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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

57 judges have served since Jun 16, 1891. Now: Nicole Gina Berner DDeAndrea Gist Benjamin DToby Jay Heytens DAllison Jones Rushing RA. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. RJulius Ness Richardson RPamela Ann Harris DStephanie Dawn Thacker DAlbert Diaz DJames Andrew Wynn, Jr. DG. Steven Agee RRoger L. Gregory DRobert Bruce King DPaul Victor Niemeyer RJames Harvie Wilkinson, III R.

Judges
57
28 R · 27 D · 1 N( · 1 N(
Longest tenure
42 years
James Harvie Wilkinson, III
Current
2.6 years
Nicole Gina Berner, since Mar 19, 2024
history/court/court-of-appeals-for-the-fourth-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Hugh Lennox Bond · 1891-06-16 – 1893-10-24 · None (assignment)Charles Henry Simonton · 1893-12-19 – 1904-04-25 · DemocratJeter Connelly Pritchard · 1904-04-27 – 1921-04-10 · RepublicanEdmund Waddill, Jr. · 1921-06-02 – 1931-04-09 · RepublicanMorris Ames Soper · 1932-01-19 – 1955-06-02 · RepublicanSimon E. Sobeloff · 1956-07-18 – 1970-12-31 · RepublicanDonald Stuart Russell · 1971-04-23 – 1998-02-22 · RepublicanWilliam Byrd Traxler, Jr. · 1998-10-01 – 2018-08-31 · DemocratA. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. · 2018-09-04 – present · RepublicanNathan Goff · 1892-03-17 – 1913-03-31 · RepublicanCharles Albert Woods · 1913-06-05 – 1925-06-21 · DemocratJohn Johnston Parker · 1925-12-14 – 1958-03-17 · RepublicanHerbert Stephenson Boreman · 1959-06-17 – 1971-06-15 · RepublicanJohn A. Field, Jr. · 1971-09-22 – 1976-04-01 · RepublicanKenneth Keller Hall · 1976-09-03 – 1998-02-24 · RepublicanRobert Bruce King · 1998-10-09 – present · DemocratMartin Augustine Knapp · 1916-01-01 – 1923-02-10 · None (reassignment)Elliott Northcott · 1927-12-15 – 1939-10-15 · RepublicanArmistead Mason Dobie · 1940-02-05 – 1956-02-01 · DemocratClement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. · 1957-04-04 – 1981-04-06 · RepublicanRobert Foster Chapman · 1981-09-19 – 1991-05-31 · RepublicanClyde H. Hamilton · 1991-07-22 – 1999-11-30 · RepublicanRoger L. Gregory · 2001-07-25 – present · DemocratJohn Carter Rose · 1922-12-20 – 1927-03-26 · RepublicanAlbert Vickers Bryan · 1961-08-15 – 1972-05-03 · DemocratHiram Emory Widener, Jr. · 1972-10-17 – 2007-07-17 · RepublicanG. Steven Agee · 2008-07-01 – present · RepublicanJ. Spencer Bell · 1961-09-27 – 1967-03-19 · DemocratJohn Decker Butzner, Jr. · 1967-07-31 – 1982-11-01 · DemocratJames Harvie Wilkinson, III · 1984-08-13 – present · RepublicanHarrison Lee Winter · 1966-06-24 – 1990-01-01 · DemocratPaul Victor Niemeyer · 1990-08-07 – present · RepublicanJames Braxton Craven, Jr. · 1966-06-29 – 1977-05-03 · DemocratJames Dickson Phillips, Jr. · 1978-08-11 – 1994-07-31 · DemocratDennis W. Shedd · 2002-11-26 – 2018-01-30 · RepublicanJulius Ness Richardson · 2018-08-20 – present · RepublicanFrancis Dominic Murnaghan, Jr. · 1979-07-13 – 2000-08-31 · DemocratAllyson Kay Duncan · 2003-08-15 – 2019-03-21 · RepublicanAllison Jones Rushing · 2019-03-21 – present · RepublicanJames Marshall Sprouse · 1979-09-13 – 1992-10-31 · DemocratM. Blane Michael · 1993-10-01 – 2011-03-25 · DemocratHenry Franklin Floyd · 2011-10-05 – 2021-12-31 · DemocratDeAndrea Gist Benjamin · 2023-02-21 – present · DemocratSamuel James Ervin, III · 1980-05-23 – 1999-09-18 · DemocratAndre Maurice Davis · 2009-11-10 – 2014-02-28 · DemocratPamela Ann Harris · 2014-07-29 – present · DemocratEmory Marlin Sneeden · 1984-10-04 – 1986-03-01 · RepublicanWilliam Walter Wilkins · 1986-06-16 – 2007-07-01 · RepublicanBarbara Milano Keenan · 2010-03-09 – 2021-08-31 · DemocratToby Jay Heytens · 2021-11-02 – present · DemocratJ. Michael Luttig · 1991-08-02 – 2006-05-10 · RepublicanJames Andrew Wynn, Jr. · 2010-08-10 – present · DemocratKaren J. Williams · 1992-03-02 – 2009-07-08 · RepublicanAlbert Diaz · 2010-12-22 – present · DemocratDiana Jane Gribbon Motz · 1994-06-16 – 2022-09-30 · DemocratNicole Gina Berner · 2024-03-19 – present · DemocratStephanie Dawn Thacker · 2012-04-17 – present · Democrat
Nicole Gina Berner D
Mar 19, 2024 – present · 2.6 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–47
DeAndrea Gist Benjamin D
Feb 21, 2023 – present · 3.6 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 53–44
Toby Jay Heytens D
Nov 2, 2021 – present · 5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 53–43
Allison Jones Rushing R
Mar 21, 2019 – present · 7.6 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 53–44
A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. R
Sep 4, 2018 – present · 8.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 62–28
Julius Ness Richardson R
Aug 20, 2018 – present · 8.2 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 81–8
Pamela Ann Harris D
Jul 29, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 50–43
Stephanie Dawn Thacker D
Apr 17, 2012 – present · 14 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 91–3
Henry Franklin Floyd D
Oct 5, 2011 – Dec 31, 2021 · 10 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Dec 31, 2021 · confirmed 96–0
Albert Diaz D
Dec 22, 2010 – present · 16 years · appointed by Barack Obama
James Andrew Wynn, Jr. D
Aug 10, 2010 – present · 16 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Barbara Milano Keenan D
