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Courts & Judges
Judges Appointed by Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan (Republican) made 387 Article III appointments between 1981 and 1988, by commission date. 98 of those judges are still serving, in active or senior status.
Supreme Court4
Courts of appeals83
District courts294
Other courts6
Total appointments387
The appointees
GenderMale 355 Female 32
Race or ethnicityWhite 364 Hispanic 14 African American 7 Asian American 2
ABA ratingQualified 182 Well Qualified 175 Exceptionally Well Qualified 5
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.
Supreme Court (4)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Day O'Connor Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 99-0 | Death 2023 | ||
| Antonin Scalia Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 98-0 | Death 2016 | ||
| William Hubbs Rehnquist Chief Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 65-33 | Death 2005 | ||
| Anthony McLeod Kennedy Associate Justice | Supreme Court of the United States | 97-0 | Well Qualified | Retired since 2018 |
Courts of appeals (83)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Heron Bork | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Resignation 1988 | ||
| Antonin Scalia | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1986 | ||
| Kenneth Winston Starr | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Resignation 1989 | ||
| Laurence Hirsch Silberman | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| James Lane Buckley | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 84-11 | Qualified | Death 2023 | |
| Stephen Fain Williams | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Douglas Howard Ginsburg | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| David Bryan Sentelle | Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 87-0 | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | |
| John R. Gibson | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| George Gardner Fagg | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Pasco Middleton Bowman II | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Roger Leland Wollman | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Senior status since 2018 | |||
| Frank J. Magill | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| C[larence] Arlen Beam | Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| James Larry Edmondson | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Emmett Ripley Cox | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Pauline Newman | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| Jean Galloway Bissell | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Death 1990 | ||
| Glenn Leroy Archer Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Haldane Robert Mayer | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2010 | ||
| Paul Redmond Michel | Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| William Lockhart Garwood | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Death 2011 | |||
| E. Grady Jolly | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Patrick Errol Higginbotham | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Senior status since 2006 | |||
| W. Eugene Davis | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Robert Madden Hill | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1987 | ||
| Edith Hollan Jones | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| Jerry Edwin Smith | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| John Malcolm Duhe Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Juan R. Torruella | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Bruce Marshall Selya | Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Robert Foster Chapman | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| James Harvie Wilkinson III | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 58-39 | Qualified | Active | |
| Emory Marlin Sneeden | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Qualified | Resignation 1986 | ||
| William Walter Wilkins | Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 2008 | ||
| Robert R. Beezer | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Cynthia Holcomb Hall | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Charles Edward Wiggins | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Death 2000 | |||
| Melvin T. Brunetti | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Alex Kozinski | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 54-43 | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | |
| David R. Thompson | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| John T. Noonan Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Edward Leavy | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Stephen S. Trott | Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Richard J. Cardamone | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Lawrence Warren Pierce | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 1995 | ||
| Ralph K. Winter Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| George Cheney Pratt | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Retirement 1995 | ||
| Roger Jeffrey Miner | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Frank X. Altimari | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| John Daniel Mahoney | Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| Jesse Ernest Eschbach | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Death 2005 | |||
| Richard Allen Posner | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| John Louis Coffey | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Joel Martin Flaum | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Death 2024 | |||
| Frank Hoover Easterbrook | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Qualified | Active | ||
| Kenneth Francis Ripple | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Daniel Anthony Manion | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 48-46 | Qualified | Death 2024 | |
| Michael Stephen Kanne | Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Leroy John Contie Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Robert B. Krupansky | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Harry Walker Wellford | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Herbert Theodore Milburn | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| David Aldrich Nelson | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| James Leo Ryan | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2000 | ||
| Ralph B. Guy Jr. | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Death 2026 | |||
| Danny Julian Boggs | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Alan Eugene Norris | Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| John Carbone Porfilio | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 1999 | ||
| Stephen Hale Anderson | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2000 | ||
| Deanell Reece Tacha | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Bobby Ray Baldock | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Wade Brorby | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| David M. Ebel | Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Edward Roy Becker | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Death 2006 | ||
