List of United States federal judges by longevity of service

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This is a list of Article III United States federal judges by longevity of service. The judges on the lists below were presidential appointees who have been confirmed by the Senate, and who served on the federal bench for over 40 years. It includes neither Article I judges (e.g., U.S. Tax Court, bankruptcy courts, administrative tribunals) or Article IV judges (e.g., territorial courts).

Total combined service[]

Rank Judge Court Appointed by Began active service Ended active service Ended senior status Total active service Total service
1 Joseph William Woodrough D. Neb.
8th Cir.		 Wilson
F.D.R.		 April 3, 1916
April 12, 1933		 April 12, 1933
January 3, 1961
October 2, 1977		 44 years, 275 days 61 years, 182 days
2 Henry Potter 5th Cir.
D.N.C.		 Jefferson May 9, 1801[1]
April 7, 1802		 April 7, 1802
December 20, 1857		 n/a 56 years, 225 days 56 years, 225 days
3 William Joseph Nealon Jr. M.D. Pa. Kennedy December 13, 1962[2] January 1, 1989 August 30, 2018 26 years, 19 days 55 years, 260 days
4 Joseph Buffington W.D. Pa.
3rd Cir.
3rd Cir.		 B. Harrison
T. Roosevelt
T. Roosevelt		 February 23, 1892
September 25, 1906
September 25, 1906[3]		 September 26, 1906
December 31, 1911
June 1, 1938

October 21, 1947		 46 years, 98 days 55 years, 240 days
5 Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. S.D. Tex.
5th Cir.		 Wilson
Hoover		 April 6, 1918
January 26, 1931		 January 26, 1931
November 4, 1964
January 18, 1973		 46 years, 212 days 54 years, 287 days
6 Seybourn Harris Lynne N.D. Ala. Truman January 3, 1946 January 9, 1973 September 10, 2000 27 years, 6 days 54 years, 251 days
7 Edward Joseph McManus N.D. Iowa Kennedy July 16, 1962 February 9, 1985 March 20, 2017 22 years, 208 days 54 years, 247 days
8 William Cranch D.C. Cir. J. Adams[4] March 3, 1801 September 1, 1855 n/a 54 years, 182 days 54 years, 182 days
9 Jack B. Weinstein E.D.N.Y. L.B.J. April 25, 1967 March 1, 1993 June 15, 2021 25 years, 310 days 54 years, 51 days
10 George C. Young S.D. Fla.
N.D. Fla.
M.D. Fla.		 Kennedy September 18, 1961
September 18, 1961
October 29, 1962		 September 17, 1966
September 17, 1966
October 19, 1981

April 24, 2015		 20 years, 31 days 53 years, 218 days
11 Wilfred Feinberg S.D.N.Y.
2nd Cir.		 Kennedy
L.B.J.		 October 5, 1961[5]
March 7, 1966		 March 7, 1966
January 31, 1991
July 31, 2014		 29 years, 118 days 52 years, 299 days
12 Manuel Real C.D. Cal. L.B.J. November 3, 1966 November 4, 2018 June 26, 2019 52 years, 1 day 52 years, 235 days
13 Albert Branson Maris E.D. Pa.
3rd Cir.		 F.D.R. June 22, 1936
June 24, 1938		 June 16, 1938
December 31, 1958
February 7, 1989		 22 years, 192 days 52 years, 230 days
14 Learned Hand S.D.N.Y.
2d Cir.		 Taft
Coolidge		 April 26, 1909
December 20, 1924		 December 29, 1924
June 1, 1951
August 18, 1961		 42 years, 36 days 52 years, 114 days
15 Alfred Goodwin D. Or.
9th Cir.		 Nixon December 11, 1969
November 30, 1971		 December 17, 1971
January 31, 1991
Incumbent		 21 years, 51 days 52 years, 52 days
16 Orie Leon Phillips D.N.M.
10th Cir.		 Harding
Hoover		 March 3, 1923
April 29, 1929		 April 29, 1929
January 1, 1956
November 14, 1974		 32 years, 304 days 51 years, 256 days
17 John P. Fullam E.D. Pa. L.B.J. August 11, 1966 April 1, 1990 March 8, 2018 23 years, 233 days 51 years, 209 days
18 Damon Keith E.D. Mich.
6th Cir.		 L.B.J.
Carter		 October 12, 1967
October 21, 1977		 November 22, 1977
May 1, 1995
April 28, 2019		 27 years, 201 days 51 years, 198 days
19 Walter King Stapleton D. Del.
3rd Cir.		 Nixon
Reagan		 October 14, 1970
April 4, 1985		 May 8, 1985
June 2, 1999
Incumbent		 28 years, 231 days 51 years, 110 days
20 Gerald Bard Tjoflat M.D. Fla.
5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Nixon
Ford
n/a[6]		 October 16, 1970
November 21, 1975
October 1, 1981		 December 12, 1975
October 1, 1981
November 19, 2019

Incumbent		 49 years, 34 days 51 years, 108 days
John Clifford Wallace S.D. Cal.
9th Cir.		 Nixon October 16, 1970
June 28, 1972		 July 14, 1972
April 8, 1996
Incumbent		 25 years, 175 days 51 years, 108 days
22 James Lawrence King S.D. Fla. Nixon October 19, 1970 December 20, 1992 Incumbent 22 years, 62 days 51 years, 105 days
23 Alexander Harvey II D. Md. L.B.J. September 22, 1966 March 8, 1991 December 4, 2017 24 years, 167 days 51 years, 73 days
24 William Augustus Bootle M.D. Ga. Eisenhower May 20, 1954 March 11, 1972 January 25, 2005 17 years, 296 days 50 years, 250 days
25 James R. Browning 9th Cir. Kennedy September 18, 1961 September 1, 2000 May 6, 2012 38 years, 349 days 50 years, 231 days
26 Myron Donovan Crocker S.D. Cal.
E.D. Cal.		 Eisenhower
n/a[7]		 September 21, 1959
September 18, 1966		 September 18, 1966
January 1, 1981
February 2, 2010		 21 years, 102 days 50 years, 134 days
27 Harry W. Wellford W.D. Tenn.
6th Cir.		 Nixon
Reagan		 December 12, 1970
August 20, 1982		 September 10, 1982
January 15, 1991
April 17, 2021		 20 years, 34 days 50 years, 126 days
28 Peter T. Fay S.D. Fla.
5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Nixon
Ford
n/a[6]		 October 16, 1970
September 21, 1976
October 1, 1981		 October 8, 1976
October 1, 1981
January 19, 1994

January 31, 2021		 23 years, 95 days 50 years, 107 days
29 William J. Bauer N.D. Ill.
7th Cir.		 Nixon
Ford		 November 10, 1971
December 20, 1974		 January 3, 1975
October 31, 1994
Incumbent		 22 years, 355 days 50 years, 83 days
30 Charles Miller Metzner S.D.N.Y. Eisenhower September 10, 1959 September 30, 1977 November 30, 2009 18 years, 20 days 50 years, 81 days
31 Walter Thomas McGovern W.D. Wash. Nixon April 23, 1971 September 30, 1987 July 8, 2021 16 years, 160 days 50 years, 76 days
32 Carl Olaf Bue Jr. S.D. Tex. Nixon October 15, 1970 September 2, 1987 December 24, 2020 16 years, 350 days 50 years, 70 days
33 Levin H. Campbell D. Mass.
1st Cir.		 Nixon November 30, 1971
June 30, 1972		 August 31, 1972
January 3, 1992
Incumbent		 20 years, 34 days 50 years, 63 days
34 Jon O. Newman D. Conn.
2nd Cir.		 Nixon
Carter		 December 15, 1971
June 21, 1979		 June 25, 1979
July 1, 1997
Incumbent		 25 years, 198 days 50 years, 48 days
35 William Terrell Hodges M.D. Fla. Nixon December 15, 1971 May 2, 1999 January 4, 2022 27 years, 138 days 50 years, 20 days
36 Harry Pregerson C.D. Cal.
9th Cir.		 L.B.J.
Carter		 December 7, 1967
November 2, 1979		 November 6, 1979
December 11, 2015
November 25, 2017		 48 years, 4 days 49 years, 353 days
37 Wesley E. Brown D. Kan. Kennedy April 4, 1962 September 1, 1979 January 23, 2012 17 years, 150 days 49 years, 294 days
38 John Thomas Curtin W.D.N.Y L.B.J. December 14, 1967 July 1, 1989 April 14, 2017 21 years, 199 days 49 years, 121 days
39 Daniel Holcombe Thomas S.D. Ala. Truman March 9, 1951 August 25, 1971 April 13, 2000 20 years, 169 days 49 years, 35 days
40 David Norton Edelstein S.D.N.Y. Truman November 1, 1951[8] November 1, 1994 August 19, 2000 43 years, 0 days 48 years, 292 days
41 John Paul Stevens 7th Cir.
SCOTUS		 Nixon
Ford		 October 14, 1970
December 17, 1975		 December 18, 1975
June 30, 2010
July 16, 2019		 39 years, 259 days 48 years, 275 days
42 Donald West VanArtsdalen E.D. Pa. Nixon October 15, 1970 October 21, 1985 May 21, 2019 15 years, 6 days 48 years, 218 days
43 Willard Hall D. Del. Monroe May 6, 1823[9] December 6, 1871 n/a 48 years, 214 days 48 years, 214 days
44 Thomas Walter Swan 2nd Cir. Coolidge December 22, 1926 July 1, 1953 July 13, 1975 26 years, 191 days 48 years, 203 days
45 Myron H. Bright 8th Cir. L.B.J. June 7, 1968 June 1, 1985 December 12, 2016 16 years, 359 days 48 years, 188 days
46 John William Ditter Jr. E.D. Pa. Nixon October 15, 1970 October 19, 1986 April 7, 2019 16 years, 4 days 48 years, 174 days
47 Bailey Aldrich D. Mass.
1st Cir.		 Eisenhower April 27, 1954
September 10, 1959		 September 14, 1959
August 31, 1972
September 25, 2002		 18 years, 126 days 48 years, 151 days
48 Edwin F. Hunter W.D. La. Eisenhower October 3, 1953[10] February 19, 1976 February 22, 2002 22 years, 139 days 48 years, 142 days
49 Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe E.D. La. L.B.J. March 26, 1966 August 26, 1992 August 10, 2014 26 years, 153 days 48 years, 137 days
50 John C. Knox S.D.N.Y. Wilson April 12, 1918 April 30, 1955 August 23, 1966 37 years, 18 days 48 years, 133 days
51 James Sewall Morsell D.C. Cir. Madison January 11, 1815 March 3, 1863 n/a 48 years, 51 days 48 years, 51 days
52 Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. E.D. Va. Nixon July 29, 1971 December 1, 1991 August 27, 2019 20 years, 125 days 48 years, 29 days
53 William Joseph Campbell N.D. Ill. F.D.R. October 10, 1940 March 19, 1970 October 19, 1988 29 years, 160 days 48 years, 9 days
54 Samuel Conti N.D. Cal. Nixon October 16, 1970 November 1, 1987 August 29, 2018 17 years, 16 days 47 years, 317 days
55 Albert L. Reeves W.D. Mo. Harding June 24, 1923 February 2, 1954 March 24, 1971 30 years, 223 days 47 years, 273 days
56 William Benner Enright S.D. Cal. Nixon June 30, 1972 July 12, 1990 March 7, 2020 18 years, 12 days 47 years, 251 days
57 Garnett Thomas Eisele E.D. Ark. Nixon August 6, 1970 August 1, 1991 November 26, 2017 20 years, 360 days 47 years, 112 days
58 Marion Speed Boyd W.D. Tenn. F.D.R. September 27, 1940 August 1, 1966 January 9, 1988 25 years, 308 days 47 years, 104 days
59 James Hughes Hancock N.D. Ala. Nixon April 17, 1973 May 1, 1996 July 24, 2020 23 years, 14 days 47 years, 98 days
60 Warren Keith Urbom D. Neb. Nixon April 24, 1970 December 31, 1990 July 28, 2017 20 years, 251 days 47 years, 95 days
61 Joel Flaum N.D. Ill.
7th Cir.		 Ford
Reagan		 December 20, 1974
May 5, 1983		 June 1, 1983
November 30, 2020
Incumbent		 45 years, 346 days 47 years, 43 days
Donald Alsop D. Minn. Ford December 20, 1974 August 28, 1992 Incumbent 17 years, 252 days 47 years, 43 days
63 James von der Heydt D. Alaska L.B.J. November 3, 1966 July 15, 1984 December 1, 2013 17 years, 255 days 47 years, 28 days
64 Robert F. Chapman D.S.C.
4th Cir.		 Nixon
Reagan		 May 27, 1971
September 19, 1981		 October 2, 1981
May 31, 1991
April 18, 2018		 20 years, 4 days 46 years, 326 days
65 Leonard I. Garth D.N.J.
3rd Cir.		 Nixon December 18, 1969
August 6, 1973		 August 29, 1973
June 30, 1986
September 22, 2016		 16 years, 194 days 46 years, 279 days
66 William Henry Stafford Jr. N.D. Fla. Ford May 14, 1975 May 31, 1996 Incumbent 21 years, 17 days 46 years, 263 days
67 William Clark O'Kelley N.D. Ga. Nixon October 16, 1970 October 1, 1996 July 5, 2017 25 years, 351 days 46 years, 262 days
68 George M. Bourquin D. Mont. Taft March 8, 1912 March 9, 1934 November 15, 1958 22 years, 1 day 46 years, 252 days
69 Anthony Kennedy 9th Cir.
SCOTUS		 Ford
Reagan		 May 30, 1975
February 18, 1988		 February 18, 1988
July 31, 2018
Incumbent		 43 years, 62 days 46 years, 247 days
70 Gunnar Nordbye D. Minn. Hoover March 18, 1931[11] March 6, 1967 November 5, 1977 35 years, 353 days 46 years, 232 days
71 Roy Winfield Harper[12] W.D. Mo.
E.D. Mo.		 Truman August 7, 1947 January 5, 1971 February 13, 1994 23 years, 151 days 46 years, 190 days
72 Charles William Kraft Jr. E.D. Pa. Eisenhower August 12, 1955[13] November 11, 1970 January 18, 2002 15 years, 91 days 46 years, 159 days
73 Ruggero J. Aldisert 3rd Cir. L.B.J. July 29, 1968 December 31, 1986 December 28, 2014 18 years, 155 days 46 years, 152 days
74 Eugene Edward Siler Jr. E.D. Ky.
W.D. Ky.
6th Cir.		 Ford
Ford
G.H.W. Bush		 November 13, 1975
November 13, 1975
September 16, 1991		 September 20, 1991
September 20, 1991
December 31, 2001

