History / Courts

Circuit Court of the District of Columbia

10 judges have served since Mar 3, 1801. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
10
6 JR · 2 F · 2 D
Longest tenure
50 years
William Cranch
Current
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nobody
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Markham Marshall · 1801-03-03 – 1803-11-16 · FederalistNicholas Battalle Fitzhugh · 1803-11-25 – 1814-12-31 · Jeffersonian RepublicanJames Sewall Morsell · 1815-01-11 – 1863-03-03 · Jeffersonian RepublicanWilliam Cranch · 1801-03-03 – 1806-02-24 · FederalistWilliam Cranch · 1806-02-24 – 1855-09-01 · Jeffersonian RepublicanWilliam Matthews Merrick · 1855-12-14 – 1863-03-03 · DemocratWilliam Kilty · 1802-01-26 – 1806-01-27 · Jeffersonian RepublicanAllen Bowie Duckett · 1806-03-17 – 1809-07-19 · Jeffersonian RepublicanBuckner Thruston · 1809-12-14 – 1845-08-30 · Jeffersonian RepublicanJames Dunlop · 1846-02-03 – 1863-03-03 · Democrat
William Matthews Merrick D
Dec 14, 1855 – Mar 3, 1863 · 7.2 years · appointed by Franklin Pierce
James Dunlop D
Feb 3, 1846 – Mar 3, 1863 · 17 years · appointed by James K. Polk
James Sewall Morsell JR
Jan 11, 1815 – Mar 3, 1863 · 48 years · appointed by James Madison
Buckner Thruston JR
Dec 14, 1809 – Aug 30, 1845 · 36 years · appointed by James Madison
Allen Bowie Duckett JR
Mar 17, 1806 – Jul 19, 1809 · 3.3 years · appointed by Thomas Jefferson
William Cranch JR
Feb 24, 1806 – Sep 1, 1855 · 50 years · appointed by Thomas Jefferson · Chief Judge
Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh JR
Nov 25, 1803 – Dec 31, 1814 · 11 years · appointed by Thomas Jefferson
William Kilty JR
Jan 26, 1802 – Jan 27, 1806 · 4 years · appointed by Thomas Jefferson · Chief Judge
James Markham Marshall F
Mar 3, 1801 – Nov 16, 1803 · 2.7 years · appointed by John Adams
William Cranch F
Mar 3, 1801 – Feb 24, 1806 · 5 years · appointed by John Adams

Dates are from the Federal Judicial Center (commission to senior status or departure). Consecutive terms of one person are merged.