Event class: nominated, president, seat, judge, vacated, circuit, united states district court, district, appeals, united states court

Events with high posterior probability

Robert P. Patterson	In 1930, President Herbert Hoover appointed Patterson as a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
F. Ryan Duffy	After serving Wisconsin in the United States Senate, Duffy was nominated to be a Judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 21, 1939 to a seat vacated by Ferdinand August Geiger.
Frank William Bullock Jr.	Bullock was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 23, 1982, to a seat vacated by Eugene A. Gordon.
Max Reinhardt	One of his grandsons (by adoption), Stephen Reinhardt, is a labor lawyer who has served notably on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since his appointment by Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Richard Fred Suhrheinrich	President George H. W. Bush appointed him to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1990.
John C. Floyd	He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1912 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Robert Wodrow Archbald, judge of the United States Commerce Court.
Peter T. Fay	Fay was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
William H. Pauley III	Pauley was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 21, 1998, to a seat vacated by Peter K. Leisure.
Sonia Sotomayor	In 1997, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Stephen S. Trott	Stephen S. Trott (born December 12, 1939) is a Senior Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Frank J. Magill	On January 21, 1986, Magill was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated by Myron H. Bright.
Gordon Jay Quist	On March 20, 1992, Quist was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan created by 104 Stat.
Julian Mack	On July 1, 1930, he was reassigned to serve solely on the Sixth Circuit.
Luther B. Way	On February 21, 1931, Way was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia vacated by D. Lawrence Groner.
Richard G. Kopf	President George H. W. Bush nominated Kopf to the seat in 1992.
John Milton Bryan Simpson	President Harry S. Truman nominated Simpson to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on September 14, 1950, to the seat vacated by Louie W. Strum.
Edward C. DuMont	On April 14, 2010, President Obama nominated DuMont to fill the vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that was to be created by Judge Paul Redmond Michel retiring on May 31, 2010.
Patricia Ann Millett	Robert L. Wilkins, -LSB- -LSB- Nina Pillard, and Patricia Millett -RSB- -RSB- On May 27, 2013, the New York Times reported that President Obama was considering nominating Millett to one of three vacancies on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Arthur Raymond Randolph	Arthur Raymond Randolph (born November 1, 1943) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Thomas D. Thacher	In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge named Thacher to serve as a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Steve C. Jones	On July 14, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Jones to replace Orinda D. Evans on the Northern District of Georgia.
Thomas Penfield Jackson	He was appointed to the Court in 1982 after serving as president of the District of Columbia Bar Association, filling the seat vacated by Oliver Gasch.
William H. Brawley	On December 20, 1893, Brawley was nominated by President Grover Cleveland to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Charles H. Simonton.
Joseph Patrick Lieb	Lieb received a recess appointment by Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 13, 1955, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, to a seat vacated by John W. Holland.
Edith Jones	She was nominated to the Fifth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on February 27, 1985, and confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1985.
John Watson Lungstrum	On July 24, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Lungstrum to be a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, to fill the seat vacated by Dale E. Saffels.
Frank A. Youmans	On May 29, 1911, Youmans was nominated by President William H. Taft to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas vacated by John H. Rogers.
Kent Markus	In January 2009, Markus said he was throwing his hat in the ring to be nominated by President Barack Obama to become a U. S. district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Joseph Robert Goodwin	Goodwin's son, R. Booth Goodwin, was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama to serve as United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Harry Pregerson	Harry Pregerson (born October 13, 1923) serves as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
John Milton Bryan Simpson	He was reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
Sri Srinivasan	On June 11, 2012, Obama nominated Srinivasan to the seat on the D. C. Circuit.
John Foster Symes	On April 22, 1922, Symes was nominated by President Warren G. Harding to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado vacated by Robert E. Lewis.
William Lloyd Standish	Standish was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1987, to a seat vacated by Barron P. McCune.
Jane Louise Kelly	Jane Louise Kelly (born 1964) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
James Marshall Carter	On September 23, 1949, Carter was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of California created by 63 Stat.
