Judges
All of the judges who served on the Commerce Court were appointed by President William Howard Taft. The court had no chief judge, and no judge on the court achieved senior status. All of the judges ended their service with the court upon its abolition, except for Robert Wodrow Archbald, who was impeached and convicted for corrupt practices, specifically soliciting and receiving gifts from persons doing business before the court.
| Judge | State | Born/Died | Began active service* |
Ended active service |
| Martin Augustine Knapp | NY | 1843–1923 | 1910 | 1913 |
| Robert Wodrow Archbald | PA | 1848–1926 | 1911 | 1913 |
| John Emmett Carland | SD | 1853–1922 | 1911 | 1913 |
| William Henry Hunt | MT | 1857–1949 | 1911 | 1913 |
| Julian William Mack | IL | 1866–1943 | 1911 | 1913 |
* This column refers only to the judges' terms in the Commerce Court.
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