Article III court
Court of Claims
An Article III court of specialised jurisdiction.
The bench
Who sits on this court?
Judges in active service, when they were confirmed, and who nominated each.
No sitting judges are recorded for this court.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
What seats does this court have?
Each seat on this court, who holds it, and how many judges have held it before.
- Judges seated now
- 0
- Seat numbers on record
- 58
| Seat | Held by | Since | Holders to date |
|---|
58 seat numbers with no sitting judge
These are seat numbers in the historical record with nobody currently in them. That usually means the seat was abolished or renumbered, not that it is open today — Congress has changed the size of federal courts many times. Do not read this as a vacancy list.
| Seat | Last held by | Until | Holders |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLMS0101 | George Parker Scarburgh | 1861 | 1 |
| CLMS0102 | Joseph Casey | 1863 | 1 |
| CLMS0201 | John James Gilchrist | 1858 | 1 |
| CLMS0202 | Edward Greely Loring | 1877 | 1 |
| CLMS0203 | John Chandler Bancroft Davis | 1881 | 1 |
| CLMS0204 | John Chandler Bancroft Davis | 1883 | 1 |
| CLMS0205 | Lawrence Weldon | 1905 | 1 |
| CLMS0206 | George Wesley Atkinson | 1916 | 1 |
| CLMS0207 | James Hay | 1931 | 1 |
| CLMS0208 | William Raymond Green | 1947 | 1 |
| CLMS0209 | Joseph Warren Madden | 1972 | 1 |
| CLMS0210 | Oscar Hirsh Davis | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0301 | Isaac Newton Blackford | 1859 | 1 |
| CLMS0302 | James Hughes | 1864 | 1 |
| CLMS0303 | Charles Cooper Nott | 1896 | 1 |
| CLMS0304 | Charles Bowen Howry | 1915 | 1 |
| CLMS0305 | George Eddy Downey | 1926 | 1 |
| CLMS0306 | John McKenzie Moss | 1929 | 1 |
| CLMS0307 | Benjamin Horsley Littleton | 1966 | 1 |
| CLMS0308 | James Randall Durfee | 1977 | 1 |
| CLMS0309 | Shiro Kashiwa | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0401 | Joseph Casey | 1870 | 1 |
| CLMS0402 | Charles Daniel Drake | 1885 | 1 |
| CLMS0403 | William Adams Richardson | 1896 | 1 |
| CLMS0404 | Charles Cooper Nott | 1905 | 1 |
| CLMS0405 | Stanton Judkins Peelle | 1913 | 1 |
| CLMS0406 | Edward Kernan Campbell | 1938 | 1 |
| CLMS0407 | Fenton Whitlock Booth | 1947 | 1 |
| CLMS0408 | Richard Smith Whaley | 1951 | 1 |
| CLMS0409 | John Marvin Jones | 1948 | 1 |
| CLMS0501 | David Wilmot | 1868 | 1 |
| CLMS0502 | Samuel Milligan | 1874 | 1 |
| CLMS0503 | William Adams Richardson | 1885 | 1 |
| CLMS0504 | John Davis | 1902 | 1 |
| CLMS0505 | Francis Marion Wright | 1905 | 1 |
| CLMS0506 | Fenton Whitlock Booth | 1928 | 1 |
| CLMS0507 | Nicholas John Sinnott | 1929 | 1 |
| CLMS0508 | Thomas Sutler Williams | 1940 | 1 |
| CLMS0509 | John Marvin Jones | 1947 | 1 |
| CLMS0510 | George Evan Howell | 1953 | 1 |
| CLMS0511 | Don Nelson Laramore | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0512 | Robert Lowe Kunzig | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0601 | Ebenezer Peck | 1878 | 1 |
| CLMS0602 | William Henry Hunt | 1881 | 1 |
| CLMS0603 | Glenni William Scofield | 1891 | 1 |
| CLMS0604 | Stanton Judkins Peelle | 1906 | 1 |
| CLMS0605 | Samuel Stebbins Barney | 1919 | 1 |
| CLMS0606 | Samuel Jordan Graham | 1951 | 1 |
| CLMS0607 | Richard Smith Whaley | 1939 | 1 |
| CLMS0608 | Samuel Estill Whitaker | 1967 | 1 |
| CLMS0609 | Linton McGee Collins | 1972 | 1 |
| CLMS0610 | Marion Tinsley Bennett | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0701 | John Marvin Jones | 1976 | 1 |
| CLMS0702 | Arnold Wilson Cowen | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0703 | Daniel Mortimer Friedman | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0801 | Byron George Skelton | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0802 | Edward Samuel Smith | 1982 | 1 |
| CLMS0901 | Philip Nichols Jr. | 1982 | 1 |
This site does not publish a vacancy count. Seat identifiers are not stable across court renamings and reorganisations, so a seat that was vacated and refilled can appear empty when it is not. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts publishes the authoritative list of current judicial vacancies: uscourts.gov.
Seats are created by Congress and filled by the President with the Senate's consent. For current vacancies, use the Administrative Office's published list rather than inferring them from this table.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)
How this bench was built
Who appointed them?
The tally of presidents who placed the sitting judges on this court.
| President | Judges |
|---|
The party of the president who appointed a judge is a matter of record. How that judge will rule is not, and this site draws no inference from one to the other.
Source · Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges, 1789–present (public domain)