List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Jimmy Carter during his presidency.[1] In total Carter appointed 262 Article III federal judges, including 56 judges to the courts of appeals , 203 judges to the United States district courts , 2 judges to the United States Court of Claims and 1 judge to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals . Later presidents have exceeded Carter's total number of judicial appointments, which had itself surpassed the previous record of 235 set by Richard Nixon , but Carter retains the record for the largest number of judicial appointments in a single term.
Although Carter made no appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States , two of his Court of Appeals appointees—Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg —were later appointed to the Supreme Court by Bill Clinton .
None of Carter's appointees remain in active status, however 9 appellate judges and 25 district judges remain on senior status . Four additional judges appointed by Carter to district courts remain on senior status as appellate judges by appointment of later presidents, as is one appellate judge appointed to the Supreme Court.
Courts of Appeals
#
Judge
Circuit
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
Procter Ralph Hug Jr.
Ninth
August 29, 1977
September 15, 1977
September 15, 1977
January 1, 2002
November 30, 2017
2
Alvin Benjamin Rubin
Fifth
August 16, 1977
September 16, 1977
September 19, 1977
July 1, 1989
June 11, 1991
3
Hugh H. Bownes
First
September 19, 1977
October 7, 1977
October 11, 1977
January 1, 1990
November 5, 2003
4
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
Third
September 19, 1977
October 7, 1977
October 11, 1977
January 31, 1991
March 5, 1993
5
Thomas Tang
Ninth
August 29, 1977
October 7, 1977
October 12, 1977
October 12, 1993
July 18, 1995
6
Damon Keith
Sixth
September 28, 1977
October 20, 1977
October 21, 1977
May 1, 1995
April 28, 2019
7
Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.
Sixth
August 25, 1977
October 29, 1977
October 31, 1977
January 17, 2001
January 17, 2022
8
Monroe G. McKay
Tenth
November 2, 1977
November 29, 1977
December 1, 1977
December 31, 1993
March 28, 2020
9
Robert Smith Vance
Fifth / Eleventh
November 4, 1977
December 15, 1977
December 15, 1977
December 16, 1989 [2]
–
10
James Kenneth Logan
Tenth
November 4, 1977
December 15, 1977
December 16, 1977
August 31, 1994
July 15, 1998
11
James Dickson Phillips Jr.
Fourth
July 20, 1978
August 11, 1978
August 11, 1978
July 31, 1994
August 27, 2017
12
Theodore McMillian
Eighth
August 3, 1978
September 22, 1978
September 23, 1978
July 1, 2003
January 18, 2006
13
Phyllis A. Kravitch
Fifth / Eleventh
January 19, 1979
March 21, 1979
March 23, 1979
December 31, 1996 [2]
June 15, 2017
14
Frank Minis Johnson
Fifth / Eleventh
April 2, 1979
June 19, 1979
June 21, 1979
October 30, 1991 [2]
July 23, 1999
15
Amalya Lyle Kearse
Second
May 3, 1979
June 19, 1979
June 21, 1979
June 11, 2002
Incumbent
16
Jon O. Newman
Second
April 30, 1979
June 19, 1979
June 21, 1979
July 1, 1997
Incumbent
17
Dolores Sloviter
Third
April 4, 1979
June 19, 1979
June 21, 1979
June 21, 2013
October 12, 2022
18
R. Lanier Anderson III
Fifth / Eleventh
April 18, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
January 31, 2009 [2]
Incumbent
19
Reynaldo Guerra Garza
Fifth
April 30, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
July 7, 1982
September 14, 2004
20
Joseph W. Hatchett
Fifth / Eleventh
May 17, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
May 14, 1999 [2]
–
21
Albert John Henderson
Fifth / Eleventh
April 18, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
January 31, 1986 [2]
May 11, 1999
22
Carolyn Dineen King
Fifth
April 30, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
December 31, 2013
Incumbent
23
Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr.
Fourth
May 8, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
August 31, 2000
–
24
Henry Anthony Politz
Fifth
May 3, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
August 10, 1999
May 25, 2002
25
Thomas Morrow Reavley
Fifth
May 17, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 13, 1979
August 1, 1990
December 1, 2020
26
Patricia Wald
D.C.
