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U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

21 judges have served since Mar 4, 1791. Now: Mary Kay Lanthier DChristina Clair Reiss D.

Judges
21
10 D · 7 R · 2 U · 1 F · 1 W
Longest tenure
41 years
Elijah Paine
Current
2.1 years
Mary Kay Lanthier, since Sep 12, 2024
history/court/district-court-for-the-district-of-vermontEvery holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Nathaniel Chipman · 1791-03-04 – 1793-01-01Samuel Hitchcock · 1794-01-28 – 1801-02-20Elijah Paine · 1801-03-03 – 1842-04-01 · FederalistSamuel Prentiss · 1842-04-08 – 1857-01-15 · WhigDavid Allen Smalley · 1857-02-03 – 1877-03-10 · DemocratHoyt Henry Wheeler · 1877-03-16 – 1906-09-30 · RepublicanJames Loren Martin · 1906-12-11 – 1915-01-14 · RepublicanHarland Bradley Howe · 1915-02-22 – 1940-01-31 · DemocratJames Patrick Leamy · 1940-05-07 – 1949-07-22 · DemocratErnest William Gibson, Jr. · 1949-10-18 – 1969-11-04 · DemocratJames Lowell Oakes · 1970-04-24 – 1971-06-05 · RepublicanJames Stuart Holden · 1971-11-30 – 1984-01-29 · RepublicanFranklin S. Billings, Jr. · 1984-06-15 – 1994-09-09 · RepublicanJohn Garvan Murtha · 1995-05-26 – 2009-06-30 · DemocratChristina Clair Reiss · 2009-12-21 – present · DemocratBernard Joseph Leddy · 1966-08-25 – 1972-01-09 · DemocratAlbert Wheeler Coffrin · 1972-06-09 – 1989-01-31 · RepublicanFred I. Parker · 1990-08-07 – 1994-10-11 · RepublicanWilliam K. Sessions, III · 1995-08-14 – 2014-06-15 · DemocratGeoffrey William Crawford · 2014-08-04 – 2024-08-09 · DemocratMary Kay Lanthier · 2024-09-12 – present · Democrat
Mary Kay Lanthier D
Sep 12, 2024 – present · 2.1 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 55–42
Geoffrey William Crawford D
Aug 4, 2014 – Aug 9, 2024 · 10 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Aug 9, 2024 · confirmed 95–0
Christina Clair Reiss D
Dec 21, 2009 – present · 17 years · appointed by Barack Obama
William K. Sessions, III D
Aug 14, 1995 – Jun 15, 2014 · 19 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jun 15, 2014
John Garvan Murtha D
May 26, 1995 – Jun 30, 2009 · 14 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jun 30, 2009
Fred I. Parker R
Aug 7, 1990 – Oct 11, 1994 · 4.2 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
Franklin S. Billings, Jr. R
Jun 15, 1984 – Sep 9, 1994 · 10 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Sep 9, 1994
Albert Wheeler Coffrin R
Jun 9, 1972 – Jan 31, 1989 · 17 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jan 31, 1989
James Stuart Holden R
Nov 30, 1971 – Jan 29, 1984 · 12 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jan 29, 1984
James Lowell Oakes R
Apr 24, 1970 – Jun 5, 1971 · 13 months · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Bernard Joseph Leddy D
Aug 25, 1966 – Jan 9, 1972 · 5.4 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Ernest William Gibson, Jr. D
Oct 18, 1949 – Nov 4, 1969 · 20 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
James Patrick Leamy D
May 7, 1940 – Jul 22, 1949 · 9.2 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harland Bradley Howe D
Feb 22, 1915 – Jan 31, 1940 · 25 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · senior status Jan 31, 1940
James Loren Martin R
Dec 11, 1906 – Jan 14, 1915 · 8.1 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Hoyt Henry Wheeler R
Mar 16, 1877 – Sep 30, 1906 · 30 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
David Allen Smalley D
Feb 3, 1857 – Mar 10, 1877 · 20 years · appointed by Franklin Pierce
Samuel Prentiss W
Apr 8, 1842 – Jan 15, 1857 · 15 years · appointed by John Tyler
Elijah Paine F
Mar 3, 1801 – Apr 1, 1842 · 41 years · appointed by John Adams
Samuel Hitchcock
Jan 28, 1794 – Feb 20, 1801 · 7.1 years · appointed by George Washington
Nathaniel Chipman
Mar 4, 1791 – Jan 1, 1793 · 22 months · appointed by George Washington

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