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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

66 judges have served since Jun 16, 1891. Now: Rebecca Liane Taibleson RNancy Lee Maldonado DJoshua Paul Kolar DDoris Lenea Pryor DJohn Zihun Lee DCandace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi DThomas Lee Kirsch, II RAmy Joan St. Eve RMichael Yale Scudder, Jr. RMichael Brian Brennan RFrank Hoover Easterbrook R.

Judges
66
36 R · 29 D · 1 N(
Longest tenure
42 years
Frank Hoover Easterbrook
Current
11 months
Rebecca Liane Taibleson, since Nov 3, 2025
history/court/court-of-appeals-for-the-seventh-circuitEvery holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Walter Quintin Gresham · 1891-06-16 – 1893-03-03 · None (assignment)James Graham Jenkins · 1893-03-23 – 1905-02-23 · DemocratWilliam Henry Seaman · 1905-03-01 – 1915-03-08 · RepublicanSamuel Alschuler · 1916-01-18 – 1936-05-15 · DemocratJames Earl Major · 1937-03-23 – 1956-03-23 · DemocratWilliam Lynn Parkinson · 1957-08-26 – 1959-10-26 · RepublicanRoger Joseph Kiley · 1961-06-30 – 1974-01-01 · DemocratPhilip Willis Tone · 1974-05-14 – 1980-04-30 · RepublicanJesse Ernest Eschbach · 1981-12-01 – 1985-11-04 · RepublicanDaniel Anthony Manion · 1986-07-24 – 2007-12-18 · RepublicanJohn Daniel Tinder · 2007-12-21 – 2015-02-18 · RepublicanAmy Coney Barrett · 2017-11-02 – 2020-10-26 · RepublicanThomas Lee Kirsch, II · 2020-12-17 – present · RepublicanWilliam Allen Woods · 1892-03-17 – 1901-06-29 · RepublicanFrancis Elisha Baker · 1902-01-21 – 1924-03-15 · RepublicanAlbert Barnes Anderson · 1925-01-06 – 1929-10-30 · RepublicanWilliam Morris Sparks · 1929-10-31 – 1948-11-13 · RepublicanFrancis Ryan Duffy · 1949-02-02 – 1966-06-30 · DemocratThomas Edward Fairchild · 1966-08-11 – 1981-08-31 · DemocratRichard Allen Posner · 1981-12-01 – 2017-09-02 · RepublicanMichael Brian Brennan · 2018-05-11 – present · RepublicanJohn William Showalter · 1895-03-01 – 1898-12-10 · DemocratPeter Stenger Grosscup · 1899-01-23 – 1911-10-23 · RepublicanEvan Alfred Evans · 1916-05-10 – 1948-07-07 · DemocratPhilip J. Finnegan · 1949-05-05 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratLatham Castle · 1959-04-30 – 1970-02-28 · RepublicanWilbur Frank Pell, Jr. · 1970-04-24 – 1984-07-31 · RepublicanFrank Hoover Easterbrook · 1985-04-04 – present · RepublicanChristian Cecil Kohlsaat · 1905-03-18 – 1918-05-11 · RepublicanGeorge True Page · 1919-03-01 – 1930-10-01 · DemocratLouis FitzHenry · 1933-06-16 – 1935-11-18 · DemocratWalter Emanuel Treanor · 1937-12-27 – 1941-04-26 · DemocratSherman Minton · 1941-05-22 – 1949-10-12 · DemocratWalter C. Lindley · 1949-10-13 – 1958-01-03 · DemocratWinfred George Knoch · 1958-08-21 – 1967-12-04 · RepublicanOtto Kerner, Jr. · 1968-04-22 – 1974-07-22 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Bauer · 1974-12-20 – 1994-10-31 · RepublicanDiane Pamela Wood · 1995-06-30 – 2022-09-07 · DemocratJohn Zihun Lee · 2022-09-09 – present · DemocratJulian William Mack · 1911-01-31 – 1929-07-01 · RepublicanOtto Kerner, Sr. · 1939-02-09 – 1952-12-13 · DemocratElmer Jacob Schnackenberg · 1954-02-09 – 1968-09-15 · RepublicanJohn Paul Stevens · 1970-10-14 – 1975-12-19 · RepublicanHarlington Wood, Jr. · 1976-05-07 – 1992-01-15 · RepublicanIlana Kara Diamond Rovner · 1992-08-17 – 2024-07-10 · RepublicanNancy Lee Maldonado · 2024-07-11 – present · DemocratHardress Nathan Swaim · 1950-02-10 – 1957-07-30 · DemocratJohn Simpson Hastings · 1957-08-26 – 1969-02-01 · RepublicanRobert Arthur Sprecher · 1971-04-23 – 1982-05-15 · RepublicanJoel Martin Flaum · 1983-05-05 – 2020-11-30 · RepublicanCandace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi · 2021-07-01 – present · DemocratLuther Merritt Swygert · 1961-09-29 – 1981-07-01 · DemocratJohn Louis Coffey · 1982-03-19 – 2004-07-02 · RepublicanDavid Frank Hamilton · 2009-11-23 – 2022-12-05 · DemocratDoris Lenea Pryor · 2022-12-09 – present · DemocratWalter Joseph Cummings · 1966-08-11 – 1999-04-24 · DemocratAnn Claire Williams · 1999-11-15 – 2017-06-05 · DemocratMichael Yale Scudder, Jr. · 2018-05-21 – present · RepublicanRichard Dickson Cudahy · 1979-09-26 – 1994-08-15 · DemocratTerence Thomas Evans · 1995-08-11 – 2010-01-07 · DemocratAmy Joan St. Eve · 2018-05-23 – present · RepublicanKenneth Francis Ripple · 1985-05-10 – 2008-09-01 · RepublicanJoshua Paul Kolar · 2024-01-31 – present · DemocratMichael Stephen Kanne · 1987-05-20 – 2022-06-16 · RepublicanRebecca Liane Taibleson · 2025-11-03 – present · RepublicanDiane S. Sykes · 2004-07-01 – 2025-10-01 · Republican
