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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

113 judges have served since Apr 20, 1818. Now: Antonio Miguel Pozos RGail Allison Weilheimer DCatherine Henry DMary Kathleen Costello DKai Niambi Scott DKelley Brisbon Hodge DJohn Frank Murphy DMia Roberts Perez DJohn Michael Gallagher RKaren Spencer Marston RJohn Milton Younge RJoshua David Wolson RChad Francis Kenney, Sr. RJoseph F. Leeson, Jr. DMark A. Kearney DGerald John Pappert DWendy Beetlestone DGerald Austin McHugh, Jr. DJeffrey L. Schmehl DNitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro DJuan Ramon Sánchez RPaul Steven Diamond R.

Judges
113
64 R · 46 D · 1 N( · 1 JR · 1 W
Longest tenure
31 years
William Huntington Kirkpatrick
Current
2 months
Antonio Miguel Pozos, since Aug 10, 2026
history/court/district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-pennsylvaniaEvery holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Richard Peters · 1818-04-20 – 1828-08-22 · None (reassignment)Joseph Hopkinson · 1829-02-23 – 1842-01-15 · Jeffersonian RepublicanArchibald Randall · 1842-03-08 – 1846-06-08 · WhigJohn Kintzing Kane · 1846-06-17 – 1858-02-21 · DemocratJohn Cadwalader · 1858-04-24 – 1879-01-26 · DemocratWilliam Butler · 1879-02-19 – 1899-01-31 · RepublicanJohn Bayard McPherson · 1899-03-02 – 1912-04-08 · RepublicanJoseph Whitaker Thompson · 1912-07-16 – 1931-02-03 · RepublicanGeorge Austin Welsh · 1932-05-20 – 1957-08-29 · RepublicanHarold Kenneth Wood · 1959-09-10 – 1971-06-24 · RepublicanClarence Charles Newcomer · 1971-11-30 – 1988-01-19 · RepublicanLowell A. Reed, Jr. · 1988-04-20 – 1999-06-21 · RepublicanMary A. McLaughlin · 2000-05-31 – 2013-11-18 · DemocratGerald Austin McHugh, Jr. · 2014-03-28 – present · DemocratJames Buchanan Holland · 1904-04-19 – 1914-04-24 · RepublicanOliver Booth Dickinson · 1914-04-28 – 1939-09-16 · DemocratGuy Kurtz Bard · 1940-04-29 – 1952-07-16 · DemocratJohn Whitaker Lord, Jr. · 1954-05-20 – 1971-12-19 · RepublicanLouis Charles Bechtle · 1972-03-07 – 1993-04-30 · RepublicanMarjorie O. Rendell · 1994-02-11 – 1997-11-21 · DemocratPetrese B. Tucker · 2000-06-01 – 2021-06-01 · DemocratMia Roberts Perez · 2022-12-16 – present · DemocratCharles Louis McKeehan · 1923-02-09 – 1925-03-23 · RepublicanWilliam Huntington Kirkpatrick · 1927-03-03 – 1958-05-01 · RepublicanJoseph Simon Lord, III · 1961-09-15 – 1982-07-01 · DemocratThomas Newman O'Neill, Jr. · 1983-08-05 – 1996-07-06 · RepublicanBruce William Kauffman · 1997-11-12 – 2008-02-11 · DemocratJoel Harvey Slomsky · 2008-10-06 – 2018-10-09 · RepublicanChad Francis Kenney, Sr. · 2018-10-24 – present · RepublicanAlbert Branson Maris · 1936-06-22 – 1938-06-27 · DemocratHarry Ellis Kalodner · 1939-05-04 – 1946-09-04 · DemocratThomas James Clary · 1950-03-09 – 1969-03-01 · DemocratJohn Berne Hannum · 1969-05-06 – 1984-05-29 · RepublicanAnthony Joseph Scirica · 1984-09-18 – 1987-09-11 · RepublicanRobert S. Gawthrop, III · 1987-12-09 – 1999-08-01 · RepublicanBerle M. Schiller · 2000-06-02 – 2012-06-18 · DemocratNitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro · 2013-06-19 – present · DemocratJames Cullen Ganey · 1940-06-19 – 1961-08-30 · DemocratAbraham L Freedman · 1961-09-22 – 1964-07-07 · DemocratJohn Patrick Fullam · 1966-08-11 – 1990-04-01 · DemocratWilliam Hendricks Yohn, Jr. · 1991-09-16 – 2003-11-20 · RepublicanGene E.K. Pratter · 2004-06-16 – 2024-05-17 · RepublicanMary Kathleen Costello · 2024-09-19 – present · DemocratJames Patrick McGranery · 1946-08-07 – 1952-05-26 · DemocratFrancis Lund Van Dusen · 1955-08-01 – 1967-06-27 · RepublicanEdward Roy Becker · 1970-10-14 – 1982-01-22 · RepublicanJames McGirr Kelly · 1983-08-06 – 1996-03-31 · RepublicanR[ichard] Barclay Surrick · 2000-06-05 – 2011-02-01 · DemocratLuis Felipe Restrepo · 2013-06-19 – 2016-01-13 · DemocratJoshua David Wolson · 2019-05-28 – present · RepublicanFrederick Voris Follmer · 1946-08-07 – 1955-06-01 · DemocratC[harles] William Kraft, Jr. · 1956-03-29 – 1970-11-11 · RepublicanJames Henry