List of federal judges appointed by James A. Garfield

Brady-Handy photograph of Garfield, taken between 1870 and 1880.

Despite his short tenure in office, James A. Garfield appointed 5 Article III United States federal judges including 1 Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and 1 judge to the United States circuit courts and 3 judges to the United States district courts. Garfield shared the appointment of Addison Brown with his successor, Chester A. Arthur, with Garfield placing him on the bench via a recess appointment and Arthur later nominating him to the same seat and issuing his commission.

Garfield appointed 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.

Supreme Court

#	Justice	Seat	State	Former justice	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Stanley Matthews	6	Ohio	Noah Haynes Swayne	March 14, 1881	May 12, 1881	May 12, 1881	March 22, 1889

Circuit courts

#	Judge	Circuit	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Don Albert Pardee	Fifth	March 14, 1881	May 13, 1881	May 13, 1881	September 26, 1919

District courts

#	Judge	Court	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	LeBaron Bradford Colt	D.R.I.	March 9, 1881	March 21, 1881	March 21, 1881	July 23, 1884
2	Alexander Boarman	W.D. La.	May 18, 1881	May 18, 1881	May 18, 1881	August 30, 1916
3	Addison Brown	S.D.N.Y.	–	–	June 2, 1881	August 30, 1901

Specialty courts (Article I)

United States Court of Claims

#	Judge	Nomination date	Confirmation date	Began active service	Ended active service
1	Glenni William Scofield	May 19, 1881	May 20, 1881	May 20, 1881	July 29, 1891

Notes

Renominations