24 United States federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Abraham Lincoln during his presidency. In total Lincoln appointed 32 Article III federal judges, including 4 Associate Justices and 1 Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States, and 27 judges to the United States district courts. Lincoln appointed no judges to the United States circuit courts during his time in office.

Bland Ballard was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky.

Thomas Jefferson Boynton was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Jonathan Russell Bullock was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Richard Busteed was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

Henry Clay Caldwell was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and later was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit.

David Kellogg Cartter was a United States Representative from Ohio, Minister Resident of the United States to Bolivia and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Salmon Portland Chase was a U.S. politician and jurist who served as the sixth Chief Justice of the United States. He also served as the 23rd Governor of Ohio, represented Ohio in the United States Senate, and served as the 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury. Chase was therefore one of a few U.S. politicians who served in all three branches of the federal government.

David Davis was a United States Senator from Illinois and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served as Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager at the 1860 Republican National Convention, engineering Lincoln's nomination alongside Ward Hill Lamon and Leonard Swett.

Mark William Delahay was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He resigned after being impeached by the United States House of Representatives due to allegations of alcoholism.

Richard Stockton Field was an Attorney General of New Jersey, a United States Senator from New Jersey and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897, the second longest tenure of any justice. Prior to this appointment, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California.

George Purnell Fisher was Attorney General of Delaware, Secretary of State of Delaware, a United States Representative from Delaware and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

John Jay Jackson Jr. was an American lawyer, Whig politician, United States District Judge and, later, the first judge of the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia. He ended his career as the first judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

George Washington Lane was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

John Lowell was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the First Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Samuel Freeman Miller was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1862 to 1890. He was a physician and lawyer.

Abram Baldwin Olin was a United States Representative from New York and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Caleb Blood Smith was a United States Representative from Indiana, the 6th United States Secretary of the Interior and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.

Noah Haynes Swayne was an American jurist and politician. He was the first Republican appointed as a justice to the United States Supreme Court.

Connally Findlay Trigg was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

John Curtiss Underwood was an attorney, abolitionist politician and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Albert Smith White was a United States Senator from Indiana, a United States Representative from Indiana and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.

Archibald Williams was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Williams was a friend and political ally of President Abraham Lincoln.