| Carol Los Mansmann | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Walter King Stapleton | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Death 2024 | |||
| Morton Ira Greenberg | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Death 2021 | |||
| Anthony Joseph Scirica | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Senior status since 2013 | |||
| William D. Hutchinson | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Well Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| Robert E. Cowen | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 1998 | ||
| Richard Lowell Nygaard | Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Qualified | Senior status since 2005 |
District courts (294)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Holcomb Hall | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1984 | ||
| Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| Edward Rafeedie | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| Pamela Ann Rymer | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1989 | ||
| Harry Lindley Hupp | District Court for the Central District of California | Death 2004 | |||
| Alicemarie Huber Stotler | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| James M. Ideman | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Retirement 1998 | ||
| William J. Rea | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| William Duffy Keller | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Ferdinand Francis Fernandez | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1989 | ||
| Stephen Victor Wilson | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2007 | ||
| J[ohn] Spencer Letts | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| John G. Davies | District Court for the Central District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 1998 | ||
| Ronald S. W. Lew | District Court for the Central District of California | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Michael Martin Mihm | District Court for the Central District of Illinois | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Richard Henry Mills | District Court for the Central District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| H[ezekiah] Russel Holland | District Court for the District of Alaska | Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Andrew Jay Kleinfeld | District Court for the District of Alaska | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1991 | ||
| William Docker Browning | District Court for the District of Arizona | Well Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Robert Cameron Broomfield | District Court for the District of Arizona | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Roger Gordon Strand | District Court for the District of Arizona | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| John Carbone Porfilio | District Court for the District of Colorado | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1985 | ||
| Lewis Thornton Babcock | District Court for the District of Colorado | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Thomas Penfield Jackson | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Retirement 2004 | ||
| Thomas Francis Hogan | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Stanley S. Harris | District Court for the District of Columbia | Retirement 2001 | |||
| George Hughes Revercomb | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Death 1993 | ||
| Stanley Sporkin | District Court for the District of Columbia | Well Qualified | Retirement 2000 | ||
| Royce C. Lamberth | District Court for the District of Columbia | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Peter Collins Dorsey | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Alan Harris Nevas | District Court for the District of Connecticut | Well Qualified | Retirement 2009 | ||
| Joseph J. Longobardi | District Court for the District of Delaware | Qualified | Senior status since 1997 | ||
| Joseph James Farnan Jr. | District Court for the District of Delaware | Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| Jane Richards Roth | District Court for the District of Delaware | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1991 | ||
| Harold Michael Fong | District Court for the District of Hawaii | Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| Alan Cooke Kay | District Court for the District of Hawaii | Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| David Alan Ezra | District Court for the District of Hawaii | Qualified | Senior status since 2012 | ||
| Harold Lyman Ryan | District Court for the District of Idaho | Qualified | Death 1995 | ||
| Sam A. Crow | District Court for the District of Kansas | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Conrad Keefe Cyr | District Court for the District of Maine | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1989 | ||
| Gene Carter | District Court for the District of Maine | Death 2021 | |||
| Walter Evan Black Jr. | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| John Raymond Hargrove Sr. | District Court for the District of Maryland | Qualified | Death 1997 | ||
| J. Frederick Motz | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Frederic N. Smalkin | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| Paul Victor Niemeyer | District Court for the District of Maryland | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1990 | ||
| Mark Lawrence Wolf | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Qualified | Retirement 2025 | ||
| William G. Young | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Senior status since 2021 | |||
| Douglas Preston Woodlock | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Edward Francis Harrington | District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Paul Arthur Magnuson | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| James Michael Rosenbaum | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| David Singleton Doty | District Court for the District of Minnesota | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Charles C. Lovell | District Court for the District of Montana | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| C[larence] Arlen Beam | District Court for the District of Nebraska | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1987 | ||
| Lyle Elmer Strom | District Court for the District of Nebraska | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| William G. Cambridge | District Court for the District of Nebraska | Qualified | Retirement 2000 | ||
| Lloyd D. George | District Court for the District of Nevada | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Howard D. McKibben | District Court for the District of Nevada | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| Philip Martin Pro | District Court for the District of Nevada | Well Qualified | Retirement 2015 | ||
| John Winslow Bissell | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Retirement 2005 | ||
| Maryanne Trump Barry | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1999 | ||
| Joseph H. Rodriguez | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Senior status since 1998 | |||
| Robert E. Cowen | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1987 | ||
| Garrett E. Brown Jr. | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Retirement 2012 | ||
| Alfred James Lechner Jr. | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Resignation 2001 | ||
