History / Courts

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit

6 judges have served since Jan 10, 1870. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
6
5 R · 1 D
Longest tenure
22 years
Lorenzo Sawyer
Current
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nobody
history/court/circuit-courts-for-the-ninth-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Lorenzo Sawyer · 1870-01-10 – 1891-09-07 · RepublicanJoseph McKenna · 1892-03-17 – 1897-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam W. Morrow · 1897-05-20 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanWilliam Ball Gilbert · 1892-03-18 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanErskine Mayo Ross · 1895-02-22 – 1911-12-31 · DemocratWilliam Henry Hunt · 1911-01-31 – 1911-12-31 · Republican
William Henry Hunt R
Jan 31, 1911 – Dec 31, 1911 · 11 months · appointed by William H. Taft
William W. Morrow R
May 20, 1897 – Dec 31, 1911 · 15 years · appointed by William McKinley
Erskine Mayo Ross D
Feb 22, 1895 – Dec 31, 1911 · 17 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
William Ball Gilbert R
Mar 18, 1892 – Dec 31, 1911 · 20 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Joseph McKenna R
Mar 17, 1892 – Mar 5, 1897 · 5 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Lorenzo Sawyer R
Jan 10, 1870 – Sep 7, 1891 · 22 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant

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