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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

91 judges have served since Jun 16, 1891. Now: Irma Carrillo Ramirez DDana Marie Douglas DCory Todd Wilson RAndrew Stephen Oldham RKurt Damian Engelhardt RStuart Kyle Duncan RJames C. Ho RDon R. Willett RStephen Andrew Higginson DJames Earl Graves, Jr. DCatharina Haynes RLeslie Southwick RJennifer Walker Elrod RPriscilla Richman RCarl E. Stewart DJerry Edwin Smith REdith Hollan Jones R.

Judges
91
47 D · 43 R · 1 N(
Longest tenure
42 years
Edith Hollan Jones
Current
2.9 years
Irma Carrillo Ramirez, since Dec 8, 2023
history/court/court-of-appeals-for-the-fifth-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Don Albert Pardee · 1891-06-16 – 1919-09-26 · None (assignment)Nathan Philemon Bryan · 1920-04-23 – 1935-08-08 · DemocratEdwin Ruthven Holmes · 1936-03-20 – 1954-11-30 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Cameron · 1955-03-16 – 1964-04-03 · RepublicanWilliam Homer Thornberry · 1965-07-01 – 1978-12-21 · DemocratPhyllis A. Kravitch · 1979-03-23 – 1981-10-01 · DemocratWilliam Lockhart Garwood · 1981-10-26 – 1997-01-23 · RepublicanEdith Brown Clement · 2001-11-26 – 2018-05-14 · RepublicanAndrew Stephen Oldham · 2018-07-19 – present · RepublicanAndrew Phelps McCormick · 1892-03-17 – 1916-11-02 · RepublicanRobert Lynn Batts · 1917-02-05 – 1919-08-22 · DemocratAlexander Campbell King · 1920-05-24 – 1924-12-31 · DemocratRufus Edward Foster · 1925-01-13 – 1942-08-23 · RepublicanCurtis Longino Waller · 1943-03-10 – 1950-07-11 · DemocratLouie Willard Strum · 1950-09-26 – 1954-07-26 · DemocratElbert Parr Tuttle · 1954-08-04 – 1968-06-01 · RepublicanLewis Render Morgan · 1968-07-25 – 1978-09-01 · DemocratFrank Minis Johnson, Jr. · 1979-06-21 – 1981-10-01 · DemocratPatrick Errol Higginbotham · 1982-07-30 – 2006-08-28 · RepublicanJennifer Walker Elrod · 2007-10-19 – present · RepublicanDavid Davie Shelby · 1899-03-02 – 1914-08-22 · RepublicanRichard Wilde Walker · 1914-10-05 – 1930-09-01 · DemocratSamuel Hale Sibley · 1931-01-24 – 1949-10-01 · RepublicanRobert Lee Russell · 1949-10-21 – 1955-01-18 · DemocratWarren Leroy Jones · 1955-04-21 – 1966-02-17 · RepublicanIrving Loeb Goldberg · 1966-07-22 – 1980-01-31 · DemocratJerre Stockton Williams · 1980-06-18 – 1990-07-02 · DemocratEmilio M. Garza · 1991-05-30 – 2012-08-01 · RepublicanGregg Jeffrey Costa · 2014-06-02 – 2022-08-31 · DemocratDana Marie Douglas · 2022-12-16 – present · DemocratJoseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. · 1931-01-26 – 1964-11-04 · RepublicanJames Plemon Coleman · 1965-07-26 – 1981-05-31 · DemocratE. Grady Jolly · 1982-07-30 – 2017-10-03 · RepublicanDon R. Willett · 2018-01-02 – present · RepublicanLeon Clarence McCord · 1938-06-24 – 1951-02-26 · DemocratRichard Taylor Rives · 1951-05-03 – 1966-02-15 · DemocratJohn Cooper Godbold · 1966-07-22 – 1981-10-01 · DemocratW. Eugene Davis · 1983-11-16 – 2016-12-31 · RepublicanJames C. Ho · 2018-01-04 – present · RepublicanElmo Pearce Lee · 1943-12-17 – 1949-07-26 · DemocratWayne G. Borah · 1949-10-21 – 1956-12-31 · DemocratJohn Minor Wisdom · 1957-06-27 – 1977-01-15 · RepublicanAlvin Benjamin Rubin · 1977-09-19 – 1989-07-01 · DemocratRhesa Hawkins Barksdale · 1990-03-12 – 2009-08-08 · RepublicanJames Earl Graves, Jr. · 2011-02-15 – present · DemocratJohn Robert Brown · 1955-07-27 – 1984-07-20 · RepublicanEdith Hollan Jones · 1985-04-04 – present · RepublicanGriffin Boyette Bell · 1962-02-09 – 1976-03-01 · DemocratJames Clinkscales Hill · 1976-05-21 – 1981-10-01 · RepublicanRobert Madden Hill · 1984-06-15 – 1987-10-19 · RepublicanJerry Edwin Smith · 1987-12-21 – present · RepublicanWalter Pettus Gewin · 1962-02-09 – 1976-11-01 · DemocratRobert Smith Vance · 1977-12-15 – 1981-10-01 · DemocratJohn Malcolm Duhe, Jr. · 1988-10-17 – 1999-04-07 · RepublicanEdward Charles Prado · 2003-05-05 – 2018-04-02 · RepublicanStuart Kyle Duncan · 2018-05-01 – present · RepublicanRobert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. · 1966-07-22 – 1981-12-22 · DemocratJacques Loeb Wiener, Jr. · 1990-03-12 – 2010-09-30 · RepublicanStephen Andrew