April 30, 1979
July 24, 1979
July 26, 1979
November 16, 1999
–
27
James Marshall Sprouse
Fourth
July 5, 1979
September 11, 1979
September 13, 1979
October 31, 1992
July 31, 1995
28
Bailey Brown
Sixth
March 15, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
June 16, 1982
December 31, 1997
29
Richard Dickson Cudahy
Seventh
May 22, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
August 15, 1994
September 22, 2015
30
Betty Binns Fletcher
Ninth
July 12, 1979
September 26, 1979
September 26, 1979
November 1, 1998
October 22, 2012
31
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy
Sixth
April 9, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
March 1, 1999
May 12, 2014
32
Boyce F. Martin Jr.
Sixth
June 5, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
August 16, 2013
–
33
Abner Mikva
D.C.
May 29, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
September 19, 1994
–
34
Mary M. Schroeder
Ninth
May 3, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
December 31, 2011
Incumbent
35
Otto Richard Skopil Jr.
Ninth
June 14, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
June 30, 1986
October 18, 2012
36
Jerome Farris
Ninth
July 12, 1979
September 26, 1979
September 27, 1979
March 4, 1995
July 23, 2020
37
Samuel D. Johnson Jr.
Fifth
August 10, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
May 10, 1991
July 27, 2002
38
Nathaniel R. Jones
Sixth
August 28, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
May 13, 1995
March 30, 2002
39
Albert Tate Jr.
Fifth
July 31, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
March 27, 1986
–
40
Arthur Alarcón
Ninth
August 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
November 21, 1992
January 28, 2015
41
Thomas Alonzo Clark
Fifth / Eleventh
August 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
August 31, 1991 [2]
September 4, 2005
42
Harry Pregerson
Ninth
August 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
December 11, 2015
November 25, 2017
43
Stephanie Kulp Seymour
Tenth
August 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
October 16, 2005
Incumbent
44
Warren J. Ferguson
Ninth
September 28, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
July 31, 1986
June 25, 2008
45
Cecil F. Poole
Ninth
October 11, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
January 15, 1996
November 12, 1997
46
Dorothy Wright Nelson
Ninth
September 28, 1979
December 19, 1979
December 20, 1979
January 1, 1995
Incumbent
47
Richard S. Arnold
Eighth
December 14, 1979 [Rn 1]
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
April 1, 2001
September 23, 2004
48
Harry T. Edwards
D.C.
December 6, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
November 3, 2005
Incumbent
49
William Canby
Ninth
April 2, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
May 23, 1996
Incumbent
50
Samuel James Ervin III
Fourth
April 2, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
September 18, 1999
–
51
Robert Boochever
Ninth
May 22, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 10, 1986
October 9, 2011
52
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
D.C.
April 14, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
August 9, 1993
Elevated
53
William Albert Norris
Ninth
February 27, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
July 7, 1994
October 24, 1997
54
Jerre Stockton Williams
Fifth
April 14, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
July 2, 1990
August 29, 1993
55
Stephen Reinhardt
Ninth
November 30, 1979
September 11, 1980
September 11, 1980
March 29, 2018
–
56
Stephen Breyer
First
November 13, 1980
December 9, 1980
December 10, 1980
August 2, 1994
Elevated
District Courts
#
Judge
Court[Note 1]
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
Howell W. Melton
M.D. Fla.
March 29, 1977
April 25, 1977
April 26, 1977
February 1, 1991
December 18, 2015
2
William Hoeveler
S.D. Fla.
April 5, 1977
April 25, 1977
April 26, 1977
January 31, 1991
November 18, 2017
3
Finis E. Cowan
S.D. Tex.
May 19, 1977
June 13, 1977
June 14, 1977
June 30, 1979
–
4
Francis J. Boyle
D.R.I.
May 2, 1977
June 30, 1977
July 1, 1977
December 1, 1992
September 11, 2006
5
Russell Gentry Clark
W.D. Mo.
June 13, 1977
July 1, 1977
July 5, 1977
August 1, 1991
July 31, 2000
6
Edward Louis Filippine
E.D. Mo.
June 22, 1977
July 21, 1977
July 22, 1977
June 11, 1995
Incumbent
7
Harold Lloyd Murphy
N.D. Ga.
July 7, 1977
July 28, 1977
July 29, 1977
March 31, 2017
December 28, 2022
8
T. F. Gilroy Daly
D. Conn.
June 29, 1977
August 5, 1977
August 5, 1977
July 11, 1996
–
9
Earl Ernest Veron
W.D. La.