Incumbent		 26 years, 48 days 46 years, 80 days
75 Phillip Forman D.N.J.
3rd Cir.		 Hoover
Eisenhower		 June 25, 1932
September 10, 1959		 September 20, 1959
March 31, 1961
August 17, 1978		 28 years, 279 days 46 years, 53 days
76 Patrick Higginbotham N.D. Tx.
5th Cir.		 Ford
Reagan		 December 12, 1975
July 30, 1982		 July 30, 1982
August 28, 2006
Incumbent		 30 years, 259 days 46 years, 51 days
77 Joseph L. Tauro D. Mass. Nixon October 17, 1972 September 26, 2013 November 30, 2018 40 years, 344 days 46 years, 44 days
78 Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr. W.D. Okla. F.D.R. May 13, 1943 October 20, 1975 April 27, 1989 32 years, 160 days 45 years, 349 days
79 Juan R. Torruella D.P.R.
1st Cir.		 Ford
Reagan		 December 20, 1974
October 4, 1984		 October 30, 1984
October 26, 2020		 n/a 45 years, 311 days 45 years, 311 days
80 Charles S. Haight Jr. S.D.N.Y. Ford March 29, 1976 September 23, 1995 Incumbent 19 years, 178 days 45 years, 309 days
81 Caleb Merrill Wright D. Del. Eisenhower July 27, 1955 October 8, 1973 May 12, 2001 18 years, 73 days 45 years, 289 days
82 Ralph B. Guy Jr. E.D. Mich.
6th Cir.		 Ford
Reagan		 May 12, 1976
October 17, 1985		 October 17, 1985
September 1, 1994
Incumbent		 18 years, 112 days 45 years, 265 days
83 Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr. W.D. Pa. Ford May 21, 1976 November 28, 1994 January 1, 2022 18 years, 191 days 45 years, 225 days
84 William Judson Holloway Jr. 10th Cir. L.B.J. September 16, 1968 May 31, 1992 April 25, 2014 23 years, 258 days 45 years, 221 days
85 R. James Harvey E.D. Mich. Nixon December 19, 1973 March 31, 1984 July 20, 2019 10 years, 103 days 45 years, 213 days
86 Dan Monroe Russell Jr. S.D. Miss. L.B.J. October 2, 1965 October 25, 1983 April 16, 2011 18 years, 23 days 45 years, 196 days
87 James Paul Churchill E.D. Mich. Ford December 20, 1974 December 31, 1989 June 29, 2020 15 years, 11 days 45 years, 192 days
88 Thomas Virgil Pittman M.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.		 L.B.J. June 29, 1966
June 29, 1966		 June 2, 1970
July 15, 1981
January 6, 2012		 15 years, 16 days 45 years, 191 days
89 Elijah Allen Cox N.D. Miss. Coolidge March 2, 1929 March 22, 1957 August 28, 1974 28 years, 20 days 45 years, 179 days
90 Thomas P. Griesa S.D.N.Y. Nixon June 30, 1972 March 13, 2000 December 24, 2017 27 years, 257 days 45 years, 177 days
91 John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. S.D.W.Va. Ford September 3, 1976 November 1, 2018 Incumbent 42 years, 59 days 45 years, 151 days
92 William Daniel Murray D. Mont. Truman May 9, 1949 December 31, 1965 October 3, 1994 16 years, 236 days 45 years, 147 days
93 W. Eugene Davis W.D. La.
5th Cir.		 Ford
Reagan		 September 21, 1976
November 16, 1983		 December 9, 1983
December 31, 2016
Incumbent		 40 years, 101 days 45 years, 133 days
94 Robert Earl Maxwell N.D. W.Va. L.B.J. August 11, 1965 July 19, 1995 November 20, 2010 29 years, 342 days 45 years, 101 days
95 Richard Paul Matsch D. Col. Nixon March 8, 1974 July 1, 2003 May 26, 2019 29 years, 115 days 45 years, 79 days
96 Joseph Putnam Willson W.D. Pa. Eisenhower July 14, 1953 October 18, 1968 August 3, 1998 15 years, 96 days 45 years, 20 days
97 William Elwood Steckler S.D. Ind. Truman April 7, 1950 December 31, 1986 March 8, 1995 36 years, 268 days 44 years, 335 days
98 Solomon Blatt Jr. D.S.C. Nixon May 28, 1971 May 7, 1990 April 20, 2016 18 years, 344 days 44 years, 328 days
99 Charles Wycliffe Joiner E.D. Mich. Nixon June 9, 1972 August 15, 1984 March 10, 2017 12 years, 67 days 44 years, 274 days
100 Gordon Thompson Jr. S.D. Cal. Nixon October 16, 1970 December 28, 1994 July 5, 2015 24 years, 73 days 44 years, 262 days
101 Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr. D. Mass. F.D.R. December 19, 1941 September 1, 1971 September 3, 1986 29 years, 256 days 44 years, 258 days
102 Jennings Bailey D.D.C. Wilson May 22, 1918 November 1, 1950 January 9, 1963 32 years, 163 days 44 years, 232 days
103 Edward Louis Filippine E.D. Mo. Carter July 22, 1977 June 11, 1995 Incumbent 17 years, 324 days 44 years, 194 days
104 Harold Lloyd Murphy N.D. Ga. Carter July 29, 1977 March 31, 2017 Incumbent 39 years, 245 days 44 years, 187 days
105 Frederick Alvin Daugherty E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.		 Kennedy October 5, 1961[14] January 12, 1982 April 7, 2006 20 years, 99 days 44 years, 184 days
106 Matthew Francis McGuire D.D.C. F.D.R. August 1, 1941 October 7, 1966 January 24, 1986 25 years, 67 days 44 years, 176 days
107 Samuel Hugh Dillin S.D. Ind. Kennedy September 22, 1961 March 31, 1993 March 13, 2006 31 years, 190 days 44 years, 172 days
108 Luther Merritt Swygert N.D. Ind.
7th Cir.		 F.D.R.
Kennedy		 October 16, 1943
September 29, 1961		 October 10, 1961
July 1, 1981
March 16, 1988		 37 years, 258 days 44 years, 152 days
109 Thomas Francis Murphy S.D.N.Y. Truman July 2, 1951 December 3, 1970 October 26, 1995 19 years, 154 days 44 years, 116 days
110 Ashur Ware D. Me. Monroe February 15, 1822 May 31, 1866 n/a 44 years, 105 days 44 years, 105 days
111 Pierre N. Leval S.D.N.Y.
2nd Cir.		 Carter
Clinton		 October 31, 1977
October 20, 1993		 November 8, 1993
August 16, 2002
Incumbent		 24 years, 289 days 44 years, 93 days
112 Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. 6th Cir. Carter October 31, 1977 January 17, 2001 January 17, 2022 23 years, 78 days 44 years, 78 days
113 Frank M. Coffin 1st Cir. L.B.J. October 2, 1965 February 1, 1989 December 7, 2009 23 years, 122 days 44 years, 66 days
114 John L. Kane Jr. D. Col. Carter December 16, 1977 April 8, 1988 Incumbent 10 years, 114 days 44 years, 47 days
115 John Clyde Bowen W.D. Wash. F.D.R. March 20, 1934 June 5, 1961 April 27, 1978 27 years, 77 days 44 years, 38 days
116 Harold P. Burke W.D.N.Y. F.D.R. June 18, 1937 June 15, 1981 July 17, 1981 43 years, 362 days 44 years, 29 days
117 John F. Grady N.D. Ill. Ford November 21, 1975 May 23, 1994 December 2, 2019 18 years, 183 days 44 years, 11 days
118 Kevin Duffy S.D.N.Y. Nixon October 17, 1972 January 10, 1998 September 30, 2016 25 years, 85 days 43 years, 349 days
119 Joseph F. Weis Jr. W.D. Pa.
3rd Cir.		 Nixon April 24, 1970
March 15, 1973		 March 27, 1973
April 1, 1988
March 17, 2014		 17 years, 343 days 43 years, 327 days
120 J. Edward Lumbard 2d Cir. Eisenhower July 12, 1955 July 20, 1971 June 3, 1999 16 years, 8 days 43 years, 326 days
121 Frank Minis Johnson M.D. Ala.
5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Eisenhower
Carter
n/a[6]		 October 22, 1955[15]
June 21, 1979
October 1, 1981		 July 12, 1979
October 1, 1981
October 30, 1991

