The Federal Judiciary

Index of Politicians by Office Held or Sought

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-2003 (may be Incomplete!)
John Jay 1789-95 John Rutledge 1795 Oliver Ellsworth 1796-1800 John Marshall 1801-35 Roger B. Taney 1836-64 Salmon P. Chase 1864-73 Morrison R. Waite 1874-88 Melville W. Fuller 1888-1910 Edward Douglass White 1910-21 William H. Taft 1921-30 Charles Evans Hughes 1930-41 Harlan F. Stone 1941-46 Fred M. Vinson 1946-53 Earl Warren 1953-69 Warren E. Burger 1969-86 William H. Rehnquist 1986-

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1835 Jul 6: John Marshall, died in office.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1864 Oct 12: Roger B. Taney, died in office.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1873 May 7: Salmon P. Chase, died in office.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1910 Jul 4: Melville W. Fuller, died in office.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1921 May 19: Edward Douglass White, died in office.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1946 Apr 22: Harlan F. Stone, died in office.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1953 Sep 8: Fred M. Vinson, died in office.

Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1986 Sep 26: Warren E. Burger, took senior status.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-1849 (may be Incomplete!)
William Cushing 1789-1810 John Rutledge 1789-91 James Wilson 1789-98 John Blair, Jr. 1789-95 James Iredell 1790-99 Thomas Johnson 1791-93 William Paterson 1793-1806 Samuel Chase 1796-1811 Bushrod Washington 1798-1829 Alfred Moore 1799-1804 William Johnson 1804-34 Brockholst Livingston 1806-23 Thomas Todd 1807-26 Gabriel Duvall 1811-35 Joseph Story 1811-45 Smith Thompson 1823-43 Robert Trimble 1826-28 John McLean 1830-61 Henry Baldwin 1830-44 James M. Wayne 1835-67 Philip Pendleton Barbour 1836-41 John Catron 1837-65 John McKinley 1837-52 Peter Vivian Daniel 1841-60 Samuel Nelson 1845-72 Levi Woodbury 1845-51 Robert Cooper Grier 1846-70

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1850-1899 (may be Incomplete!)
John McLean 1830-61 James M. Wayne 1835-67 John Catron 1837-65 John McKinley 1837-52 Peter Vivian Daniel 1841-60 Samuel Nelson 1845-72 Levi Woodbury 1845-51 Robert Cooper Grier 1846-70 Benjamin Robbins Curtis 1851-57 John Archibald Campbell 1853-61 Nathan Clifford 1858-81 David Davis 1862-77 Samuel Freeman Miller 1862-90 Noah Haynes Swayne 1862-81 Stephen J. Field 1863-97 William Strong 1870-80 Joseph P. Bradley 1870-92 Ward Hunt 1872-82 John Marshall Harlan 1877-1911 William Burnham Woods 1880-87 Horace Gray 1881-1902 Stanley Matthews 1881-89 Samuel M. Blatchford 1882-93 Lucius Q. C. Lamar 1888-93 David Josiah Brewer 1889-1910 Henry B. Brown 1890-1906 George Shiras, Jr. 1892-1903 Howell Edmunds Jackson 1893-95 Edward Douglass White 1894-1910 Rufus Wheeler Peckham 1895-1909 Joseph McKenna 1898-1925

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1900-1949 (may be Incomplete!)
John Marshall Harlan 1877-1911 Horace Gray 1881-1902 David Josiah Brewer 1889-1910 Henry B. Brown 1890-1906 George Shiras, Jr. 1892-1903 Edward Douglass White 1894-1910 Rufus Wheeler Peckham 1895-1909 Joseph McKenna 1898-1925 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 1902-32 William Rufus Day 1903-22 William H. Moody 1906-10 Horace Larmon Lurton 1909-14 Joseph Rucker Lamar 1910-16 Willis Van Devanter 1910-37 Charles Evans Hughes 1910-16 Mahlon Pitney 1912-22 James C. McReynolds 1914-41 Louis D. Brandeis 1916-39 John H. Clarke 1916-22 George Sutherland 1922-38 Pierce Butler 1922-39 Edward Terry Sanford 1923-30 Harlan F. Stone 1925-41 Owen J. Roberts 1930-45 Benjamin N. Cardozo 1932-38 Hugo L. Black 1937-71 Stanley F. Reed 1938-57 William O. Douglas 1939-75 Felix Frankfurter 1939-62 Frank Murphy 1940-49 Robert H. Jackson 1941-54 James F. Byrnes 1941-42 Wiley Blount Rutledge 1943-49 Harold H. Burton 1945-58 Thomas Campbell Clark 1949-67 Sherman Minton 1949-56

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1950-2003 (may be Incomplete!)
Hugo L. Black 1937-71 Stanley F. Reed 1938-57 William O. Douglas 1939-75 Felix Frankfurter 1939-62 Robert H. Jackson 1941-54 Harold H. Burton 1945-58 Thomas Campbell Clark 1949-67 Sherman Minton 1949-56 John Marshall Harlan 1955-71 William J. Brennan, Jr. 1956-90 Charles Evans Whittaker 1957-62 Potter Stewart 1958-81 Arthur J. Goldberg 1962-65 Byron R. White 1962-93 Abe Fortas 1965-69 Thurgood Marshall 1967-91 Harry A. Blackmun 1970-94 Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 1972-87 William H. Rehnquist 1972-86 John Paul Stevens 1975- Sandra Day O'Connor 1981- Antonin Scalia 1986- Anthony M. Kennedy 1988- David H. Souter 1990- Clarence Thomas 1991- Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1993- Stephen G. Breyer 1994-

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1795 Oct 25: John Blair, Jr., resigned.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1806 Sep 9: William Paterson, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1811 Jun 19: Samuel Chase, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1841 Feb 25: Philip Pendleton Barbour, died in office.
• 1843 Dec 18: Smith Thompson, died in office.
• 1844 Apr 21: Henry Baldwin, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1851 Sep 4: Levi Woodbury, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1861 Apr 4: John McLean, died in office.
• 1867 Jul 5: James M. Wayne, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1881 Jul 25: Nathan Clifford, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1892 Jan 22: Joseph P. Bradley, died in office.
• 1893 Jan 23: Lucius Q. C. Lamar, died in office.
• 1893 Jul 7: Samuel M. Blatchford, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1903 Feb 23: George Shiras, Jr., resigned.
• 1906 May 28: Henry B. Brown, resigned.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1910 Mar 28: David Josiah Brewer, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1939 Feb 13: Louis D. Brandeis, took senior status.
• 1939 Nov 16: Pierce Butler, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1942 Oct 3: James F. Byrnes, resigned.
• 1949 Jul 19: Frank Murphy, died in office.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1954 Oct 9: Robert H. Jackson, died in office.
• 1958 Oct 13: Harold H. Burton, took senior status.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1971 Sep 17: Hugo L. Black, took senior status.

Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1990 Jul 20: William J. Brennan, Jr., took senior status.
• 1994 Aug 3: Harry A. Blackmun, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1801-1809 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: John Lowell 1801-02
• D.C. Circuit: William Cranch 1801- William Cranch 1806-
• 1st Circuit: Benjamin Bourne 1801-02
• 2nd Circuit: Egbert Benson 1801-02
• 3rd Circuit: Richard Bassett 1801-02
• 4th Circuit: George Keith Taylor 1801-
• 6th Circuit: William McClung 1801-

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1810-1819 (may be Incomplete!)

• D.C. Circuit: Buckner Thruston 1810-45

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1820-1829 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Dabney Carr 1824-37
• D.C. Circuit: Buckner Thruston 1810-45

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1830-1839 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Dabney Carr 1824-37
• D.C. Circuit: Buckner Thruston 1810-45

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1840-1849 (may be Incomplete!)

• D.C. Circuit: Buckner Thruston 1810-45

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1850-1859 (may be Incomplete!)

• D.C. Circuit: William Matthew Merrick 1854-63

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1860-1869 (may be Incomplete!)

• D.C. Circuit: William Matthew Merrick 1854-63
• 3rd Circuit: William McKennan 1869-91

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1870-1879 (may be Incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit: John Lowell 1878-84
• 2nd Circuit: Samuel M. Blatchford 1878-82
• 3rd Circuit: William McKennan 1869-91
• 4th Circuit: Hugh Lennox Bond 1870-91
• 6th Circuit: John Baxter 1877-86

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1880-1889 (may be Incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit: John Lowell 1878-84 LeBaron B. Colt 1884-1913
• 2nd Circuit: Samuel M. Blatchford 1878-82 E. Henry Lacombe 1887-1916 William James Wallace 1887-1907
• 3rd Circuit: William McKennan 1869-91
• 4th Circuit: Hugh Lennox Bond 1870-91
• 6th Circuit: John Baxter 1877-86
• 7th Circuit: Walter Q. Gresham 1884-93
• 8th Circuit: George Washington McCrary 1880-84 David Josiah Brewer 1884-90

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1890-1899 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: William H. Taft 1892-1900 Horace Larmon Lurton 1893- William Rufus Day 1899-
• D.C. Circuit: Richard Henry Alvey 1893-1905
• 1st Circuit: LeBaron B. Colt 1884-1913 William Lebaron Putnam 1892-1917
• 2nd Circuit: E. Henry Lacombe 1887-1916 William James Wallace 1887-1907 Nathaniel Shipman 1892-1902
• 3rd Circuit: William McKennan 1869-91 Marcus Wilson Acheson 1891-1906 George Mifflin Dallas 1892-1909 George Gray 1899-1914
• 4th Circuit: Hugh Lennox Bond 1870-91 Nathan Goff, Jr. 1892-1913
• 7th Circuit: Walter Q. Gresham 1884-93
• 8th Circuit: David Josiah Brewer 1884-90 Henry Clay Caldwell 1890- Walter Henry Sanborn 1892-
• 9th Circuit: Joseph McKenna 1892-97 William W. Morrow 1897-1922

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1900-1909 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: William H. Taft 1892-1900
• D.C. Circuit: Richard Henry Alvey 1893-1905 Louis E. McComas 1905-07
• 1st Circuit: LeBaron B. Colt 1884-1913 William Lebaron Putnam 1892-1917 Francis Cabot Lowell 1905-11
• 2nd Circuit: E. Henry Lacombe 1887-1916 William James Wallace 1887-1907 Nathaniel Shipman 1892-1902 Alfred Conkling Coxe 1902-17 William Kneeland Townsend 1902-07 Walter C. Noyes 1907-13 Henry Galbraith Ward 1907-21
• 3rd Circuit: Marcus Wilson Acheson 1891-1906 George Mifflin Dallas 1892-1909 George Gray 1899-1914 Joseph Buffington 1906-38 William Mershon Lanning 1909-12
• 4th Circuit: Nathan Goff, Jr. 1892-1913
• 7th Circuit: Francis Elisha Baker 1902-24
• 8th Circuit: Elmer Bragg Adams 1905-16
• 9th Circuit: William W. Morrow 1897-1922

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1910-1919 (may be Incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit: LeBaron B. Colt 1884-1913 William Lebaron Putnam 1892-1917 Francis Cabot Lowell 1905-11 William Schofield 1911-12 Frederic Dodge 1912-18 George H. Bingham 1913-39 Charles F. Johnson 1917-29 George Weston Anderson 1918-31
• 2nd Circuit: E. Henry Lacombe 1887-1916 Alfred Conkling Coxe 1902-17 Walter C. Noyes 1907-13 Henry Galbraith Ward 1907-21 Henry Wade Rogers 1913-26 Charles M. Hough 1916-27 Martin Thomas Manton 1918-39
• 3rd Circuit: George Gray 1899-1914 Joseph Buffington 1906-38 William Mershon Lanning 1909-12 Robert W. Archbald 1911-13 John Bayard McPherson 1912-19 Victor Baynard Woolley 1914-38 Thomas Griffith Haight 1919-20
• 4th Circuit: Nathan Goff, Jr. 1892-1913 Charles A. Woods 1913-25 Martin Augustine Knapp 1914-23
• 5th Circuit: Robert Lynn Batts 1917-19
• 7th Circuit: Francis Elisha Baker 1902-24 Samuel Alschuler 1915-36
• 8th Circuit: Elmer Bragg Adams 1905-16
• 9th Circuit: William W. Morrow 1897-1922