July 19, 1977
August 4, 1977
August 5, 1977
February 13, 1990
August 28, 1990
10
Harry H. MacLaughlin
D. Minn.
August 4, 1977
September 16, 1977
September 19, 1977
October 1, 1992
May 3, 2005
11
Nicholas John Bua
N.D. Ill.
July 19, 1977
October 7, 1977
October 11, 1977
November 4, 1991
–
12
Edward Huggins Johnstone
W.D. Ky.
August 25, 1977
October 7, 1977
October 11, 1977
October 22, 1993
June 26, 2013
13
Louis F. Oberdorfer
D.D.C.
September 16, 1977
October 7, 1977
October 11, 1977
July 31, 1992
February 21, 2013
14
Stanley Julian Roszkowski
N.D. Ill.
July 19, 1977
October 7, 1977
October 11, 1977
January 9, 1991
January 31, 1998
15
Thomas A. Ballantine Jr.
W.D. Ky.
September 27, 1977
October 12, 1977
October 12, 1977
November 29, 1991
February 18, 1992
16
Charles Proctor Sifton
E.D.N.Y.
August 16, 1977
October 12, 1977
October 12, 1977
March 18, 2000
November 9, 2009
17
Eugene Nickerson
E.D.N.Y.
August 16, 1977
October 20, 1977
October 21, 1977
January 1, 1994
January 1, 2002
18
Pierre N. Leval
S.D.N.Y.
October 17, 1977
October 29, 1977
October 31, 1977
November 8, 1993
Elevated
19
Elsijane Trimble Roy
E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark.
October 21, 1977
November 1, 1977
November 2, 1977
January 1, 1989
January 23, 2007 December 1, 1990 [3]
20
George C. Carr
M.D. Fla.
November 21, 1977
December 15, 1977
December 16, 1977
January 26, 1990
–
21
John L. Kane Jr.
D. Colo.
November 2, 1977
December 15, 1977
December 16, 1977
April 8, 1988
Incumbent
22
A. David Mazzone
D. Mass.
November 21, 1977 [Rn 2]
February 7, 1978
February 10, 1978
June 3, 1993
October 25, 2004
23
Paul Allen Simmons
W.D. Pa.
November 22, 1977 [Rn 2]
April 6, 1978
April 7, 1978
June 1, 1990
October 9, 2014
24
Robert W. Sweet
S.D.N.Y.
February 17, 1978
April 25, 1978
April 28, 1978
March 1, 1991
March 24, 2019
25
Gustave Diamond
W.D. Pa.
March 22, 1978
May 1, 1978
May 2, 1978
January 31, 1994
October 29, 2021
26
Donald Emil Ziegler
W.D. Pa.
March 22, 1978
May 1, 1978
May 2, 1978
October 1, 2001
May 31, 2003
27
Ellen Bree Burns
D. Conn.
February 15, 1978
May 17, 1978
May 18, 1978
September 1, 1992
June 3, 2019
28
Robert Frederick Collins
E.D. La.
November 2, 1977 [Rn 2]
May 17, 1978
May 19, 1978
August 6, 1993
–
29
Harold H. Greene
D.D.C.
March 22, 1978
May 17, 1978
May 19, 1978
August 6, 1995
January 29, 2000
30
Leonard B. Sand
S.D.N.Y.
April 7, 1978
May 17, 1978
May 19, 1978
July 1, 1993
December 3, 2016
31
Jack Edward Tanner
E.D. Wash. W.D. Wash.
January 20, 1978
May 17, 1978
May 19, 1978
November 8, 1978 [4] January 28, 1991
– January 10, 2006
32
Adrian G. Duplantier
E.D. La.
April 24, 1978
May 26, 1978
May 31, 1978
March 6, 1994
August 15, 2007
33
Shane Devine
D.N.H.
May 17, 1978
June 23, 1978
June 27, 1978
September 8, 1992
February 22, 1999
34
Mary Johnson Lowe
S.D.N.Y.
May 10, 1978
June 23, 1978
June 27, 1978
July 27, 1991
February 27, 1999
35
Santiago E. Campos
D.N.M.
June 2, 1978
July 10, 1978
July 12, 1978
December 26, 1992
January 20, 2001
36
Louis H. Pollak
E.D. Pa.