Higginson · 2011-11-02 – present · DemocratDavid William Dyer · 1966-08-25 – 1976-09-30 · DemocratR[obert] Lanier Anderson, III · 1979-07-13 – 1981-10-01 · DemocratHarold R. DeMoss, Jr. · 1991-12-02 – 2007-07-01 · RepublicanLeslie Southwick · 2007-10-29 – present · RepublicanJohn Milton Bryan Simpson · 1966-11-03 – 1975-06-30 · DemocratGerald Bard Tjoflat · 1975-11-21 – 1981-10-01 · RepublicanCarl E. Stewart · 1994-05-09 – present · DemocratClaude Feemster Clayton · 1967-10-27 – 1969-07-04 · DemocratCharles Clark · 1969-10-17 – 1992-01-15 · RepublicanFortunato Pedro Benavides · 1994-05-09 – 2012-02-03 · DemocratKurt Damian Engelhardt · 2018-05-10 – present · RepublicanGeorge Harrold Carswell · 1969-06-20 – 1970-04-20 · RepublicanPaul Hitch Roney · 1970-10-16 – 1981-10-01 · RepublicanRobert Manley Parker · 1994-06-16 – 2002-11-01 · DemocratCharles Willis Pickering, Sr. · 2004-01-16 – 2004-12-08 · RepublicanPriscilla Richman · 2005-06-03 – present · RepublicanJoe McDonald Ingraham · 1969-12-18 – 1973-07-31 · RepublicanPeter Thorp Fay · 1976-09-21 – 1981-10-01 · RepublicanJames L. Dennis · 1995-10-02 – 2022-12-16 · DemocratIrma Carrillo Ramirez · 2023-12-08 – present · DemocratThomas Gibbs Gee · 1973-07-18 – 1991-02-01 · RepublicanCatharina Haynes · 2008-04-18 – present · RepublicanJoseph Woodrow Hatchett · 1979-07-13 – 1981-10-01 · DemocratCory Todd Wilson · 2020-07-02 – present · RepublicanAlbert John Henderson · 1979-07-13 – 1981-10-01 · DemocratReynaldo Guerra Garza · 1979-07-13 – 1982-07-07 · DemocratThomas Morrow Reavley · 1979-07-13 – 1990-08-01 · DemocratHenry Anthony Politz · 1979-07-13 – 1999-08-10 · DemocratCarolyn Dineen King · 1979-07-13 – 2013-12-31 · DemocratAlbert Tate, Jr. · 1979-10-05 – 1986-03-27 · DemocratSamuel D. Johnson, Jr. · 1979-10-05 – 1991-05-10 · DemocratThomas Alonzo Clark · 1979-11-02 – 1981-10-01 · Democrat
Irma Carrillo Ramirez D
Dec 8, 2023 – present · 2.9 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 80–12
Dana Marie Douglas D
Dec 16, 2022 – present · 3.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 65–31
Cory Todd Wilson R
Jul 2, 2020 – present · 6.3 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 52–48
Andrew Stephen Oldham R
Jul 19, 2018 – present · 8.2 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 50–49
Kurt Damian Engelhardt R
May 10, 2018 – present · 8.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 62–34
Stuart Kyle Duncan R
May 1, 2018 – present · 8.5 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 50–47
James C. Ho R
Jan 4, 2018 – present · 8.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 53–43
Don R. Willett R
Jan 2, 2018 – present · 8.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 50–47
Gregg Jeffrey Costa D
Jun 2, 2014 – Aug 31, 2022 · 8.2 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 97–0
Stephen Andrew Higginson D
Nov 2, 2011 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 88–0
James Earl Graves, Jr. D
Feb 15, 2011 – present · 16 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Catharina Haynes R
Apr 18, 2008 – present · 18 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Leslie Southwick R
Oct 29, 2007 – present · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 59–38
Jennifer Walker Elrod R
Oct 19, 2007 – present · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Priscilla Richman R
Jun 3, 2005 – present · 21 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 56–43
Charles Willis Pickering, Sr. R
Jan 16, 2004 – Dec 8, 2004 · 11 months · appointed by George W. Bush
Edward Charles Prado R
May 5, 2003 – Apr 2, 2018 · 15 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 97–0
Edith Brown Clement R
Nov 26, 2001 – May 14, 2018 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status May 14, 2018 · confirmed 99–0
James L. Dennis D
Oct 2, 1995 – Dec 16, 2022 · 27 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Dec 16, 2022
Robert Manley Parker D
Jun 16, 1994 – Nov 1, 2002 · 8.4 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Carl E. Stewart D
May 9, 1994 – present · 32 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Fortunato Pedro Benavides D
