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Courts & Judges
Judges Appointed by Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter (Democratic) made 267 Article III appointments between 1977 and 1981, by commission date. 26 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.
Supreme Court0
Courts of appeals56
District courts208
Other courts3
Total appointments267
The appointees
GenderMale 225 Female 42
Race or ethnicityWhite 208 African American 39 Hispanic 16 Asian American 3 Pacific Islander 1 American Indian 1
ABA ratingWell Qualified 130 Qualified 110 Exceptionally Well Qualified 4 Not Qualified 3 Not Qualified By Reason of Age 1
Counts per appointment as recorded in the Federal Judicial Center's directory. The American Bar Association has rated nominees since the 1950s; older appointments carry no rating, and some recent nominees were not rated.
Courts of appeals (56)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia McGowan Wald | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 77-21 | Well Qualified | Retirement 1999 | |
| Abner Joseph Mikva | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 58-31 | Well Qualified | Retirement 1994 | |
| Harry Thomas Edwards | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1993 | ||
| Theodore McMillian | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Richard Sheppard Arnold | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Alvin Benjamin Rubin | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Death 1991 | ||
| Robert Smith Vance | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| Phyllis A. Kravitch | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| Frank Minis Johnson Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Reassignment 1981 | |||
| Albert John Henderson | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| Carolyn Dineen King | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Henry Anthony Politz | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Joseph Woodrow Hatchett | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| R[obert] Lanier Anderson III | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| Reynaldo Guerra Garza | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Thomas Morrow Reavley | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Albert Tate Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1986 | ||
| Samuel D. Johnson Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Thomas Alonzo Clark | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1981 | ||
| Jerre Stockton Williams | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1993 | ||
| Hugh Henry Bownes | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Stephen Gerald Breyer | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | 80-10 | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1994 | |
| James Dickson Phillips Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| James Marshall Sprouse | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 1995 | ||
| Samuel James Ervin III | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Procter Ralph Hug Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Thomas Tang | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| Betty Binns Fletcher | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Mary Murphy Schroeder | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Otto Richard Skopil Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Death 2012 | |||
| Joseph Jerome Farris | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Arthur Lawrence Alarcón | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Harry Pregerson | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Cecil F. Poole | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 1997 | ||
| Warren John Ferguson | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| Dorothy Wright Nelson | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 1995 | ||
| William Cameron Canby Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 1996 | ||
| Robert Boochever | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| William Albert Norris | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 1997 | ||
| Stephen Roy Reinhardt | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Amalya Lyle Kearse | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| Jon Ormond Newman | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Senior status since 1997 | |||
| Richard Dickson Cudahy | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Damon Jerome Keith | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Bailey Brown | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 83-12 | Retirement 1997 | ||
| Boyce Ficklen Martin Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2013 | ||
| Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Nathaniel Raphael Jones | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2002 | ||
| Monroe G. McKay | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| James Kenneth Logan | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 1998 | ||
| Stephanie Kulp Seymour | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Retirement 1993 | |||
| Dolores Korman Sloviter | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Qualified | Death 2022 |
District courts (208)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariana R. Pfaelzer | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Terry J. Hatter Jr. | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| Atsushi Wallace Tashima | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1996 | ||
| Consuelo Bland Marshall | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| David Vreeland Kenyon | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Retirement 1997 | ||
| Valdemar Aguirre Cordova | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Death 1988 | ||
| Richard Mansfield Bilby | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Charles Leach Hardy | District Court for the District of Arizona | Well Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| Alfredo Chavez Marquez | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Earl Hamblin Carroll | District Court for the District of Arizona | Death 2017 | |||
| John L. Kane Jr. | District Court for the District of Colorado | Well Qualified | Senior status since 1988 | ||
| James R. Carrigan | District Court for the District of Colorado | Qualified | Retirement 1995 | ||
| Zita Leeson Weinshienk | District Court for the District of Colorado | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Louis Falk Oberdorfer | District Court for the District of Columbia | Death 2013 | |||
| Harold H. Greene | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| John Garrett Penn | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Joyce Hens Green | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Norma Holloway Johnson | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Retirement 2003 | ||
| T. F. Gilroy Daly | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| Ellen Bree Burns | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Warren William Eginton | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| José Alberto Cabranes | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1994 | ||
| Walter Meheula Heen | District Court for the District of Hawaii | Recess appointment, not confirmed 1981 | |||
| Dale Emerson Saffels | District Court for the District of Kansas | Well Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Patrick F. Kelly | District Court for the District of Kansas | Well Qualified | Retirement 1996 | ||
| George John Mitchell | District Court for the District of Maine | Well Qualified | Resignation 1980 | ||
| Joseph Clemens Howard | District Court for the District of Maryland | Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| Shirley Brannock Jones | District Court for the District of Maryland | Qualified | Resignation 1982 | ||
