List of federal judges appointed by John Quincy Adams

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President John Quincy Adams during his presidency.[1] In total Adams appointed 12 Article III federal judges, including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and 11 judges to the United States district courts.

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  Robert Trimble was the only Supreme Court Justice appointed by John Quincy Adams.
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  Joseph Hopkinson, appointed by Adams to a district court judgeship in Pennsylvania.

John Quincy Adams.

United States Supreme Court Justices

#	Justice	Seat	State	Former Justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Robert Trimble	6	Kentucky	Thomas Todd	April 11, 1826	May 9, 1826	May 9, 1826	August 25, 1828

District Courts

#	Judge	Court [Note 1]	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Philip C. Pendleton	W.D. Va.	–	–	May 6, 1825[2]	July 29, 1825
2	George Hay	E.D. Va.	December 13, 1825	March 31, 1826	July 5, 1825[3]	September 21, 1830
3	Alfred Conkling	N.D.N.Y.	December 13, 1825	December 14, 1825	August 27, 1825[4]	August 25, 1852
4	Alexander Caldwell	W.D. Va.	December 13, 1825	January 3, 1826	October 28, 1826[5]	April 8, 1839
5	William Bristol	D. Conn.	May 15, 1826	May 22, 1826	May 22, 1826	March 7, 1836
6	William Crawford	N.D. Ala. S.D. Ala.	May 5, 1826	May 22, 1826	May 22, 1826[6]	February 28, 1849
7	John Boyle	D. Ky.	December 13, 1826	February 12, 1827	October 20, 1826[7]	January 28, 1834
8	William Rossell	D.N.J.	December 13, 1826	December 19, 1826	November 10, 1826[8]	June 20, 1840
9	Samuel Rossiter Betts	S.D.N.Y.	December 19, 1826	December 21, 1826	December 21, 1826	April 30, 1867
10	Joseph Hopkinson	E.D. Pa.	December 11, 1828	February 23, 1829	October 23, 1828[9]	January 15, 1842
11	William Creighton Jr.	D. Ohio	December 11, 1828	–	November 1, 1828[10]	March 3, 1829

Notes

1. See List of United States district and territorial courts

References

General

• "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

Specific

1. All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. Recess appointment; resigned before he was formally nominated to the office, and was therefore never considered by the United States Senate.
3. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1825, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 31, 1826, and received commission on March 31, 1826.
4. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1825, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 14, 1825, and received commission on December 14, 1825.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1825, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 3, 1826, and received commission on January 3, 1826.
6. On February 6, 1839, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama was formed from portions of the Northern and Southern Districts; as the only federal judge sitting in Alabama, Crawford was also assigned by operation of law to the Middle District as well.
7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1826, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 12, 1827, and received commission on February 12, 1827.
8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1826, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 1826, and received commission on December 19, 1826.
9. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 11, 1828, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 23, 1829, and received commission on February 23, 1829.
10. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 11, 1828; the United States Senate did not confirm the appointment.

Sources

• Federal Judicial Center