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1920-1929 (may be Incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit: George H. Bingham 1913-39 Charles F. Johnson 1917-29 George Weston Anderson 1918-31 Scott Wilson 1929-40
• 2nd Circuit: Henry Galbraith Ward 1907-21 Henry Wade Rogers 1913-26 Charles M. Hough 1916-27 Martin Thomas Manton 1918-39 Julius M. Mayer 1921-24 Learned Hand 1924-51 Thomas Walter Swan 1926-53 Augustus Noble Hand 1927-53 Harrie Brigham Chase 1929-54 Julian William Mack 1929-40
• 3rd Circuit: Joseph Buffington 1906-38 Victor Baynard Woolley 1914-38 Thomas Griffith Haight 1919-20 J. Warren Davis 1920-39
• 4th Circuit: Charles A. Woods 1913-25 Martin Augustine Knapp 1914-23 Edmund Waddill, Jr. 1921-31 John C. Rose 1922-27 John J. Parker 1925-58 Elliott Northcott 1927-39
• 5th Circuit: Nathan Philemon Bryan 1920-35 Rufus E. Foster 1925-
• 7th Circuit: Francis Elisha Baker 1902-24 Samuel Alschuler 1915-36 Albert Barnes Anderson 1925-29
• 8th Circuit: Wilbur Franklin Booth 1925-32
• 9th Circuit: William W. Morrow 1897-1922 Wallace McCamant 1925- Curtis Dwight Wilbur 1929-31

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1930-1939 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: J. Earl Major 1937-56
• D.C. Circuit: Fred M. Vinson 1938-43 Henry White Edgerton 1938-63
• 1st Circuit: George H. Bingham 1913-39 George Weston Anderson 1918-31 Scott Wilson 1929-40 James Madison Morton, Jr. 1932-39 Calvert Magruder 1939-59
• 2nd Circuit: Martin Thomas Manton 1918-39 Learned Hand 1924-51 Thomas Walter Swan 1926-53 Augustus Noble Hand 1927-53 Harrie Brigham Chase 1929-54 Julian William Mack 1929-40 Charles Edward Clark 1939-63 Robert Porter Patterson 1939-40
• 3rd Circuit: Joseph Buffington 1906-38 Victor Baynard Woolley 1914-38 J. Warren Davis 1920-39 Joseph Whitaker Thompson 1931-38 John Biggs, Jr. 1937-65 William Clark 1938-43 Albert Branson Maris 1938-58 Charles Alvin Jones 1939-44 Francis Biddle 1939-40
• 4th Circuit: Edmund Waddill, Jr. 1921-31 John J. Parker 1925-58 Elliott Northcott 1927-39 Morris Ames Soper 1931-55 Armistead Mason Dobie 1939-56
• 5th Circuit: Nathan Philemon Bryan 1920-35 Leon McCord 1938-
• 6th Circuit: Florence Ellinwood Allen 1934-59 Elwood Hamilton 1938-45 Herschel Whitfield Arant 1939-41
• 7th Circuit: Samuel Alschuler 1915-36 Otto Kerner 1939-
• 8th Circuit: Wilbur Franklin Booth 1925-32 Seth Thomas 1935-
• 9th Circuit: Curtis Dwight Wilbur 1929-31 William Henry Sawtelle 1931- Clifton Mathews 1935-
• 10th Circuit: Sam G. Bratton 1933-61 Robert L. Williams 1937-39 Walter Huxman 1939-57

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1940-1949 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: J. Earl Major 1937-56
• D.C. Circuit: Fred M. Vinson 1938-43 Henry White Edgerton 1938-63 Thurman Wesley Arnold 1943-45 Bennett Clark 1945- Wilbur K. Miller 1945-64 Elijah Barrett Prettyman 1945-62 David L. Bazelon 1949-79 George Thomas Washington 1949-65 Charles Fahy 1949-
• 1st Circuit: Scott Wilson 1929-40 Calvert Magruder 1939-59 John C. Mahoney 1940-50 Peter Woodbury 1941-64
• 2nd Circuit: Learned Hand 1924-51 Thomas Walter Swan 1926-53 Augustus Noble Hand 1927-53 Harrie Brigham Chase 1929-54 Julian William Mack 1929-40 Charles Edward Clark 1939-63 Robert Porter Patterson 1939-40 Jerome Frank 1941-57
• 3rd Circuit: John Biggs, Jr. 1937-65 William Clark 1938-43 Albert Branson Maris 1938-58 Charles Alvin Jones 1939-44 Francis Biddle 1939-40 Herbert Funk Goodrich 1940-62 Gerald McLaughlin 1943-68 John Joseph O'Connell 1945-49 Harry E. Kalodner 1946-69 William H. Hastie 1949-71
• 4th Circuit: John J. Parker 1925-58 Morris Ames Soper 1931-55 Armistead Mason Dobie 1939-56
• 5th Circuit: Robert Lee Russell 1949-55 Wayne G. Borah 1949-56
• 6th Circuit: Florence Ellinwood Allen 1934-59 Elwood Hamilton 1938-45 Herschel Whitfield Arant 1939-41 Thomas F. McAllister 1941-63 Shackelford Miller, Jr. 1945-
• 7th Circuit: Sherman Minton 1941-49 F. Ryan Duffy 1949-
• 8th Circuit: Seth Thomas 1935- Harvey M. Johnsen 1940-
• 9th Circuit: Homer T. Bone 1944-56
• 10th Circuit: Sam G. Bratton 1933-61 Walter Huxman 1939-57 Alfred P. Murrah 1940-70