May 9, 1994 – Feb 3, 2012 · 18 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Feb 3, 2012
Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. R
Dec 2, 1991 – Jul 1, 2007 · 16 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jul 1, 2007
Emilio M. Garza R
May 30, 1991 – Aug 1, 2012 · 21 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Aug 1, 2012
Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale R
Mar 12, 1990 – Aug 8, 2009 · 19 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Aug 8, 2009
Jacques Loeb Wiener, Jr. R
Mar 12, 1990 – Sep 30, 2010 · 21 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Sep 30, 2010
John Malcolm Duhe, Jr. R
Oct 17, 1988 – Apr 7, 1999 · 10 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Apr 7, 1999
Jerry Edwin Smith R
Dec 21, 1987 – present · 39 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Edith Hollan Jones R
Apr 4, 1985 – present · 42 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Robert Madden Hill R
Jun 15, 1984 – Oct 19, 1987 · 3.3 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
W. Eugene Davis R
Nov 16, 1983 – Dec 31, 2016 · 33 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 31, 2016
Patrick Errol Higginbotham R
Jul 30, 1982 – Aug 28, 2006 · 24 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Aug 28, 2006
E. Grady Jolly R
Jul 30, 1982 – Oct 3, 2017 · 35 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Oct 3, 2017
William Lockhart Garwood R
Oct 26, 1981 – Jan 23, 1997 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 23, 1997
Jerre Stockton Williams D
Jun 18, 1980 – Jul 2, 1990 · 10 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 2, 1990
Thomas Alonzo Clark D
Nov 2, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981 · 23 months · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Albert Tate, Jr. D
Oct 5, 1979 – Mar 27, 1986 · 6.5 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Samuel D. Johnson, Jr. D
Oct 5, 1979 – May 10, 1991 · 12 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status May 10, 1991
R[obert] Lanier Anderson, III D
Jul 13, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981 · 2.2 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Joseph Woodrow Hatchett D
Jul 13, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981 · 2.2 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Albert John Henderson D
Jul 13, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981 · 2.2 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Reynaldo Guerra Garza D
Jul 13, 1979 – Jul 7, 1982 · 3 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 7, 1982
Thomas Morrow Reavley D
Jul 13, 1979 – Aug 1, 1990 · 11 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Aug 1, 1990
Henry Anthony Politz D
Jul 13, 1979 – Aug 10, 1999 · 20 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Aug 10, 1999
Carolyn Dineen King D
Jul 13, 1979 – Dec 31, 2013 · 34 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Dec 31, 2013
Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. D
Jun 21, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981 · 2.3 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Phyllis A. Kravitch D
Mar 23, 1979 – Oct 1, 1981 · 2.5 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Robert Smith Vance D
Dec 15, 1977 – Oct 1, 1981 · 3.8 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Alvin Benjamin Rubin D
Sep 19, 1977 – Jul 1, 1989 · 12 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 1, 1989
Peter Thorp Fay R
Sep 21, 1976 – Oct 1, 1981 · 5 years · appointed by Gerald Ford
James Clinkscales Hill R
May 21, 1976 – Oct 1, 1981 · 5.4 years · appointed by Gerald Ford
Gerald Bard Tjoflat R
Nov 21, 1975 – Oct 1, 1981 · 5.9 years · appointed by Gerald Ford
Thomas Gibbs Gee R
Jul 18, 1973 – Feb 1, 1991 · 18 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Paul Hitch Roney R
Oct 16, 1970 – Oct 1, 1981 · 11 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Joe McDonald Ingraham R
Dec 18, 1969 – Jul 31, 1973 · 3.6 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 31, 1973
Charles Clark R
Oct 17, 1969 – Jan 15, 1992 · 22 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