Joseph William Woodrough	Exactly seventeen years later, on April 3, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Woodrough for elevation to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, vacated by Arba Seymour Van Valkenburg.
James Allred	On leaving the governorship, he was nominated by President Roosevelt on January 5, 1939, to newly created seat for a district judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Richard J. Cardamone	On October 1, 1981, Cardamone was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by William Hughes Mulligan.
Kim McLane Wardlaw	Kim McLane Wardlaw (born July 2, 1954) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Pasadena, California.
Jack Miller (politician)	After his stint in the Senate, Miller was appointed by President Richard Nixon as a judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in 1973.
Theresa Lazar Springmann	On the recommendation of Senator Richard Lugar, Springmann was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana by President George W. Bush on January 29, 2003 to a seat vacated by James Tyne Moody.
Alan Eugene Norris	On April 22, 1986, Norris was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Leroy John Conti, Jr..
Edward Franklin Bingham	On April 22, 1887, Bingham received a recess appointment from President Grover Cleveland to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia vacated by David Kellogg Cartter.
William Josiah Tilson	On June 6, 1926, Tilson received a recess appointment from President Calvin Coolidge to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, created by 44 Stat.
Joseph Sam Perry	On July 13, 1951, President Harry S. Truman nominated Perry to be a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
W. Eugene Davis	On August 5, 1976, Davis was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated by Richard J. Putnam.
Robert E. Lewis	Lewis was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on April 9, 1906, to a seat vacated by Moses Hallett.
Joseph Lewis Stackpole	On July 17, 1890, President Harrison nominated Stackpole to serve as a Member of the newly created Board of General Appraisers.
F. Ryan Duffy	In 1949 Duffy was nominated to be a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by President Harry S. Truman on January 13, 1949 to a seat vacated by Evan Alfred Evans.
Halbert Owen Woodward	Woodward was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 25, 1968, to a seat vacated by Joe B. Dooley.
Joseph L. Tauro	On September 12, 1972, Tauro was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts vacated by Francis J. W. Ford.
Patricia Head Minaldi	She joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Edith Brown Clement	Edith'' Joy'' Brown Clement (born April 29, 1948) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Harold Montelle Stephens	Stephens was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 23, 1935, to a seat vacated by William Hitz.
Julio M. Fuentes	Julio M. Fuentes (born 1946) is a United States Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Shackelford Miller, Jr.	Shackelford was then associated for a number of years with Wilson W. Wyatt and later formed with Arthur Grafton the law firm of Miller and Grafton and engaged in private practice until 1939 when he was appointed by President Roosevelt as Federal District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, succeeding Judge Elwood Hamilton who had been elevated to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Richard Mark Gergel	On December 22, 2009, President Obama nominated Gergel to serve on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, to fill the seat vacated by Judge Henry Michael Herlong, Jr., who assumed senior status on June 1, 2009.
Elisha Avery Crary	On September 18, 1966, he was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Lenore Carrero Nesbitt	President Ronald Reagan nominated Nesbitt to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on October 31, 1983, to the seat vacated by C. Clyde Atkins.
Claude Allen	In 2004 Allen was nominated by President George W. Bush to become a federal judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Tucker L. Melancon	On the unanimous recommendation of Louisiana U. S. Senators John Breaux and Bennett Johnston, Melancon was nominated by President Clinton on November 18, 1993 to a seat vacated by Tom Stagg as Stagg assumed senior status.
Michael Boudin	On May 18, 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Boudin to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to a seat vacated by John H. Pratt.
Theresa Lazar Springmann	She joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
William Hitz	Hitz received a recess appointment from Woodrow Wilson on November 15, 1916, to a seat vacated by Thomas H. Anderson.
Jeremy Fogel	Fogel was nominated by President Bill Clinton on September 8, 1997, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Robert P. Aguilar.
Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.	Biery was elevated to Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas on June 1, 2010.
Robert Cowen	Cowen was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on October 7, 1985 to a new seat created by 98 Stat.
