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| Name | Commission | Chief Judge | Active Service | Senior Status | Appointed By | Biography | |
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Marcus W. Acheson | February 3, 1891 | 1891-1906 | B. Harrison | Biography | ||
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George M. Dallas | March 17, 1892 | 1892-1909 | B. Harrison | Biography | ||
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George Gray | December 18, 1899 | 1899-1914 | W. McKinley | Biography | ||
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Joseph Buffington | December 11, 1906 | 1906-1938 | 1938-1947 | T. Roosevelt | Biography | |
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William M. Lanning | May 18, 1909 | 1909-1912 | W. Taft | Biography | ||
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Robert W. Archbald | January 31, 1911 | 1911 - 1913 | W. Taft | Biography | ||
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John B. McPherson | April 3, 1912 | 1912-1919 | W. Taft | Biography | ||
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Victor B. Woolley | August 12, 1914 | 1914-1938 | 1938-1945 | W. Wilson | Biography | |
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Thomas G. Haight | June 24, 1919 | 1919-1920 | W. Wilson | Biography | ||
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J. Warren Davis | June 2, 1920 | 1920-1939 | 1939-1941 | W. Wilson | Biography | |
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J. Whitaker Thompson | January 29, 1931 | 1931-1938 | 1938-1946 | H. Hoover | Biography | |
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John Biggs Jr. | February 16, 1937 | 1948-1965 | 1937-1965 | 1965-1979 | F. Roosevelt | Biography |
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Albert B. Maris | June 24, 1938 | 1938-1958 | 1958-1989 | F. Roosevelt | Biography | |
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William Clark | June 25, 1938 | 1938-1943 | F. Roosevelt | Biography | ||
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Francis B. Biddle | March 4, 1939 | 1939-1940 | F. Roosevelt | Biography | ||
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Charles A. Jones | July 25, 1939 | 1939-1944 | F. Roosevelt | Biography | ||
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Herbert F. Goodrich | May 10, 1940 | 1940-1962 | F. Roosevelt | Biography | ||
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Gerald McLaughlin | June 14, 1943 | 1943-1968 | 1968-1977 | F. Roosevelt | Biography | |
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John J. O'Connell | October 11, 1945 | 1945-1949 | H. Truman | Biography | ||
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Harry E. Kalodner | July 27, 1946 | 1965-1966 | 1946-1969 | 1969-1977 | H. Truman | Biography |
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William H. Hastie | July 22, 1950 | 1968-1971 | 1950-1971 | 1971-1976 | H. Truman | Biography |
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Austin L. Staley | July 5, 1950 | 1966-1967 | 1950-1967 | 1967-1978 | H. Truman | Biography |
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Phillip Forman | September 10, 1959 | 1959-1961 | 1961-1978 | D. Eisenhower | Biography | |
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J. Cullen Ganey | August 15, 1961 | 1961-1966 | 1966-1972 | J. F. Kennedy | Biography | |
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William F. Smith | August 30, 1961 | 1961-1968 | J. F. Kennedy | Biography | ||
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Abraham L. Freedman | July 2, 1964 | 1964-1971 | L. Johnson | Biography | ||
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Collins J. Seitz | June 9, 1966 | 1971-1984 | 1966-1989 | 1989-1998 | L. Johnson | Biography |
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Francis L. Van Dusen | June 12, 1967 | 1967-1977 | 1977-1993 | L. Johnson | Biography | |
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Ruggero J. Aldisert | July 29, 1968 | 1984-1986 | 1968-1986 | 1986-2014 | L. Johnson | Biography |
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David H. Stahl | October 11, 1968 | 1968-1970 | L. Johnson | Biography | ||
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Arlin M. Adams | October 2, 1969 | 1969-1987 | R. Nixon | Biography | ||
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John J. Gibbons | December 18, 1969 | 1987-1990 | 1969-1990 | R. Nixon | Biography | |
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Max Rosenn | October 7, 1970 | 1970-1981 | 1981-2006 | R. Nixon | Biography | |
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James Rosen | September 22, 1971 | 1971-1972 | R. Nixon | Biography | ||
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James Hunter III | September 23, 1971 | 1971-1986 | 1986-1989 | R. Nixon | Biography | |
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Joseph F. Weis Jr. | March 15, 1973 | 1973-1988 | 1988-2014 | R. Nixon | Biography | |
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Leonard I. Garth | August 6, 1973 | 1973-1986 | 1986-2016 | R. Nixon | Biography | |