June 7, 1978
July 10, 1978
July 12, 1978
January 1, 1991
May 8, 2012
37
Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.
S.D. Fla.
July 6, 1978
July 26, 1978
July 28, 1978
November 30, 1996
Incumbent
38
Harry E. Claiborne
D. Nev.
July 25, 1978
August 11, 1978
August 11, 1978
October 9, 1986
–
39
Norma Levy Shapiro
E.D. Pa.
August 1, 1978
August 11, 1978
August 11, 1978
December 31, 1998
July 22, 2016
40
Thomas A. Wiseman Jr.
M.D. Tenn.
August 1, 1978
August 11, 1978
August 11, 1978
November 3, 1995
March 18, 2020
41
Richard S. Arnold
E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark.
August 14, 1978
September 20, 1978
September 22, 1978
March 7, 1980
Elevated
42
Bruce Sterling Jenkins
D. Utah
August 28, 1978
September 20, 1978
September 22, 1978
September 30, 1994
November 7, 2023
43
Harold Baker
E.D. Ill. / C.D. Ill.
August 9, 1978
September 22, 1978
September 23, 1978
October 4, 1994 [5]
January 2, 2022
44
Patricia Boyle
E.D. Mich.
July 25, 1978
September 22, 1978
September 23, 1978
April 20, 1983
–
45
Julian A. Cook
E.D. Mich.
July 25, 1978
September 22, 1978
September 23, 1978
December 30, 1996
May 16, 2017
46
Mariana Pfaelzer
C.D. Cal.
August 8, 1978
September 22, 1978
September 23, 1978
December 31, 1997
May 14, 2015
47
Donald E. O'Brien
N.D. Iowa S.D. Iowa
September 27, 1978
October 4, 1978
October 5, 1978
December 30, 1992 December 1, 1990 [6]
August 18, 2015 –
48
Berry Avant Edenfield
S.D. Ga.
September 27, 1978
October 10, 1978
October 11, 1978
August 2, 2006
May 9, 2015
49
Robert Keeton
D. Mass.
January 25, 1979
March 21, 1979
March 23, 1979
February 28, 2003
September 8, 2006
50
John J. McNaught
D. Mass.
January 25, 1979
March 21, 1979
March 23, 1979
February 1, 1991
–
51
David Sutherland Nelson
D. Mass.
January 25, 1979
March 21, 1979
March 23, 1979
September 27, 1991
October 21, 1998
52
John Garrett Penn
D.D.C.
January 19, 1979
March 21, 1979
March 23, 1979
March 31, 1998
September 9, 2007
53
Abraham David Sofaer
S.D.N.Y.
January 19, 1979
March 21, 1979
March 23, 1979
June 9, 1985
–
54
Rya W. Zobel
D. Mass.
January 25, 1979
March 21, 1979
March 23, 1979
April 1, 2014
Incumbent
55
David Owen Belew Jr.
N.D. Tex.
February 9, 1979
April 24, 1979
April 26, 1979
May 7, 1990
November 21, 2001
56
Martin F. Loughlin
D.N.H.
February 9, 1979
April 24, 1979
April 26, 1979
May 15, 1989
December 4, 1995
57
Robert Manley Parker
E.D. Tex.
February 6, 1979
April 24, 1979
April 26, 1979
June 17, 1994
Elevated
58
Mary Lou Robinson
N.D. Tex.
February 23, 1979
April 24, 1979
April 26, 1979
February 11, 2016
January 26, 2019
59
Barefoot Sanders
N.D. Tex.
February 6, 1979
April 24, 1979
April 26, 1979
January 1, 1996
September 21, 2008
60
Paul G. Hatfield
D. Mont.
March 15, 1979
May 9, 1979
May 10, 1979
February 9, 1996
July 3, 2000
61
Norman William Black
S.D. Tex.
February 23, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
December 6, 1996
July 23, 1997
62
George Edward Cire
S.D. Tex.
February 13, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
May 5, 1985
–
63
James DeAnda
S.D. Tex.
February 13, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
October 1, 1992
–
64
Joyce Hens Green
D.D.C.
March 2, 1979 [Rn 3]
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
July 1, 1995
Incumbent
65
George P. Kazen
S.D. Tex.
March 7, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
May 31, 2009
March 9, 2018
66
Gabrielle Kirk McDonald
S.D. Tex.
