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    William Howard Taft

    President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

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  1. Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President William Howard Taft during his presidency. [1] In total Taft appointed 57 Article III federal judges, among them were: six justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, including the appointment of a sitting associate justice as chief justice, 13 ...

  2. Throughout his career Taft identified with the judiciary, and he made six appointments to the Supreme Court, the most of any president except George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He appointed Horace H. Lurton in 1909, Charles Evans Hughes , Willis Van Devanter , and Joseph R. Lamar in 1910, and Mahlon Pitney in 1912.

  3. The following chart from the monthly federal vacancy count report for May 1, 2024, details the number of appointments made by President Biden to each type of Article III federal court since taking office. This chart is updated at the start of each month with new appointments data.

  4. Feb 20, 2017 · aa number of appointments took place and a period having the advan- tages of historical perspective and access to sources of -evidence denied to us with respect to appointments of the last fourteen years. These requirements are met in the administration of President William. Howard Taft.

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  5. When Chief Justice White died in 1921, President Harding made William H. Taft Chief Justice, the only former Chief Executive ever to hold the highest judicial office. Taft was vastly delighted, for the Chief Justiceship, not the Presidency, had always been the honor he wanted most.

  6. Taft began his career in private practice in Cincinnati. After serving as an assistant prosecutor and a Judge of the Ohio Superior Court, he was appointed Solicitor General of the United States in 1890. From 1892 to 1900, Taft served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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