List of federal judges appointed by James A. Garfield
Despite his short tenure in office, James A. Garfield was able to appoint a Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States and four other federal judges. Garfield shared the appointment of Addison Brown with his successor, Chester A. Arthur, with Garfield placing him on the bench via a recess appointment and Arthur later nominating him to the same seat and issuing his commission.
|Stanley Matthews||seat 6||Ohio||May 12, 1881||March 22, 1889|
|Pardee, Don AlbertDon Albert Pardee||Fifth
|May 13, 1881||September 26, 1919|
|Boarman, AlexanderAlexander Boarman||W.D. La.||May 18, 1881||August 30, 1916|
|Brown, AddisonAddison Brown||S.D.N.Y.||June 2, 1881||August 30, 1901|
|Colt, LeBaron B.LeBaron B. Colt||D.R.I.||March 21, 1881||July 23, 1884|
- The old Fifth Circuit was abolished on June 16, 1891 in favor of the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to which Pardee was assigned by operation of law, and on which he served until his death on September 26, 1919.
- Recess appointment; formally nominated on October 12, 1881, confirmed by the United States Senate on October 14, 1881, and received commission on October 14, 1881.