February 27, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
August 14, 1988
–
67
William Overton
E.D. Ark.
March 7, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
July 14, 1987
–
68
Donald James Porter
D.S.D.
March 15, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
March 16, 1992
February 17, 2003
69
Harold Duane Vietor
S.D. Iowa
March 15, 1979
May 10, 1979
May 11, 1979
December 29, 1996
July 23, 2016
70
Valdemar Aguirre Cordova
D. Ariz.
April 30, 1979
June 19, 1979
June 21, 1979
June 18, 1988
–
71
Marvin Aspen
N.D. Ill.
April 30, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
July 1, 2002
Incumbent
72
Susan H. Black
M.D. Fla.
May 22, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
September 3, 1992
Elevated
73
William J. Castagna
M.D. Fla.
June 5, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
June 29, 1992
December 18, 2020
74
Richard Paul Conaboy
M.D. Pa.
May 29, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
September 1, 1992
November 9, 2018
75
Warren William Eginton
D. Conn.
June 5, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
August 1, 1992
October 7, 2019
76
Orinda Dale Evans
N.D. Ga.
June 5, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
December 31, 2008
Incumbent
77
Lawrence K. Karlton
E.D. Cal.
June 5, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
May 28, 2000
July 11, 2015
78
James Byron Moran
N.D. Ill.
May 22, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
June 30, 1995
April 21, 2009
79
Sylvia H. Rambo
M.D. Pa.
May 29, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
April 18, 2001
Incumbent
80
Marvin Herman Shoob
N.D. Ga.
June 5, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
September 30, 1991
June 12, 2017
81
George Ernest Tidwell
N.D. Ga.
June 5, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
October 8, 1999
August 4, 2011
82
Robert L. Vining Jr.
N.D. Ga.
June 14, 1979
July 23, 1979
July 24, 1979
March 31, 1996
September 1, 2022
83
Robert Jackson Staker
S.D. W. Va.
June 14, 1979
September 11, 1979
September 13, 1979
December 31, 1994
September 30, 2005
84
Matthew J. Perry
D.S.C.
July 5, 1979
September 19, 1979
September 20, 1979
October 1, 1995
July 29, 2011
85
George Arceneaux
E.D. La.
June 12, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
April 6, 1993
–
86
Richard Bilby
D. Ariz.
June 5, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
May 29, 1996
August 11, 1998
87
Patrick Eugene Carr
E.D. La.
June 14, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 1, 1991
June 1, 1998
88
Jim Carrigan
D. Colo.
June 1, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 10, 1994
August 19, 1995
89
Avern Cohn
E.D. Mich.
May 17, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 9, 1999
February 4, 2022
90
Benjamin F. Gibson
W.D. Mich.
July 12, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
July 13, 1996
January 31, 1999
91
Falcon Black Hawkins Jr.
D.S.C.
June 5, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 1, 1993
July 20, 2005
92
Douglas Woodruff Hillman
W.D. Mich.
July 12, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
February 15, 1991
October 1, 2002
93
Charles Weston Houck
D.S.C.
June 5, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 1, 2003
July 19, 2017
94
William L. Hungate
E.D. Mo.
May 17, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 1, 1991
June 30, 1992
95
Stewart Albert Newblatt
E.D. Mich.
May 17, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
December 23, 1993
December 27, 2022
96
John Victor Parker
M.D. La.
May 24, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 31, 1998
July 14, 2014
97
Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.
D. Nev.
April 12, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
July 15, 1992
June 1, 2013
98
Howard F. Sachs
W.D. Mo.
May 17, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 31, 1992
Incumbent
99
John Malach Shaw
W.D. La.
June 5, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
November 15, 1996
December 24, 1999
100
Zita Leeson Weinshienk
D. Colo.
June 1, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
April 3, 1998
March 31, 2011
101
Veronica DiCarlo Wicker
E.D. La.
June 5, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
December 10, 1994
–
102
Scott Olin Wright
W.D. Mo.
May 24, 1979
September 25, 1979
September 26, 1979
October 5, 1991
July 11, 2016
103
William L. Beatty
S.D. Ill.
July 31, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
November 9, 1992
July 22, 2001
104
Gene Edward Brooks
S.D. Ind.
July 27, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
December 31, 1996
–
105
Jerry Buchmeyer
N.D. Tex.