Mary Stenson Scriven	Scriven was nominated to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida by President George W. Bush on July 10, 2008 to a seat vacated Patricia C. Fawsett as Fawsett assumed senior status and resigned from her position as the previous Chief judge.
Cecilia Altonaga	She was nominated for a seat on U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida by George W. Bush on January 15, 2003, to a seat vacated by Shelby Highsmith.
Timothy K. Lewis	Timothy K. Lewis (born 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), is a former federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and is currently an attorney at the law firm of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, where he serves as the co-chair of the firm's appellate practice.
Virginia M. Hernandez Covington	President George W. Bush nominated Covington to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on April 20, 2004, to the seat vacated by Ralph Wilson Nimmons, Jr..
Paul Peter Rao	On January 13, 1949, President Truman nominated Rao to the same seat, which had been vacated by Judge David H. Kincheloe.
H. Dale Cook	Cook was nominated by President Gerald Ford on December 2, 1974, to a seat vacated by Luther L. Bohanon ; he was confirmed 16 days later.
Charles Cecil Wyche	On November 1, 1965, the two districts of South Carolina were merged, and Wyche was reassigned to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Franklin Van Antwerpen	Van Antwerpen was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan.
George W. Atkinson	In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him associate judge of the Court of Claims.
Harry Daniel Leinenweber	Leinenweber was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on November 7, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat.
Morgan Ford	On November 1, 1980, he was transferred by operation of law to the newly created United States Court of International Trade.
Frank Sigel Dietrich	On December 22, 1926, President Calvin Coolidge nominated Dietrich for elevation to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Wallace McCamant.
David Kent Winder	Winder was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Utah, nominated by President Jimmy Carter on 1 November 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat.
Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.	On May 23, 1966, Garrity was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to a new seat on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts created by 75 Stat.
George La Plata	On February 27, 1985, La Plata was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan created by 98 Stat.
Halsted L. Ritter	President Calvin Coolidge nominated Ritter to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on January 23, 1929, to the seat vacated by Rhydon Mays Call.
Dal Millington Lemmon	On January 17, 1947, Lemmon was nominated by President Harry S Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Martin I. Welsh.
John S. Martin Jr.	Martin was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on January 24, 1990, to a seat vacated by Edward Weinfeld.
Sandra Segal Ikuta	Sandra Segal Ikuta (born June 24, 1954) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Harold Kenneth Wood	Wood was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 2, 1959, to a seat vacated by William H. Kirkpatrick.
Raymond Gruender	Gruender was nominated to the Eighth Circuit by President George W. Bush on September 29, 2003 to fill a seat vacated by Judge Pasco Bowman II.
Israel F. Fischer	On May 9, 1899, President McKinley appointed Fischer to the Board of General Appraisers via a recess appointment.
Orion Metcalf Barber	Nominated by President William Howard Taft to the U. S. Court of Customs Appeals, Barber received his commission on March 30, 1910.
George Thomas Washington	In 1949 he was appointed to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit by Harry Truman.
Thomas Drummond (judge)	On February 13, 1855, Illinois was subdivided into two judicial districts, with one judge assigned to each district ; Drummond was assigned to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, which sat in Chicago.
Elton Joe Kendall	Kendall was nominated by President George H. W. Bush on March 20, 1992, to a new seat created by 104 Stat.
Consuelo Mar?a Callahan	Consuelo María ('' Connie'') Callahan (born June 9, 1950) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Donald C. Nugent	President Bill Clinton nominated Nugent to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on April 27, 1995, to the seat vacated by Thomas Demetrios Lambros.
Jose E. Martinez	President George W. Bush nominated Martinez to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on January 23, 2002, to the seat vacated by Edward B. Davis.
John Henry Rogers	In 1896 Rogers was appointed a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Henry Norman Graven	Graven was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 3, 1944, to a seat vacated through the retirement of George Cromwell Scott.
Levin H. Campbell	After just a few months on the district court, on June 15, 1972, President Nixon nominated Campbell to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, to a seat vacated by Bailey Aldrich.