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1950-1959 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: J. Earl Major 1937-56 Latham Castle 1959-80
• D.C. Circuit: Henry White Edgerton 1938-63 Wilbur K. Miller 1945-64 Elijah Barrett Prettyman 1945-62 David L. Bazelon 1949-79 George Thomas Washington 1949-65 Charles Fahy 1949- John A. Danaher 1953- Walter Maximillian Bastian 1954-65 Warren E. Burger 1956-69
• 1st Circuit: Calvert Magruder 1939-59 John C. Mahoney 1940-50 Peter Woodbury 1941-64 John P. Hartigan 1951-65 Bailey Aldrich 1959-72
• 2nd Circuit: Learned Hand 1924-51 Thomas Walter Swan 1926-53 Augustus Noble Hand 1927-53 Harrie Brigham Chase 1929-54 Charles Edward Clark 1939-63 Jerome Frank 1941-57 Harold R. Medina 1951-58 Carroll Clark Hincks 1953-59 John Marshall Harlan 1954-55 Sterry R. Waterman 1955-70 J. Edward Lumbard 1955-71 Leonard P. Moore 1957-71 Henry Jacob Friendly 1959-74
• 3rd Circuit: John Biggs, Jr. 1937-65 Albert Branson Maris 1938-58 Herbert Funk Goodrich 1940-62 Gerald McLaughlin 1943-68 Harry E. Kalodner 1946-69 William H. Hastie 1949-71 Austin L. Staley 1950-67 Philip Forman 1959-61
• 4th Circuit: John J. Parker 1925-58 Morris Ames Soper 1931-55 Armistead Mason Dobie 1939-56 Simon E. Sobeloff 1956-70 Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. 1957-81 Herbert S. Boreman 1959-71
• 5th Circuit: Robert Lee Russell 1949-55 Wayne G. Borah 1949-56 Richard T. Rives 1951-66 Elbert P. Tuttle 1954-68 John R. Brown 1955-84 Minor Wisdom 1957-77
• 6th Circuit: Florence Ellinwood Allen 1934-59 Thomas F. McAllister 1941-63 Potter Stewart 1954-58
• 8th Circuit: Charles Evans Whittaker 1956-57 Harry A. Blackmun 1959-70
• 9th Circuit: Homer T. Bone 1944-56 Stanley N. Barnes 1956-70 Montgomery Oliver Koelsch 1959-76
• 10th Circuit: Sam G. Bratton 1933-61 Walter Huxman 1939-57 Alfred P. Murrah 1940-70 Jean Sala Breitenstein 1957-70

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1960-1969 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Latham Castle 1959-80
• D.C. Circuit: Henry White Edgerton 1938-63 Wilbur K. Miller 1945-64 Elijah Barrett Prettyman 1945-62 David L. Bazelon 1949-79 George Thomas Washington 1949-65 Charles Fahy 1949- John A. Danaher 1953- Walter Maximillian Bastian 1954-65 Warren E. Burger 1956-69 James Skelly Wright 1962- Carl McGowan 1963- Spotswood William Robinson III 1966- George E. MacKinnon 1969-
• 1st Circuit: Peter Woodbury 1941-64 John P. Hartigan 1951-65 Bailey Aldrich 1959-72 Frank M. Coffin 1965-89 Edward Matthew McEntee 1965-76
• 2nd Circuit: Charles Edward Clark 1939-63 Sterry R. Waterman 1955-70 J. Edward Lumbard 1955-71 Leonard P. Moore 1957-71 Henry Jacob Friendly 1959-74 J. Joseph Smith 1960-71 Paul Raymond Hays 1961-74 Irving R. Kaufman 1961-87 Thurgood Marshall 1961-65 Robert Palmer Anderson 1964-71 Wilfred Feinberg 1966-91
• 3rd Circuit: John Biggs, Jr. 1937-65 Herbert Funk Goodrich 1940-62 Gerald McLaughlin 1943-68 Harry E. Kalodner 1946-69 William H. Hastie 1949-71 Austin L. Staley 1950-67 Philip Forman 1959-61 J. Cullen Ganey 1961-66 William Francis Smith 1961-68 Abraham Lincoln Freedman 1964-71 Collins Jacques Seitz 1966-89 Francis L. Van Dusen 1967-77 David Stahl 1968-70 Ruggero John Aldisert 1968-86 Arlin Marvin Adams 1969-87
• 4th Circuit: Simon E. Sobeloff 1956-70 Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. 1957-81 Herbert S. Boreman 1959-71 Albert V. Bryan 1961-72 J. Spencer Bell 1961-67 J. Braxton Craven, Jr. 1966-77 Harrison L. Winter 1966-90 John Decker Butzner, Jr. 1967-82
• 5th Circuit: Richard T. Rives 1951-66 Elbert P. Tuttle 1954-68 John R. Brown 1955-84 Minor Wisdom 1957-77 Griffin Bell 1962-76 James Plemon Coleman 1965- W. Homer Thornberry 1965-78 Irving L. Goldberg 1966-95 Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. 1966-81
• 6th Circuit: Thomas F. McAllister 1941-63 George Edwards 1963- Anthony J. Celebrezze 1965- Bert T. Combs 1967-70 Henry L. Brooks 1969-71
• 7th Circuit: Otto Kerner 1968-74
• 8th Circuit: Harry A. Blackmun 1959-70 Myron H. Bright 1968-85
• 9th Circuit: Stanley N. Barnes 1956-70 Montgomery Oliver Koelsch 1959-76 James Robert Browning 1961-2000
• 10th Circuit: Sam G. Bratton 1933-61 Alfred P. Murrah 1940-70 Jean Sala Breitenstein 1957-70 Oliver Seth 1962- John J. Hickey 1966-70