August 3, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
September 5, 2003
September 21, 2009
106
Edward B. Davis
S.D. Fla.
August 10, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
June 30, 2000
–
107
Hugh Gibson
S.D. Tex.
July 31, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
November 1, 1989
June 18, 1998
108
Lynn Carlton Higby
N.D. Fla.
June 14, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
January 3, 1983
–
109
Joseph C. Howard Sr.
D. Md.
May 22, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
November 15, 1991
September 16, 2000
110
Shirley Brannock Jones
D. Md.
May 22, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
December 31, 1982
–
111
James W. Kehoe
S.D. Fla.
July 18, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
October 16, 1992
December 13, 1998
112
George J. Mitchell
D. Me.
July 31, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
May 16, 1980
–
113
James Carriger Paine
S.D. Fla.
July 12, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
May 20, 1992
March 7, 2010
114
Eugene P. Spellman
S.D. Fla.
July 21, 1979
October 4, 1979
October 5, 1979
May 4, 1991
–
115
Harold A. Ackerman
D.N.J.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
February 15, 1994
December 2, 2009
116
Alan N. Bloch
W.D. Pa.
August 3, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
April 12, 1997
Incumbent
117
Thomas Rutherford Brett
N.D. Okla.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
October 3, 1996
February 1, 2003
118
Juan Guerrero Burciaga
D.N.M.
July 19, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
November 9, 1994
March 5, 1995
119
Barbara Brandriff Crabb
W.D. Wis.
July 21, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
March 24, 2010
Incumbent
120
Dickinson R. Debevoise
D.N.J.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
May 1, 1994
August 14, 2015
121
James O. Ellison
N.D. Okla.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
November 7, 1994
November 22, 2014
122
Terence T. Evans
E.D. Wis.
July 21, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
August 11, 1995
Elevated
123
Robert Howell Hall
N.D. Ga.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
December 31, 1990
October 14, 1995
124
Alcee Hastings
S.D. Fla.
August 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
October 20, 1989
–
125
Neal Peters McCurn
N.D.N.Y.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
April 6, 1993
September 7, 2014
126
Scott Elgin Reed
E.D. Ky.
August 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
August 1, 1988
February 17, 1994
127
Dale E. Saffels
D. Kan.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
November 16, 1990
November 14, 2002
128
H. Lee Sarokin
D.N.J.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
October 5, 1994
Elevated
129
Frank Howell Seay
E.D. Okla.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
September 25, 2003
Incumbent
130
Anna Diggs Taylor
E.D. Mich.
May 17, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
December 31, 1998
November 4, 2017
131
Anne Elise Thompson
D.N.J.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
June 1, 2001
Incumbent
132
Lee Roy West
W.D. Okla.
September 28, 1979
October 31, 1979
November 2, 1979
November 26, 1994
April 24, 2020
133
Peter Beer
E.D. La.
October 11, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
April 12, 1994
February 9, 2018
134
William Bertelsman
E.D. Ky.
October 11, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
February 1, 2001
Incumbent
135
Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.
S.D. Ga.
July 19, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
June 25, 2006
Incumbent
136
Lucius Desha Bunton III
W.D. Tex.
October 11, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
December 1, 1992
January 17, 2001
137
James T. Giles
E.D. Pa.
October 11, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
February 11, 2008
October 3, 2008
138
Harry Lee Hudspeth
W.D. Tex.
October 11, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
June 30, 2001
January 31, 2016
139
Milton Lewis Schwartz
E.D. Cal.
September 28, 1979
November 26, 1979
November 27, 1979
January 20, 1990
October 3, 2005
140
Juan Pérez-Giménez
D.P.R.
October 23, 1979
December 5, 1979
December 6, 1979
March 28, 2006
December 10, 2020
141
Horace Ward
N.D. Ga.
November 1, 1979
December 5, 1979
December 6, 1979
December 31, 1993
April 23, 2016
142
David Kent Winder
D. Utah
November 1, 1979
December 4, 1979
December 6, 1979
June 8, 1997
May 19, 2009
143
José A. Cabranes
D. Conn.
November 6, 1979
December 5, 1979
December 10, 1979
August 12, 1994
Elevated
144
Robert James McNichols
E.D. Wash.
November 6, 1979
December 5, 1979
December 10, 1979
April 20, 1991
January 20, 1993
145
Terry J. Hatter Jr.
C.D. Cal.
September 28, 1979
December 19, 1979
December 20, 1979
April 22, 2005
Incumbent
146
Edward Dean Price
E.D. Cal.
November 1, 1979
December 19, 1979
December 20, 1979
December 31, 1989
November 3, 1997
147
Richard Alan Enslen
W.D. Mich.
November 30, 1979
December 20, 1979
December 21, 1979
September 1, 2005
February 17, 2015
148
William Matthew Kidd
S.D. W. Va. / N.D. W. Va.
November 30, 1979
December 20, 1979
December 21, 1979
January 15, 1990 [7]
December 20, 1998
149
Lyonel Thomas Senter Jr.
N.D. Miss.
October 11, 1979
December 20, 1979
December 21, 1979
July 30, 1998
May 18, 2011
150
Helen J. Frye
D. Ore.
December 3, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
December 10, 1995
April 21, 2011
151
Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz
D.P.R.
November 30, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
December 27, 1993
March 23, 2004
152
Diana E. Murphy
D. Minn.
November 30, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
October 13, 1994
Elevated
153
Owen M. Panner
D. Ore.
December 3, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
July 28, 1992
December 19, 2018
154
James A. Redden
D. Ore.
December 3, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
March 13, 1995
March 31, 2020
155
Robert G. Renner
D. Minn.
November 30, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
February 22, 1992
March 1, 2005
156
Barbara Jacobs Rothstein
W.D. Wash.
December 3, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
September 1, 2011
Incumbent
157
Henry Woods
E.D. Ark.
December 14, 1979
February 20, 1980
February 20, 1980
March 1, 1995
March 14, 2002
158
Truman McGill Hobbs
M.D. Ala.
January 23, 1980
April 3, 1980
April 3, 1980
February 11, 1991
November 4, 2015
159
Odell Horton
W.D. Tenn.
February 27, 1980
May 9, 1980
May 12, 1980
May 16, 1995
February 22, 2006
160
Norma Holloway Johnson
D.D.C.
February 28, 1980
May 9, 1980
May 12, 1980
June 18, 2001
December 31, 2003
161
John Trice Nixon
M.D. Tenn.
February 27, 1980
May 9, 1980
May 12, 1980
August 15, 1998
December 19, 2019
162
G. Ross Anderson
D.S.C.
April 18, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
January 29, 2009
March 1, 2016
163
William Earl Britt
E.D.N.C.
April 14, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
December 7, 1997
Incumbent
164
Clyde S. Cahill Jr.
E.D. Mo.
April 2, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
April 9, 1992
August 18, 2004
165
Charles Leach Hardy
D. Ariz.
April 2, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
June 2, 1990
December 24, 2010
166
John David Holschuh
S.D. Ohio
March 28, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
October 12, 1996
January 26, 2011
167
Patrick F. Kelly
D. Kan.
April 14, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
June 6, 1995
March 15, 1996
168
Frank Joseph Polozola
M.D. La.
April 2, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
January 15, 2007
February 24, 2013
169
Raul Anthony Ramirez
E.D. Cal.
December 14, 1979
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
December 31, 1989
–
170
Walter Herbert Rice
S.D. Ohio
April 14, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
November 30, 2004
Incumbent
171
Milton Shadur
N.D. Ill.
April 2, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
June 25, 1992
January 14, 2018
172
S. Arthur Spiegel
S.D. Ohio
April 14, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
June 5, 1995
December 31, 2014
173
George Washington White
N.D. Ohio
March 28, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980
February 26, 1999
November 12, 2011
174
Ann Aldrich
N.D. Ohio
March 28, 1980
May 21, 1980
May 24, 1980
May 12, 1995
May 2, 2010
175
Elbert Bertram Haltom Jr.
N.D. Ala.
January 10, 1980
May 29, 1980
May 30, 1980
December 31, 1991
October 12, 2003
176
Robert Bruce Propst
N.D. Ala.
January 10, 1980
May 29, 1980
May 30, 1980
July 15, 1996
May 14, 2019
177
Robert Aguilar
N.D. Cal.
April 3, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
April 15, 1996
June 24, 1996
178
Horace Weldon Gilmore
E.D. Mich.
May 22, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
May 1, 1991
January 25, 2010
179
Justin L. Quackenbush
E.D. Wash.
