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U.S. District Court in Washington

U.S. District Judges for Washington, 1890-1905 (may be incomplete!)
Cornelius Hanford 1890-1905

U.S. District Judges for the Eastern District of Washington, 1905-2017 (may be incomplete!)
Edward Whitson 1905-10 Frank H. Rudkin 1911-23 J. Stanley Webster 1923-39 Lewis B. Schwellenbach 1940-45 Sam M. Driver 1946 William James Lindberg 1951-61 Charles Lawrence Powell 1959-72 Marshall Allen Neill 1972-79 Jack Edward Tanner 1978 Robert James McNichols 1979-91 Alan Angus McDonald 1985-96 Robert H. Whaley 1995-2009 Edward F. Shea 1998-2012 Lonny R. Suko 2003-13 Stanley Allen Bastian 2014- Salvador Mendoza, Jr. 2014-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1910 Oct 15: Edward Whitson, died in office.
  • 1945 Jun 30: Lewis B. Schwellenbach, resigned.
  • 1972 Apr 21: Charles Lawrence Powell, took senior status.
  • 1979 Oct 6: Marshall Allen Neill, died in office.
  • 1991 Apr 20: Robert James McNichols, took senior status.
  • 1996 Dec 13: Alan Angus McDonald, took senior status.
  • 2009 Jul 12: Robert H. Whaley, took senior status.
  • 2012 Jun 7: Edward F. Shea, took senior status.
  • 2013 Nov 1: Lonny R. Suko, took senior status.

    U.S. District Judges for the Western District of Washington, 1905-2017 (may be incomplete!)
    Cornelius Hanford 1905-12 George Donworth 1909-12 Edward E. Cushman 1912-39 Clinton Woodbury Howard 1912-13 Jeremiah Neterer 1913- John Clyde Bowen 1934-61 Lloyd L. Black 1939-50 William James Lindberg 1951-71 George Hugo Boldt 1953-71 William Trulock Beeks 1961-73 Walter Thomas McGovern 1971-87 Morell Edward Sharp 1971-80 Donald S. Voorhees 1974-86 Jack Edward Tanner 1978-91 John C. Coughenour 1981-2006 Carolyn R. Dimmick 1985-97 Robert J. Bryan 1986-2000 William Lee Dwyer 1987-98 Franklin D. Burgess 1994-2005 Ricardo S. Martinez 2004- Benjamin Hale Settle 2007-

    Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

  • 1912 Mar 20: George Donworth, resigned.
  • 1912 Jul 22: Cornelius Hanford, resigned.
  • 1939 Nov 3: Edward E. Cushman, took senior status.
  • 1950 Aug 23: Lloyd L. Black, died in office.
  • 1961 Jun 5: John Clyde Bowen, took senior status.
  • 1971 Mar 1: William James Lindberg, took senior status.
  • 1971 Oct 30: George Hugo Boldt, took senior status.
  • 1973 May 31: William Trulock Beeks, took senior status.
  • 1980 Oct 19: Morell Edward Sharp, died in office.
  • 1986 Nov 30: Donald S. Voorhees, took senior status.
  • 1987 Sep 30: Walter Thomas McGovern, took senior status.
  • 1991 Jan 28: Jack Edward Tanner, took senior status.
  • 1997 Nov 1: Carolyn R. Dimmick, took senior status.
  • 1998 Dec 1: William Lee Dwyer, took senior status.
  • 2000 Nov 1: Robert J. Bryan, took senior status.
  • 2005 Mar 9: Franklin D. Burgess, took senior status.
  • 2006 Jul 27: John C. Coughenour, took senior status.
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