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1970-1979 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Latham Castle 1959-80
• D.C. Circuit: David L. Bazelon 1949-79 George E. MacKinnon 1969- J. Walter Yeagley 1970-79 Abner J. Mikva 1979- Patricia McGowan Wald 1979-
• 1st Circuit: Bailey Aldrich 1959-72 Frank M. Coffin 1965-89 Edward Matthew McEntee 1965-76 Levin Hicks Campbell 1972-92 Hugh H. Bownes 1977-90
• 2nd Circuit: Sterry R. Waterman 1955-70 J. Edward Lumbard 1955-71 Leonard P. Moore 1957-71 Henry Jacob Friendly 1959-74 J. Joseph Smith 1960-71 Paul Raymond Hays 1961-74 Irving R. Kaufman 1961-87 Robert Palmer Anderson 1964-71 Wilfred Feinberg 1966-91 Walter Roe Mansfield 1971-81 William Hughes Mulligan 1971-81 James Lowell Oakes 1971-92 William H. Timbers 1971-81 Murray Irwin Gurfein 1974-79 Thomas Joseph Meskill 1975-93 Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland 1975 Amalya Lyle Kearse 1979- Jon Ormond Newman 1979-97
• 3rd Circuit: William H. Hastie 1949-71 Abraham Lincoln Freedman 1964-71 Collins Jacques Seitz 1966-89 Francis L. Van Dusen 1967-77 David Stahl 1968-70 Ruggero John Aldisert 1968-86 Arlin Marvin Adams 1969-87 A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 1977-93
• 4th Circuit: Simon E. Sobeloff 1956-70 Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. 1957-81 Herbert S. Boreman 1959-71 Albert V. Bryan 1961-72 J. Braxton Craven, Jr. 1966-77 Harrison L. Winter 1966-90 John Decker Butzner, Jr. 1967-82 John A. Field, Jr. 1971-76 Donald Stuart Russell 1971- Hiram Emory Widener, Jr. 1972- Kenneth Keller Hall 1976-98 James Dickson Phillips, Jr. 1978-94 James M. Sprouse 1979-92 Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. 1979-2000
• 5th Circuit: John R. Brown 1955-84 Minor Wisdom 1957-77 Griffin Bell 1962-76 W. Homer Thornberry 1965-78 Irving L. Goldberg 1966-95 Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. 1966-81 Thomas Gibbs Gee 1973-91 Frank M. Johnson, Jr. 1979-81 Robert Lanier Anderson III 1979-81
• 6th Circuit: Bert T. Combs 1967-70 Henry L. Brooks 1969-71 Damon Keith 1977-95 Bailey Brown 1979-97
• 7th Circuit: Otto Kerner 1968-74 Wilbur F. Pell, Jr. 1970-84 John Paul Stevens 1970-75 Philip W. Tone 1974-80 William J. Bauer 1974-94
• 8th Circuit: Harry A. Blackmun 1959-70 Myron H. Bright 1968-85
• 9th Circuit: Stanley N. Barnes 1956-70 Montgomery Oliver Koelsch 1959-76 James Robert Browning 1961-2000 Anthony M. Kennedy 1975-88 J. Blaine Anderson 1976-88 Betty Binns Fletcher 1979- Cecil F. Poole 1979-96 Arthur Lawrence Alarcon 1979-92
• 10th Circuit: Alfred P. Murrah 1940-70 Jean Sala Breitenstein 1957-70 John J. Hickey 1966-70 James Emmett Barrett 1971-87 James K. Logan 1977-94

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1980-1989 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Latham Castle 1959-80
• D.C. Circuit: Abner J. Mikva 1979- Patricia McGowan Wald 1979- Harry Thomas Edwards 1980- Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1980-93 Robert H. Bork 1982-88 Antonin Scalia 1982-86 Kenneth W. Starr 1983-89 Laurence Hirsch Silberman 1985- James L. Buckley 1985-96 Stephen F. Williams 1986- Douglas Howard Ginsburg 1986- David Bryan Sentelle 1987-
• Federal Circuit: J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. 1982-86 Phillip Benjamin Baldwin 1982-86 Marion T. Bennett 1982-86 Howard Thomas Markey 1982- Helen Wilson Nies 1982- Giles Sutherland Rich 1982- Jean Galloway Bissell 1984-90 Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. 1985-97
• 1st Circuit: Frank M. Coffin 1965-89 Levin Hicks Campbell 1972-92 Hugh H. Bownes 1977-90 Stephen G. Breyer 1980-94 Juan B. Torruella 1984- Bruce M. Selya 1986- Conrad K. Cyr 1989-97
• 2nd Circuit: Irving R. Kaufman 1961-87 Wilfred Feinberg 1966-91 Walter Roe Mansfield 1971-81 William Hughes Mulligan 1971-81 James Lowell Oakes 1971-92 William H. Timbers 1971-81 Thomas Joseph Meskill 1975-93 Amalya Lyle Kearse 1979- Jon Ormond Newman 1979-97 Richard J. Cardamone 1981-93 Lawrence Warren Pierce 1981-90 George C. Pratt 1982-93 Ralph K. Winter, Jr. 1982- Roger J. Miner 1985-97 Frank X. Altimari 1985-96 J. Daniel Mahoney 1986-96 John M. Walker, Jr. 1989-
• 3rd Circuit: Collins Jacques Seitz 1966-89 Ruggero John Aldisert 1968-86 Arlin Marvin Adams 1969-87 A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 1977-93 Edward Roy Becker 1981- Carol Los Mansmann 1985- Walter K. Stapleton 1985-
• 4th Circuit: Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. 1957-81 Harrison L. Winter 1966-90 John Decker Butzner, Jr. 1967-82 Donald Stuart Russell 1971- Hiram Emory Widener, Jr. 1972- Kenneth Keller Hall 1976-98 James Dickson Phillips, Jr. 1978-94 James M. Sprouse 1979-92 Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. 1979-2000 Samuel James Ervin III 1980-99 Robert F. Chapman 1981-91 Emory M. Sneeden 1984-86 James Harvie Wilkinson III 1984-97 William W. Wilkins, Jr. 1986-
• 5th Circuit: John R. Brown 1955-84 Irving L. Goldberg 1966-95 Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. 1966-81 Thomas Gibbs Gee 1973-91 Frank M. Johnson, Jr. 1979-81 Robert Lanier Anderson III 1979-81
• 6th Circuit: Damon Keith 1977-95 Bailey Brown 1979-97 James L. Ryan 1986- Danny J. Boggs 1986-
• 7th Circuit: Wilbur F. Pell, Jr. 1970-84 Philip W. Tone 1974-80 William J. Bauer 1974-94
• 8th Circuit: Myron H. Bright 1968-85 Richard Sheppard Arnold 1980- Pasco Middleton Bowman II 1983- Clarence Arlen Beam 1987-
• 9th Circuit: James Robert Browning 1961-2000 Anthony M. Kennedy 1975-88 J. Blaine Anderson 1976-88 Betty Binns Fletcher 1979- Cecil F. Poole 1979-96 Arthur Lawrence Alarcon 1979-92 Robert Boochever 1980-86 Charles E. Wiggins 1984-96 Robert R. Beezer 1984-96 Melvin T. Brunetti 1985-99
• 10th Circuit: James Emmett Barrett 1971-87 James K. Logan 1977-94 Stephen Hale Anderson 1985-2000 Bobby Ray Baldock 1985- Wade Brorby 1988-2001
• 11th Circuit: Frank M. Johnson, Jr. 1981-92 Robert Lanier Anderson III 1981-

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals, 1990-2002 (may be Incomplete!)

