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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

83 judges have served since Jun 16, 1891. Now: Matthew Alexander Schwartz RMaria Araujo Kahn DSarah Ann Leilani Merriam DAlison Julie Nathan DMyrna Pérez DBeth Robinson DEunice Cheryl Lee DSteven James Menashi RWilliam Joseph Nardini RJoseph Frank Bianco RMichael Hun Park RRichard Joseph Sullivan RRaymond Joseph Lohier, Jr. D.

Judges
83
46 R · 34 D · 2 N( · 1 N(
Longest tenure
29 years
José Alberto Cabranes
Current
3 months
Matthew Alexander Schwartz, since Jul 24, 2026
history/court/court-of-appeals-for-the-second-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020William James Wallace · 1891-06-16 – 1907-05-08 · None (assignment)Henry Galbraith Ward · 1907-12-17 – 1921-06-30 · RepublicanJulius Marshuetz Mayer · 1921-10-05 – 1924-07-31 · RepublicanLearned Hand · 1924-12-20 – 1951-06-01 · RepublicanHarold Raymond Medina · 1951-06-23 – 1958-03-01 · DemocratHenry Jacob Friendly · 1959-09-10 – 1974-04-15 · RepublicanMurray Irwin Gurfein · 1974-08-27 – 1979-12-16 · RepublicanRichard J. Cardamone · 1981-10-29 – 1993-11-13 · RepublicanGuido Calabresi · 1994-07-21 – 2009-07-21 · DemocratGerard E. Lynch · 2009-09-18 – 2016-09-05 · DemocratRichard Joseph Sullivan · 2018-10-17 – present · RepublicanEmile Henry Lacombe · 1891-06-16 – 1916-02-15 · None (assignment)Charles Merrill Hough · 1916-08-21 – 1927-04-22 · DemocratAugustus Noble Hand · 1928-01-18 – 1953-06-30 · RepublicanCarroll Clark Hincks · 1954-02-09 – 1959-05-15 · RepublicanJohn Joseph Smith · 1960-09-02 – 1971-11-06 · RepublicanEllsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland · 1974-12-21 – 1985-05-11 · RepublicanRoger Jeffrey Miner · 1985-07-22 – 1997-01-01 · RepublicanChester J. Straub · 1998-06-03 – 2008-07-16 · DemocratDenny Chin · 2010-04-23 – 2021-06-01 · DemocratEunice Cheryl Lee · 2021-08-16 – present · DemocratNathaniel Shipman · 1892-03-17 – 1902-03-22 · RepublicanAlfred Conkling Coxe, Sr. · 1902-06-03 – 1917-07-31 · RepublicanMartin Thomas Manton · 1918-03-18 – 1939-02-07 · DemocratCharles Edward Clark · 1939-03-09 – 1963-12-13 · DemocratRobert Palmer Anderson · 1964-08-15 – 1971-05-01 · DemocratWalter Roe Mansfield · 1971-05-20 – 1981-07-02 · RepublicanLawrence Warren Pierce · 1981-11-18 – 1990-01-01 · RepublicanJoseph Michael McLaughlin · 1990-10-17 – 1998-03-20 · RepublicanRosemary S. Pooler · 1998-06-03 – 2022-03-23 · DemocratAlison Julie Nathan · 2022-03-30 – present · DemocratWilliam Kneeland Townsend · 1902-01-21 – 1907-06-02 · RepublicanWalter Chadwick Noyes · 1907-12-18 – 1913-07-01 · RepublicanHenry Wade Rogers · 1913-09-29 – 1926-08-16 · DemocratThomas Walter Swan · 1926-12-22 – 1953-07-01 · RepublicanJohn Marshall Harlan · 1954-02-10 – 1955-03-28 · RepublicanJoseph Edward Lumbard · 1955-07-12 – 1971-07-20 · RepublicanWilliam Homer Timbers · 1971-07-29 – 1981-07-10 · RepublicanRalph K. Winter, Jr. · 1981-12-10 – 2000-09-30 · RepublicanBarrington Daniels Parker, Jr. · 2001-10-16 – 2009-10-10 · RepublicanRaymond Joseph Lohier, Jr. · 2010-12-20 – present · DemocratMartin Augustine Knapp · 1910-12-20 – 1916-01-01 · RepublicanHarrie Brigham Chase · 1929-01-31 – 1954-09-01 · RepublicanSterry Robinson Waterman · 1955-07-13 – 1970-11-13 · RepublicanWilliam Hughes Mulligan · 1971-05-27 – 1981-03-31 · RepublicanGeorge Cheney Pratt · 1982-06-21 – 1993-05-22 · RepublicanPierre Nelson Leval · 1993-10-20 – 2002-08-16 · DemocratReena Raggi · 2002-10-04 – 2018-08-31 · RepublicanJoseph Frank Bianco · 2019-05-13 – present · RepublicanJulian William Mack · 1929-07-01 – 1940-09-06 · None (reassignment)Jerome New Frank · 1941-03-27 – 1957-01-13 · DemocratLeonard Page Moore · 1958-02-27 – 1971-03-01 · RepublicanJames Lowell Oakes · 1971-05-27 – 1992-06-30 · RepublicanDennis G. Jacobs · 