[1] In total Cleveland appointed 45 Article III federal judges, including 4 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States (including 1 Chief Justice), 11 judges to the United States courts of appeals and United States circuit courts and 30 judges to the United States district courts.
Additionally, Cleveland appointed 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims, an Article I tribunal.
The Judiciary Act of 1891, approved March 3, 1891, during the intervening administration of President Benjamin Harrison, established the United States courts of appeals.
This situation persisted until the abolition of the United States circuit courts on December 31, 1911.
Cleveland appointed 3 judges to this newly established court during his second administration.