Rebecca Liane Taibleson R
Nov 3, 2025 – present · 11 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 52–46
Nancy Lee Maldonado D
Jul 11, 2024 – present · 2.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 47–43
Joshua Paul Kolar D
Jan 31, 2024 – present · 2.7 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 66–25
Doris Lenea Pryor D
Dec 9, 2022 – present · 3.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 60–31
John Zihun Lee D
Sep 9, 2022 – present · 4.1 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–44
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi D
Jul 1, 2021 – present · 5.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 53–40
Thomas Lee Kirsch, II R
Dec 17, 2020 – present · 5.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 51–44
Amy Joan St. Eve R
May 23, 2018 – present · 8.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 91–0
Michael Yale Scudder, Jr. R
May 21, 2018 – present · 8.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 90–0
Michael Brian Brennan R
May 11, 2018 – present · 8.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 49–46
Amy Coney Barrett R
Nov 2, 2017 – Oct 26, 2020 · 3 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 55–43
David Frank Hamilton D
Nov 23, 2009 – Dec 5, 2022 · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Dec 5, 2022 · confirmed 59–39
John Daniel Tinder R
Dec 21, 2007 – Feb 18, 2015 · 7.2 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Feb 18, 2015 · confirmed 93–0
Diane S. Sykes R
Jul 1, 2004 – Oct 1, 2025 · 21 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Oct 1, 2025 · confirmed 70–27
Ann Claire Williams D
Nov 15, 1999 – Jun 5, 2017 · 18 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jun 5, 2017
Terence Thomas Evans D
Aug 11, 1995 – Jan 7, 2010 · 14 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jan 7, 2010
Diane Pamela Wood D
Jun 30, 1995 – Sep 7, 2022 · 27 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Sep 7, 2022
Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner R
Aug 17, 1992 – Jul 10, 2024 · 32 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jul 10, 2024
Michael Stephen Kanne R
May 20, 1987 – Jun 16, 2022 · 35 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Daniel Anthony Manion R
Jul 24, 1986 – Dec 18, 2007 · 21 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 18, 2007 · confirmed 48–46
Kenneth Francis Ripple R
May 10, 1985 – Sep 1, 2008 · 23 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Sep 1, 2008
Frank Hoover Easterbrook R
Apr 4, 1985 – present · 42 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Joel Martin Flaum R
May 5, 1983 – Nov 30, 2020 · 38 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Nov 30, 2020
John Louis Coffey R
Mar 19, 1982 – Jul 2, 2004 · 22 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jul 2, 2004
Jesse Ernest Eschbach R
Dec 1, 1981 – Nov 4, 1985 · 3.9 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Nov 4, 1985
Richard Allen Posner R
Dec 1, 1981 – Sep 2, 2017 · 36 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Richard Dickson Cudahy D
Sep 26, 1979 – Aug 15, 1994 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Aug 15, 1994
Harlington Wood, Jr. R
May 7, 1976 – Jan 15, 1992 · 16 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Jan 15, 1992
William Joseph Bauer R
Dec 20, 1974 – Oct 31, 1994 · 20 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Oct 31, 1994
Philip Willis Tone R
May 14, 1974 – Apr 30, 1980 · 6 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Robert Arthur Sprecher R
Apr 23, 1971 – May 15, 1982 · 11 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