1992-10-02 – 2019-05-31 · RepublicanSteven James Menashi · 2019-11-14 – present · RepublicanRobert Porter Patterson, Sr. · 1939-03-21 – 1940-07-30 · DemocratIrving Robert Kaufman · 1961-09-22 – 1987-07-01 · DemocratJohn Mercer Walker, Jr. · 1989-11-27 – 2006-09-30 · RepublicanDebra Ann Livingston · 2007-05-17 – 2026-07-01 · RepublicanMatthew Alexander Schwartz · 2026-07-24 – present · RepublicanPaul Raymond Hays · 1962-03-17 – 1974-09-11 · DemocratThomas Joseph Meskill · 1975-04-23 – 1993-06-30 · RepublicanJosé Alberto Cabranes · 1994-08-10 – 2023-03-09 · DemocratMaria Araujo Kahn · 2023-03-10 – present · DemocratThurgood Marshall · 1962-09-14 – 1965-08-23 · DemocratWilfred Feinberg · 1966-03-07 – 1991-01-31 · DemocratFred I. Parker · 1994-10-11 – 2003-08-12 · DemocratPeter W. Hall · 2004-07-07 – 2021-03-04 · RepublicanBeth Robinson · 2021-11-05 – present · DemocratJon Ormond Newman · 1979-06-21 – 1997-07-01 · DemocratRobert David Sack · 1998-06-16 – 2009-08-06 · DemocratSusan Laura Carney · 2011-05-17 – 2022-09-27 · DemocratAmalya Lyle Kearse · 1979-06-21 – 2002-06-11 · DemocratRichard C. Wesley · 2003-06-12 – 2016-08-01 · RepublicanMichael Hun Park · 2019-05-13 – present · RepublicanFrank X. Altimari · 1985-12-17 – 1996-01-01 · RepublicanSonia Sotomayor · 1998-10-07 – 2009-08-08 · DemocratChristopher Fitzgerald Droney · 2011-12-01 – 2019-06-30 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Nardini · 2019-11-14 – present · RepublicanJohn Daniel Mahoney · 1986-04-07 – 1996-10-23 · RepublicanRobert A. Katzmann · 1999-07-16 – 2021-01-21 · DemocratMyrna Pérez · 2021-11-12 – present · DemocratSarah Ann Leilani Merriam · 2022-09-23 – present · Democrat
Matthew Alexander Schwartz R
Jul 24, 2026 – present · 3 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 50–45
Maria Araujo Kahn D
Mar 10, 2023 – present · 3.6 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–42
Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam D
Sep 23, 2022 – present · 4.1 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 53–44
Alison Julie Nathan D
Mar 30, 2022 – present · 4.5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 49–47
Myrna Pérez D
Nov 12, 2021 – present · 4.9 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 48–43
Beth Robinson D
Nov 5, 2021 – present · 4.9 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–45
Eunice Cheryl Lee D
Aug 16, 2021 – present · 5.2 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–47
Steven James Menashi R
Nov 14, 2019 – present · 6.9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 51–41
William Joseph Nardini R
Nov 14, 2019 – present · 6.9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 86–2
Joseph Frank Bianco R
May 13, 2019 – present · 7.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 54–42
Michael Hun Park R
May 13, 2019 – present · 7.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 52–41
Richard Joseph Sullivan R
Oct 17, 2018 – present · 8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 79–16
Christopher Fitzgerald Droney D
Dec 1, 2011 – Jun 30, 2019 · 7.6 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Jun 30, 2019 · confirmed 88–0
Susan Laura Carney D
May 17, 2011 – Sep 27, 2022 · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Sep 27, 2022 · confirmed 71–28
Raymond Joseph Lohier, Jr. D
Dec 20, 2010 – present · 16 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 92–0
Denny Chin D
Apr 23, 2010 – Jun 1, 2021 · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Jun 1, 2021 · confirmed 98–0
Gerard E. Lynch D
Sep 18, 2009 – Sep 5, 2016 · 7 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Sep 5, 2016 · confirmed 94–3
Debra Ann Livingston R
May 17, 2007 – Jul 1, 2026 · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jul 1, 2026 · confirmed 91–0
Peter W. Hall R