July 23, 1999		 36 years, 8 days 43 years, 274 days
122 William Huntington Kirkpatrick E.D. Pa. Coolidge March 3, 1927 May 1, 1958 November 28, 1970 31 years, 59 days 43 years, 270 days
123 Joseph H. Young D. Md. Nixon July 29, 1971 August 1, 1987 March 14, 2015 16 years, 3 days 43 years, 228 days
124 John Jay Jackson Jr. W.D. Va.
D. W.Va.
N.D. W.Va.		 Lincoln
n/a[16]
n/a[17]		 August 3, 1861
June 11, 1864
July 1, 1901		 June 10, 1864
July 1, 1901
March 15, 1905		 n/a 43 years, 224 days 43 years, 224 days
125 Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy E.D. Mich.
6th Cir.		 Nixon
Carter		 October 7, 1970
September 26, 1979		 October 3, 1979
March 1, 1999
May 12, 2014		 28 years, 145 days 43 years, 217 days
126 John D. Butzner Jr. E.D. Va.
4th Cir.		 Kennedy
L.B.J.		 June 20, 1962
July 31, 1967		 August 1, 1967
November 1, 1982
January 20, 2006		 20 years, 134 days 43 years, 214 days
127 Jacob Mishler E.D.N.Y. Eisenhower July 6, 1960 April 30, 1980 January 26, 2004 19 years, 299 days 43 years, 204 days
Junius Foy Guin Jr. N.D. Ala. Nixon April 18, 1973 February 3, 1989 November 8, 2016 15 years, 291 days 43 years, 204 days
129 Johnson Jay Hayes M.D.N.C. Coolidge April 6, 1927[18] June 18, 1957 October 22, 1970 30 years, 73 days 43 years, 199 days
130 Jesse E. Eschbach N.D. Ind.
7th Cir.		 Kennedy
Reagan		 April 13, 1962
December 1, 1981		 December 11, 1981
November 4, 1985
October 25, 2005		 23 years, 205 days 43 years, 195 days
131 Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. S.D. Fla. Carter July 28, 1978 November 30, 1996 Incumbent 18 years, 125 days 43 years, 188 days
132 Gustave Diamond W.D. Pa. Carter May 2, 1978 January 31, 1994 October 30, 2021 15 years, 274 days 43 years, 181 days
133 Pierce Lively 6th Cir. Nixon October 5, 1972 January 1, 1989 March 12, 2016 16 years, 88 days 43 years, 159 days
134 Reynaldo Guerra Garza S.D. Tex.
5th Cir.		 Kennedy
Carter		 April 14, 1961
July 13, 1979		 August 1, 1979
July 7, 1982
September 14, 2004		 21 years, 84 days 43 years, 153 days
John Cooper Godbold 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 L.B.J.
n/a[6]		 July 22, 1966
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
October 23, 1987
December 22, 2009		 21 years, 93 days 43 years, 153 days
136 Bruce Sterling Jenkins D. Utah Carter September 22, 1978 September 30, 1994 Incumbent 16 years, 8 days 43 years, 132 days
137 Harold Baker E.D. Ill.
C.D. Ill.		 Carter
n/a[19]		 September 23, 1978
March 31, 1979		 March 31, 1979
October 4, 1994
Incumbent		 16 years, 11 days 43 years, 131 days
138 David L. Bazelon D.C. Cir. Truman October 21, 1949[20] June 30, 1979 February 19, 1993 29 years, 252 days 43 years, 121 days
139 Arnold Wilson Cowen C.ofC.
Fed. Cir.		 L.B.J.
n/a[21]		 July 8, 1964
n/a		 March 1, 1977
October 1, 1982		 September 30, 1982
October 28, 2007		 18 years, 85 days 43 years, 112 days
140 Edwin R. Holmes N.D. Miss.
S.D. Miss.
5th Cir.		 Wilson
Wilson
F.D.R.		 October 24, 1918
October 24, 1918
March 20, 1936		 March 1, 1929
April 6, 1936
November 30, 1954

December 10, 1961		 36 years, 37 days 43 years, 47 days
141 Donald Roe Ross 8th Cir. Nixon December 12, 1970 June 13, 1987 December 18, 2013 16 years, 183 days 43 years, 6 days
142 Thomas Collier Platt Jr. E.D.N.Y. Nixon March 8, 1974 February 1, 2001 March 4, 2017 26 years, 330 days 42 years, 361 days
143 Charles Andrew Muecke D. Ariz. L.B.J. October 1, 1964 November 30, 1984 September 21, 2007 20 years, 60 days 42 years, 355 days
144 Giles Rich C.C.P.A.
Fed. Cir.		 Eisenhower
n/a[21]		 July 19, 1956
October 1, 1982		 September 30, 1982
June 15, 1999		 n/a 42 years, 331 days 42 years, 331 days
145 Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr. W.D. Pa. Truman June 8, 1950 January 31, 1977 April 19, 1993 26 years, 237 days 42 years, 315 days
146 Rya W. Zobel D. Mass. Carter March 23, 1979 April 1, 2014 Incumbent 35 years, 9 days 42 years, 315 days
147 Joyce Hens Green D.D.C. Carter May 11, 1979 July 1, 1995 Incumbent 16 years, 51 days 42 years, 266 days
148 Myron L. Gordon E.D. Wis. L.B.J. March 4, 1967 February 12, 1983 November 3, 2009 15 years, 345 days 42 years, 244 days
149 James Clinkscales Hill N.D. Ga.
5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Nixon
Ford
n/a[6]		 August 9, 1974
May 21, 1976
October 1, 1981		 May 26, 1976
October 1, 1981
October 15, 1989

March 31, 2017		 15 years, 67 days 42 years, 234 days
150 Amalya Lyle Kearse 2nd Cir. Carter June 21, 1979 June 11, 2002 Incumbent 22 years, 355 days 42 years, 225 days
Dolores Sloviter 3rd Cir. Carter June 21, 1979 June 21, 2013 Incumbent 34 years, 0 days 42 years, 225 days
151 Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr. D. Kan. Eisenhower July 7, 1958 April 1, 1971 January 27, 2001 12 years, 268 days 42 years, 204 days
153 R. Lanier Anderson III 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Carter
n/a[6]		 July 13, 1979
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
January 31, 2009
Incumbent		 29 years, 202 days 42 years, 203 days
Carolyn Dineen King 5th Cir. Carter July 13, 1979 December 31, 2013 Incumbent 34 years, 171 days 42 years, 203 days
155 Marvin Aspen N.D. Ill. Carter July 24, 1979 July 1, 2002 Incumbent 22 years, 342 days 42 years, 192 days
Susan H. Black M.D. Fla.
11th Cir.		 Carter
G.H.W. Bush		 July 24, 1979
September 3, 1992		 August 12, 1992
February 25, 2011
Incumbent		 31 years, 227 days 42 years, 192 days
Orinda Dale Evans N.D. Ga. Carter July 24, 1979 December 31, 2008 Incumbent 29 years, 160 days 42 years, 192 days
Sylvia H. Rambo M.D. Pa. Carter July 24, 1979 April 18, 2001 Incumbent 21 years, 268 days 42 years, 192 days
Robert L. Vining Jr. N.D. Ga. Carter July 24, 1979 March 31, 1996 Incumbent 16 years, 251 days 42 years, 192 days
160 Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. 10th Cir. Nixon October 14, 1970 August 31, 1984 April 10, 2013 13 years, 322 days 42 years, 178 days
161 Morgan Ford C.C.
Int. Tr.		 Truman
n/a[22]		 July 15, 1949
November 1, 1980		 November 1, 1980
December 31, 1985
January 2, 1992		 36 years, 169 days 42 years, 171 days
162 Paul Jones N.D. Ohio Harding March 2, 1923 August 4, 1965 n/a 42 years, 155 days 42 years, 155 days
163 Fenton Whitlock Booth C.ofC. T. Roosevelt[23] March 17, 1905 June 15, 1939 July 26, 1947 34 years, 90 days 42 years, 131 days
164 Walter Edward Hoffman E.D. Va. Eisenhower July 15, 1954 September 3, 1974 November 21, 1996 20 years, 50 days 42 years, 129 days
165 Mary M. Schroeder 9th Cir. Carter September 26, 1979 December 31, 2011 Incumbent 32 years, 96 days 42 years, 128 days
Avern Cohn E.D. Mich. Carter September 26, 1979 October 9, 1999 Incumbent 20 years, 13 days 42 years, 128 days
Stewart Albert Newblatt E.D. Mo. Carter September 26, 1979 December 23, 1993 Incumbent 14 years, 88 days 42 years, 128 days
Howard F. Sachs W.D. Mo. Carter September 26, 1979 October 31, 1992 Incumbent 13 years, 35 days 42 years, 128 days
169 Monroe G. McKay 10th Cir. Carter December 1, 1977 December 31, 1993 March 28, 2020 16 years, 30 days 42 years, 118 days
170 Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr. W.D. La. Coolidge May 5, 1924 May 17, 1953 August 22, 1966 29 years, 12 days 42 years, 109 days
171 Albert J. Engel Jr. W.D. Mich.
6th Cir.		 Nixon December 18, 1970
December 19, 1973		 January 4, 1974
October 1, 1989
April 5, 2013		 18 years, 287 days 42 years, 108 days
172 Irving Kaufman S.D.N.Y.
2nd Cir.		 Truman
Kennedy		 October 21, 1949[24]
September 22, 1961		 September 22, 1961
July 1, 1987
February 1, 1992		 37 years, 253 days 42 years, 103 days
173 Stephanie Kulp Seymour 10th Cir. Carter November 2, 1979 October 16, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 348 days 42 years, 91 days
Alan Neil Bloch W.D. Pa. Carter November 2, 1979 April 12, 1997 Incumbent 17 years, 161 days 42 years, 91 days
Barbara Brandriff Crabb W.D. Wis. Carter November 2, 1979 March 24, 2010 Incumbent 30 years, 142 days 42 years, 91 days
Frank Howell Seay E.D. Okla. Carter November 2, 1979 September 23, 2003 Incumbent 23 years, 325 days 42 years, 91 days
Anne Elise Thompson D.N.J. Carter November 2, 1979 June 1, 2001 Incumbent 21 years, 211 days 42 years, 91 days
178 Albert Sherman Christensen D. Utah Eisenhower May 28, 1954 August 17, 1971 August 13, 1996 17 years, 81 days 42 years, 77 days
179 Stanley Forman Reed SCOTUS F.D.R. January 27, 1938 February 25, 1957 April 2, 1980 19 years, 29 days 42 years, 66 days
180 William Bertelsman E.D. Ky. Carter November 27, 1979 February 1, 2001 Incumbent 21 years, 66 days 42 years, 66 days
Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. S.D. Ga. Carter November 27, 1979 June 25, 2006 Incumbent 26 years, 210 days 42 years, 66 days
182 John Biggs Jr. 3rd Cir. F.D.R. February 16, 1937 October 30, 1965 April 15, 1979 28 years, 256 days 42 years, 58 days
183 José A. Cabranes D. Conn.
2nd Cir.		 Carter
Clinton		 December 10, 1979
August 10, 1994		 August 12, 1994
Incumbent		 n/a 42 years, 53 days 42 years, 53 days
184 Dorothy Wright Nelson 9th Cir. Carter December 20, 1979 January 1, 1995 Incumbent 15 years, 12 days 42 years, 43 days
Terry J. Hatter Jr. C.D. Cal. Carter December 20, 1979 April 22, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 123 days 42 years, 43 days
186 Harry T. Edwards D.C. Cir. Carter February 20, 1980 November 2, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 255 days 41 years, 346 days
Barbara Jacobs Rothstein W.D. Wash. Carter February 20, 1980 September 1, 2011 Incumbent 31 years, 193 days 41 years, 346 days
188 Edward Skottowe Northrop D. Md. Kennedy September 5, 1961 June 12, 1981 August 12, 2003 19 years, 280 days 41 years, 341 days
189 Richard Owen S.D.N.Y. Nixon December 19, 1973 September 30, 1989 November 20, 2015 15 years, 285 days 41 years, 336 days
190 Erskine Mayo Ross S.D. Cal.
9th Cir.
9th Cir.		 Cleveland January 13, 1887
February 22, 1895
February 22, 1895		 March 5, 1895
December 31, 1911
May 31, 1925

