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U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

72 judges have served since Apr 15, 1893. Now: Bradley Nelson Garcia DFlorence Y. Pan DJulianna Michelle Childs DJustin Reed Walker RNeomi Jehangir Rao RGregory George Katsas RRobert Leon Wilkins DCornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard DPatricia Ann Millett DSrikanth Srinivasan DKaren LeCraft Henderson R.

Judges
72
39 D · 32 R · 1 N(
Longest tenure
36 years
Karen LeCraft Henderson
Current
3.4 years
Bradley Nelson Garcia, since May 16, 2023
history/court/court-of-appeals-for-the-district-of-columbia-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Richard Henry Alvey · 1893-04-15 – 1905-01-01 · DemocratCharles Holland Duell · 1905-01-05 – 1906-08-31 · RepublicanCharles Henry Robb · 1906-12-11 – 1937-11-15 · RepublicanDuncan Lawrence Groner · 1937-12-07 – 1948-03-08 · DemocratHarold Montelle Stephens · 1948-09-01 – 1955-05-28 · None (reassignment)Warren Earl Burger · 1956-03-29 – 1969-06-23 · RepublicanMalcolm Richard Wilkey · 1970-02-25 – 1984-12-06 · RepublicanLaurence Hirsch Silberman · 1985-10-28 – 2000-11-01 · RepublicanJohn Glover Roberts, Jr. · 2003-06-02 – 2005-09-29 · RepublicanBrett M. Kavanaugh · 2006-05-30 – 2018-10-05 · RepublicanNeomi Jehangir Rao · 2019-03-18 – present · RepublicanSeth Shepard · 1893-04-15 – 1905-01-10 · DemocratLouis Emory McComas · 1905-12-06 – 1907-11-10 · RepublicanJosiah Alexander Van Orsdel · 1907-12-12 – 1937-08-07 · RepublicanJustin Miller · 1937-08-23 – 1945-09-30 · DemocratHarold Montelle Stephens · 1948-03-05 – 1948-09-01 · DemocratDavid L. Bazelon · 1950-02-10 – 1979-06-30 · DemocratPatricia McGowan Wald · 1979-07-26 – 1999-11-16 · DemocratJanice Rogers Brown · 2005-06-10 – 2017-08-31 · RepublicanGregory George Katsas · 2017-12-08 – present · RepublicanMartin Ferdinand Morris · 1893-04-15 – 1905-06-30 · DemocratConstantine Joseph Smyth · 1917-07-12 – 1924-04-14 · DemocratGeorge Ewing Martin · 1924-05-22 – 1937-09-30 · RepublicanFrederick Moore Vinson · 1937-12-15 – 1943-05-28 · DemocratBennett Champ Clark · 1945-09-28 – 1954-07-13 · DemocratWalter Maximillian Bastian · 1954-12-03 – 1965-03-16 · RepublicanHarold Leventhal · 1965-04-07 – 1979-11-20 · DemocratHarry Thomas Edwards · 1980-02-20 – 2005-11-03 · DemocratSrikanth Srinivasan · 2013-05-24 – present · DemocratSeth Shepard · 1905-01-05 – 1917-09-30 · RepublicanWilliam Hitz · 1931-02-06 – 1935-07-03 · RepublicanHarold Montelle Stephens · 1935-07-27 – 1948-03-09 · DemocratCharles Fahy · 1950-04-07 – 1967-04-17 · DemocratRoger Robb · 1969-05-06 – 1982-05-31 · RepublicanAntonin Scalia · 1982-08-17 – 1986-09-26 · RepublicanDouglas Howard Ginsburg · 1986-10-14 – 2011-10-14 · RepublicanPatricia Ann Millett · 2013-12-10 – present · DemocratDuncan Lawrence Groner · 1931-02-21 – 1938-01-15 · RepublicanWiley Blount Rutledge · 1939-05-02 – 1943-02-15 · DemocratThurman Wesley Arnold · 1943-03-11 – 1945-07-09 · DemocratElijah Barrett Prettyman · 1945-09-28 – 1962-04-16 · DemocratCarl E. McGowan · 1963-03-27 – 1981-08-31 · DemocratRobert Heron Bork · 1982-02-09 – 1988-02-05 · RepublicanClarence Thomas · 1990-03-06 – 1991-10-23 · RepublicanJudith Ann Wilson Rogers · 1994-03-11 – 2022-09-01 · DemocratFlorence Y. Pan · 2022-09-26 – present · DemocratHenry White Edgerton · 1937-12-15 – 1963-04-22 · DemocratEdward Allen Tamm · 1965-03-11 – 1985-09-22 · DemocratJames Lane Buckley · 1985-12-17 – 1996-08-31 · RepublicanMerrick B. Garland · 1997-03-20 – 2021-03-10 · DemocratKetanji Brown Jackson · 2021-06-17 – 2022-06-29 · DemocratJulianna Michelle Childs · 2022-07-25 – present · DemocratWilbur Kingsbury Miller · 1945-09-28 – 1964-10-15 · DemocratSpottswood William Robinson, III · 1966-11-03 – 1989-09-01 · DemocratKaren LeCraft Henderson · 1990-07-05 – present · RepublicanJames McPherson Proctor · 1948-03-05 – 1953-09-17 · DemocratJohn Anthony Danaher · 1954-03-31 – 1969-01-22 · RepublicanGeorge Edward MacKinnon · 1969-05-06 – 1983-05-20 · RepublicanKenneth Winston Starr · 1983-09-20 – 1989-05-26 · RepublicanArthur Raymond Randolph · 1990-07-16 – 2008-11-01 · RepublicanCornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard · 2013-12-17 – present · DemocratGeorge Thomas Washington · 1950-05-01 – 1965-11-10 · DemocratAbner Joseph Mikva · 1979-09-26 – 1994-09-19 · DemocratDavid S. Tatel · 1994-10-07 – 2022-05-16 · DemocratBradley Nelson Garcia · 2023-05-16 – present · DemocratJames Skelly Wright · 1962-03-30 – 1986-06-01 · DemocratStephen Fain Williams · 1986-06-16 – 2001-09-30 · RepublicanThomas Beall Griffith · 2005-06-29 – 2020-09-01 · RepublicanJustin Reed Walker · 2020-09-02 – present · RepublicanRuth Bader Ginsburg · 1980-06-18 – 1993-08-10 · DemocratRobert Leon Wilkins · 2014-01-15 – present · DemocratDavid Bryan Sentelle · 1987-09-11 – 2013-02-12 · Republican