Jul 7, 2004 – Mar 4, 2021 · 17 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Mar 4, 2021
Richard C. Wesley R
Jun 12, 2003 – Aug 1, 2016 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Aug 1, 2016 · confirmed 96–0
Reena Raggi R
Oct 4, 2002 – Aug 31, 2018 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Aug 31, 2018 · confirmed 85–0
Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr. R
Oct 16, 2001 – Oct 10, 2009 · 8 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Oct 10, 2009 · confirmed 100–0
Robert A. Katzmann D
Jul 16, 1999 – Jan 21, 2021 · 22 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jan 21, 2021
Sonia Sotomayor D
Oct 7, 1998 – Aug 8, 2009 · 11 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · confirmed 68–28
Robert David Sack D
Jun 16, 1998 – Aug 6, 2009 · 11 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Aug 6, 2009
Chester J. Straub D
Jun 3, 1998 – Jul 16, 2008 · 10 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jul 16, 2008
Rosemary S. Pooler D
Jun 3, 1998 – Mar 23, 2022 · 24 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Mar 23, 2022
Fred I. Parker D
Oct 11, 1994 – Aug 12, 2003 · 8.8 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
José Alberto Cabranes D
Aug 10, 1994 – Mar 9, 2023 · 29 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Mar 9, 2023
Guido Calabresi D
Jul 21, 1994 – Jul 21, 2009 · 15 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jul 21, 2009
Pierre Nelson Leval D
Oct 20, 1993 – Aug 16, 2002 · 8.8 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Aug 16, 2002
Dennis G. Jacobs R
Oct 2, 1992 – May 31, 2019 · 27 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 31, 2019
Joseph Michael McLaughlin R
Oct 17, 1990 – Mar 20, 1998 · 7.4 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Mar 20, 1998
John Mercer Walker, Jr. R
Nov 27, 1989 – Sep 30, 2006 · 17 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Sep 30, 2006
John Daniel Mahoney R
Apr 7, 1986 – Oct 23, 1996 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Frank X. Altimari R
Dec 17, 1985 – Jan 1, 1996 · 10 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 1, 1996
Roger Jeffrey Miner R
Jul 22, 1985 – Jan 1, 1997 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 1, 1997
George Cheney Pratt R
Jun 21, 1982 – May 22, 1993 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status May 22, 1993
Ralph K. Winter, Jr. R
Dec 10, 1981 – Sep 30, 2000 · 19 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Sep 30, 2000
Lawrence Warren Pierce R
Nov 18, 1981 – Jan 1, 1990 · 8.1 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 1, 1990
Richard J. Cardamone R
Oct 29, 1981 – Nov 13, 1993 · 12 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Nov 13, 1993
Jon Ormond Newman D
Jun 21, 1979 – Jul 1, 1997 · 18 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 1, 1997
Amalya Lyle Kearse D
Jun 21, 1979 – Jun 11, 2002 · 23 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jun 11, 2002
Thomas Joseph Meskill R
Apr 23, 1975 – Jun 30, 1993 · 18 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Jun 30, 1993 · confirmed 54–36
Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland R
Dec 21, 1974 – May 11, 1985 · 10 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status May 11, 1985
Murray Irwin Gurfein R
Aug 27, 1974 – Dec 16, 1979 · 5.3 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
William Homer Timbers R
Jul 29, 1971 – Jul 10, 1981 · 9.9 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 10, 1981
William Hughes Mulligan R
May 27, 1971 – Mar 31, 1981 · 9.8 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
James Lowell Oakes R
May 27, 1971 – Jun 30, 1992 · 21 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jun 30, 1992
Walter Roe Mansfield R
May 20, 1971 – Jul 2, 1981 · 10 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 2, 1981