December 10, 1928		 38 years, 138 days 41 years, 332 days
191 Elbert Tuttle 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Eisenhower
n/a[6]		 August 4, 1954
n/a		 June 1, 1968
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
June 23, 1996		 13 years, 302 days 41 years, 324 days
192 John Minor Wisdom 5th Cir. Eisenhower June 27, 1957 January 15, 1977 May 15, 1999 19 years, 202 days 41 years, 322 days
Luther L. Bohanon E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.		 Kennedy August 30, 1961 August 2, 1974 July 18, 2003 12 years, 337 days 41 years, 322 days
194 James Clinton Turk W.D. Va. Nixon October 17, 1972 November 1, 2002 July 6, 2014 30 years, 15 days 41 years, 262 days
195 William Canby 9th Cir. Carter May 23, 1980 May 23, 1996 Incumbent 16 years, 0 days 41 years, 254 days
William Earl Britt E.D.N.C. Carter May 23, 1980 December 7, 1997 Incumbent 17 years, 198 days 41 years, 254 days
Walter Herbert Rice S.D. Ohio Carter May 23, 1980 November 30, 2004 Incumbent 24 years, 191 days 41 years, 254 days
198 Warren J. Ferguson C.D. Cal.
9th Cir.		 L.B.J.
Carter		 November 3, 1966
November 27, 1979		 December 20, 1979
July 31, 1986
June 25, 2008		 19 years, 270 days 41 years, 235 days
199 Justin L. Quackenbush E.D. Wash. Carter June 18, 1980 June 27, 1995 Incumbent 15 years, 9 days 41 years, 228 days
200 Thomas A. Wiseman Jr. M.D. Tenn. Carter August 11, 1978 November 3, 1995 March 18, 2020 17 years, 84 days 41 years, 220 days
201 Thelton Henderson N.D. Cal. Carter June 30, 1980 November 28, 1998 Incumbent 18 years, 151 days 41 years, 216 days
A. Wallace Tashima C.D. Cal.
9th Cir.		 Carter
Clinton		 June 30, 1980
January 4, 1996		 January 8, 1996
July 31, 2004
Incumbent		 24 years, 31 days 41 years, 216 days
203 James Thomas Foley N.D.N.Y. Truman February 2, 1949 June 30, 1980 August 17, 1990 31 years, 149 days 41 years, 196 days
204 Morris E. Lasker S.D.N.Y. L.B.J. June 24, 1968 October 3, 1983 December 25, 2009 15 years, 101 days 41 years, 184 days
205 Robert J. Kelleher C.D. Cal. Nixon December 21, 1970 March 5, 1983 June 20, 2012 12 years, 74 days 41 years, 182 days
206 John Feikens E.D. Mich.
E.D. Mich.		 Eisenhower
Nixon		 October 13, 1960
December 1, 1970		 September 27, 1961[25]
March 1, 1986
May 15, 2011		 16 years, 74 days 41 years, 149 days
207 William J. Castagna M.D. Fla. Carter July 24, 1979 June 29, 1992 December 18, 2020 12 years, 341 days 41 years, 147 days
208 Thomas Morrow Reavley 5th Cir. Carter July 13, 1979 August 1, 1990 December 1, 2020 11 years, 19 days 41 years, 141 days
209 William Wayne Justice E.D. Tex. L.B.J. June 7, 1968 June 30, 1998 October 13, 2009 30 years, 23 days 41 years, 128 days
210 Myron Herbert Thompson M.D. Ala. Carter September 29, 1980 August 22, 2013 Incumbent 32 years, 327 days 41 years, 125 days
211 Charles P. Kocoras N.D. Ill. Carter September 30, 1980 June 30, 2006 Incumbent 25 years, 273 days 41 years, 124 days
Consuelo Bland Marshall C.D. Cal. Carter September 30, 1980 October 24, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 24 days 41 years, 124 days
213 Charles Fremont Amidon D.N.D. Cleveland August 31, 1896 June 2, 1928 December 26, 1937 31 years, 276 days 41 years, 117 days
214 Richard Dean Rogers D. Kans. Ford August 5, 1975 January 1, 1989 November 25, 2016 13 years, 149 days 41 years, 112 days
215 Joe Oscar Eaton S.D. Fla. L.B.J. June 12, 1967 April 2, 1985 September 28, 2008 17 years, 294 days 41 years, 108 days
216 Tom Stagg W.D. La. Nixon March 8, 1974 February 29, 1992 June 23, 2015 17 years, 358 days 41 years, 107 days
217 Richard Johnson Putnam W.D. La. Kennedy September 18, 1961 December 19, 1975 December 16, 2002 14 years, 92 days 41 years, 89 days
218 Edward Matthew Curran D.D.C. Truman October 16, 1946[26] April 2, 1971 January 10, 1988 24 years, 168 days 41 years, 86 days
219 Kimbrough Stone 8th Cir. Wilson December 21, 1916 May 15, 1947 February 27, 1958 30 years, 145 days 41 years, 68 days
220 Allen Burroughs Hannay S.D. Tex. F.D.R. August 12, 1942 August 6, 1975 October 22, 1983 32 years, 359 days 41 years, 71 days
221 Paul Charles Weick N.D. Ohio
6th Cir.		 Eisenhower March 29, 1956
September 10, 1959		 October 7, 1959
December 31, 1981
May 22, 1997		 25 years, 277 days 41 years, 54 days
222 Stephen Breyer 1st Cir.
SCOTUS		 Carter
Clinton		 December 10, 1980
August 2, 1994		 August 2, 1994
Incumbent		 n/a 41 years, 53 days 41 years, 53 days
223 Elijah Paine D. Vt. J. Adams February 25, 1801 April 1, 1842 n/a 41 years, 35 days 41 years, 35 days
224 William Bondy S.D.N.Y. Harding March 2, 1923 May 1, 1956 March 30, 1964 33 years, 60 days 41 years, 28 days
225 Ellen Bree Burns D. Conn. Carter May 18, 1978 September 1, 1992 June 3, 2019 14 years, 106 days 41 years, 16 days
226 Juan Pérez-Giménez D.P.R. Carter December 6, 1979 March 28, 2006 December 10, 2020 26 years, 112 days 41 years, 4 days
227 Charles Casper Simons E.D. Mich.
6th Cir.		 Harding
Hoover		 February 6, 1923
January 29, 1932		 February 2, 1932
September 15, 1959
February 2, 1964		 36 years, 221 days 40 years, 361 days
228 Robert W. Sweet S.D.N.Y. Carter April 28, 1978 March 1, 1991 March 24, 2019 12 years, 307 days 40 years, 330 days
229 Charles C. Nott C.ofC. Lincoln[27] February 22, 1865 December 31, 1905 n/a 40 years, 312 days 40 years, 312 days
230 Joseph Jerome Farris 9th Cir. Carter September 27, 1979 March 4, 1995 July 23, 2020 15 years, 158 days 40 years, 300 days
231 Harrie B. Chase 2nd Cir. Coolidge January 31, 1929 September 1, 1954 November 17, 1969 25 years, 213 days 40 years, 290 days
232 Joseph Jefferson Fisher E.D. Tex. Eisenhower September 10, 1959 January 30, 1984 June 19, 2000 24 years, 142 days 40 years, 283 days
233 William J. Brennan Jr. SCOTUS Eisenhower October 15, 1956[28] July 20, 1990 July 24, 1997 33 years, 278 days 40 years, 282 days
234 Donald P. Lay 8th Cir. L.B.J. July 22, 1966 January 7, 1992 April 29, 2007 25 years, 169 days 40 years, 281 days
Malcolm Muir M.D. Pa. Nixon October 14, 1970 August 31, 1984 July 22, 2011 13 years, 322 days 40 years, 281 days
236 William O. Douglas SCOTUS F.D.R. April 15, 1939 November 12, 1975 January 19, 1980 36 years, 211 days 40 years, 279 days
237 Edward Roscoe Meek N.D. Tex. McKinley July 13, 1898 December 31, 1935 April 10, 1939 37 years, 171 days 40 years, 271 days
238 Ronald Davies D.N.D. Eisenhower July 27, 1955 August 27, 1971 April 18, 1996 16 years, 31 days 40 years, 266 days
239 Carmen Consuelo Cerezo D.P.R. Carter June 30, 1980 February 28, 2021 n/a 40 years, 243 days 40 years, 243 days
240 William Hoeveler S.D. Fla. Carter April 26, 1977 January 31, 1991 November 18, 2017 13 years, 280 days 40 years, 206 days
241 James E. Barrett 10th Cir. Nixon April 23, 1971 April 8, 1987 November 7, 2011 15 years, 350 days 40 years, 198 days
242 William Schwarzer N.D. Cal. Ford July 23, 1976 April 30, 1991 January 28, 2017 14 years, 281 days 40 years, 189 days
243 Robert A. Grant N.D. Ind. Eisenhower August 26, 1957 December 1, 1972 March 2, 1998 15 years, 97 days 40 years, 188 days
244 William Charles Lee N.D. Ind. Reagan July 28, 1981 February 3, 2003 Incumbent 21 years, 190 days 40 years, 188 days
245 Thomas E. Fairchild 7th Cir. L.B.J. August 11, 1966 August 31, 1981 February 12, 2007 15 years, 20 days 40 years, 185 days
246 Richard Harvey Chambers 9th Cir. Eisenhower April 30, 1954 December 31, 1976 October 21, 1994 22 years, 245 days 40 years, 174 days
Lee Roy West W.D. Okla. Carter November 2, 1979 November 26, 1994 April 24, 2020 15 years, 24 days 40 years, 174 days
248 Ogden Hoffman Jr. N.D. Cal.
S.D. Cal.
D. Cal.
N.D. Cal.		 Fillmore
n/a[29]
n/a[30]
n/a[31]		 February 27, 1851
August 31, 1852
July 23, 1866
August 5, 1886		 July 23, 1866
January 18, 1854
August 5, 1886
August 9, 1891		 n/a 40 years, 163 days 40 years, 163 days
249 Paul Peter Rao C.C.
Int. Tr.		 Truman
n/a[22]		 June 22, 1948[32]
November 1, 1980		 November 1, 1980
November 30, 1988		 n/a 40 years, 161 days 40 years, 161 days
250 James William Locke S.D. Fla. Grant February 1, 1872 July 4, 1912 n/a 40 years, 154 days 40 years, 154 days
251 John Davis D. Mass. J. Adams February 20, 1801 July 10, 1841 n/a 40 years, 140 days 40 years, 140 days
252 Otto Richard Skopil Jr. D. Or.
9th Cir.		 Nixon
Carter		 June 2, 1972
September 26, 1979		 October 20, 1979
June 30, 1986
October 18, 2012		 14 years, 28 days 40 years, 138 days
253 Charles Guy Briggle S.D. Ill. Hoover January 25, 1932 August 1, 1958 June 6, 1972 26 years, 188 days 40 years, 133 days
254 Sandra Day O'Connor SCOTUS Reagan September 22, 1981 January 31, 2006 Incumbent 24 years, 131 days 40 years, 132 days
255 Samuel Rossiter Betts S.D.N.Y. J. Q. Adams December 21, 1826 April 30, 1867 n/a 40 years, 130 days 40 years, 130 days
256 John C. Coughenour W.D. Wash. Reagan September 28, 1981 July 26, 2006 Incumbent 24 years, 301 days 40 years, 126 days
Henry Rupert Wilhoit Jr. E.D. Ky. Reagan September 28, 1981 December 31, 2000 Incumbent 19 years, 94 days 40 years, 126 days
258 Howard Boyd Turrentine S.D. Cal. Nixon April 24, 1970 January 22, 1984 August 20, 2010 13 years, 273 days 40 years, 118 days
259 John Pitman D.R.I. Monroe August 4, 1824 November 17, 1864 n/a 40 years, 105 days 40 years, 105 days
260 Hayden Wilson Head Jr. S.D. Tex. Reagan October 26, 1981 November 13, 2009 Incumbent 28 years, 18 days 40 years, 98 days
James Robertson Nowlin W.D. Tex. Reagan October 26, 1981 May 31, 2003 Incumbent 21 years, 217 days 40 years, 98 days
262 Lewis Render Morgan N.D. Ga.
5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Kennedy
L.B.J.
n/a[6]		 August 10, 1961
July 25, 1968
n/a		 August 2, 1968
September 1, 1978
October 1, 1981
October 1, 1981
November 15, 2001		 17 years, 22 days 40 years, 97 days
263 Paul A. Magnuson D. Minn. Reagan October 29, 1981 February 9, 2002 Incumbent 21 years, 97 days 40 years, 95 days
264 William B. Bryant D.D.C. L.B.J. August 11, 1965 January 31, 1982 November 13, 2005 16 years, 173 days 40 years, 94 days
265 Ruth Bader Ginsburg D.C. Cir.
SCOTUS		 Carter
Clinton		 June 18, 1980
August 5, 1993		 August 9, 1993
September 18, 2020		 n/a 40 years, 92 days 40 years, 92 days
266 James L. Foreman E.D. Ill.
S.D. Ill.		 Nixon
n/a[33]		 March 7, 1972
March 31, 1979		 March 31, 1979
June 1, 1992
June 3, 2012		 20 years, 86 days 40 years, 88 days
267 Earl R. Larson D. Minn. Kennedy August 10, 1961 June 30, 1977 October 31, 2001 15 years, 324 days 40 years, 82 days
268 Procter Ralph Hug Jr. 9th Cir. Carter September 15, 1977 January 1, 2002 November 30, 2017 24 years, 108 days 40 years, 76 days
269 Warren William Eginton D. Conn. Carter July 24, 1979 August 1, 1992 October 7, 2019 13 years, 8 days 40 years, 75 days
270 C. Arlen Beam D. Neb.
8th Cir.		 Reagan November 18, 1981
November 9, 1987		 November 9, 1987
February 1, 2001
Incumbent		 19 years, 75 days 40 years, 75 days
John Bailey Jones D.S.D. Reagan November 18, 1981 January 1, 1995 Incumbent 13 years, 44 days 40 years, 75 days
272 Robert G. Doumar E.D. Va. Reagan December 3, 1981 April 30, 1996 Incumbent 14 years, 149 days 40 years, 60 days
273 Sam A. Crow D. Kan. Reagan December 10, 1981 November 15, 1996 Incumbent 14 years, 341 days 40 years, 53 days
I. Leo Glasser E.D.N.Y. Reagan December 10, 1981 July 1, 1993 Incumbent 11 years, 203 days 40 years, 53 days
275 F. Ryan Duffy E.D. Wis.
7th Cir.		 F.D.R.
Truman		 June 29, 1939
February 2, 1949		 February 2, 1949
June 30, 1966
August 16, 1979		 27 years, 1 day 40 years, 48 days
276 David Lynn Russell E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.		 Reagan December 17, 1981
December 17, 1981
December 17, 1981		 December 1, 1990
December 1, 1990
July 7, 2013

