List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy

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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President John F. Kennedy during his presidency.^[1] In total Kennedy appointed 126 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 20 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 102 judges to the United States district courts, 1 judge to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and 1 judge to the United States Court of Claims. Two of Kennedy's District Judge appointees, Andrew Augustine Caffrey and Cyrus Nils Tavares, were recess appointed and nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, before being confirmed by the United States Senate and receiving their commissions from President Kennedy.

Additionally, 1 Article I judicial appointment is listed, namely to the United States Tax Court.

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  Byron White, one of Kennedy's two appointments to the Supreme Court.
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  Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Kennedy to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit before being elevated to the Supreme Court.
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  James R. Browning formerly of the Ninth Circuit, deceased in 2012, was the longest serving Court of Appeals judge appointed by Kennedy.