George Harrold Carswell R
Jun 20, 1969 – Apr 20, 1970 · 10 months · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Lewis Render Morgan D
Jul 25, 1968 – Sep 1, 1978 · 10 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 1, 1978
Claude Feemster Clayton D
Oct 27, 1967 – Jul 4, 1969 · 20 months · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
John Milton Bryan Simpson D
Nov 3, 1966 – Jun 30, 1975 · 8.7 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jun 30, 1975
David William Dyer D
Aug 25, 1966 – Sep 30, 1976 · 10 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 30, 1976
Irving Loeb Goldberg D
Jul 22, 1966 – Jan 31, 1980 · 14 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jan 31, 1980
John Cooper Godbold D
Jul 22, 1966 – Oct 1, 1981 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Andrew Ainsworth, Jr. D
Jul 22, 1966 – Dec 22, 1981 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
James Plemon Coleman D
Jul 26, 1965 – May 31, 1981 · 16 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status May 31, 1981 · confirmed 76–8
William Homer Thornberry D
Jul 1, 1965 – Dec 21, 1978 · 13 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Dec 21, 1978
Griffin Boyette Bell D
Feb 9, 1962 – Mar 1, 1976 · 14 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Walter Pettus Gewin D
Feb 9, 1962 – Nov 1, 1976 · 15 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Nov 1, 1976
John Minor Wisdom R
Jun 27, 1957 – Jan 15, 1977 · 20 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jan 15, 1977
John Robert Brown R
Jul 27, 1955 – Jul 20, 1984 · 29 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jul 20, 1984
Warren Leroy Jones R
Apr 21, 1955 – Feb 17, 1966 · 11 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Feb 17, 1966
Benjamin Franklin Cameron R
Mar 16, 1955 – Apr 3, 1964 · 9.1 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elbert Parr Tuttle R
Aug 4, 1954 – Jun 1, 1968 · 14 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jun 1, 1968
Richard Taylor Rives D
May 3, 1951 – Feb 15, 1966 · 15 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Feb 15, 1966
Louie Willard Strum D
Sep 26, 1950 – Jul 26, 1954 · 3.8 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Robert Lee Russell D
Oct 21, 1949 – Jan 18, 1955 · 5.2 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Wayne G. Borah D
Oct 21, 1949 – Dec 31, 1956 · 7.2 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Dec 31, 1956
Elmo Pearce Lee D
Dec 17, 1943 – Jul 26, 1949 · 5.6 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Curtis Longino Waller D
Mar 10, 1943 – Jul 11, 1950 · 7.3 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Leon Clarence McCord D
Jun 24, 1938 – Feb 26, 1951 · 13 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Feb 26, 1951
Edwin Ruthven Holmes D
Mar 20, 1936 – Nov 30, 1954 · 19 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Nov 30, 1954
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Jr. R
Jan 26, 1931 – Nov 4, 1964 · 34 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Nov 4, 1964
Samuel Hale Sibley R
Jan 24, 1931 – Oct 1, 1949 · 19 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Oct 1, 1949
Rufus Edward Foster R
Jan 13, 1925 – Aug 23, 1942 · 18 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Alexander Campbell King D
May 24, 1920 – Dec 31, 1924 · 4.6 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Nathan Philemon Bryan D
Apr 23, 1920 – Aug 8, 1935 · 15 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Robert Lynn Batts D
Feb 5, 1917 – Aug 22, 1919 · 2.5 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Richard Wilde Walker D
Oct 5, 1914 – Sep 1, 1930 · 16 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · senior status Sep 1, 1930
David Davie Shelby R
Mar 2, 1899 – Aug 22, 1914 · 15 years · appointed by William McKinley
Andrew Phelps McCormick R
Mar 17, 1892 – Nov 2, 1916 · 25 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Don Albert Pardee N(
Jun 16, 1891 – Sep 26, 1919 · 28 years · appointed by None (assignment)

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