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U.S. District Court in District of Columbia

U.S. District Judges for the District of District of Columbia, 1936-2017 (may be incomplete!)
Jesse Corcoran Adkins 1936-46 Edward M. Curran 1948 Bolitha James Laws 1948-58 James Robert Kirkland 1949-58 Burnita Shelton Matthews 1949-68 Charles F. McLaughlin 1949-64 Walter Maximillian Bastian 1950-54 Joseph C. McGarraghy 1954-67 John J. Sirica 1957-77 George L. Hart, Jr. 1958-79 Leonard Patrick Walsh 1959-71 Spottswood W. Robinson III 1964-66 Oliver Gasch 1965-81 Howard Francis Corcoran 1965-77 William B. Bryant 1965-82 Aubrey Eugene Robinson, Jr. 1966-93 John Lewis Smith, Jr. 1966-83 Joseph Cornelius Waddy 1967-78 Gerhard Alden Gesell 1967-93 June Lazenby Green 1968-84 John Helm Pratt 1968-89 Barrington D. Parker 1969-85 Charles Robert Richey 1971-97 Louis Falk Oberdorfer 1977-92 Harold H. Greene 1978-95 John Garrett Penn 1979-98 Thomas Penfield Jackson 1982-2002 George Hughes Revercomb 1985-93 Stanley Sporkin 1985-99 Michael Boudin 1990-92 Emmet G. Sullivan 1994- Reggie B. Walton 2001-15 John D. Bates 2001-14 Rosemary M. Collyer 2002-16 James Emanuel Boasberg 2011- Rudolph Contreras 2012- Christopher Reid Cooper 2014- Tanya Sue Chutkan 2014- Randolph Daniel Moss 2014- Amit P. Mehta 2014-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1946 Oct 15: Jesse Corcoran Adkins, took senior status.
  • 1958 Feb 25: James Robert Kirkland, died in office.
  • 1958 Nov 14: Bolitha James Laws, died in office.
  • 1964 Dec 31: Charles F. McLaughlin, took senior status.
  • 1967 Dec 17: Joseph C. McGarraghy, took senior status.
  • 1968 Mar 1: Burnita Shelton Matthews, took senior status.
  • 1971 Oct 5: Leonard Patrick Walsh, took senior status.
  • 1977 Oct 31: John J. Sirica, took senior status.
  • 1977 Nov 30: Howard Francis Corcoran, took senior status.
  • 1978 Aug 1: Joseph Cornelius Waddy, died in office.
  • 1979 May 16: George L. Hart, Jr., took senior status.
  • 1982 Jan 31: William B. Bryant, took senior status.
  • 1983 Jan 31: John Lewis Smith, Jr., took senior status.
  • 1984 Jan 15: June Lazenby Green, took senior status.
  • 1985 Dec 19: Barrington D. Parker, took senior status.
  • 1989 Dec 1: John Helm Pratt, took senior status.
  • 1992 Jan 31: Michael Boudin, resigned.
  • 1992 Jul 31: Louis Falk Oberdorfer, took senior status.
  • 1993 Jan 22: Gerhard Alden Gesell, took senior status.
  • 1993 Aug 1: George Hughes Revercomb, died in office.
  • 1997 Mar 19: Charles Robert Richey, died in office.
  • 1998 Mar 31: John Garrett Penn, took senior status.
  • 1999 Feb 12: Stanley Sporkin, took senior status.
  • 2002 Jan 31: Thomas Penfield Jackson, took senior status.
  • 2014 Oct 12: John D. Bates, took senior status.
  • 2015 Dec 31: Reggie B. Walton, took senior status.
  • 2016 May 18: Rosemary M. Collyer, took senior status.

    Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1863-1967 (may be incomplete!)
    Andrew Wylie 1863-85 Arthur MacArthur 1870-87 Alexander Burton Hagner 1879-1903 Walter Smith Cox 1879-99 Charles Pinckney James 1879-92 William Matthew Merrick 1885-89 Martin V. Montgomery 1887-92 Louis E. McComas 1892-99 Daniel Thew Wright 1903-14 Wendell Phillips Stafford 1904-31 Walter Irving McCoy 1914-18 Frederick L. Siddons 1915-31 Thomas Jennings Bailey 1918-50 Alfred Adams Wheat 1929-30 Joseph Winston Cox 1930-39 James McPherson Proctor 1931-48 Daniel William O'Donoghue 1931-46 Bolitha James Laws 1938-45 James W. Morris 1939-60 Matthew Francis McGuire 1941-66 Henry Albert Schweinhaut 1944-56 Alexander Holtzoff 1945-67 Richmond Bowling Keech 1946-66 Edward Allen Tamm 1948-65

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1885 May 1: Andrew Wylie, retired.
  • 1887 Apr 1: Arthur MacArthur, retired.
  • 1889 Feb 4: William Matthew Merrick, died in office.
  • 1892 Oct 2: Martin V. Montgomery, resigned.
  • 1892 Dec 1: Charles Pinckney James, retired.
  • 1899 Mar 3: Louis E. McComas, resigned.
  • 1899 Jul 1: Walter Smith Cox, retired.
  • 1903 Jun 1: Alexander Burton Hagner, retired.
  • 1914 Nov 15: Daniel Thew Wright, resigned.
  • 1931 May 4: Wendell Phillips Stafford, retired.
  • 1931 Jun 19: Frederick L. Siddons, died in office.
  • 1939 Sep 9: Joseph Winston Cox, died in office.
  • 1946 Oct 31: Daniel William O'Donoghue, took senior status.
  • 1950 Nov 1: Thomas Jennings Bailey, took senior status.
  • 1956 Nov 16: Henry Albert Schweinhaut, took senior status.
  • 1960 Nov 15: James W. Morris, died in office.
  • 1966 Oct 7: Matthew Francis McGuire, took senior status.
  • 1966 Nov 1: Richmond Bowling Keech, took senior status.
  • 1967 Dec 31: Alexander Holtzoff, took senior status.
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