The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Court in Mississippi

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U.S. District Court in Mississippi

U.S. District Judges for Mississippi, 1818-38 (may be incomplete!)
William B. Shields 1818-23 Peter Randolph 1823-32 George Adams 1836-38

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1823 Apr 19: William B. Shields, died in office.

1832 Jan 30: Peter Randolph, died in office.

1838 Sep 30: George Adams, resigned.

U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1866-2017 (may be incomplete!)
Robert Andrews Hill 1866-91 Edwin Ruthven Holmes 1918-29 Elijah Allen Cox 1929-57 Claude Feemster Clayton 1958-67 William Colbert Keady 1968-83 Orma Rinehart Smith 1968-78 Lyonel Thomas Senter, Jr. 1979-98 Neal Brooks Biggers, Jr. 1984- W. Allen Pepper, Jr. 1999-2012 Michael P. Mills 2001- Sharion Aycock 2007- Debra Marie Brown 2013-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1891 Aug 1: Robert Andrews Hill, retired.

1957 Mar 22: Elijah Allen Cox, took senior status.

1978 Aug 16: Orma Rinehart Smith, took senior status.

1983 Apr 26: William Colbert Keady, took senior status.

1998 Jul 30: Lyonel Thomas Senter, Jr., took senior status.

2012 Jan 24: W. Allen Pepper, Jr., died in office.

U.S. District Judges for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1866-2017 (may be incomplete!)
Robert Andrews Hill 1866-91 Edwin Ruthven Holmes 1918-36 Sidney Carr Mize 1937-65 Dan M. Russell, Jr. 1965-83 William H. Barbour, Jr. 1983- Charles W. Pickering 1990-2004 David C. Bramlette 1991- Keith Starrett 2004-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1891 Aug 1: Robert Andrews Hill, retired.

1965 Apr 26: Sidney Carr Mize, died in office.

1983 Oct 25: Dan M. Russell, Jr., took senior status.

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