Gorbey · 1970-12-21 – 1977-10-24 · RepublicanLouis Heilprin Pollak · 1978-07-12 – 1991-01-01 · DemocratHarvey Bartle, III · 1991-09-16 – 2011-10-01 · RepublicanJeffrey L. Schmehl · 2013-06-25 – present · DemocratAllan Kuhn Grim · 1950-04-07 – 1961-11-01 · DemocratRalph C. Body · 1962-04-04 – 1972-05-30 · DemocratHerbert Allan Fogel · 1973-05-15 – 1978-05-01 · RepublicanNorma Levy Shapiro · 1978-08-11 – 1998-12-31 · DemocratLegrome D. Davis · 2002-04-23 – 2017-09-28 · RepublicanJohn Milton Younge · 2019-08-20 – present · RepublicanThomas C. Egan · 1957-08-26 – 1961-07-06 · RepublicanAlfred Leopold Luongo · 1961-09-22 – 1986-07-19 · DemocratRobert F. Kelly · 1987-06-26 – 2001-07-17 · RepublicanCynthia M. Rufe · 2002-05-03 – 2021-12-31 · RepublicanKelley Brisbon Hodge · 2022-12-23 – present · DemocratJohn Morgan Davis · 1964-03-17 – 1974-05-06 · DemocratEdward Norman Cahn · 1974-12-20 – 1998-12-31 · RepublicanMichael M. Baylson · 2002-06-19 – 2012-07-13 · RepublicanEdward George Smith · 2014-03-31 – 2023-11-27 · DemocratCatherine Henry · 2024-12-06 – present · DemocratAloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. · 1964-03-17 – 1977-11-07 · DemocratJames Tyrone Giles · 1979-11-27 – 2008-02-11 · DemocratC. Darnell Jones, II · 2008-10-30 – 2021-03-15 · RepublicanJohn Frank Murphy · 2022-12-23 – present · DemocratCharles R. Weiner · 1967-06-14 – 1988-12-31 · DemocratRonald Lawrence Buckwalter · 1990-03-12 – 2003-12-11 · RepublicanLawrence F. Stengel · 2004-06-21 – 2018-08-31 · RepublicanKaren Spencer Marston · 2019-12-20 – present · RepublicanThomas Ambrose Masterson · 1967-06-15 – 1973-11-16 · DemocratJoseph Leo McGlynn, Jr. · 1974-03-08 – 1990-02-14 · RepublicanStewart R. Dalzell · 1991-09-16 – 2013-10-31 · RepublicanWendy Beetlestone · 2014-11-21 – present · DemocratE[manuel] Mac Troutman · 1967-06-16 – 1982-09-01 · DemocratMarvin Katz · 1983-08-06 – 1997-08-26 · RepublicanTimothy J. Savage · 2002-08-01 – 2021-03-01 · RepublicanKai Niambi Scott · 2023-01-18 – present · DemocratDonald West VanArtsdalen · 1970-10-15 – 1985-10-21 · RepublicanFranklin Stuart Van Antwerpen · 1987-12-09 – 2004-06-01 · RepublicanPaul Steven Diamond · 2004-06-22 – present · RepublicanJohn William Ditter, Jr. · 1970-10-15 – 1986-10-19 · RepublicanJan Ely DuBois · 1988-07-27 – 2002-04-15 · RepublicanJames Knoll Gardner · 2002-10-03 – 2017-04-03 · RepublicanJohn Michael Gallagher · 2019-12-31 – present · RepublicanDaniel Henry Huyett, III · 1970-10-15 – 1988-05-01 · RepublicanHerbert J. Hutton · 1988-08-12 – 2003-09-06 · RepublicanJuan Ramon Sánchez · 2004-06-24 – present · RepublicanRaymond Joseph Broderick · 1971-04-23 – 1984-07-01 · RepublicanEdmund V. Ludwig · 1985-10-17 – 1997-05-20 · RepublicanThomas M. Golden · 2006-06-13 – 2010-07-31 · RepublicanMark A. Kearney · 2014-12-04 – present · DemocratClifford Scott Green · 1971-12-09 – 1988-04-02 · RepublicanJay Carl Waldman · 1988-10-17 – 2003-05-30 · RepublicanMitchell S. Goldberg · 2008-10-31 – 2025-09-19 · RepublicanAntonio Miguel Pozos · 2026-08-10 – present · RepublicanJohn R. Padova · 1992-03-18 – 2008-02-11 · RepublicanGerald John Pappert · 2014-12-04 – present · DemocratJ. Curtis Joyner · 1992-04-13 – 2013-05-01 · RepublicanJoseph F. Leeson, Jr. · 2014-12-05 – present · DemocratEduardo C. Robreno · 1992-06-30 – 2013-08-31 · RepublicanGail Allison Weilheimer · 2025-01-02 – present · DemocratAnita Blumstein Brody · 1992-10-02 – 2009-06-08 · Republican
Antonio Miguel Pozos R
Aug 10, 2026 – present · 2 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 49–44
Gail Allison Weilheimer D
Jan 2, 2025 – present · 21 months · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–48
Catherine Henry D
Dec 6, 2024 – present · 22 months · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–48
Mary Kathleen Costello D
Sep 19, 2024 – present · 2.1 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 52–41
Kai Niambi Scott D
Jan 18, 2023 – present · 3.7 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–42
Kelley Brisbon Hodge D