Bradley Nelson Garcia D
May 16, 2023 – present · 3.4 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 53–40
Florence Y. Pan D
Sep 26, 2022 – present · 4.1 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 52–42
Julianna Michelle Childs D
Jul 25, 2022 – present · 4.2 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 64–34
Ketanji Brown Jackson D
Jun 17, 2021 – Jun 29, 2022 · 12 months · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 53–44
Justin Reed Walker R
Sep 2, 2020 – present · 6.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 51–42
Neomi Jehangir Rao R
Mar 18, 2019 – present · 7.6 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 53–46
Gregory George Katsas R
Dec 8, 2017 – present · 8.9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 50–48
Robert Leon Wilkins D
Jan 15, 2014 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 55–43
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard D
Dec 17, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 51–44
Patricia Ann Millett D
Dec 10, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 56–38
Srikanth Srinivasan D
May 24, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 97–0
Brett M. Kavanaugh R
May 30, 2006 – Oct 5, 2018 · 12 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 57–36
Thomas Beall Griffith R
Jun 29, 2005 – Sep 1, 2020 · 15 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 73–24
Janice Rogers Brown R
Jun 10, 2005 – Aug 31, 2017 · 12 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 56–43
John Glover Roberts, Jr. R
Jun 2, 2003 – Sep 29, 2005 · 2.3 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Merrick B. Garland D
Mar 20, 1997 – Mar 10, 2021 · 24 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · confirmed 76–23
David S. Tatel D
Oct 7, 1994 – May 16, 2022 · 28 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status May 16, 2022
Judith Ann Wilson Rogers D
Mar 11, 1994 – Sep 1, 2022 · 28 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Sep 1, 2022
Arthur Raymond Randolph R
Jul 16, 1990 – Nov 1, 2008 · 18 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Nov 1, 2008
Karen LeCraft Henderson R
Jul 5, 1990 – present · 36 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
Clarence Thomas R
Mar 6, 1990 – Oct 23, 1991 · 20 months · appointed by George H.W. Bush
David Bryan Sentelle R
Sep 11, 1987 – Feb 12, 2013 · 25 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Feb 12, 2013 · confirmed 87–0
Douglas Howard Ginsburg R
Oct 14, 1986 – Oct 14, 2011 · 25 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Oct 14, 2011
Stephen Fain Williams R
Jun 16, 1986 – Sep 30, 2001 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Sep 30, 2001
James Lane Buckley R
Dec 17, 1985 – Aug 31, 1996 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Aug 31, 1996 · confirmed 84–11
Laurence Hirsch Silberman R
Oct 28, 1985 – Nov 1, 2000 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Nov 1, 2000
Kenneth Winston Starr R
Sep 20, 1983 – May 26, 1989 · 5.7 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Antonin Scalia R
Aug 17, 1982 – Sep 26, 1986 · 4.1 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Robert Heron Bork R
Feb 9, 1982 – Feb 5, 1988 · 6 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Ruth Bader Ginsburg D
Jun 18, 1980 – Aug 10, 1993 · 13 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Harry Thomas Edwards D
Feb 20, 1980 – Nov 3, 2005 · 26 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Nov 3, 2005
Abner Joseph Mikva D
Sep 26, 1979 – Sep 19, 1994 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · confirmed 58–31
Patricia McGowan Wald D
Jul 26, 1979 – Nov 16, 1999 · 20 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · confirmed 77–21
Malcolm Richard Wilkey R
Feb 25, 1970 – Dec 6, 1984 · 15 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Dec 6, 1984
Roger Robb R
May 6, 1969 – May 31, 1982 · 13 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 31, 1982
George Edward MacKinnon R
May 6, 1969 – May 20, 1983 · 14 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 20, 1983
Spottswood William Robinson, III D