• D.C. Circuit: Abner J. Mikva 1979- Patricia McGowan Wald 1979- Harry Thomas Edwards 1980- Ruth Bader Ginsburg 1980-93 Laurence Hirsch Silberman 1985- James L. Buckley 1985-96 Stephen F. Williams 1986- Douglas Howard Ginsburg 1986- David Bryan Sentelle 1987- Clarence Thomas 1990-91 A. Raymond Randolph 1990-
• Federal Circuit: Howard Thomas Markey 1982- Helen Wilson Nies 1982- Giles Sutherland Rich 1982- Jean Galloway Bissell 1984-90 Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr. 1985-97
• 1st Circuit: Levin Hicks Campbell 1972-92 Hugh H. Bownes 1977-90 Stephen G. Breyer 1980-94 Bruce M. Selya 1986- Conrad K. Cyr 1989-97 David H. Souter 1990 Norman Stahl 1992- Michael Boudin 1992- Sandra Lynch 1995-
• 2nd Circuit: Wilfred Feinberg 1966-91 James Lowell Oakes 1971-92 Thomas Joseph Meskill 1975-93 Amalya Lyle Kearse 1979- Jon Ormond Newman 1979-97 Richard J. Cardamone 1981-93 Lawrence Warren Pierce 1981-90 George C. Pratt 1982-93 Ralph K. Winter, Jr. 1982- Roger J. Miner 1985-97 Frank X. Altimari 1985-96 J. Daniel Mahoney 1986-96 John M. Walker, Jr. 1989- Joseph M. McLaughlin 1990- Dennis G. Jacobs 1992- Pierre Nelson Leval 1993- Guido Calabresi 1994- Fred I. Parker 1994- Jose Alberto Cabranes 1994-
• 3rd Circuit: A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 1977-93 Edward Roy Becker 1981- Carol Los Mansmann 1985- Walter K. Stapleton 1985- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. 1990- Maryanne Trump Barry 1999- Thomas L. Ambro 2000-
• 4th Circuit: Harrison L. Winter 1966-90 Donald Stuart Russell 1971- Hiram Emory Widener, Jr. 1972- Kenneth Keller Hall 1976-98 James Dickson Phillips, Jr. 1978-94 James M. Sprouse 1979-92 Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. 1979-2000 Samuel James Ervin III 1980-99 Robert F. Chapman 1981-91 James Harvie Wilkinson III 1984-97 William W. Wilkins, Jr. 1986- Paul V. Niemeyer 1990- Clyde H. Hamilton 1991- J. Michael Luttig 1991- Karen J. Williams 1992- M. Blane Michael 1993- Diana G. Motz 1994-
• 5th Circuit: Irving L. Goldberg 1966-95 Thomas Gibbs Gee 1973-91 Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale 1990- Fortunato Pedro Benavides 1994-
• 6th Circuit: Damon Keith 1977-95 Bailey Brown 1979-97 James L. Ryan 1986- Danny J. Boggs 1986- Alice Moore Batchelder 1992- Paul Suhrheinrich 1999
• 7th Circuit: William J. Bauer 1974-94
• 8th Circuit: Richard Sheppard Arnold 1980- Pasco Middleton Bowman II 1983- Clarence Arlen Beam 1987- Morris Sheppard Arnold 1992-
• 9th Circuit: James Robert Browning 1961-2000 Betty Binns Fletcher 1979- Cecil F. Poole 1979-96 Arthur Lawrence Alarcon 1979-92 Charles E. Wiggins 1984-96 Robert R. Beezer 1984-96 Melvin T. Brunetti 1985-99 Marsha L. Berzon 2000-
• 10th Circuit: James K. Logan 1977-94 Stephen Hale Anderson 1985-2000 Bobby Ray Baldock 1985- Wade Brorby 1988-2001 Mary Beck Briscoe 1995-
• 11th Circuit: Frank M. Johnson, Jr. 1981-92 Robert Lanier Anderson III 1981- Stanley F. Birch, Jr. 1990- Susan Harrell Black 1992- Rosemary Barkett 1994-