Incumbent		 31 years, 202 days 40 years, 46 days
277 Delmas Carl Hill D. Kan.
10th Cir.		 Truman
Kennedy		 October 21, 1949[34]
September 22, 1961		 September 28, 1961
April 1, 1977
December 2, 1989		 27 years, 162 days 40 years, 42 days
278 James A. Redden D. Or. Carter February 20, 1980 March 13, 1995 March 31, 2020 15 years, 21 days 40 years, 40 days
279 Floyd Robert Gibson W.D. Mo.
8th Cir.		 Kennedy
L.B.J.		 August 30, 1961
June 8, 1965		 June 20, 1965
December 31, 1979
October 4, 2001		 18 years, 123 days 40 years, 35 days
280 Augustus Noble Hand S.D.N.Y.
2nd Cir.		 Wilson
Coolidge		 September 30, 1914
May 19, 1927[35]		 June 1, 1927
June 30, 1953
October 28, 1954		 38 years, 273 days 40 years, 28 days
281 Morris Ames Soper D. Md.
4th Cir.		 Harding
Hoover		 February 24, 1923
May 6, 1931[36]		 May 9, 1931
June 2, 1955
March 11, 1963		 32 years, 98 days 40 years, 15 days
282 Byron White SCOTUS Kennedy April 12, 1962 June 28, 1993 April 15, 2002 31 years, 77 days 40 years, 3 days

United States Supreme Court[]

No Justice has served actively on the United States Supreme Court for over 40 years, but six have eclipsed that timespan through senior service.

Rank Judge Appointed by Began active service Ended active service Ended senior status Total active service Total service
1 John Paul Stevens Ford December 17, 1975 June 29, 2010 July 16, 2019 34 years, 194 days 43 years, 211 days
2 Stanley Forman Reed F.D.R. January 27, 1938 February 25, 1957 April 2, 1980 19 years, 29 days 42 years, 66 days
3 William J. Brennan Jr. Eisenhower October 15, 1956[28] July 20, 1990 July 24, 1997 33 years, 278 days 40 years, 282 days
4 William O. Douglas F.D.R. April 15, 1939 November 12, 1975 January 19, 1980 36 years, 211 days 40 years, 279 days
5 Sandra Day O'Connor Reagan September 22, 1981 January 31, 2006 Incumbent 24 years, 131 days 40 years, 132 days
6 Byron White Kennedy April 12, 1962 June 28, 1993 April 15, 2002 31 years, 77 days 40 years, 3 days

United States courts of appeals[]

Only one judge has served more than 40 years actively on an intermediate appellate court constituted by the Judiciary Act of 1869 or subsequent legislation, however many have eclipsed that timespan through senior service:

Rank Judge Court Appointed by Began active service Ended active service Ended senior status Total active service Total service
1 James R. Browning 9th Cir. Kennedy September 18, 1961 September 1, 2000 May 6, 2012 38 years, 349 days 50 years, 231 days
2 Albert Branson Maris 3rd Cir. F.D.R. June 24, 1938 December 31, 1958 February 7, 1989 20 years, 190 days 50 years, 228 days
3 Alfred Goodwin 9th Cir. Nixon November 30, 1971 January 31, 1991 Incumbent 19 years, 62 days 50 years, 63 days
4 John Clifford Wallace 9th Cir. Nixon June 28, 1972 April 8, 1996 Incumbent 23 years, 285 days 49 years, 218 days
5 Levin H. Campbell 1st Cir. Nixon June 30, 1972 January 3, 1992 Incumbent 19 years, 187 days 49 years, 216 days
6 Thomas Walter Swan 2nd Cir. Coolidge December 22, 1926 July 1, 1953 July 13, 1975 26 years, 191 days 48 years, 203 days
7 Myron H. Bright 8th Cir. L.B.J. June 7, 1968 June 1, 1985 December 12, 2016 16 years, 359 days 48 years, 188 days
8 Wilfred Feinberg 2nd Cir. L.B.J. March 7, 1966 January 31, 1991 July 31, 2014 24 years, 330 days 48 years, 146 days
9 William J. Bauer 7th Cir. Ford December 20, 1974 October 31, 1994 Incumbent 19 years, 315 days 47 years, 43 days
10 Ruggero J. Aldisert 3rd Cir. L.B.J. July 29, 1968 December 31, 1986 December 28, 2014 18 years, 155 days 46 years, 152 days
11 Gerald Bard Tjoflat 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Ford
n/a[6]		 November 21, 1975
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
November 19, 2019
Incumbent		 43 years, 363 days 46 years, 72 days
12 William Judson Holloway Jr. 10th Cir. L.B.J. September 16, 1968 May 31, 1992 April 25, 2014 23 years, 258 days 45 years, 221 days
13 Orie Leon Phillips 10th Cir. Hoover April 29, 1929 January 1, 1956 November 14, 1974 26 years, 247 days 45 years, 199 days
14 Joseph William Woodrough 8th Cir. F.D.R. April 12, 1933 January 3, 1961 October 2, 1977 27 years, 266 days 44 years, 173 days
15 Peter T. Fay 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Ford
n/a[6]		 September 21, 1976
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
January 19, 1994
January 31, 2021		 17 years, 120 days 44 years, 132 days
16 Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. 6th Cir. Carter October 31, 1977 January 17, 2001 January 17, 2022 23 years, 78 days 44 years, 78 days
17 Frank M. Coffin 1st Cir. L.B.J. October 2, 1965 February 1, 1989 December 7, 2009 23 years, 122 days 44 years, 66 days
18 J. Edward Lumbard 2d Cir. Eisenhower July 12, 1955 July 20, 1971 June 3, 1999 16 years, 8 days 43 years, 326 days
19 Pierce Lively 6th Cir. Nixon October 5, 1972 January 1, 1989 March 12, 2016 16 years, 88 days 43 years, 159 days
20 John Cooper Godbold 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 L.B.J.
n/a[6]		 July 22, 1966
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
October 23, 1987
December 22, 2009		 21 years, 93 days 43 years, 153 days
21 David L. Bazelon D.C. Cir. Truman October 21, 1949[20] June 30, 1979 February 19, 1993 29 years, 252 days 43 years, 121 days
22 Leonard I. Garth 3rd Cir. Nixon August 6, 1973 June 30, 1986 September 22, 2016 12 years, 328 days 43 years, 47 days
23 Bailey Aldrich 1st Cir. Eisenhower September 10, 1959 August 31, 1972 September 25, 2002 12 years, 356 days 43 years, 15 days
24 Donald Roe Ross 8th Cir. Nixon December 12, 1970 June 13, 1987 December 18, 2013 16 years, 183 days 43 years, 6 days
25 Amalya Lyle Kearse 2nd Cir. Carter June 21, 1979 June 11, 2002 Incumbent 22 years, 355 days 42 years, 225 days
Jon O. Newman 2nd Cir. Carter June 21, 1979 July 1, 1997 Incumbent 18 years, 10 days 42 years, 225 days
Dolores Sloviter 3rd Cir. Carter June 21, 1979 June 21, 2013 Incumbent 34 years, 0 days 42 years, 225 days
28 R. Lanier Anderson III 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Carter
n/a[6]		 July 13, 1979
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
January 31, 2009
Incumbent		 29 years, 202 days 42 years, 203 days
Carolyn Dineen King 5th Cir. Carter July 13, 1979 December 31, 2013 Incumbent 34 years, 171 days 42 years, 203 days
30 Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr. 10th Cir. Nixon October 14, 1970 August 31, 1984 April 10, 2013 13 years, 322 days 42 years, 178 days
31 Mary M. Schroeder 9th Cir. Carter September 26, 1979 December 31, 2011 Incumbent 32 years, 96 days 42 years, 128 days
32 Monroe G. McKay 10th Cir. Carter December 1, 1977 December 31, 1993 March 28, 2020 16 years, 30 days 42 years, 118 days
33 Stephanie Kulp Seymour 10th Cir. Carter November 2, 1979 October 16, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 348 days 42 years, 91 days
34 John Biggs Jr. 3rd Cir. F.D.R. February 16, 1937 October 30, 1965 April 15, 1979 28 years, 256 days 42 years, 58 days
35 Dorothy Wright Nelson 9th Cir. Carter December 20, 1979 January 1, 1995 Incumbent 15 years, 12 days 42 years, 43 days
36 Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. 5th Cir. Hoover January 26, 1931 November 4, 1964 January 18, 1973 33 years, 283 days 41 years, 358 days
37 Harry T. Edwards D.C. Cir. Carter February 20, 1980 November 2, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 255 days 41 years, 346 days
38 Elbert Tuttle 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Eisenhower
n/a[6]		 August 4, 1954
n/a		 June 1, 1968
October 1, 1981
June 23, 1996		 27 years, 58 days 41 years, 324 days
39 John Minor Wisdom 5th Cir. Eisenhower June 27, 1957 January 15, 1977 May 15, 1999 19 years, 202 days 41 years, 322 days
40 William Canby 9th Cir. Carter May 23, 1980 May 23, 1996 Incumbent 16 years, 0 days 41 years, 254 days
41 Damon Keith 6th Cir. Carter October 21, 1977 May 1, 1995 April 28, 2019 17 years, 192 days 41 years, 189 days
42 Thomas Morrow Reavley 5th Cir. Carter July 13, 1979 August 1, 1990 December 1, 2020 11 years, 19 days 41 years, 141 days
43 Kimbrough Stone 8th Cir. Wilson December 21, 1916 May 15, 1947 February 27, 1958 30 years, 145 days 41 years, 68 days
44 Joseph Buffington 3rd Cir. T. Roosevelt September 25, 1906[3] June 1, 1938 October 21, 1947 31 years, 249 days 41 years, 26 days
45 Joseph F. Weis Jr. 3rd Cir. Nixon March 15, 1973 April 1, 1988 March 17, 2014 15 years, 17 days 41 years, 2 days
46 James Clinkscales Hill 5th Cir.
11th Cir.		 Ford
n/a[6]		 May 21, 1976
October 1, 1981		 October 1, 1981
October 15, 1989
March 31, 2017		 13 years, 147 days 40 years, 314 days
47 Joseph Jerome Farris 9th Cir. Carter September 27, 1979 March 4, 1995 July 23, 2020 15 years, 158 days 40 years, 300 days
48 Harrie B. Chase 2nd Cir. Coolidge January 31, 1929 September 1, 1954 November 17, 1969 25 years, 213 days 40 years, 290 days
49 Donald P. Lay 8th Cir. L.B.J. July 22, 1966 January 7, 1992 April 29, 2007 25 years, 169 days 40 years, 281 days
50 James E. Barrett 10th Cir. Nixon April 23, 1971 April 8, 1987 November 7, 2011 15 years, 350 days 40 years, 198 days
51 Thomas E. Fairchild 7th Cir. L.B.J. August 11, 1966 August 31, 1981 February 12, 2007 15 years, 20 days 40 years, 185 days
52 Richard Harvey Chambers 9th Cir. Eisenhower April 30, 1954 December 31, 1976 October 21, 1994 22 years, 245 days 40 years, 174 days
53 Procter Ralph Hug Jr. 9th Cir. Carter September 15, 1977 January 1, 2002 November 30, 2017 24 years, 108 days 40 years, 76 days