Nov 3, 1966 – Sep 1, 1989 · 23 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 1, 1989
Harold Leventhal D
Apr 7, 1965 – Nov 20, 1979 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Edward Allen Tamm D
Mar 11, 1965 – Sep 22, 1985 · 21 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Carl E. McGowan D
Mar 27, 1963 – Aug 31, 1981 · 18 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Aug 31, 1981
James Skelly Wright D
Mar 30, 1962 – Jun 1, 1986 · 24 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jun 1, 1986
Warren Earl Burger R
Mar 29, 1956 – Jun 23, 1969 · 13 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Maximillian Bastian R
Dec 3, 1954 – Mar 16, 1965 · 10 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Mar 16, 1965
John Anthony Danaher R
Mar 31, 1954 – Jan 22, 1969 · 15 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jan 22, 1969
George Thomas Washington D
May 1, 1950 – Nov 10, 1965 · 16 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Nov 10, 1965
Charles Fahy D
Apr 7, 1950 – Apr 17, 1967 · 17 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Apr 17, 1967
David L. Bazelon D
Feb 10, 1950 – Jun 30, 1979 · 29 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jun 30, 1979
Harold Montelle Stephens N(
Sep 1, 1948 – May 28, 1955 · 6.7 years · appointed by None (reassignment)
Harold Montelle Stephens D
Mar 5, 1948 – Sep 1, 1948 · 6 months · appointed by Harry S Truman · Chief Justice
James McPherson Proctor D
Mar 5, 1948 – Sep 17, 1953 · 5.5 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · Associate Justice
Bennett Champ Clark D
Sep 28, 1945 – Jul 13, 1954 · 8.8 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · Associate Justice
Elijah Barrett Prettyman D
Sep 28, 1945 – Apr 16, 1962 · 17 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · Associate Justice · senior status Apr 16, 1962
Wilbur Kingsbury Miller D
Sep 28, 1945 – Oct 15, 1964 · 19 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · Associate Justice · senior status Oct 15, 1964
Thurman Wesley Arnold D
Mar 11, 1943 – Jul 9, 1945 · 2.3 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Wiley Blount Rutledge D
May 2, 1939 – Feb 15, 1943 · 3.8 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Frederick Moore Vinson D
Dec 15, 1937 – May 28, 1943 · 5.4 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Henry White Edgerton D
Dec 15, 1937 – Apr 22, 1963 · 25 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · Associate Justice · senior status Apr 22, 1963
Duncan Lawrence Groner D
Dec 7, 1937 – Mar 8, 1948 · 10 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · Chief Justice · senior status Mar 8, 1948
Justin Miller D
Aug 23, 1937 – Sep 30, 1945 · 8.1 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Harold Montelle Stephens D
Jul 27, 1935 – Mar 9, 1948 · 13 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Duncan Lawrence Groner R
Feb 21, 1931 – Jan 15, 1938 · 6.9 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · Associate Justice
William Hitz R
Feb 6, 1931 – Jul 3, 1935 · 4.4 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · Associate Justice
George Ewing Martin R
May 22, 1924 – Sep 30, 1937 · 13 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · Chief Justice · senior status Sep 30, 1937
Constantine Joseph Smyth D
Jul 12, 1917 – Apr 14, 1924 · 6.8 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · Chief Justice
Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel R
Dec 12, 1907 – Aug 7, 1937 · 30 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Charles Henry Robb R
Dec 11, 1906 – Nov 15, 1937 · 31 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · Associate Justice · senior status Nov 15, 1937
Louis Emory McComas R
Dec 6, 1905 – Nov 10, 1907 · 23 months · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Charles Holland Duell R
Jan 5, 1905 – Aug 31, 1906 · 20 months · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · Associate Justice
Seth Shepard R
Jan 5, 1905 – Sep 30, 1917 · 13 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · Chief Justice
Richard Henry Alvey D
Apr 15, 1893 – Jan 1, 1905 · 12 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland · Chief Justice
Seth Shepard D
Apr 15, 1893 – Jan 10, 1905 · 12 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland · Associate Justice
Martin Ferdinand Morris D
Apr 15, 1893 – Jun 30, 1905 · 12 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland · Associate Justice

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