List of federal judges appointed by George H. W. Bush

President George H. W. Bush.

David Souter was Bush's first Supreme Court appointment, having first been appointed by Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Bush appointed Clarence Thomas to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and then elevated him to the Supreme Court.

Samuel Alito, appointed by Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, was later elevated to the Supreme Court.

Bush appointed Sonia Sotomayor to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Sotomayor was later elevated to the Second Circuit, and then to the Supreme Court.

Bush named Louis Freeh to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Freeh sat for two years before becoming director of the FBI.

Vaughn R. Walker, appointed by Bush to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and would later be revealed to be the earliest known gay federal judge.^[1]

Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President George H. W. Bush during his presidency.^[2] In total Bush appointed 192 federal judges, including two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 42 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 148 judges to the United States district courts. In his single term in office, Bush came one appointment short of matching Franklin D. Roosevelt's mark of 193 federal judicial appointments over the course of his presidency.

United States Supreme Court Justices

Courts of Appeals

District courts

Specialty courts

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

United States Court of International Trade

Notes

References

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• Federal Judicial Center

George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993) 43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989) Director of Central Intelligence (1976-1977) UN Ambassador (1971-1973) U.S. Representative for TX-7 (1967-1971)
Life	Presidential Library The Bush School of Government and Public Service Bush compound
Presidency	Inauguration Environmental policy 1989 Malta Summit Invasion of Panama 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord Gulf War 1991 Madrid Conference National Space Council New world order Somali Civil War Unified Task Force Negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement Vomiting incident Presidential pardons International trips Oval Office desk State of the Union Address (1990 1991 1992) Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court controversies
Elections	United States Senate elections, 1964 1970 United States House of Representatives elections, 1966 1968 Republican Party presidential primaries, 1980 1988 1992 Republican National Convention, 1980 1984 1988 "a thousand points of light" "Read my lips: no new taxes" 1992 United States presidential election, 1980 1984 1988 1992
Public image	George Bush Intercontinental Airport The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) What It Takes: The Way to the White House (1993) The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty (2004) Bad for Democracy (2008) Family of Secrets (2009)
Books	A World Transformed (1998) All the Best (1999)
Family	Barbara Bush (wife) George W. Bush (son presidency) Robin Bush (daughter) Jeb Bush (son) Neil Bush (son) Marvin P. Bush (son) Dorothy Bush Koch (daughter) Barbara Pierce Bush (granddaughter) Jenna Bush Hager (granddaughter) George P. Bush (grandson) Prescott Bush (father) Dorothy Walker Bush (mother) Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (sister) Jonathan Bush (brother) William H. T. Bush (brother) Samuel P. Bush (paternal grandfather) George Herbert Walker (maternal grandfather) Millie (family dog)
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