| Nicholas H. Politan | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Qualified | Retirement 2002 | ||
| Alfred M. Wolin | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Retirement 2004 | ||
| John C. Lifland | District Court for the District of New Jersey | Well Qualified | Retirement 2007 | ||
| Bobby Ray Baldock | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1986 | ||
| John Edwards Conway | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| James Aubrey Parker | District Court for the District of New Mexico | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Patrick Anthony Conmy | District Court for the District of North Dakota | Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Rodney Scott Webb | District Court for the District of North Dakota | Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| Edward Leavy | District Court for the District of Oregon | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1987 | ||
| Malcolm Francis Marsh | District Court for the District of Oregon | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Jaime Pieras Jr. | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Raymond L. Acosta | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Héctor Manuel Laffitte | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Well Qualified | Retirement 2007 | ||
| José Antonio Fusté | District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| Bruce Marshall Selya | District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1986 | ||
| Ronald Rene Lagueux | District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Ernest C. Torres | District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Well Qualified | Retirement 2011 | ||
| William Walter Wilkins | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1986 | ||
| Clyde H. Hamilton | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1991 | ||
| Karen LeCraft Henderson | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1990 | ||
| Joseph Fletcher Anderson Jr. | District Court for the District of South Carolina | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| John Bailey Jones | District Court for the District of South Dakota | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Richard Howard Battey | District Court for the District of South Dakota | Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| John Thomas Greene Jr. | District Court for the District of Utah | Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| David Sam | District Court for the District of Utah | Qualified | Senior status since 1999 | ||
| Franklin S. Billings Jr. | District Court for the District of Vermont | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Alan Bond Johnson | District Court for the District of Wyoming | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Stephen M. Reasoner | District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| Robert Everett Coyle | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Well Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Edward J. Garcia | District Court for the Eastern District of California | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Henry Rupert Wilhoit Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Karl Spillman Forester | District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| A. J. McNamara | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Retirement 2001 | ||
| Martin Leach-Cross Feldman | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Marcel Livaudais Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | Qualified | Retirement 2008 | ||
| George E. Woods | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Retirement 2004 | ||
| Richard Fred Suhrheinrich | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1990 | ||
| George La Plata | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Retirement 1996 | ||
| Lawrence Paul Zatkoff | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Barbara Kloka Hackett | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Retirement 2000 | ||
| Patrick J. Duggan | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Bernard A. Friedman | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Paul V. Gadola | District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Joseph Edward Stevens Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Retirement 2008 | |||
| George F. Gunn Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| Joseph Michael McLaughlin | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1990 | ||
| Israel Leo Glasser | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 1993 | ||
| Frank X. Altimari | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1985 | ||
| Leonard D. Wexler | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Edward Robert Korman | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Raymond Joseph Dearie | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2011 | ||
| Reena Raggi | District Court for the Eastern District of New York | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2002 | ||
| James Carroll Fox | District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Terrence William Boyle | District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | Qualified | Active | ||
| Malcolm Jones Howard | District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina | Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| David Lynn Russell | District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Reassignment 1990 | ||
| Thomas Newman O'Neill Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Death 2018 | |||
| James McGirr Kelly | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Marvin Katz | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| Anthony Joseph Scirica | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1987 | ||
| Edmund V. Ludwig | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Robert F. Kelly | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2004 | ||
| Robert S. Gawthrop III | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Lowell A. Reed Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Jan Ely DuBois | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2026 | ||
| Herbert J. Hutton | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Jay Carl Waldman | District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Herbert Theodore Milburn | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1984 | ||
| Thomas Gray Hull | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| James Howard Jarvis II | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Robert Allan Edgar | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| Robert Leon Jordan | District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee | Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Howell Cobb | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2005 | ||
| Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Death 1994 | ||
| Paul Neeley Brown | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Qualified | Death 2012 | ||
| Richard A. Schell | District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| James Chris Cacheris | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Retirement 2018 | ||
