Judges Appointed

List Of Federal Judges Appointed By John Adams
... Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President John Adams during his presidency ... In total Adams appointed 23 judges, including three Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including one Chief Justice), sixteen judges to the United ... Fourteen of the sixteen circuit court judges appointed by Adams were to positions created at the end of his tenure in office, in the Judiciary Act of 1801, 2 Stat ...

Presidency Of Thomas Jefferson - Jefferson's Domestic Policies - Judiciary
... Further information List of federal judges appointed by Thomas Jefferson Jefferson was highly suspicious of the judges appointed by his predecessors his opinion of good ... Federalists argued that once the courts were created and judges were appointed, the Constitution directs that they serve for life unless impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanors" ... many of the courts were created to pack the judiciary with lifetime Federalist judges, in some circumstances, Jefferson's administration thought ...