Dec 23, 2022 – present · 3.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 52–44
John Frank Murphy D
Dec 23, 2022 – present · 3.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 63–28
Mia Roberts Perez D
Dec 16, 2022 – present · 3.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 52–43
John Michael Gallagher R
Dec 31, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 83–9
Karen Spencer Marston R
Dec 20, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 87–6
John Milton Younge R
Aug 20, 2019 – present · 7.2 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump
Joshua David Wolson R
May 28, 2019 – present · 7.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 65–33
Chad Francis Kenney, Sr. R
Oct 24, 2018 – present · 8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump
Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. D
Dec 5, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 76–16
Mark A. Kearney D
Dec 4, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Gerald John Pappert D
Dec 4, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Wendy Beetlestone D
Nov 21, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Edward George Smith D
Mar 31, 2014 – Nov 27, 2023 · 9.7 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 69–31
Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. D
Mar 28, 2014 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 59–41
Jeffrey L. Schmehl D
Jun 25, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 100–0
Nitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro D
Jun 19, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Luis Felipe Restrepo D
Jun 19, 2013 – Jan 13, 2016 · 2.6 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Mitchell S. Goldberg R
Oct 31, 2008 – Sep 19, 2025 · 17 years · appointed by George W. Bush
C. Darnell Jones, II R
Oct 30, 2008 – Mar 15, 2021 · 12 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Mar 15, 2021
Joel Harvey Slomsky R
Oct 6, 2008 – Oct 9, 2018 · 10 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Oct 9, 2018
Thomas M. Golden R
Jun 13, 2006 – Jul 31, 2010 · 4.1 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 96–0
Juan Ramon Sánchez R
Jun 24, 2004 – present · 22 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 98–0
Paul Steven Diamond R
Jun 22, 2004 – present · 22 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 97–0
Lawrence F. Stengel R
Jun 21, 2004 – Aug 31, 2018 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 97–0
Gene E.K. Pratter R
Jun 16, 2004 – May 17, 2024 · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 98–0
James Knoll Gardner R
Oct 3, 2002 – Apr 3, 2017 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Apr 3, 2017
Timothy J. Savage R
Aug 1, 2002 – Mar 1, 2021 · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Mar 1, 2021
Michael M. Baylson R
Jun 19, 2002 – Jul 13, 2012 · 10 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jul 13, 2012 · confirmed 98–0
Cynthia M. Rufe R
May 3, 2002 – Dec 31, 2021 · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Dec 31, 2021 · confirmed 98–0
Legrome D. Davis R
Apr 23, 2002 – Sep 28, 2017 · 15 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Sep 28, 2017 · confirmed 94–0
R[ichard] Barclay Surrick D
Jun 5, 2000 – Feb 1, 2011 · 11 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Feb 1, 2011
Berle M. Schiller D
Jun 2, 2000 – Jun 18, 2012 · 12 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jun 18, 2012
Petrese B. Tucker D
Jun 1, 2000 – Jun 1, 2021 · 21 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jun 1, 2021
Mary A. McLaughlin D
May 31, 2000 – Nov 18, 2013 · 13 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Nov 18, 2013 · confirmed 86–14
Bruce William Kauffman D
Nov 12, 1997 – Feb 11, 2008 · 10 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Feb 11, 2008
Marjorie O. Rendell D
Feb 11, 1994 – Nov 21, 1997 · 3.8 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Anita Blumstein Brody R
Oct 2, 1992 – Jun 8, 2009 · 17 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jun 8, 2009