| Robert George Doumar | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Claude M. Hilton | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| James Randolph Spencer | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Qualified | Retirement 2017 | ||
| Thomas Selby Ellis III | District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Alan Angus McDonald | District Court for the Eastern District of Washington | Well Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Thomas John Curran | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Death 2012 | |||
| Joseph Peter Stadtmueller | District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | Well Qualified | Active | ||
| Joel Fredrick Dubina | District Court for the Middle District of Alabama | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1990 | ||
| John Henry Moore II | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Elizabeth Anne Kovachevich | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | ||
| George Kendall Sharp | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| Patricia C. Fawsett | District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Duross Fitzpatrick | District Court for the Middle District of Georgia | Well Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| Frank William Bullock Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | Qualified | Retirement 2006 | ||
| Norwood Carlton Tilley Jr. | District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| William W. Caldwell | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Edwin Michael Kosik | District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2019 | ||
| Thomas Aquinas Higgins | District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| William Marsh Acker Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Eugene F. Lynch | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 1997 | ||
| John P. Vukasin Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of California | Qualified | Death 1993 | ||
| Charles A. Legge | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2001 | ||
| Delwen Lowell Jensen | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2014 | ||
| Fern M. Smith | District Court for the Northern District of California | Well Qualified | Retirement 2005 | ||
| Maurice Mitchell Paul | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Clyde Roger Vinson | District Court for the Northern District of Florida | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| J. Owen Forrester | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Qualified | Death 2014 | ||
| Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Georgia | Qualified | Retirement 2010 | ||
| John Albert Nordberg | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| William Thomas Hart | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Paul Edward Plunkett | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1992 | ||
| Charles Ronald Norgle Sr. | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2022 | ||
| Ann Claire Williams | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1999 | ||
| James F. Holderman | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Retirement 2015 | ||
| Brian Barnett Duff | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Harry Daniel Leinenweber | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| James Block Zagel | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| James Henry Alesia | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2003 | ||
| Suzanne B. Conlon | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| George Michael Marovich | District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2000 | ||
| William Charles Lee | District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | Well Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| James Tyne Moody | District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Michael Stephen Kanne | District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1987 | ||
| Robert Lowell Miller Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2016 | ||
| Rodolfo Lozano | District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | Well Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| David Rasmussen Hansen | District Court for the Northern District of Iowa | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1991 | ||
| Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Glen H. Davidson | District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Roger Jeffrey Miner | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1985 | ||
| Thomas James McAvoy | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Con. G. Cholakis | District Court for the Northern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 1996 | ||
| Alvin I. Krenzler | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Retirement 1992 | ||
| John William Potter | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| David Dudley Dowd Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Samuel H. Bell | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Death 2010 | ||
| Alice Moore Batchelder | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1992 | ||
| Richard B. McQuade Jr. | District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Resignation 1989 | ||
| David Lynn Russell | District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Reassignment 1990 | ||
| A[llen] Joe Fish | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Robert B. Maloney | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2000 | ||
| Sidney Allen Fitzwater | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | 52-42 | Qualified | Senior status since 2018 | |
| Samuel Ray Cummings | District Court for the Northern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Emmett Ripley Cox | District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1988 | ||
| Alex T. Howard Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | Well Qualified | Death 2011 | ||
| Charles Randolph Butler Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2005 | ||
| J. Lawrence Irving | District Court for the Southern District of California | Exceptionally Well Qualified | Resignation 1990 | ||
| Rudi M. Brewster | District Court for the Southern District of California | Death 2012 | |||
| John Skylstead Rhoades Sr. | District Court for the Southern District of California | Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| Lenore Carrero Nesbitt | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2001 | ||
| Stanley Marcus | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1997 | ||
| Thomas Emerson Scott Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Resignation 1990 | ||
| William J. Zloch | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| Kenneth L. Ryskamp | District Court for the Southern District of Florida | Well Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| William Donald Stiehl | District Court for the Southern District of Illinois | Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Sarah Evans Barker | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2014 | ||
| Larry J. McKinney | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | Well Qualified | Death 2017 | ||
| John Daniel Tinder | District Court for the Southern District of Indiana | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2007 | ||
| Charles Robert Wolle | District Court for the Southern District of Iowa | Well Qualified | Death 2022 | ||