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• D.C. Circuit:
  • 1845 Aug 30: Buckner Thruston, died in office.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 6th Circuit:
  • 1886 Apr 2: John Baxter, died in office.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 2nd Circuit:
  • 1907 Jun 2: William Kneeland Townsend, died in office.
• 3rd Circuit:
  • 1906 Jun 21: Marcus Wilson Acheson, died in office.
• D.C. Circuit:
  • 1905 Jan 1: Richard Henry Alvey, resigned.
  • 1907 Nov 10: Louis E. McComas, died in office.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit:
  • 1911 Mar 6: Francis Cabot Lowell, died in office.
  • 1912: William Schofield, died in office.
• 3rd Circuit:
  • 1912 Feb 16: William Mershon Lanning, died in office.
  • 1913 Jan 13: Robert W. Archbald, removed.
  • 1919 Jan 20: John Bayard McPherson, died in office.
• 5th Circuit:
  • 1919 Aug 22: Robert Lynn Batts, resigned.
• 8th Circuit:
  • 1916 Oct 24: Elmer Bragg Adams, died in office.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 2nd Circuit:
  • 1926 Aug 16: Henry Wade Rogers, died in office.
  • 1927 Apr 23: Charles M. Hough, died in office.
• 4th Circuit:
  • 1923 Feb 10: Martin Augustine Knapp, died in office.
  • 1925: Charles A. Woods, died in office.
  • 1927: John C. Rose, died in office.
• 7th Circuit:
  • 1924 Mar 15: Francis Elisha Baker, died in office.
  • 1929 Oct 30: Albert Barnes Anderson, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit:
  • 1931 Sep 30: George Weston Anderson, took senior status.
  • 1939 Mar 23: George H. Bingham, took senior status.
• 3rd Circuit:
  • 1938 Jun 1: Joseph Buffington, took senior status.
• 4th Circuit:
  • 1931 Apr 9: Edmund Waddill, Jr., died in office.
• 5th Circuit:
  • 1935 Aug 8: Nathan Philemon Bryan, died in office.
• 7th Circuit:
  • 1936 May 15: Samuel Alschuler, took senior status.
• 8th Circuit:
  • 1932 Jan 1: Wilbur Franklin Booth, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 3rd Circuit:
  • 1940 Jan 22: Francis Biddle, resigned.
  • 1949 Dec 16: John Joseph O'Connell, died in office.
• 6th Circuit:
  • 1941 Jan 14: Herschel Whitfield Arant, died in office.
  • 1945 Sep 19: Elwood Hamilton, died in office.
• D.C. Circuit:
  • 1945 Jul 9: Thurman Wesley Arnold, resigned.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit:
  • 1950 Dec 20: John C. Mahoney, took senior status.
• 2nd Circuit:
  • 1957 Jan 13: Jerome Frank, died in office.
• 4th Circuit:
  • 1958 Mar 17: John J. Parker, died in office.
• 5th Circuit:
  • 1956 Dec 31: Wayne G. Borah, took senior status.
• 6th Circuit:
  • 1959 Oct 5: Florence Ellinwood Allen, took senior status.
• 9th Circuit:
  • 1956 Jan 1: Homer T. Bone, took senior status.
• 10th Circuit:
  • 1957 Apr 1: Walter Huxman, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 2nd Circuit:
  • 1963 Dec 13: Charles Edward Clark, died in office.
• 3rd Circuit:
  • 1962 Jun 25: Herbert Funk Goodrich, died in office.
  • 1965 Oct 30: John Biggs, Jr., took senior status.
  • 1968: William Francis Smith, died in office.
• 4th Circuit:
  • 1967 Mar 19: J. Spencer Bell, died in office.
• 5th Circuit:
  • 1966 Feb 15: Richard T. Rives, took senior status.
  • 1968 Jun 1: Elbert P. Tuttle, took senior status.
• 10th Circuit:
  • 1961 Mar 1: Sam G. Bratton, took senior status.
• D.C. Circuit:
  • 1965 Mar 16: Walter Maximillian Bastian, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit:
  • 1972 Aug 31: Bailey Aldrich, took senior status.
• 2nd Circuit:
  • 1971 May 1: Robert Palmer Anderson, took senior status.
  • 1971 Jul 20: J. Edward Lumbard, took senior status.
  • 1979 Dec 16: Murray Irwin Gurfein, died in office.
• 3rd Circuit:
  • 1970: David Stahl, died in office.
  • 1971 Mar 13: Abraham Lincoln Freedman, died in office.
• 4th Circuit:
  • 1971 Jun 15: Herbert S. Boreman, took senior status.
  • 1972 May 3: Albert V. Bryan, took senior status.
• 5th Circuit:
  • 1976 Mar 1: Griffin Bell, resigned.
  • 1977 Jan 15: Minor Wisdom, took senior status.
• 6th Circuit:
  • 1971 Dec 30: Henry L. Brooks, died in office.
• 7th Circuit:
  • 1974 Jul 24: Otto Kerner, resigned.
• 9th Circuit:
  • 1970 Oct 31: Stanley N. Barnes, took senior status.
  • 1976 Jan 31: Montgomery Oliver Koelsch, took senior status.
• 10th Circuit:
  • 1970 Jul 31: Jean Sala Breitenstein, took senior status.
  • 1970 Sep 22: John J. Hickey, died in office.
• D.C. Circuit:
  • 1979 Jun 30: David L. Bazelon, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 3rd Circuit:
  • 1986 Dec 31: Ruggero John Aldisert, took senior status.
  • 1987 Jan 2: Arlin Marvin Adams, resigned.
• 4th Circuit:
  • 1982 Nov 1: John Decker Butzner, Jr., took senior status.
• 5th Circuit:
  • 1981 Dec 22: Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr., died in office.
  • 1984 Jul 20: John R. Brown, took senior status.
• 7th Circuit:
  • 1984: Wilbur F. Pell, Jr., took senior status.
• 8th Circuit:
  • 1985 Jun 1: Myron H. Bright, took senior status.
• 9th Circuit:
  • 1986 Jun 10: Robert Boochever, took senior status.
  • 1988 Apr 16: J. Blaine Anderson, died in office.
• 10th Circuit:
  • 1987 Apr 8: James Emmett Barrett, took senior status.
• D.C. Circuit:
  • 1988 Feb 5: Robert H. Bork, resigned.
• Federal Circuit:
  • 1986 Mar 1: Marion T. Bennett, took senior status.
  • 1986 Apr 14: J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., died in office.
  • 1986 Nov 24: Phillip Benjamin Baldwin, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 1st Circuit:
  • 1990 Jan 1: Hugh H. Bownes, took senior status.
• 2nd Circuit:
  • 1996: J. Daniel Mahoney, died in office.
  • 1996 Jan 1: Frank X. Altimari, took senior status.
• 4th Circuit:
  • 1999 Sep 18: Samuel James Ervin III, died in office.
• 6th Circuit:
  • 1995 May 1: Damon Keith, took senior status.
  • 1997 Dec 31: Bailey Brown, resigned.
• 7th Circuit:
  • 1994 Oct 31: William J. Bauer, took senior status.
• 9th Circuit:
  • 1992 Nov 21: Arthur Lawrence Alarcon, took senior status.
  • 1996 Jul 31: Robert R. Beezer, took senior status.
  • 1999 Nov 11: Melvin T. Brunetti, took senior status.
• 10th Circuit:
  • 1994 Aug 31: James K. Logan, took senior status.
• D.C. Circuit:
  • 1996 Aug 31: James L. Buckley, took senior status.
• Federal Circuit:
  • 1990 Feb 4: Jean Galloway Bissell, died in office.
  • 1997 Dec 24: Glenn Leroy Archer, Jr., took senior status.

Judges of U.S. Courts of Appeals: Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

• 4th Circuit:
  • 2000 Aug 31: Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., died in office.
• 9th Circuit:
  • 2000 Sep 1: James Robert Browning, took senior status.
• 10th Circuit:
  • 2000 Jan 1: Stephen Hale Anderson, took senior status.
  • 2001 May 25: Wade Brorby, took senior status.

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1789-1799 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: David Sewall 1789
• Delaware: Gunning Bedford, Jr. 1789-1812
• Massachusetts: John Lowell 1789-1801
• Maryland: William Paca 1789-99
• New Jersey: David Brearly 1789-90
• New York: James Duane 1790-94 Robert Troup 1796-98 John Sloss Hobart 1798-
• Rhode Island: Henry Marchant 1790-96 Benjamin Bourne 1796-1801
• South Carolina: Thomas Bee 1790-1812
• Tennessee: John McNairy 1797-
• Virginia: Nathaniel Pendleton 1789-96 Cyrus Griffin 1789-1810
• Vermont: Nathaniel Chipman 1791-

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1800-1809 (may be Incomplete!)

