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U.S. District Court in Illinois

U.S. District Judges for Illinois, 1819-50 (may be incomplete!)
Nathaniel Pope 1819-50

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1850 Jan 22: Nathaniel Pope, died in office.

    U.S. District Judges for the Central District of Illinois, 1979-94 (may be incomplete!)
    James Waldo Ackerman 1979-84 Harold Albert Baker 1979-94

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1984 Nov 23: James Waldo Ackerman, died in office.
  • 1994 Oct 4: Harold Albert Baker, took senior status.

    U.S. District Judges for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1978-79 (may be incomplete!)
    Harold Albert Baker 1978-79

    U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of Illinois, 1870-2004 (may be incomplete!)
    Henry Williams Blodgett 1870-92 Christian Cecil Kohlsaat 1899-1905 Solomon H. Bethea 1905-09 George Albert Carpenter 1910- John Peter Barnes 1931-57 Michael L. Igoe 1939-65 William J. Campbell 1940-64 Walter J. LaBuy 1944- Richard B. Austin 1961-75 Bernard M. Decker 1962-87 A. L. Marovitz 1963- William J. Lynch 1966- William J. Bauer 1971-75 Philip W. Tone 1972-74 Nicholas John Bua 1977-91 Marvin E. Aspen 1979- James Henry Alesia 1987-98 Wayne R. Andersen 1991- Elaine E. Bucklo 1994-

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1909 Aug 3: Solomon H. Bethea, died in office.
  • 1957 Sep 15: John Peter Barnes, took senior status.
  • 1975 Oct 10: Richard B. Austin, took senior status.
  • 1991 Nov 4: Nicholas John Bua, retired.
  • 1998 Feb 1: James Henry Alesia, resigned.

    U.S. District Judges for the Southern District of Illinois, 1887-1992 (may be incomplete!)
    William J. Allen 1887-1901 Charles Guy Briggle 1932-58 J. Leroy Adair 1937-56 James Waldo Ackerman 1976-79 William Louis Beatty 1979-92

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1901 Jan 26: William J. Allen, died in office.
  • 1956 Jan 19: J. Leroy Adair, died in office.
  • 1958 Aug 1: Charles Guy Briggle, took senior status.
  • 1992 Nov 9: William Louis Beatty, took senior status.

    "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
    Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
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