter | E.D. Ark. | May 13, 1924 | September 29, 1980 | April 21, 2007 (aged 82) | Brian S. Miller | D → R |
| Phillip S. Figa | G.W. Bush | D. Colo. | July 27, 1951 | October 2, 2003 | January 5, 2008 (aged 56) | R. Brooke Jackson | No |
| Reginald C. Lindsay | Clinton | D. Mass. | March 19, 1945 | November 20, 1993 | March 12, 2009 (aged 63) | Denise J. Casper | No |
| Florence-Marie Cooper | Clinton | C.D. Cal. | February 9, 1940 | November 10, 1999 | January 15, 2010 (aged 69) | John Kronstadt | No |
| Thomas M. Golden | G.W. Bush | E.D. Pa. | November 1, 1947 | May 4, 2006 | July 31, 2010 (aged 62) | Jeffrey L. Schmehl | R → D |
| John Roll | G.H.W. Bush | D. Ariz. | February 8, 1947 | November 22, 1991 | January 8, 2011 (aged 63) | Jennifer Zipps | R → D |
| M. Blane Michael | Clinton | 4th Cir. | February 17, 1943 | September 30, 1993 | March 25, 2011 (aged 68) | Stephanie Thacker | No |
| Ralph E. Tyson | Clinton | M.D. La. | August 13, 1948 | July 31, 1998 | July 18, 2011 (aged 62) | Shelly Dick | No |
| Pamela Ann Rymer | G.H.W. Bush | 9th Cir. | January 6, 1941 | May 18, 1989 | September 21, 2011 (aged 70) | Paul J. Watford | R → D |
| W. Allen Pepper Jr. | Clinton | N.D. Miss. | July 20, 1941 | June 30, 1999 | January 24, 2012 (aged 70) | Debra M. Brown | No |
| William J. Hibbler | Clinton | N.D. Ill. | August 7, 1946 | April 15, 1999 | March 19, 2012 (aged 65) | Andrea Wood | No |
| Mark R. Kravitz | G.W. Bush | D. Conn. | June 21, 1950 | June 11, 2003 | September 30, 2012 (aged 62) | Jeffrey A. Meyer | R → D |
| Richard Everett Dorr | G.W. Bush | W.D. Mo. | August 26, 1943 | August 1, 2002 | April 24, 2013 (aged 69) | M. Douglas Harpool | R → D |
| Gary L. Lancaster | Clinton | W.D. Pa. | August 14, 1949 | November 20, 1993 | April 24, 2013 (aged 63) | Marilyn Horan | D → R[b] |
| Antonin Scalia | Reagan | SCOTUS | March 11, 1936 | September 17, 1986 | February 13, 2016 (aged 79) | Neil Gorsuch | No[b] |
| Beverly Reid O'Connell | Obama | C.D. Cal. | May 12, 1965 | April 15, 2013 | October 8, 2017 (aged 52) | Kenly Kiya Kato | No[d] |
| Stephen Reinhardt | Carter | 9th Cir. | March 27, 1931 | September 11, 1980 | March 29, 2018 (aged 87) | Kenneth K. Lee | D → R |
| Pamela L. Reeves | Obama | E.D. Tenn. | July 21, 1954 | March 5, 2014 | September 10, 2020 (aged 66) | Katherine A. Crytzer | D → R |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Clinton | SCOTUS | March 15, 1933 | August 3, 1993 | September 18, 2020 (aged 87) | Amy Coney Barrett | D → R |
| Juan R. Torruella | Reagan | 1st Cir. | June 7, 1933 | October 4, 1984 | October 26, 2020 (aged 87) | Gustavo Gelpí | R → D[d] |
| Philip Ray Martinez | G.W. Bush | W.D. Tex. | July 13, 1957 | February 5, 2002 | February 26, 2021 (aged 63) | Ernesto Gonzalez | R → D |
| Martin Leach-Cross Feldman | Reagan | E.D. La. | January 28, 1934 | October 4, 1983 | January 26, 2022 (aged 87) | Brandon Scott Long | R → D |
| Michael Stephen Kanne | Reagan | 7th Cir. | December 21, 1938 | May 19, 1987 | June 16, 2022 (aged 83) | Joshua P. Kolar | R → D |
| Edward G. Smith | Obama | E.D. Pa. | September 17, 1961 | March 26, 2014 | November 27, 2023 (aged 62) | Vacant | n/a |
| Gene E. K. Pratter | G.W. Bush | E.D. Pa. | February 25, 1949 | June 15, 2004 | May 17, 2024 (aged 75) | Vacant | n/a |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Died without having taken the oath of office.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Vacancy occurred during a Democratic administration, but was filled during a Republican administration.
- ^ Sources vary on Rogers' date of death, which is uncertain, most giving it as April 16 or 17, 1911.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Vacancy occurred during a Republican administration, but was filled during a Democratic administration.
- ^ a b c d As chief justice.
- ^ Parkinson disappeared on October 26, 1959; his body was found in Lake Michigan six months later. He is presumed to have died on the day of his disappearance.
- ^ Democratic President Jimmy Carter's recess appointment was not confirmed by the senate, and the seat was filled on a permanent basis by an appointee of Republican Ronald Reagan.
- ^ As a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
References
edit- ^ a b Deborah J. Barrow, Gary Zuk, and Gerard S. Gryski, The Federal Judiciary and Institutional Change (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1996), p. 20.
- ^ Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 79 (1788).
- ^ Brian Opeskin, Future Proofing the Judiciary: Preparing for Demographic Change (Springer, 2021), pp. 75–76.
- ^ Charles Fairman, "The Retirement of Federal Judges", Harvard Law Review 51(3):397–443 (1938).
- ^ Block, Frederic (March 2007). "Senior Status: An Active Senior Judge Corrects Some Common Misunderstandings" (PDF). Cornell Law Review. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ Goldfarb, Zachary A.; DePillis, Lydia (February 13, 2016). "Why the death of a Supreme Court justice in office is unusual". The Washington Post.
- ^ services, Tribune news. "Scalia's death while in office now a rarity for the Supreme Court". chicagotribune.com.
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