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Senator from Texas
37th Vice President of the United States 36th President of the United States
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Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency.[1] Johnson appointed 184 Article III federal judges, including 2 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 41 to the United States Courts of Appeals, 128 to the United States district courts, 1 to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 4 to the United States Court of Claims and 8 to the United States Customs Court.
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With the appointment of Thurgood Marshall, Johnson placed the first African American on the Supreme Court. -
Johnson named Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court, and later made an unsuccessful attempt to elevate Fortas to Chief Justice. -
Myron H. Bright, appointed by Johnson to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, served for 48 years.
- ^ All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.