• Connecticut: Pierpont Edwards 1806-
• Delaware: Gunning Bedford, Jr. 1789-1812
• Massachusetts: John Lowell 1789-1801
• Rhode Island: Benjamin Bourne 1796-1801 David Leonard Barnes 1801-12
• South Carolina: Thomas Bee 1790-1812
• Virginia: Cyrus Griffin 1789-1810

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1810-1819 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: John George Jackson 1819-25
• Delaware: Gunning Bedford, Jr. 1789-1812
• Illinois: Nathaniel Pope 1819-50
• Indiana: Benjamin Parke 1817-35
• Maryland: Theodorick Bland 1819-24
• Maine: Albion K. Parris 1818-20
• Mississippi: George Poindexter 1813-17
• Western District of Pennsylvania: Jonathan Hoge Walker 1818-24
• Rhode Island: David Leonard Barnes 1801-12
• South Carolina: Thomas Bee 1790-1812
• Virginia: Cyrus Griffin 1789-1810

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1820-1829 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: John George Jackson 1819-25 William Wilkins 1824-31 James Webb 1828-38
• Alabama: Charles Tait 1820-26
• Connecticut: William Bristol 1826-36
• Eastern District of Florida: William Pope Duval 1821-22
• Illinois: Nathaniel Pope 1819-50
• Indiana: Benjamin Parke 1817-35
• Kentucky: John Boyle 1827-34
• Louisiana: Thomas Bolling Robertson 1825-
• Maryland: Theodorick Bland 1819-24
• Maine: Albion K. Parris 1818-20
• Northern District of New York: Alfred Conkling 1825-52
• Southern District of New York: Samuel Rossiter Betts 1826-67
• Western District of Pennsylvania: Jonathan Hoge Walker 1818-24

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1830-1839 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: William Wilkins 1824-31 James Webb 1828-38 Matthew Harvey 1831-66
• Connecticut: William Bristol 1826-36 Andrew T. Judson 1836-
• Illinois: Nathaniel Pope 1819-50
• Indiana: Benjamin Parke 1817-35 Jesse Lynch Holman 1835-42
• Kentucky: John Boyle 1827-34 Thomas B. Monroe 1834-61
• Mississippi: George Adams 1836-38
• Northern District of New York: Alfred Conkling 1825-52
• Southern District of New York: Samuel Rossiter Betts 1826-67
• Ohio: Benjamin Tappan 1833
• Tennessee: Morgan Welles Brown 1834-53
• Eastern District of Virginia: Philip Pendleton Barbour 1830-36 Peter Vivian Daniel 1836-41

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1840-1849 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Matthew Harvey 1831-66
• Arkansas: Daniel Ringo 1844-61
• Florida: Isaac H. Bronson 1846-47
• Northern District of Florida: Isaac H. Bronson 1847-55
• Southern District of Florida: William Marvin 1840-
• Illinois: Nathaniel Pope 1819-50
• Indiana: Jesse Lynch Holman 1835-42 Elisha Mills Huntington 1842-62
• Kentucky: Thomas B. Monroe 1834-61
• Western District of Louisiana: Henry Boyce 1849-61
• New Jersey: Mahlon Dickerson 1840- Philemon Dickerson 1841-62
• Northern District of New York: Alfred Conkling 1825-52
• Southern District of New York: Samuel Rossiter Betts 1826-67
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania: John Kintzing Kane 1846-
• Tennessee: Morgan Welles Brown 1834-53
• Eastern District of Virginia: Peter Vivian Daniel 1836-41
• Western District of Virginia: John White Brockenbrough 1846-61

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1850-1859 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Matthew Harvey 1831-66 William F. Giles 1853-79
• Arkansas: Daniel Ringo 1844-61
• Northern District of Florida: Isaac H. Bronson 1847-55
• Illinois: Nathaniel Pope 1819-50
• Indiana: Elisha Mills Huntington 1842-62
• Kentucky: Thomas B. Monroe 1834-61
• Western District of Louisiana: Henry Boyce 1849-61
• North Carolina: Asa Biggs 1858-61
• New Jersey: Philemon Dickerson 1841-62
• Northern District of New York: Alfred Conkling 1825-52 Nathan Kelsey Hall 1852-74
• Southern District of New York: Samuel Rossiter Betts 1826-67
• Eastern District of Pennsylvania: John Cadwalader 1858-
• Western District of Pennsylvania: Wilson McCandless 1859-
• Tennessee: Morgan Welles Brown 1834-53
• Western District of Virginia: John White Brockenbrough 1846-61

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1860-1869 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: Matthew Harvey 1831-66 William F. Giles 1853-79 Caleb B. Smith 1863-64 Daniel Clark 1866-91
• Arkansas: Daniel Ringo 1844-61
• Eastern District of Arkansas: Henry Clay Caldwell 1864-
• Southern District of Florida: Thomas Jefferson Boynton 1864-70
• Indiana: Elisha Mills Huntington 1842-62 Walter Q. Gresham 1869-83
• Kentucky: Thomas B. Monroe 1834-61 Bland Ballard 1861-79
• Western District of Louisiana: Henry Boyce 1849-61
• Massachusetts: John Lowell 1865-
• North Carolina: Asa Biggs 1858-61 George Washington Brooks 1865-72
• Nebraska: Elmer S. Dundy 1868-
• New Jersey: Philemon Dickerson 1841-62
• Nevada: Alexander White Baldwin 1865-69
• Eastern District of New York: Charles Linnaeus Benedict 1865-97
• Northern District of New York: Nathan Kelsey Hall 1852-74
• Southern District of New York: Samuel Rossiter Betts 1826-67 Samuel M. Blatchford 1867-78
• Rhode Island: J. Russell Bullock 1865-69
• South Carolina: George Seabrook Bryan 1866-86
• Western District of Virginia: John White Brockenbrough 1846-61

Judges of U.S. District Courts, 1870-1879 (may be Incomplete!)

• Blank district: William F. Giles 1853-79 Daniel Clark 1866-91 Moses Hallett 1877-1906
• Alabama: John Bruce 1875-1901
• Western District of Arkansas: William Story 1871-74 Isaac C. Parker 1875-
• Connecticut: Nathaniel Shipman 1873-
• Delaware: Edward G. Bradford 1871-84
• Florida: Thomas Settle 1877-
• Southern District of Florida: Thomas Jefferson Boynton 1864-70
• Northern District of Illinois: