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U.S. District Court in Oklahoma

U.S. District Judges for Oklahoma, 1940-74 (may be incomplete!)
Bower Slack Broaddus 1940-49 Luther Bohanon 1961-74

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1949 Dec 10: Bower Slack Broaddus, died in office.
  • 1974 Aug 2: Luther Bohanon, took senior status.

    U.S. District Judges for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1907-2003 (may be incomplete!)
    Ralph E. Campbell 1907-18 Robert L. Williams 1919-37 Franklin E. Kennamer 1924-25 Alfred P. Murrah 1937-40 Eugene Rice 1937-63 Frederick Alvin Daugherty 1961-82 Edwin Langley 1965-73 Joseph Wilson Morris 1974-78 Harold Dale Cook 1974-92 Frank Howell Seay 1979-2003 Billy Michael Burrage 1994-2001

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1918 Aug 31: Ralph E. Campbell, resigned.
  • 1963 Dec 1: Eugene Rice, took senior status.
  • 1973 Sep 12: Edwin Langley, died in office.
  • 1978 Jul 31: Joseph Wilson Morris, resigned.
  • 1982 Jan 12: Frederick Alvin Daugherty, took senior status.
  • 1992 Jan 1: Harold Dale Cook, took senior status.
  • 2001 Mar 1: Billy Michael Burrage, resigned.
  • 2003 Sep 25: Frank Howell Seay, took senior status.

    U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1925-2017 (may be incomplete!)
    Franklin E. Kennamer 1925-40 Alfred P. Murrah 1937-40 Royce H. Savage 1940-61 Frederick Alvin Daugherty 1961-82 Allen Edward Barrow 1962-79 Harold Dale Cook 1974-92 Thomas Rutherford Brett 1979-96 James O. Ellison 1979-94 Billy Michael Burrage 1994-2001 Claire Eagan 2001- John Edward Dowdell 2012-

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1940 May 31: Franklin E. Kennamer, took senior status.
  • 1961 Oct 31: Royce H. Savage, resigned.
  • 1979 Feb 26: Allen Edward Barrow, died in office.
  • 1982 Jan 12: Frederick Alvin Daugherty, took senior status.
  • 1992 Jan 1: Harold Dale Cook, took senior status.
  • 1994 Nov 7: James O. Ellison, took senior status.
  • 1996 Oct 3: Thomas Rutherford Brett, took senior status.
  • 2001 Mar 1: Billy Michael Burrage, resigned.

    U.S. District Judges for the Western District of Oklahoma, 1907-2017 (may be incomplete!)
    John Hazelton Cotteral 1907-28 Alfred P. Murrah 1937-40 Stephen Sanders Chandler, Jr. 1943-75 Ross Rizley 1956-69 Frederick Alvin Daugherty 1961-82 Luther Boyd Eubanks 1965-86 Harold Dale Cook 1974-92 Lee Roy West 1979-94 Wayne Edward Alley 1985-99 Robin J. Cauthron 1991-2015 Timothy D. Leonard 1992-94 Billy Michael Burrage 1994-2001 Vicki Miles-LaGrange 1994- Timothy D. DeGiusti 2007-

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1969 Mar 4: Ross Rizley, died in office.
  • 1975 Oct 20: Stephen Sanders Chandler, Jr., took senior status.
  • 1982 Jan 12: Frederick Alvin Daugherty, took senior status.
  • 1986 Jun 30: Luther Boyd Eubanks, took senior status.
  • 1992 Jan 1: Harold Dale Cook, took senior status.
  • 1994 Nov 26: Lee Roy West, took senior status.
  • 1999 May 16: Wayne Edward Alley, took senior status.
  • 2001 Mar 1: Billy Michael Burrage, resigned.
  • 2015 Jul 14: Robin J. Cauthron, took senior status.
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