History / Courts

U.S. District Court for the District of Georgia

6 judges have served since Sep 26, 1789. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
6
3 JR · 2 U · 1 D
Longest tenure
17 years
Jeremiah La Touche Cuyler
Current
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nobody
history/court/district-court-for-the-district-of-georgiaEvery holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Nathaniel Pendleton · 1789-09-26 – 1796-09-01Joseph Clay, Jr. · 1797-01-02 – 1801-05-12William Stephens · 1802-01-26 – 1818-10-13 · Jeffersonian RepublicanWilliam Davies · 1819-01-14 – 1821-03-09 · Jeffersonian RepublicanJeremiah La Touche Cuyler · 1822-01-10 – 1839-05-07 · Jeffersonian RepublicanJohn Cochran Nicoll · 1840-02-17 – 1848-08-11 · Democrat
John Cochran Nicoll D
Feb 17, 1840 – Aug 11, 1848 · 8.5 years · appointed by Martin Van Buren
Jeremiah La Touche Cuyler JR
Jan 10, 1822 – May 7, 1839 · 17 years · appointed by James Monroe
William Davies JR
Jan 14, 1819 – Mar 9, 1821 · 2.1 years · appointed by James Monroe
William Stephens JR
Jan 26, 1802 – Oct 13, 1818 · 17 years · appointed by Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Clay, Jr.
Jan 2, 1797 – May 12, 1801 · 4.4 years · appointed by George Washington
Nathaniel Pendleton
Sep 26, 1789 – Sep 1, 1796 · 6.9 years · appointed by George Washington

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