May 9, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 27, 1995
Incumbent
180
Clyde Frederick Shannon Jr.
W.D. Tex.
December 19, 1979
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
January 1, 1984
–
181
Green Wix Unthank
E.D. Ky.
December 19, 1979
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 14, 1988
June 25, 2013
182
Filemon Vela Sr.
S.D. Tex.
January 22, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
May 1, 2000
April 13, 2004
183
Earl H. Carroll
D. Ariz.
June 2, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
October 10, 1994
February 3, 2017
184
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo
D.P.R.
May 14, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
February 28, 2021
–
185
U. W. Clemon
N.D. Ala.
January 10, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
January 31, 2009
–
186
Thelton Henderson
N.D. Cal.
May 9, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
November 28, 1998
Incumbent
187
Judith Keep
S.D. Cal.
May 9, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
September 14, 2004
–
188
Alfredo Chavez Marquez
D. Ariz.
June 2, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
July 25, 1991
August 27, 2014
189
Marilyn Hall Patel
N.D. Cal.
May 9, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
October 30, 2009
September 30, 2012
190
A. Wallace Tashima
C.D. Cal.
May 9, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 30, 1980
January 8, 1996
Elevated
191
Earl Ben Gilliam
S.D. Cal.
December 7, 1979
August 19, 1980
August 20, 1980
April 2, 1993
January 28, 2001
192
Myron H. Thompson
M.D. Ala.
September 17, 1980
September 26, 1980
September 29, 1980
August 22, 2013
Incumbent
193
Richard Erwin
M.D.N.C.
June 11, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
September 22, 1992
November 7, 2006
194
Hipolito Frank Garcia
W.D. Tex.
December 19, 1979
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
January 16, 2002
–
195
Susan Getzendanner
N.D. Ill.
June 4, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
September 30, 1987
–
196
George Howard Jr.
E.D. Ark. W.D. Ark
June 2, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
April 21, 2007 December 1, 1990 [8]
–
197
David Vreeland Kenyon
C.D. Cal.
June 20, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
October 27, 1995
July 31, 1997
198
Charles P. Kocoras
N.D. Ill.
June 2, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
June 30, 2006
Incumbent
199
Consuelo Bland Marshall
C.D. Cal.
June 20, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
October 24, 2005
Incumbent
200
James Harry Michael Jr.
W.D. Va.
April 9, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
October 31, 1995
August 29, 2005
201
Norman Park Ramsey
D. Md.
July 25, 1980
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
November 1, 1991
September 30, 1992
202
Richard Leroy Williams
E.D. Va.
April 9, 1979
September 29, 1980
September 30, 1980
May 1, 1992
February 19, 2011
203
Walter Heen
D. Haw.
February 27, 1980 [Rn 4]
–
January 1, 1981 [9]
December 16, 1981
–
Specialty courts (Article III)
United States Court of Claims
#
Judge
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
Daniel Mortimer Friedman
March 22, 1978
May 17, 1978
May 19, 1978
November 1, 1989 [10]
July 6, 2011
2
Edward Samuel Smith
June 30, 1978
July 26, 1978
July 28, 1978
June 1, 1989 [10]
March 22, 2001
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
#
Judge
Nomination date
Confirmation date
Began active service
Ended active service
Ended senior status
1
Helen W. Nies
May 9, 1980
June 18, 1980
June 18, 1980
November 1, 1995 [10]
August 7, 1996
Notes
Renominations
^ Originally nominated on December 14, 1979. Nomination was withdrawn on December 19, 1979 and renominated on the same day.
^ a b c Renominated on January 26, 1978.
^ Originally nominated on March 2, 1979. Nomination was withdrawn on March 6, 1979 and renominated on the same day.
^ Renominated on January 8, 1981. Withdrawn by President Reagan on January 21, 1981.
References
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Specific
^ All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
^ a b c d e f g Originally appointed to the Fifth Circuit, but reassigned by operation of law to the newly created Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981.
^ Reassigned to only the Eastern District of Arkansas on December 1, 1990.
^ Reassigned to only the Western District of Washington on November 8, 1978.
^ 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.
^ Reassigned to only the Northern District of Iowa on December 1, 1990.
^ Reassigned from the Southern District of West Virginia to the Northern District of West Virginia on January 14, 1983.
^ Reassigned to only the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on December 1, 1990.
^ Recess appointment ; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
^ a b c Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
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