Wilfred Feinberg D
Mar 7, 1966 – Jan 31, 1991 · 25 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jan 31, 1991
Robert Palmer Anderson D
Aug 15, 1964 – May 1, 1971 · 6.7 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status May 1, 1971
Thurgood Marshall D
Sep 14, 1962 – Aug 23, 1965 · 2.9 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · confirmed 54–16
Paul Raymond Hays D
Mar 17, 1962 – Sep 11, 1974 · 12 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Sep 11, 1974
Irving Robert Kaufman D
Sep 22, 1961 – Jul 1, 1987 · 26 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jul 1, 1987
John Joseph Smith R
Sep 2, 1960 – Nov 6, 1971 · 11 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Nov 6, 1971
Henry Jacob Friendly R
Sep 10, 1959 – Apr 15, 1974 · 15 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Apr 15, 1974
Leonard Page Moore R
Feb 27, 1958 – Mar 1, 1971 · 13 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Mar 1, 1971
Sterry Robinson Waterman R
Jul 13, 1955 – Nov 13, 1970 · 15 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Nov 13, 1970
Joseph Edward Lumbard R
Jul 12, 1955 – Jul 20, 1971 · 16 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jul 20, 1971
John Marshall Harlan R
Feb 10, 1954 – Mar 28, 1955 · 14 months · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carroll Clark Hincks R
Feb 9, 1954 – May 15, 1959 · 5.3 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status May 15, 1959
Harold Raymond Medina D
Jun 23, 1951 – Mar 1, 1958 · 6.7 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Mar 1, 1958
Jerome New Frank D
Mar 27, 1941 – Jan 13, 1957 · 16 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. D
Mar 21, 1939 – Jul 30, 1940 · 16 months · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Edward Clark D
Mar 9, 1939 – Dec 13, 1963 · 25 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Julian William Mack N(
Jul 1, 1929 – Sep 6, 1940 · 11 years · appointed by None (reassignment) · senior status Sep 6, 1940
Harrie Brigham Chase R
Jan 31, 1929 – Sep 1, 1954 · 26 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Sep 1, 1954
Augustus Noble Hand R
Jan 18, 1928 – Jun 30, 1953 · 25 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Jun 30, 1953
Thomas Walter Swan R
Dec 22, 1926 – Jul 1, 1953 · 27 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Jul 1, 1953
Learned Hand R
Dec 20, 1924 – Jun 1, 1951 · 26 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Jun 1, 1951
Julius Marshuetz Mayer R
Oct 5, 1921 – Jul 31, 1924 · 2.8 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Martin Thomas Manton D
Mar 18, 1918 – Feb 7, 1939 · 21 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Charles Merrill Hough D
Aug 21, 1916 – Apr 22, 1927 · 11 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Henry Wade Rogers D
Sep 29, 1913 – Aug 16, 1926 · 13 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Martin Augustine Knapp R
Dec 20, 1910 – Jan 1, 1916 · 5 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Walter Chadwick Noyes R
Dec 18, 1907 – Jul 1, 1913 · 5.5 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Galbraith Ward R
Dec 17, 1907 – Jun 30, 1921 · 14 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · senior status Jun 30, 1921
Alfred Conkling Coxe, Sr. R
Jun 3, 1902 – Jul 31, 1917 · 15 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
William Kneeland Townsend R
Jan 21, 1902 – Jun 2, 1907 · 5.4 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Nathaniel Shipman R
Mar 17, 1892 – Mar 22, 1902 · 10 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
William James Wallace N(
Jun 16, 1891 – May 8, 1907 · 16 years · appointed by None (assignment)
Emile Henry Lacombe N(
Jun 16, 1891 – Feb 15, 1916 · 25 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.