List of federal judges appointed by George Washington

The first group of Washington's appointments—two justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and ten district court judges—began service two days after Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789, which formally established the federal judiciary.

[Note 1] Since there were no sitting justices at the beginning of Washington's term, he had the unique opportunity to fill the entire body of United States federal judges with his selections.

[Note 3] Richard Peters Jr. served for over 36 years, the longest of Washington's appointments.

He appointed Samuel Holden Parsons, John Cleves Symmes, George Turner and Rufus Putnam to the court of the Northwest Territory, Putnam being appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Parsons.

He appointed David Campbell, John McNairy and Joseph Anderson to the court of the Southwest Territory.