| Norman Park Ramsey | District Court for the District of Maryland | Retirement 1992 | |||
| A. David Mazzone | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| David Sutherland Nelson | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| John Joseph McNaught | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Retirement 1991 | ||
| Robert Ernest Keeton | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Well Qualified | Retirement 2006 | ||
| Rya Weickert Zobel | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Harry Hunter MacLaughlin | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Diana E. Murphy | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1994 | ||
| Robert George Renner | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Paul Gerhart Hatfield | District Court for the District of Montana | Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| Harry E. Claiborne | District Court for the District of Nevada | Well Qualified | Impeachment & Conviction 1986 | ||
| Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. | District Court for the District of Nevada | Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Shane Devine | District Court for the District of New Hampshire | Death 1999 | |||
| Martin Francis Loughlin | District Court for the District of New Hampshire | Well Qualified | Retirement 1995 | ||
| Anne Elise Thompson | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Dickinson Richards Debevoise | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Death 2015 | |||
| H. Lee Sarokin | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1994 | ||
| Harold Arnold Ackerman | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Santiago E. Campos | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Well Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Juan Guerrero Burciaga | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Well Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| Helen Jackson Frye | District Court for the District of Oregon | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| James Anthony Redden | District Court for the District of Oregon | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Owen Murphy Panner | District Court for the District of Oregon | Well Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Retirement 2004 | ||
| Carmen Consuelo Cerezo | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Retirement 2021 | ||
| Francis Joseph Boyle | District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Matthew James Perry Jr. | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| C[harles] Weston Houck | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Falcon Black Hawkins Jr. | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| George Ross Anderson Jr. | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| Donald James Porter | District Court for the District of South Dakota | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Bruce Sterling Jenkins | District Court for the District of Utah | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| David Keith Winder | District Court for the District of Utah | Death 2009 | |||
| Elsijane Trimble Roy | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Richard Sheppard Arnold | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1980 | ||
| William Ray Overton | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 1987 | ||
| Henry Woods | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| George Howard Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Lawrence K. Karlton | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Milton Lewis Schwartz | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Edward Dean Price | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Well Qualified | Death 1997 | ||
| Raul Anthony Ramirez | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Qualified | Resignation 1989 | ||
| Harold Albert Baker | District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Reassignment 1979 | ||
| Scott Elgin Reed | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Death 1994 | ||
| William Odis Bertelsman | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Green Wix Unthank | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Robert Frederick Collins | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Resignation 1993 | ||
| Adrian Guy Duplantier | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| George Arceneaux Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Death 1993 | ||
| Patrick Eugene Carr | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Veronica DiCarlo Wicker | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 1994 | ||
| Peter Hill Beer | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Julian Abele Cook Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick Boyle | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Resignation 1983 | ||
| Avern Levin Cohn | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Stewart Albert Newblatt | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Horace Weldon Gilmore | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Death 2010 | |||
| Edward Louis Filippine | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Qualified | Senior status since 1995 | ||
| William Leonard Hungate | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Retirement 1992 | ||
| Clyde S. Cahill Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Charles Proctor Sifton | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Eugene Hoffman Nickerson | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| William Earl Britt | District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | Qualified | Senior status since 1997 | ||
| Frank Howell Seay | District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Louis Heilprin Pollak | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Norma Levy Shapiro | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| James Tyrone Giles | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Retirement 2008 | ||
| Robert Manley Parker | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1994 | ||
| Richard Leroy Williams | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Jack Edward Tanner | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Qualified | Reassignment 1978 | ||
| Robert James McNichols | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Death 1993 | |||
| Justin Lowe Quackenbush | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Terence Thomas Evans | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1995 | ||
| Truman McGill Hobbs | District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | Death 2015 | |||
| Myron Herbert Thompson | District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Howell Webster Melton Sr. | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| George Carter Carr | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Death 1990 | ||
| Susan Harrell Black | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1992 | ||
| William John Castagna | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| John Victor Parker | District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Frank Joseph Polozola | District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Richard Cannon Erwin | District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Richard Paul Conaboy | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Sylvia H. Rambo | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Retirement 2024 | ||
| Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Death 2020 | |||
| John Trice Nixon | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Well Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Robert Bruce Propst | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| U. W. Clemon | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Not Qualified | Retirement 2009 | ||