United States district courts[]

Judges who have sat on a United States District Court for more than 40 years.

Rank Judge Court Appointed by Began active service Ended active service Ended senior status Total active service Total service
1 William Joseph Nealon Jr. M.D. Pa. Kennedy December 13, 1962[2] January 1, 1989 August 30, 2018 26 years, 19 days 55 years, 260 days
2 Henry Potter D.N.C. Jefferson April 7, 1802 December 20, 1857 n/a 55 years, 257 days 55 years, 257 days
3 Seybourn Harris Lynne N.D. Ala. Truman January 3, 1946 January 9, 1973 September 10, 2000 27 years, 6 days 54 years, 251 days
4 Edward Joseph McManus N.D. Iowa Kennedy July 16, 1962 February 9, 1985 March 20, 2017 22 years, 208 days 54 years, 247 days
5 Jack B. Weinstein E.D.N.Y. L.B.J. April 25, 1967 March 1, 1993 June 15, 2021 25 years, 310 days 54 years, 51 days
6 George C. Young S.D. Fla.
N.D. Fla.
M.D. Fla.		 Kennedy September 18, 1961
September 18, 1961
October 29, 1962		 September 17, 1966
September 17, 1966
October 19, 1981

April 24, 2015		 20 years, 31 days 53 years, 218 days
7 Manuel Real C.D. Cal. L.B.J. November 3, 1966 November 4, 2018 June 26, 2019 52 years, 1 day 52 years, 235 days
8 John P. Fullam E.D. Pa. L.B.J. August 11, 1966 April 1, 1990 March 8, 2018 23 years, 233 days 51 years, 209 days
9 James Lawrence King S.D. Fla. Nixon October 19, 1970 December 20, 1992 Incumbent 22 years, 62 days 51 years, 105 days
10 Alexander Harvey II D. Md. L.B.J. September 22, 1966 March 8, 1991 December 4, 2017 24 years, 167 days 51 years, 73 days
11 William Augustus Bootle M.D. Ga. Eisenhower May 20, 1954 March 11, 1972 January 25, 2005 17 years, 296 days 50 years, 250 days
12 Myron Donovan Crocker S.D. Cal.
E.D. Cal.		 Eisenhower
n/a[7]		 September 21, 1959
September 18, 1966		 September 18, 1966
January 1, 1981
February 2, 2010		 21 years, 102 days 50 years, 134 days
13 Charles Miller Metzner S.D.N.Y. Eisenhower September 10, 1959 September 30, 1977 November 30, 2009 18 years, 20 days 50 years, 81 days
14 Walter Thomas McGovern W.D. Wash. Nixon April 23, 1971 September 30, 1987 July 8, 2021 16 years, 160 days 50 years, 76 days
15 Carl Olaf Bue Jr. S.D. Tex. Nixon October 15, 1970 September 2, 1987 December 24, 2020 16 years, 350 days 50 years, 70 days
16 William Terrell Hodges M.D. Fla. Nixon December 15, 1971 May 2, 1999 January 4, 2022 27 years, 138 days 50 years, 20 days
17 Wesley E. Brown D. Kan. Kennedy April 4, 1962 September 1, 1979 January 23, 2012 17 years, 150 days 49 years, 294 days
18 John Thomas Curtin W.D.N.Y L.B.J. December 14, 1967 July 1, 1989 April 14, 2017 21 years, 199 days 49 years, 121 days
19 Daniel Holcombe Thomas S.D. Ala. Truman March 9, 1951 August 25, 1971 April 13, 2000 20 years, 169 days 49 years, 35 days
20 David Norton Edelstein S.D.N.Y. Truman November 1, 1951[8] November 1, 1994 August 19, 2000 43 years, 0 days 48 years, 292 days
21 Donald West VanArtsdalen E.D. Pa. Nixon October 15, 1970 October 21, 1985 May 21, 2019 15 years, 6 days 48 years, 218 days
22 Willard Hall D. Del. Monroe May 6, 1823[9] December 6, 1871 n/a 48 years, 214 days 48 years, 214 days
23 John William Ditter Jr. E.D. Pa. Nixon October 15, 1970 October 19, 1986 April 7, 2019 16 years, 4 days 48 years, 174 days
24 Edwin F. Hunter W.D. La. Eisenhower October 3, 1953[10] February 19, 1976 February 22, 2002 22 years, 139 days 48 years, 142 days
25 Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe E.D. La. L.B.J. March 26, 1966 August 26, 1992 August 10, 2014 26 years, 153 days 48 years, 137 days
26 John C. Knox S.D.N.Y. Wilson April 12, 1918 April 30, 1955 August 23, 1966 37 years, 18 days 48 years, 133 days
27 Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. E.D. Va. Nixon July 29, 1971 December 1, 1991 August 27, 2019 20 years, 125 days 48 years, 29 days
28 William Joseph Campbell N.D. Ill. F.D.R. October 10, 1940 March 19, 1970 October 19, 1988 29 years, 160 days 48 years, 9 days
29 Samuel Conti N.D. Cal. Nixon October 16, 1970 November 1, 1987 August 29, 2018 17 years, 16 days 47 years, 317 days
30 Albert L. Reeves W.D. Mo. Harding June 24, 1923 February 2, 1954 March 24, 1971 30 years, 223 days 47 years, 273 days
31 William Benner Enright S.D. Cal. Nixon June 30, 1972 July 12, 1990 March 7, 2020 18 years, 12 days 47 years, 251 days
32 Garnett Thomas Eisele E.D. Ark. Nixon August 6, 1970 August 1, 1991 November 26, 2017 20 years, 360 days 47 years, 112 days
33 Marion Speed Boyd W.D. Tenn. F.D.R. September 27, 1940 August 1, 1966 January 9, 1988 25 years, 308 days 47 years, 104 days
34 James Hughes Hancock N.D. Ala. Nixon April 17, 1973 May 1, 1996 July 24, 2020 23 years, 14 days 47 years, 98 days
35 Warren Keith Urbom D. Neb. Nixon April 24, 1970 December 31, 1990 July 28, 2017 20 years, 251 days 47 years, 95 days
36 Donald Alsop D. Minn. Ford December 20, 1974 August 28, 1992 Incumbent 17 years, 252 days 47 years, 43 days
37 James von der Heydt D. Alaska L.B.J. November 3, 1966 July 15, 1984 December 1, 2013 17 years, 255 days 47 years, 28 days
38 William Henry Stafford Jr. N.D. Fla. Ford May 14, 1975 May 31, 1996 Incumbent 21 years, 17 days 46 years, 263 days
39 William Clark O'Kelley N.D. Ga. Nixon October 16, 1970 October 1, 1996 July 5, 2017 25 years, 351 days 46 years, 262 days
40 George M. Bourquin D. Mont. Taft March 8, 1912 March 9, 1934 November 15, 1958 22 years, 1 day 46 years, 252 days
41 Gunnar Nordbye D. Minn. Hoover March 18, 1931[11] March 6, 1967 November 5, 1977 35 years, 353 days 46 years, 232 days
42 Roy Winfield Harper[12] W.D. Mo.
E.D. Mo.		 Truman August 7, 1947 January 5, 1971 February 13, 1994 23 years, 151 days 46 years, 190 days
43 Charles William Kraft Jr. E.D. Pa. Eisenhower August 12, 1955[13] November 11, 1970 January 18, 2002 15 years, 91 days 46 years, 159 days
44 Joseph L. Tauro D. Mass. Nixon October 17, 1972 September 26, 2013 November 30, 2018 40 years, 344 days 46 years, 44 days
45 Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr. W.D. Okla. F.D.R. May 13, 1943 October 20, 1975 April 27, 1989 32 years, 160 days 45 years, 349 days
46 Charles S. Haight Jr. S.D.N.Y. Ford March 29, 1976 September 23, 1995 Incumbent 19 years, 178 days 45 years, 309 days
47 Caleb Merrill Wright D. Del. Eisenhower July 27, 1955 October 8, 1973 May 12, 2001 18 years, 73 days 45 years, 289 days
48 Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr. W.D. Pa. Ford May 21, 1976 November 28, 1994 January 1, 2022 18 years, 191 days 45 years, 225 days
49 R. James Harvey E.D. Mich. Nixon December 19, 1973 March 31, 1984 July 20, 2019 10 years, 103 days 45 years, 213 days
50 Dan Monroe Russell Jr. S.D. Miss. L.B.J. October 2, 1965 October 25, 1983 April 16, 2011 18 years, 23 days 45 years, 196 days
51 James Paul Churchill E.D. Mich. Ford December 20, 1974 December 31, 1989 June 29, 2020 15 years, 11 days 45 years, 192 days
52 Thomas Virgil Pittman M.D. Ala.
S.D. Ala.		 L.B.J. June 29, 1966
June 29, 1966		 June 2, 1970
July 15, 1981
January 6, 2012		 15 years, 16 days 45 years, 191 days
53 Elijah Allen Cox N.D. Miss. Coolidge March 2, 1929 March 22, 1957 August 28, 1974 28 years, 20 days 45 years, 179 days
54 Thomas P. Griesa S.D.N.Y. Nixon June 30, 1972 March 13, 2000 December 24, 2017 27 years, 257 days 45 years, 177 days
55 John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. S.D.W.Va. Ford September 3, 1976 November 1, 2018 Incumbent 42 years, 59 days 45 years, 151 days
56 William Daniel Murray D. Mont. Truman May 9, 1949 December 31, 1965 October 3, 1994 16 years, 236 days 45 years, 147 days
57 Robert Earl Maxwell N.D. W.Va. L.B.J. August 11, 1965 July 19, 1995 November 20, 2010 29 years, 342 days 45 years, 101 days
58 Richard Paul Matsch D. Col. Nixon March 8, 1974 July 1, 2003 May 26, 2019 29 years, 115 days 45 years, 79 days
59 Joseph Putnam Willson W.D. Pa. Eisenhower July 14, 1953 October 18, 1968 August 3, 1998 15 years, 96 days 45 years, 20 days
60 William Elwood Steckler S.D. Ind. Truman April 7, 1950 December 31, 1986 March 8, 1995 36 years, 268 days 44 years, 335 days
61 Solomon Blatt Jr. D.S.C. Nixon May 28, 1971 May 7, 1990 April 20, 2016 18 years, 344 days 44 years, 328 days
62 Charles Wycliffe Joiner E.D. Mich. Nixon June 9, 1972 August 15, 1984 March 10, 2017 12 years, 67 days 44 years, 274 days
63 Gordon Thompson Jr. S.D. Cal. Nixon October 16, 1970 December 28, 1994 July 5, 2015 24 years, 73 days 44 years, 262 days
64 Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr. D. Mass. F.D.R. December 19, 1941 September 1, 1971 September 3, 1986 29 years, 256 days 44 years, 258 days
65 Jennings Bailey D.D.C. Wilson May 22, 1918 November 1, 1950 January 9, 1963 32 years, 163 days 44 years, 232 days
66 Edward Louis Filippine E.D. Mo. Carter July 22, 1977 June 11, 1995 Incumbent 17 years, 324 days 44 years, 194 days
67 Harold Lloyd Murphy N.D. Ga. Carter July 29, 1977 March 31, 2017 Incumbent 39 years, 245 days 44 years, 187 days
68 Frederick Alvin Daugherty E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.		 Kennedy October 5, 1961[14] January 12, 1982 April 7, 2006 20 years, 99 days 44 years, 184 days
69 Matthew Francis McGuire D.D.C. F.D.R. August 1, 1941 October 7, 1966 January 24, 1986 25 years, 67 days 44 years, 176 days
70 Samuel Hugh Dillin S.D. Ind. Kennedy September 22, 1961 March 31, 1993 March 13, 2006 31 years, 190 days 44 years, 172 days
71 Thomas Francis Murphy S.D.N.Y. Truman July 2, 1951 December 3, 1970 October 26, 1995 19 years, 154 days 44 years, 116 days
72 Ashur Ware D. Me. Monroe February 15, 1822 May 31, 1866 n/a 44 years, 105 days 44 years, 105 days
73 John L. Kane Jr. D. Col. Carter December 16, 1977 April 8, 1988 Incumbent 10 years, 114 days 44 years, 47 days
74 John Clyde Bowen W.D. Wash. F.D.R. March 20, 1934 June 5, 1961 April 27, 1978 27 years, 77 days 44 years, 38 days
75 Harold P. Burke W.D.N.Y. F.D.R. June 18, 1937 June 15, 1981 July 17, 1981 43 years, 362 days 44 years, 29 days
76 John F. Grady N.D. Ill. Ford November 21, 1975 May 23, 1994 December 2, 2019 18 years, 183 days 44 years, 11 days
77 Kevin Duffy S.D.N.Y. Nixon October 17, 1972 January 10, 1998 September 30, 2016 25 years, 85 days 43 years, 349 days
78 William Huntington Kirkpatrick E.D. Pa. Coolidge March 3, 1927 May 1, 1958 November 28, 1970 31 years, 59 days 43 years, 270 days
79 Joseph H. Young D. Md. Nixon July 29, 1971 August 1, 1987 March 15, 2015 16 years, 3 days 43 years, 229 days
80 John Jay Jackson Jr. W.D. Va.
D. W.Va.
N.D. W.Va.		 Lincoln
n/a[16]
n/a[17]		 August 3, 1861
June 11, 1864
July 1, 1901		 June 10, 1864
July 1, 1901
March 15, 1905		 n/a 43 years, 224 days 43 years, 224 days
81 Jacob Mishler E.D.N.Y. Eisenhower July 6, 1960 April 30, 1980 January 26, 2004 19 years, 299 days 43 years, 204 days
Junius Foy Guin Jr. N.D. Ala. Nixon April 18, 1973 February 3, 1989 November 8, 2016 15 years, 291 days 43 years, 204 days
83 Johnson Jay Hayes M.D.N.C. Coolidge April 6, 1927[18] June 18, 1957 October 22, 1970 30 years, 73 days 43 years, 199 days
84 Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. S.D. Fla. Carter July 28, 1978 November 30, 1996 Incumbent 18 years, 125 days 43 years, 188 days
85 Gustave Diamond W.D. Pa. Carter May 2, 1978 January 31, 1994 October 30, 2021 15 years, 274 days 43 years, 181 days