| William Henry Barbour Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Death 2021 | ||
| Tom Stewart Lee | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Henry Travillion Wingate | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Active | ||
| Walter J. Gex III | District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| John Emilio Sprizzo | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2008 | ||
| Shirley Wohl Kram | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| John Fontaine Keenan | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2024 | ||
| Peter Keeton Leisure | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2013 | ||
| Louis Lee Stanton | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 1996 | ||
| John Mercer Walker Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1989 | ||
| Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2016 | ||
| Richard Joseph Daronco | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Death 1988 | ||
| Michael B. Mukasey | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Retirement 2006 | ||
| Kenneth Conboy | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Resignation 1993 | ||
| Kimba Maureen Wood | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Robert Porter Patterson Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of New York | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| Herman Jacob Weber | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2002 | ||
| James L. Graham | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| George Curtis Smith | District Court for the Southern District of Ohio | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Hayden Wilson Head Jr. | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Ricardo H. Hinojosa | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2025 | ||
| Lynn Nettleton Hughes | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2023 | ||
| David Hittner | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Kenneth M. Hoyt | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Simeon Timothy Lake III | District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2019 | ||
| Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan | District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Qualified | Death 2004 | ||
| H[ugh] Franklin Waters | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Well Qualified | Death 2002 | ||
| Morris Sheppard Arnold | District Court for the Western District of Arkansas | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1992 | ||
| Ronald Edward Meredith | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Qualified | Death 1994 | ||
| Charles Ralph Simpson III | District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| John Malcolm Duhe Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1988 | ||
| F. A. Little Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Retirement 2006 | ||
| Donald Ellsworth Walter | District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Qualified | Senior status since 2001 | ||
| Robert Holmes Bell | District Court for the Western District of Michigan | Qualified | Death 2023 | ||
| Joseph Edward Stevens Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 1998 | ||
| D. Brook Bartlett | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| John R. Gibson | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1982 | ||
| Ross Thompson Roberts | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Well Qualified | Death 1987 | ||
| Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Retirement 2008 | |||
| Dean Whipple | District Court for the Western District of Missouri | Qualified | Senior status since 2007 | ||
| Michael Anthony Telesca | District Court for the Western District of New York | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| David G. Larimer | District Court for the Western District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2009 | ||
| Richard Joseph Arcara | District Court for the Western District of New York | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Robert Daniel Potter | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Qualified | Death 2009 | ||
| David Bryan Sentelle | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 1987 | ||
| Richard Lesley Voorhees | District Court for the Western District of North Carolina | Qualified | Senior status since 2017 | ||
| David Lynn Russell | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Senior status since 2013 | ||
| Wayne Edward Alley | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Senior status since 1999 | ||
| Layn R. Phillips | District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma | Qualified | Resignation 1991 | ||
| Carol Los Mansmann | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1985 | ||
| Glenn Everell Mencer | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2007 | ||
| William Lloyd Standish | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Death 2015 | ||
| D[avid] Brooks Smith | District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania | Well Qualified | Appointed to another court 2002 | ||
| Julia Smith Gibbons | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2002 | ||
| James Dale Todd | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2008 | ||
| Jerome Turner | District Court for the Western District of Tennessee | Well Qualified | Death 2000 | ||
| James Robertson Nowlin | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Senior status since 2003 | ||
| Edward Charles Prado | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Appointed to another court 2003 | ||
| Walter Scott Smith Jr. | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Well Qualified | Retirement 2016 | ||
| Emilio M. Garza | District Court for the Western District of Texas | Qualified | Appointed to another court 1991 | ||
| Jackson L. Kiser | District Court for the Western District of Virginia | Well Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| John C. Coughenour | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2006 | ||
| Carolyn R. Dimmick | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Well Qualified | Death 2025 | ||
| Robert Jensen Bryan | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Senior status since 2000 | |||
| William Lee Dwyer | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Death 2002 | |||
| Thomas Samuel Zilly | District Court for the Western District of Washington | Well Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| John C. Shabaz | District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin | Qualified | Death 2012 |
Other courts (6)
| Judge | Court | Commissioned | Senate vote | ABA rating | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Wright Carman | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Death 2020 | ||
| Jane A. Restani | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Senior status since 2015 | ||
| Dominick L. DiCarlo | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Death 1999 | ||
| Thomas Joseph Aquilino Jr. | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Senior status since 2004 | ||
| Nicholas Tsoucalas | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Death 2018 | ||
| R. Kenton Musgrave | Court of International Trade | Qualified | Death 2023 |
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Source: Federal Judicial Center. Updated November 9, 2026.