United States Court of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit - Composition

Composition

See also: Judicial appointment history for United States federal courts#Eighth Circuit

Republican Presidents have appointed a greater percentage of judges to the Eighth Circuit (nine of eleven active judges, or 82%) than any other Court of Appeals in the United States. Seven judges were appointed by George W. Bush, making the Eighth Circuit the only Circuit to have a majority of its judges appointed by a single President.

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