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Zachary Taylor
Following is a list of all
Article III
United States federal judges appointed by
President
Zachary Taylor during his presidency.
[1] In total Taylor appointed 4 Article III federal judges, all to the
United States district courts .
Taylor shared the appointment of
Henry Boyce with
Millard Fillmore . Taylor
recess appointed Boyce and later nominated him. However, the
United States Senate did not confirm Boyce until after Taylor's death and Boyce received his commission from Fillmore.
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Judge
Court
[Note 1]
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
1
John Gayle
M.D. Ala.
N.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.
March 12, 1849
March 13, 1849
March 13, 1849
July 21, 1859
2
Henry Boyce
W.D. La.
December 21, 1849
August 2, 1850
May 9, 1849
[2]
February 19, 1861
3
Daniel Ringo
D. Ark.
December 21, 1849
June 10, 1850
November 5, 1849
[3]
May 6, 1861
[4]
4
Thomas Drummond
D. Ill.
January 31, 1850
February 19, 1850
February 19, 1850
December 22, 1869
[5]
General
Specific
^ 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 .
^
Recess appointment ; formally nominated on December 21, 1849, confirmed by the
United States Senate on August 2, 1850, and received commission from
Millard Fillmore on August 2, 1850.
^
Recess appointment ; formally nominated on December 21, 1849, confirmed by the
United States Senate on June 10, 1850, and received commission on June 10, 1850.
^ Reassigned by
operation of law to serve concurrently on the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the
United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on March 3, 1851.
^ Reassigned by
operation of law to the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on February 13, 1855. Subsequently elevated.
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