History / Courts

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit

11 judges have served since Jan 17, 1870. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
11
9 R · 2 D
Longest tenure
17 years
Horace Harmon Lurton
Current
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nobody
history/court/circuit-courts-for-the-sixth-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Halmor Hull Emmons · 1870-01-17 – 1877-05-14 · RepublicanJohn Baxter · 1877-12-13 – 1886-04-02 · RepublicanHowell Edmunds Jackson · 1886-04-12 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratHorace Harmon Lurton · 1893-03-27 – 1909-12-20 · DemocratLoyal Edwin Knappen · 1910-01-31 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanWilliam Howard Taft · 1892-03-17 – 1900-03-15 · RepublicanJohn Kelvey Richards · 1903-02-23 – 1909-03-01 · RepublicanJohn Wesley Warrington · 1909-03-16 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanWilliam Rufus Day · 1899-02-28 – 1903-02-23 · RepublicanArthur Carter Denison · 1911-03-02 – 1911-12-31 · RepublicanHenry Franklin Severens · 1900-02-20 – 1911-10-03 · Republican
Arthur Carter Denison R
Mar 2, 1911 – Dec 31, 1911 · 10 months · appointed by William H. Taft
Loyal Edwin Knappen R
Jan 31, 1910 – Dec 31, 1911 · 23 months · appointed by William H. Taft
John Wesley Warrington R
Mar 16, 1909 – Dec 31, 1911 · 2.8 years · appointed by William H. Taft
John Kelvey Richards R
Feb 23, 1903 – Mar 1, 1909 · 6 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Franklin Severens R
Feb 20, 1900 – Oct 3, 1911 · 12 years · appointed by William McKinley
William Rufus Day R
Feb 28, 1899 – Feb 23, 1903 · 4 years · appointed by William McKinley
Horace Harmon Lurton D
Mar 27, 1893 – Dec 20, 1909 · 17 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
William Howard Taft R
Mar 17, 1892 – Mar 15, 1900 · 8 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Howell Edmunds Jackson D
Apr 12, 1886 – Mar 4, 1893 · 6.9 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
John Baxter R
Dec 13, 1877 – Apr 2, 1886 · 8.3 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
Halmor Hull Emmons R
Jan 17, 1870 – May 14, 1877 · 7.3 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.