| Robert Peter Aguilar | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Retirement 1996 | ||
| Marilyn Hall Patel | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Retirement 2012 | ||
| Thelton Eugene Henderson | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Senior status since 1998 | ||
| Lynn Carlton Higby | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Resignation 1983 | ||
| Harold Loyd Murphy | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| George Ernest Tidwell | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Marvin Herman Shoob | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Orinda Dale Evans | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Robert L. Vining Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Robert Howell Hall | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| Horace Taliaferro Ward | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Nicholas John Bua | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Retirement 1991 | ||
| Stanley Julian Roszkowski | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Retirement 1998 | ||
| James Byron Moran | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Marvin E. Aspen | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| Milton Irving Shadur | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Charles Petros Kocoras | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Resignation 1987 | ||
| Donald Eugene O'Brien | District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | Not Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi | 43-25 | Qualified | Death 2011 | |
| Neal Peters McCurn | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| George Washington White | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Ann Aldrich | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| James O. Ellison | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Thomas Rutherford Brett | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Retirement 2003 | |||
| David Owen Belew Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| Mary Lou Robinson | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Jerry Buchmeyer | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Judith Nelsen Keep | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Earl Ben Gilliam | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| William Marcellin Hoeveler | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Death 2017 | |||
| Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 1996 | ||
| Edward Bertrand Davis | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Retirement 2000 | ||
| Eugene P. Spellman | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Death 1991 | ||
| James Carriger Paine | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| James W. Kehoe | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Alcee Lamar Hastings | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Impeachment & Conviction 1989 | ||
| Berry Avant Edenfield | District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| William Louis Beatty | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Gene Edward Brooks | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | Qualified | Retirement 1996 | ||
| Donald Eugene O'Brien | District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | Not Qualified | Reassignment 1990 | ||
| Harold Duane Vietor | District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Pierre Nelson Leval | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1993 | ||
| Robert Workman Sweet | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Leonard Burke Sand | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Mary Johnson Lowe | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Abraham David Sofaer | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Resignation 1985 | ||
| John David Holschuh | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| S. Arthur Spiegel | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Walter Herbert Rice | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Finis E. Cowan | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Resignation 1979 | ||
| Gabrielle Anne Kirk McDonald | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Resignation 1988 | ||
| George Edward Cire | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 1985 | ||
| George P. Kazen | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2018 | ||
| James DeAnda | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Retirement 1992 | ||
| Norman William Black | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 1997 | ||
| Hugh Gibson | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Filemon Bartolome Vela | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Robert Jackson Staker | District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Qualified | Retirement 2005 | ||
| William Matthew Kidd | District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Not Qualified By Reason of Age | Reassignment 1983 | ||
| Elsijane Trimble Roy | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1990 | ||
| Richard Sheppard Arnold | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1980 | ||
| George Howard Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Qualified | Reassignment 1990 | ||
| Edward Huggins Johnstone | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Thomas Austin Ballantine Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Death 1992 | ||
| Earl Ernest Veron | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 1990 | ||
| John Malach Shaw | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Benjamin F. Gibson | District Court for the Western District of Michigan | Qualified | Retirement 1999 | ||
| Douglas Woodruff Hillman | District Court for the Western District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Retirement 2002 | ||
| Richard Alan Enslen | District Court for the Western District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Russell Gentry Clark | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Qualified | Retirement 2000 | ||
| Howard Frederic Sachs | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Senior status since 1992 | ||
| Scott Olin Wright | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Lee Roy West | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Paul Allen Simmons | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Donald Emil Ziegler | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Retirement 2003 | ||
| Gustave Diamond | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Alan Neil Bloch | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Odell Horton | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Harry Lee Hudspeth | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| Lucius Desha Bunton III | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Clyde Frederick Shannon Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Resignation 1984 | ||
| Hipolito Frank Garcia | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| James Harry Michael Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Jack Edward Tanner | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Barbara Jacobs Rothstein | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Barbara Brandriff Crabb | District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin | Qualified | Senior status since 2010 |
Other courts (3)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Mortimer Friedman Chief Judge | Court of Claims | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1982 | ||
| Edward Samuel Smith | Court of Claims | Reassignment 1982 | |||
| Helen Wilson Nies Associate Judge | Court of Customs and Patent Appeals | Well Qualified | Reassignment 1982 |
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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.