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Thomas Jefferson. Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Thomas Jefferson during his presidency. [1] In total Jefferson appointed 19 Article III federal judges, including 3 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 7 judges to the United States circuit courts, and 9 judges to the United States district courts.
Opponents of the act argued that there was no need to expand the federal judiciary; that the judicial appointments were intended to cement Federalist Party control of the judiciary; and that appointments were rushed (hence they were stigmatized as "midnight appointments"). [1] The act was repealed by the incoming Thomas Jefferson administration ...
After discussing the general outline of the document, the Second Continental Congress decided that Jefferson would write the first draft. [6] With Congress's busy schedule, Jefferson had limited time to write the draft over the ensuing 17 days. [7] He then consulted with the others on the committee, who reviewed the draft and made extensive ...
Dec. 19—WATERTOWN — Two new members will serve on the Jefferson County Local Development Corp. board. LDC chair Robert E. Aliasso Jr. has announced the appointments of Dawn Robinson, an ...
Jefferson hoped that his appointments would weaken Chief Justice Marshall's influence on the Court, but, with the partial exception of Johnson, his Supreme Court appointments tended to support Marshall's decisions. [22] Jefferson also appointed seven United States circuit court judges and nine United States district court judges.
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They became close friends, and Adams supported Jefferson's appointment to the Committee of Five, charged by the Congress with authoring a declaration of independence. The five chosen were Adams, Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The committee initially thought that Adams should write the document, but Adams ...
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