title: List of federal judges appointed by James A. Garfield
text: # List of federal judges appointed by James A. Garfield
  
  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 |
  