A magistrate judgeship may be a stepping stone to a district judgeship nomination. Guam Supreme Court Justice Nominated for Federal Judgeship. Hayes declined a Republican nomination for a judgeship in 1856. Candidates for judgeship must pass the National Judicial Examination. He did not obtain nomination for a judgeship under Clinton. He was appointed to a county court judgeship in the Chester district in July 1882. Thurmond became the first Southern senator to nominate an African American for a federal judgeship. On January 3, 2013, he was renominated to the same judgeship. All the appeals were rejected by the Ankara 2nd Criminal Judgeship of Peace. When the court expanded to a fifth permanent judgeship, Holton applied and was appointed. In 1954, he failed in a bid to be nominated for a Superior Court judgeship. On January 5, 2018, Trump announced his intent to renominate Stras to a federal judgeship. The Territorial Assembly reorganized the government and abolished Austin's judgeship. The act of authorized one judgeship for the court. In 1990, Congress added a sixth judgeship for the district.