86 Bruce Sterling Jenkins D. Utah Carter September 22, 1978 September 30, 1994 Incumbent 16 years, 8 days 43 years, 132 days
87 Harold Baker E.D. Ill.
C.D. Ill.		 Carter
n/a[19]		 September 23, 1978
March 31, 1979		 March 31, 1979
October 4, 1994
Incumbent		 16 years, 11 days 43 years, 131 days
88 Thomas Collier Platt Jr. E.D.N.Y. Nixon March 8, 1974 February 1, 2001 March 4, 2017 26 years, 330 days 42 years, 361 days
89 Charles Andrew Muecke D. Ariz. L.B.J. October 1, 1964 November 30, 1984 September 21, 2007 20 years, 60 days 42 years, 355 days
90 Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr. W.D. Pa. Truman June 8, 1950 January 31, 1977 April 19, 1993 26 years, 237 days 42 years, 315 days
91 Rya W. Zobel D. Mass. Carter March 23, 1979 April 1, 2014 Incumbent 35 years, 9 days 42 years, 315 days
92 Joyce Hens Green D.D.C. Carter May 11, 1979 July 1, 1995 Incumbent 16 years, 51 days 42 years, 266 days
93 Myron L. Gordon E.D. Wis. L.B.J. March 4, 1967 February 12, 1983 November 3, 2009 15 years, 345 days 42 years, 244 days
94 Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr. D. Kan. Eisenhower July 7, 1958 April 1, 1971 January 27, 2001 12 years, 268 days 42 years, 204 days
96 Marvin Aspen N.D. Ill. Carter July 24, 1979 July 1, 2002 Incumbent 22 years, 342 days 42 years, 192 days
Orinda Dale Evans N.D. Ga. Carter July 24, 1979 December 31, 2008 Incumbent 29 years, 160 days 42 years, 192 days
Sylvia H. Rambo M.D. Pa. Carter July 24, 1979 April 18, 2001 Incumbent 21 years, 268 days 42 years, 192 days
Robert L. Vining Jr. N.D. Ga. Carter July 24, 1979 March 31, 1996 Incumbent 16 years, 251 days 42 years, 192 days
99 Paul Jones N.D. Ohio Harding March 2, 1923 August 4, 1965 n/a 42 years, 155 days 42 years, 155 days
100 Walter Edward Hoffman E.D. Va. Eisenhower July 15, 1954 September 3, 1974 November 21, 1996 20 years, 50 days 42 years, 129 days
101 Avern Cohn E.D. Mich. Carter September 26, 1979 October 9, 1999 Incumbent 20 years, 13 days 42 years, 128 days
Stewart Albert Newblatt E.D. Mo. Carter September 26, 1979 December 23, 1993 Incumbent 14 years, 88 days 42 years, 128 days
Howard F. Sachs W.D. Mo. Carter September 26, 1979 October 31, 1992 Incumbent 13 years, 35 days 42 years, 128 days
104 Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr. W.D. La. Coolidge May 5, 1924 May 17, 1953 August 22, 1966 29 years, 12 days 42 years, 109 days
105 Alan Neil Bloch W.D. Pa. Carter November 2, 1979 April 12, 1997 Incumbent 17 years, 161 days 42 years, 91 days
Barbara Brandriff Crabb W.D. Wis. Carter November 2, 1979 March 24, 2010 Incumbent 30 years, 142 days 42 years, 91 days
Frank Howell Seay E.D. Okla. Carter November 2, 1979 September 23, 2003 Incumbent 23 years, 325 days 42 years, 91 days
Anne Elise Thompson D.N.J. Carter November 2, 1979 June 1, 2001 Incumbent 21 years, 211 days 42 years, 91 days
109 Albert Sherman Christensen D. Utah Eisenhower May 28, 1954 August 17, 1971 August 13, 1996 17 years, 81 days 42 years, 77 days
110 William Bertelsman E.D. Ky. Carter November 27, 1979 February 1, 2001 Incumbent 21 years, 66 days 42 years, 66 days
Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. S.D. Ga. Carter November 27, 1979 June 25, 2006 Incumbent 26 years, 210 days 42 years, 66 days
112 Terry J. Hatter Jr. C.D. Cal. Carter December 20, 1979 April 22, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 123 days 42 years, 43 days
113 Barbara Jacobs Rothstein W.D. Wash. Carter February 20, 1980 September 1, 2011 Incumbent 31 years, 193 days 41 years, 346 days
114 Edward Skottowe Northrop D. Md. Kennedy September 5, 1961 June 12, 1981 August 12, 2003 19 years, 280 days 41 years, 341 days
115 Richard Owen S.D.N.Y. Nixon December 19, 1973 September 30, 1989 November 20, 2015 15 years, 285 days 41 years, 336 days
116 Luther L. Bohanon E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.		 Kennedy August 30, 1961 August 2, 1974 July 18, 2003 12 years, 337 days 41 years, 322 days
117 James Clinton Turk W.D. Va. Nixon October 17, 1972 November 1, 2002 July 6, 2014 30 years, 15 days 41 years, 262 days
118 William Earl Britt E.D.N.C. Carter May 23, 1980 December 7, 1997 Incumbent 17 years, 198 days 41 years, 254 days
Walter Herbert Rice S.D. Ohio Carter May 23, 1980 November 30, 2004 Incumbent 24 years, 191 days 41 years, 254 days
120 Justin L. Quackenbush E.D. Wash. Carter June 18, 1980 June 27, 1995 Incumbent 15 years, 9 days 41 years, 228 days
121 Thomas A. Wiseman Jr. M.D. Tenn. Carter August 11, 1978 November 3, 1995 March 18, 2020 17 years, 84 days 41 years, 220 days
122 Thelton Henderson N.D. Cal. Carter June 30, 1980 November 28, 1998 Incumbent 18 years, 151 days 41 years, 216 days
123 James Thomas Foley N.D.N.Y. Truman February 2, 1949 June 30, 1980 August 17, 1990 31 years, 149 days 41 years, 196 days
124 Morris E. Lasker S.D.N.Y. L.B.J. June 24, 1968 October 3, 1983 December 25, 2009 15 years, 101 days 41 years, 184 days
125 Robert J. Kelleher C.D. Cal. Nixon December 21, 1970 March 5, 1983 June 20, 2012 12 years, 74 days 41 years, 182 days
126 John Feikens E.D. Mich.
E.D. Mich.		 Eisenhower
Nixon		 October 13, 1960
December 1, 1970		 September 27, 1961[25]
March 1, 1986
May 15, 2011		 16 years, 74 days 41 years, 149 days
127 William J. Castagna M.D. Fla. Carter July 24, 1979 June 29, 1992 December 18, 2020 12 years, 341 days 41 years, 147 days
128 William Wayne Justice E.D. Tex. L.B.J. June 7, 1968 June 30, 1998 October 13, 2009 30 years, 23 days 41 years, 128 days
129 Myron Herbert Thompson M.D. Ala. Carter September 29, 1980 August 22, 2013 Incumbent 32 years, 327 days 41 years, 125 days
130 Charles P. Kocoras N.D. Ill. Carter September 30, 1980 June 30, 2006 Incumbent 25 years, 273 days 41 years, 124 days
Consuelo Bland Marshall C.D. Cal. Carter September 30, 1980 October 24, 2005 Incumbent 25 years, 24 days 41 years, 124 days
132 Charles Fremont Amidon D.N.D. Cleveland August 31, 1896 June 2, 1928 December 26, 1937 31 years, 276 days 41 years, 117 days
133 Richard Dean Rogers D. Kans. Ford August 5, 1975 January 1, 1989 November 25, 2016 13 years, 149 days 41 years, 112 days
134 Joe Oscar Eaton S.D. Fla. L.B.J. June 12, 1967 April 2, 1985 September 28, 2008 17 years, 294 days 41 years, 108 days
135 Tom Stagg W.D. La. Nixon March 8, 1974 February 29, 1992 June 23, 2015 17 years, 358 days 41 years, 107 days
136 Richard Johnson Putnam W.D. La. Kennedy September 18, 1961 December 19, 1975 December 16, 2002 14 years, 92 days 41 years, 89 days
137 Edward Matthew Curran D.D.C. Truman October 16, 1946[26] April 2, 1971 January 10, 1988 24 years, 168 days 41 years, 86 days
138 Allen Burroughs Hannay S.D. Tex. F.D.R. August 12, 1942 August 6, 1975 October 22, 1983 32 years, 359 days 41 years, 71 days
139 Elijah Paine D. Vt. J. Adams February 25, 1801 April 1, 1842 n/a 41 years, 35 days 41 years, 35 days
140 William Bondy S.D.N.Y. Harding March 2, 1923 May 1, 1956 March 30, 1964 33 years, 60 days 41 years, 28 days
141 Ellen Bree Burns D. Conn. Carter May 18, 1978 September 1, 1992 June 3, 2019 14 years, 106 days 41 years, 16 days
142 Juan Pérez-Giménez D.P.R. Carter December 6, 1979 March 28, 2006 December 10, 2020 26 years, 112 days 41 years, 4 days
143 Robert W. Sweet S.D.N.Y. Carter April 28, 1978 March 1, 1991 March 24, 2019 12 years, 307 days 40 years, 330 days
144 Joseph Jefferson Fisher E.D. Tex. Eisenhower September 10, 1959 January 30, 1984 June 19, 2000 24 years, 142 days 40 years, 283 days
145 Malcolm Muir M.D. Pa. Nixon October 14, 1970 August 31, 1984 July 22, 2011 13 years, 322 days 40 years, 281 days
146 Edward Roscoe Meek N.D. Tex. McKinley July 13, 1898 December 31, 1935 April 10, 1939 37 years, 171 days 40 years, 271 days
147 Ronald Davies D.N.D. Eisenhower July 27, 1955 August 27, 1971 April 18, 1996 16 years, 31 days 40 years, 266 days
148 Carmen Consuelo Cerezo D.P.R. Carter June 30, 1980 February 28, 2021 n/a 40 years, 243 days 40 years, 243 days
149 William Hoeveler S.D. Fla. Carter April 26, 1977 January 31, 1991 November 18, 2017 13 years, 280 days 40 years, 206 days
150 William Schwarzer N.D. Cal. Ford July 23, 1976 April 30, 1991 January 28, 2017 14 years, 281 days 40 years, 189 days
151 Robert A. Grant N.D. Ind. Eisenhower August 26, 1957 December 1, 1972 March 2, 1998 15 years, 97 days 40 years, 188 days
152 William Charles Lee N.D. Ind. Reagan July 28, 1981 February 3, 2003 Incumbent 21 years, 190 days 40 years, 188 days
153 Lee Roy West W.D. Okla. Carter November 2, 1979 November 26, 1994 April 24, 2020 15 years, 24 days 40 years, 174 days
154 Ogden Hoffman Jr. N.D. Cal.
S.D. Cal.
D. Cal.
N.D. Cal.		 Fillmore
n/a[29]
n/a[30]
n/a[31]		 February 27, 1851
August 31, 1852
July 23, 1866
August 5, 1886		 July 23, 1866
January 18, 1854
August 5, 1886
August 9, 1891		 n/a 40 years, 163 days 40 years, 163 days
155 James William Locke S.D. Fla. Grant February 1, 1872 July 4, 1912 n/a 40 years, 154 days 40 years, 154 days
156 John Davis D. Mass. J. Adams February 20, 1801 July 10, 1841 n/a 40 years, 140 days 40 years, 140 days
157 Charles Guy Briggle S.D. Ill. Hoover January 25, 1932 August 1, 1958 June 6, 1972 26 years, 188 days 40 years, 133 days
158 Samuel Rossiter Betts S.D.N.Y. J. Q. Adams December 21, 1826 April 30, 1867 n/a 40 years, 130 days 40 years, 130 days
159 John C. Coughenour W.D. Wash. Reagan September 28, 1981 July 26, 2006 Incumbent 24 years, 301 days 40 years, 126 days
Henry Rupert Wilhoit Jr. E.D. Ky. Reagan September 28, 1981 December 31, 2000 Incumbent 19 years, 94 days 40 years, 126 days
161 Howard Boyd Turrentine S.D. Cal. Nixon April 24, 1970 January 22, 1984 August 20, 2010 13 years, 273 days 40 years, 118 days
162 John Pitman D.R.I. Monroe August 4, 1824 November 17, 1864 n/a 40 years, 105 days 40 years, 105 days
163 Hayden Wilson Head Jr. S.D. Tex. Reagan October 26, 1981 November 13, 2009 Incumbent 28 years, 18 days 40 years, 98 days
James Robertson Nowlin W.D. Tex. Reagan October 26, 1981 May 31, 2003 Incumbent 21 years, 217 days 40 years, 98 days
165 Paul A. Magnuson D. Minn. Reagan October 29, 1981 February 9, 2002 Incumbent 21 years, 97 days 40 years, 95 days
166 William B. Bryant D.D.C. L.B.J. August 11, 1965 January 31, 1982 November 13, 2005 16 years, 173 days 40 years, 94 days
167 James L. Foreman E.D. Ill.
S.D. Ill.		 Nixon
n/a[33]		 March 7, 1972
March 31, 1979		 March 31, 1979
June 1, 1992
June 3, 2012		 20 years, 86 days 40 years, 88 days
168 Earl R. Larson D. Minn. Kennedy August 10, 1961 June 30, 1977 October 31, 2001 15 years, 324 days 40 years, 82 days
169 Warren William Eginton D. Conn. Carter July 24, 1979 August 1, 1992 October 7, 2019 13 years, 8 days 40 years, 75 days
170 John Bailey Jones D.S.D. Reagan November 18, 1981 January 1, 1995 Incumbent 13 years, 44 days 40 years, 75 days
171 Robert G. Doumar E.D. Va. Reagan December 3, 1981 April 30, 1996 Incumbent 14 years, 149 days 40 years, 60 days
172 Sam A. Crow D. Kan. Reagan December 10, 1981 November 15, 1996 Incumbent 14 years, 341 days 40 years, 53 days
I. Leo Glasser E.D.N.Y. Reagan December 10, 1981 July 1, 1993 Incumbent 11 years, 203 days 40 years, 53 days
174 David Lynn Russell E.D. Okla.
N.D. Okla.
W.D. Okla.		 Reagan December 17, 1981
December 17, 1981
December 17, 1981		 December 1, 1990
December 1, 1990
July 7, 2013