Eduardo C. Robreno R
Jun 30, 1992 – Aug 31, 2013 · 21 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Aug 31, 2013
J. Curtis Joyner R
Apr 13, 1992 – May 1, 2013 · 21 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 1, 2013
John R. Padova R
Mar 18, 1992 – Feb 11, 2008 · 16 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Feb 11, 2008
William Hendricks Yohn, Jr. R
Sep 16, 1991 – Nov 20, 2003 · 12 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Nov 20, 2003
Harvey Bartle, III R
Sep 16, 1991 – Oct 1, 2011 · 20 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Oct 1, 2011
Stewart R. Dalzell R
Sep 16, 1991 – Oct 31, 2013 · 22 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Oct 31, 2013
Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter R
Mar 12, 1990 – Dec 11, 2003 · 14 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Dec 11, 2003
Jay Carl Waldman R
Oct 17, 1988 – May 30, 2003 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Herbert J. Hutton R
Aug 12, 1988 – Sep 6, 2003 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Sep 6, 2003
Jan Ely DuBois R
Jul 27, 1988 – Apr 15, 2002 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Apr 15, 2002
Lowell A. Reed, Jr. R
Apr 20, 1988 – Jun 21, 1999 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jun 21, 1999
Robert S. Gawthrop, III R
Dec 9, 1987 – Aug 1, 1999 · 12 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen R
Dec 9, 1987 – Jun 1, 2004 · 16 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Robert F. Kelly R
Jun 26, 1987 – Jul 17, 2001 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jul 17, 2001
Edmund V. Ludwig R
Oct 17, 1985 – May 20, 1997 · 12 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status May 20, 1997
Anthony Joseph Scirica R
Sep 18, 1984 – Sep 11, 1987 · 3 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
James McGirr Kelly R
Aug 6, 1983 – Mar 31, 1996 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Mar 31, 1996
Marvin Katz R
Aug 6, 1983 – Aug 26, 1997 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Aug 26, 1997
Thomas Newman O'Neill, Jr. R
Aug 5, 1983 – Jul 6, 1996 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jul 6, 1996
James Tyrone Giles D
Nov 27, 1979 – Feb 11, 2008 · 28 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Feb 11, 2008
Norma Levy Shapiro D
Aug 11, 1978 – Dec 31, 1998 · 20 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Dec 31, 1998
Louis Heilprin Pollak D
Jul 12, 1978 – Jan 1, 1991 · 12 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jan 1, 1991
Edward Norman Cahn R
Dec 20, 1974 – Dec 31, 1998 · 24 years · appointed by Gerald Ford
Joseph Leo McGlynn, Jr. R
Mar 8, 1974 – Feb 14, 1990 · 16 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Feb 14, 1990
Herbert Allan Fogel R
May 15, 1973 – May 1, 1978 · 5 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Louis Charles Bechtle R
Mar 7, 1972 – Apr 30, 1993 · 21 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Apr 30, 1993
Clifford Scott Green R
Dec 9, 1971 – Apr 2, 1988 · 16 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Apr 2, 1988
Clarence Charles Newcomer R
Nov 30, 1971 – Jan 19, 1988 · 16 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jan 19, 1988
Raymond Joseph Broderick R
Apr 23, 1971 – Jul 1, 1984 · 13 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 1, 1984
James Henry Gorbey R
Dec 21, 1970 – Oct 24, 1977 · 6.8 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Donald West VanArtsdalen R
Oct 15, 1970 – Oct 21, 1985 · 15 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Oct 21, 1985
John William Ditter, Jr. R
Oct 15, 1970 – Oct 19, 1986 · 16 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Oct 19, 1986
Daniel Henry Huyett, III R
Oct 15, 1970 – May 1, 1988 · 18 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 1, 1988
Edward Roy Becker R
Oct 14, 1970 – Jan 22, 1982 · 11 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
John Berne Hannum R
May 6, 1969 – May 29, 1984 · 15 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 29, 1984
