History / Courts

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit

4 judges have served since Jul 13, 1870. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
4
3 R · 1 D
Longest tenure
23 years
Hugh Lennox Bond
Current
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nobody
history/court/circuit-courts-for-the-fourth-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Hugh Lennox Bond · 1870-07-13 – 1893-10-24 · RepublicanCharles Henry Simonton · 1893-12-19 – 1904-04-25 · DemocratJeter Connelly Pritchard · 1904-04-27 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanNathan Goff · 1892-03-17 – 1911-12-31 · Republican
Jeter Connelly Pritchard R
Apr 27, 1904 – Dec 31, 1911 · 7.7 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Henry Simonton D
Dec 19, 1893 – Apr 25, 1904 · 10 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
Nathan Goff R
Mar 17, 1892 – Dec 31, 1911 · 20 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Hugh Lennox Bond R
Jul 13, 1870 – Oct 24, 1893 · 23 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant · confirmed 28–21

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