John Paul Stevens R
Oct 14, 1970 – Dec 19, 1975 · 5.2 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Wilbur Frank Pell, Jr. R
Apr 24, 1970 – Jul 31, 1984 · 14 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 31, 1984
Otto Kerner, Jr. D
Apr 22, 1968 – Jul 22, 1974 · 6.2 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Thomas Edward Fairchild D
Aug 11, 1966 – Aug 31, 1981 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Aug 31, 1981
Walter Joseph Cummings D
Aug 11, 1966 – Apr 24, 1999 · 33 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Luther Merritt Swygert D
Sep 29, 1961 – Jul 1, 1981 · 20 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jul 1, 1981
Roger Joseph Kiley D
Jun 30, 1961 – Jan 1, 1974 · 13 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jan 1, 1974
Latham Castle R
Apr 30, 1959 – Feb 28, 1970 · 11 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Feb 28, 1970
Winfred George Knoch R
Aug 21, 1958 – Dec 4, 1967 · 9.3 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Dec 4, 1967
William Lynn Parkinson R
Aug 26, 1957 – Oct 26, 1959 · 2.2 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Simpson Hastings R
Aug 26, 1957 – Feb 1, 1969 · 11 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Feb 1, 1969
Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg R
Feb 9, 1954 – Sep 15, 1968 · 15 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hardress Nathan Swaim D
Feb 10, 1950 – Jul 30, 1957 · 7.5 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Walter C. Lindley D
Oct 13, 1949 – Jan 3, 1958 · 8.2 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Philip J. Finnegan D
May 5, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 9.7 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Francis Ryan Duffy D
Feb 2, 1949 – Jun 30, 1966 · 17 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jun 30, 1966
Sherman Minton D
May 22, 1941 – Oct 12, 1949 · 8.4 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Otto Kerner, Sr. D
Feb 9, 1939 – Dec 13, 1952 · 14 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Emanuel Treanor D
Dec 27, 1937 – Apr 26, 1941 · 3.3 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Earl Major D
Mar 23, 1937 – Mar 23, 1956 · 19 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Mar 23, 1956
Louis FitzHenry D
Jun 16, 1933 – Nov 18, 1935 · 2.4 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Morris Sparks R
Oct 31, 1929 – Nov 13, 1948 · 19 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Nov 13, 1948
Albert Barnes Anderson R
Jan 6, 1925 – Oct 30, 1929 · 4.8 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Oct 30, 1929
George True Page D
Mar 1, 1919 – Oct 1, 1930 · 12 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · senior status Oct 1, 1930
Evan Alfred Evans D
May 10, 1916 – Jul 7, 1948 · 32 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Samuel Alschuler D
Jan 18, 1916 – May 15, 1936 · 20 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · senior status May 15, 1936
Julian William Mack R
Jan 31, 1911 – Jul 1, 1929 · 18 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Christian Cecil Kohlsaat R
Mar 18, 1905 – May 11, 1918 · 13 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
William Henry Seaman R
Mar 1, 1905 – Mar 8, 1915 · 10 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Francis Elisha Baker R
Jan 21, 1902 – Mar 15, 1924 · 22 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Peter Stenger Grosscup R
Jan 23, 1899 – Oct 23, 1911 · 13 years · appointed by William McKinley
John William Showalter D
Mar 1, 1895 – Dec 10, 1898 · 3.8 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
James Graham Jenkins D
Mar 23, 1893 – Feb 23, 1905 · 12 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
William Allen Woods R
Mar 17, 1892 – Jun 29, 1901 · 9.3 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison · confirmed 25–24
Walter Quintin Gresham N(
Jun 16, 1891 – Mar 3, 1893 · 21 months · appointed by None (assignment)

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