E[manuel] Mac Troutman D
Jun 16, 1967 – Sep 1, 1982 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 1, 1982
Thomas Ambrose Masterson D
Jun 15, 1967 – Nov 16, 1973 · 6.4 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles R. Weiner D
Jun 14, 1967 – Dec 31, 1988 · 22 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Dec 31, 1988
John Patrick Fullam D
Aug 11, 1966 – Apr 1, 1990 · 24 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Apr 1, 1990
John Morgan Davis D
Mar 17, 1964 – May 6, 1974 · 10 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status May 6, 1974
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. D
Mar 17, 1964 – Nov 7, 1977 · 14 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Ralph C. Body D
Apr 4, 1962 – May 30, 1972 · 10 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status May 30, 1972
Abraham L Freedman D
Sep 22, 1961 – Jul 7, 1964 · 2.8 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Alfred Leopold Luongo D
Sep 22, 1961 – Jul 19, 1986 · 25 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Joseph Simon Lord, III D
Sep 15, 1961 – Jul 1, 1982 · 21 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jul 1, 1982
Harold Kenneth Wood R
Sep 10, 1959 – Jun 24, 1971 · 12 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jun 24, 1971
Thomas C. Egan R
Aug 26, 1957 – Jul 6, 1961 · 3.9 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
C[harles] William Kraft, Jr. R
Mar 29, 1956 – Nov 11, 1970 · 15 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Nov 11, 1970
Francis Lund Van Dusen R
Aug 1, 1955 – Jun 27, 1967 · 12 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Whitaker Lord, Jr. R
May 20, 1954 – Dec 19, 1971 · 18 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Dec 19, 1971
Allan Kuhn Grim D
Apr 7, 1950 – Nov 1, 1961 · 12 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Nov 1, 1961
Thomas James Clary D
Mar 9, 1950 – Mar 1, 1969 · 19 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Mar 1, 1969
James Patrick McGranery D
Aug 7, 1946 – May 26, 1952 · 5.8 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Frederick Voris Follmer D
Aug 7, 1946 – Jun 1, 1955 · 8.8 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
James Cullen Ganey D
Jun 19, 1940 – Aug 30, 1961 · 21 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Guy Kurtz Bard D
Apr 29, 1940 – Jul 16, 1952 · 12 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Ellis Kalodner D
May 4, 1939 – Sep 4, 1946 · 7.3 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albert Branson Maris D
Jun 22, 1936 – Jun 27, 1938 · 2 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Austin Welsh R
May 20, 1932 – Aug 29, 1957 · 25 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Aug 29, 1957
William Huntington Kirkpatrick R
Mar 3, 1927 – May 1, 1958 · 31 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status May 1, 1958
Charles Louis McKeehan R
Feb 9, 1923 – Mar 23, 1925 · 2.1 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Oliver Booth Dickinson D
Apr 28, 1914 – Sep 16, 1939 · 25 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Whitaker Thompson R
Jul 16, 1912 – Feb 3, 1931 · 19 years · appointed by William H. Taft
James Buchanan Holland R
Apr 19, 1904 – Apr 24, 1914 · 10 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
John Bayard McPherson R
Mar 2, 1899 – Apr 8, 1912 · 13 years · appointed by William McKinley
William Butler R
Feb 19, 1879 – Jan 31, 1899 · 20 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
John Cadwalader D
Apr 24, 1858 – Jan 26, 1879 · 21 years · appointed by James Buchanan · confirmed 30–8
John Kintzing Kane D
Jun 17, 1846 – Feb 21, 1858 · 12 years · appointed by James K. Polk · confirmed 35–2
Archibald Randall W
Mar 8, 1842 – Jun 8, 1846 · 4.3 years · appointed by John Tyler
Joseph Hopkinson JR
Feb 23, 1829 – Jan 15, 1842 · 13 years · appointed by John Quincy Adams
Richard Peters N(
Apr 20, 1818 – Aug 22, 1828 · 10 years · appointed by None (reassignment)

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