Incumbent		 31 years, 202 days 40 years, 46 days
175 James A. Redden D. Or. Carter February 20, 1980 March 13, 1995 March 31, 2020 15 years, 21 days 40 years, 40 days

Sources[]

  • Federal Judicial Center

See also[]

References[]

General
  • "Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
Specific
  1. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 6, 1802, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1802, and received commission on January 26, 1802.
  2. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 1963, and received commission on March 27, 1963.
  3. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1906, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received commission on December 11, 1906.
  4. ^ Elevated to Chief Justice by Jefferson on February 24, 1806. Because of the unique structure of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, Thomas Jefferson's elevation of William Cranch to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.
  5. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Reassigned to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981 by operation of law.
  7. ^ a b On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
  8. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 30, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 1952, and received commission on April 8, 1952.
  9. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1823, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1823, and received commission on December 9, 1823.
  10. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 10, 1954.
  11. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1932, and received commission on February 10, 1932.
  12. ^ a b Harper received three consecutive recess appointments to the same court; his formal nomination was rejected by the United States Senate the first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate.
  13. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.
  14. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1962, and received commission on February 17, 1962.
  15. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956.
  16. ^ a b Early in the course of the American Civil War, the western portion of Virginia rejected Virginia's secession from the United States, and itself seceded from Virginia. This area largely coincided with the existing Western District of Virginia. The portion of Virginia remaining loyal to the Union became the state of West Virginia, which was admitted as a state on June 20, 1863. On June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia became the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with what had previously been the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to again form a single United States District Court for the District of Virginia. John Jay Jackson, who had been appointed to the Western District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of West Virginia. At the same time, John Curtiss Underwood, who had been appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of Virginia. On February 3, 1871, the District of Virginia was again subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts, and Underwood was reassigned to the Eastern District, until his death.
  17. ^ a b On July 1, 1901, the District of West Virginia was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; Jackson was reassigned to the Northern District, until his retirement.
  18. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1928, and received commission on January 9, 1928.
  19. ^ a b On March 31, 1979, the Eastern District and Southern District of Illinois were rearranged into the Southern District and a new United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois; Baker was reassigned by operation of law to the Central District, and was there for the remainder of his service.
  20. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 8, 1950, and received commission on February 10, 1950.
  21. ^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
  22. ^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.
  23. ^ Elevated to Chief Justice by Coolidge on April 18, 1928. Because of the unique structure of the United States Court of Claims, Calvin Coolidge's elevation of Fenton Booth to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.
  24. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received commission on April 7, 1950.
  25. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961; Service terminated on September 27, 1961, after nomination was not confirmed by the Senate.
  26. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1947, and received commission on February 5, 1947.
  27. ^ Elevated to Chief Justice by Cleveland on November 23, 1896. Because of the unique structure of the United States Court of Claims, Grover Cleveland's elevation of Charles Nott to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.
  28. ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.
  29. ^ a b Assigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on August 31, 1852.
  30. ^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of California on July 23, 1866.
  31. ^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on August 5, 1886.
  32. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1949, and received commission on February 2, 1949.
  33. ^ a b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.
  34. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950.
  35. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 18, 1928, and received commission on January 18, 1928.
  36. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1932, and received commission on January 19, 1932.
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