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A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. | October 11, 1977 | 1990-1991 | 1977-1991 | 1991-1993 | J. Carter | Biography |
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Dolores K. Sloviter | June 21, 1979 | 1991-1998 | 1979-2013 | 2013-2022 | J. Carter | Biography |
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Edward R. Becker | December 3, 1981 | 1998-2003 | 1981-2003 | 2003-2006 | R. Reagan | Biography |
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Carol Los Mansmann | April 4, 1985 | 1985-2002 | R. Reagan | Biography | ||
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Walter K. Stapleton | April 4, 1985 | 1985-1999 | 1999-2024 | R. Reagan | Biography | |
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Morton I. Greenberg | March 23, 1987 | 1987-2000 | 2000-2021 | R. Reagan | Biography | |
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William D. Hutchinson | August 6, 1987 | 1987-1995 | R. Reagan | Biography | ||
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Anthony J. Scirica | August 6, 1987 | 2003-2010 | 1987-2013 | 2013-Present | R. Reagan | Biography |
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Robert E. Cowen | November 9, 1987 | 1987-1998 | 1998-Present | R. Reagan | Biography | |
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Richard L. Nygaard | October 17, 1988 | 1988-2005 | 2005-Present | R. Reagan | Biography | |
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Samuel A. Alito Jr. | April 30, 1990 | 1990-2006 | G. H. W. Bush | Biography | ||
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Jane R. Roth | July 2, 1991 | 1991-2006 | 2006-Present | G. H. W. Bush | Biography | |
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Timothy K. Lewis | October 9, 1992 | 1992-1999 | G. H. W. Bush | Biography | ||
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Theodore A. McKee | June 9, 1994 | 2010-2016 | 1994-2022 | 2022-Present | B. Clinton | Biography |
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H. Lee Sarokin | October 5, 1994 | 1994-1996 | B. Clinton | Biography | ||
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Marjorie O. Rendell | September 29, 1997 | 1997-2015 | 2015-Present | B. Clinton | Biography | |
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Maryanne Trump Barry | September 22, 1999 | 1999-2011 | 2011-2019 | B. Clinton | Biography | |
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Thomas L. Ambro | February 16, 2000 | 2000-2023 | 2023-Present | B. Clinton | Biography | |
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Julio M. Fuentes | March 9, 2000 | 2000-2016 | 2016-Present | B. Clinton | Biography | |
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D. Brooks Smith | August 2, 2002 | 2016-2021 | 2002-2021 | 2021-Present | G. W. Bush | Biography |
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Michael Chertoff | June 10, 2003 | 2003-2005 | G. W. Bush | Biography | ||
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D. Michael Fisher | December 11, 2003 | 2003-2017 | 2017-Present | G. W. Bush | Biography | |
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Franklin S. Van Antwerpen | May 24, 2004 | 2004-2006 | 2006-2016 | G. W. Bush | Biography | |
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Michael A. Chagares | April 20, 2006 | 2021-Present | 2006-Present | G. W. Bush | Biography | |
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Kent A. Jordan | December 13, 2006 | 2006-2025 | G. W. Bush | Biography | ||
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Thomas M. Hardiman | April 2, 2007 | 2007-Present | G. W. Bush | Biography | ||
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Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. | February 12, 2010 | 2010-2023 | B. Obama | Biography | ||
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Thomas I. Vanaskie | April 26, 2010 | 2010-2018 | 2018-2019 | B. Obama | Biography | |
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Patty Shwartz | April 10, 2013 | 2013-Present | B. Obama | Biography | ||
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Cheryl Ann Krause | July 9, 2014 | 2014-Present | B. Obama | Biography | ||
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L. Felipe Restrepo | January 13, 2016 | 2016-Present | B. Obama | Biography | ||
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Stephanos Bibas | November 20, 2017 | 2017-Present | D. Trump | Biography | ||
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David J. Porter | October 15, 2018 | 2018-Present | D. Trump | Biography | ||
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Paul B. Matey | March 18, 2019 | 2019-Present | D. Trump | Biography | ||
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Peter J. Phipps | July 17, 2019 | 2019-Present | D. Trump | Biography | ||
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Arianna J. Freeman | October 20, 2022 | 2022-Present | J. Biden | Biography | ||
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Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves | February 7, 2023 | 2023-Present | J. Biden | Biography | ||
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Cindy K. Chung | February 21, 2023 | 2023-Present | J. Biden | Biography |