Mar 9, 2010 – Aug 31, 2021 · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Aug 31, 2021 · confirmed 99–0
Andre Maurice Davis D
Nov 10, 2009 – Feb 28, 2014 · 4.3 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Feb 28, 2014 · confirmed 72–16
G. Steven Agee R
Jul 1, 2008 – present · 18 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 96–0
Allyson Kay Duncan R
Aug 15, 2003 – Mar 21, 2019 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Mar 21, 2019 · confirmed 93–0
Dennis W. Shedd R
Nov 26, 2002 – Jan 30, 2018 · 15 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jan 30, 2018 · confirmed 55–44
Roger L. Gregory D
Jul 25, 2001 – present · 25 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · confirmed 93–1
Robert Bruce King D
Oct 9, 1998 – present · 28 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
William Byrd Traxler, Jr. D
Oct 1, 1998 – Aug 31, 2018 · 20 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Aug 31, 2018
Diana Jane Gribbon Motz D
Jun 16, 1994 – Sep 30, 2022 · 28 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Sep 30, 2022
M. Blane Michael D
Oct 1, 1993 – Mar 25, 2011 · 17 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Karen J. Williams R
Mar 2, 1992 – Jul 8, 2009 · 17 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jul 8, 2009
J. Michael Luttig R
Aug 2, 1991 – May 10, 2006 · 15 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
Clyde H. Hamilton R
Jul 22, 1991 – Nov 30, 1999 · 8.4 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Nov 30, 1999
Paul Victor Niemeyer R
Aug 7, 1990 – present · 36 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
William Walter Wilkins R
Jun 16, 1986 – Jul 1, 2007 · 21 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jul 1, 2007
Emory Marlin Sneeden R
Oct 4, 1984 – Mar 1, 1986 · 17 months · appointed by Ronald Reagan
James Harvie Wilkinson, III R
Aug 13, 1984 – present · 42 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · confirmed 58–39
Robert Foster Chapman R
Sep 19, 1981 – May 31, 1991 · 9.7 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status May 31, 1991
Samuel James Ervin, III D
May 23, 1980 – Sep 18, 1999 · 19 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
James Marshall Sprouse D
Sep 13, 1979 – Oct 31, 1992 · 13 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Oct 31, 1992
Francis Dominic Murnaghan, Jr. D
Jul 13, 1979 – Aug 31, 2000 · 21 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
James Dickson Phillips, Jr. D
Aug 11, 1978 – Jul 31, 1994 · 16 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 31, 1994
Kenneth Keller Hall R
Sep 3, 1976 – Feb 24, 1998 · 21 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Feb 24, 1998
Hiram Emory Widener, Jr. R
Oct 17, 1972 – Jul 17, 2007 · 35 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 17, 2007
John A. Field, Jr. R
Sep 22, 1971 – Apr 1, 1976 · 4.5 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Apr 1, 1976
Donald Stuart Russell R
Apr 23, 1971 – Feb 22, 1998 · 27 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
John Decker Butzner, Jr. D
Jul 31, 1967 – Nov 1, 1982 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Nov 1, 1982
James Braxton Craven, Jr. D
Jun 29, 1966 – May 3, 1977 · 11 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Harrison Lee Winter D
Jun 24, 1966 – Jan 1, 1990 · 24 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jan 1, 1990
J. Spencer Bell D
Sep 27, 1961 – Mar 19, 1967 · 5.5 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Albert Vickers Bryan D
Aug 15, 1961 – May 3, 1972 · 11 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status May 3, 1972
Herbert Stephenson Boreman R
Jun 17, 1959 – Jun 15, 1971 · 12 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jun 15, 1971
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. R
Apr 4, 1957 – Apr 6, 1981 · 24 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Apr 6, 1981
Simon E. Sobeloff R
Jul 18, 1956 – Dec 31, 1970 · 14 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Dec 31, 1970 · confirmed 64–19
Armistead Mason Dobie D
Feb 5, 1940 – Feb 1, 1956 · 16 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Feb 1, 1956
Morris Ames Soper R
Jan 19, 1932 – Jun 2, 1955 · 23 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Jun 2, 1955
Elliott Northcott R
Dec 15, 1927 – Oct 15, 1939 · 12 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Oct 15, 1939
John Johnston Parker R
Dec 14, 1925 – Mar 17, 1958 · 32 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
John Carter Rose R
Dec 20, 1922 – Mar 26, 1927 · 4.3 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Edmund Waddill, Jr. R
Jun 2, 1921 – Apr 9, 1931 · 9.9 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Martin Augustine Knapp N(
Jan 1, 1916 – Feb 10, 1923 · 7.1 years · appointed by None (reassignment)
Charles Albert Woods D
Jun 5, 1913 – Jun 21, 1925 · 12 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Jeter Connelly Pritchard R
Apr 27, 1904 – Apr 10, 1921 · 17 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 – Mar 31, 1913 · 21 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
Hugh Lennox Bond N(
Jun 16, 1891 – Oct 24, 1893 · 2.4 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.