History / Courts

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

25 judges have served since Mar 14, 1905. Now: Rebecca Louise Pennell DMary Katherine Dimke DStanley Allen Bastian DThomas Owen Rice D.

Judges
25
15 D · 9 R · 1 N(
Longest tenure
17 years
Frederick L. Van Sickle
Current
22 months
Rebecca Louise Pennell, since Dec 9, 2024
history/court/district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-washingtonEvery holder, newest first
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192019401960198020002020Edward Whitson · 1905-03-14 – 1910-10-15 · RepublicanFrank H. Rudkin · 1911-01-31 – 1923-01-18 · RepublicanJohn Stanley Webster · 1924-01-16 – 1939-08-31 · RepublicanLloyd Llewellyn Black · 1940-01-20 – 1950-08-23 · None (assignment)William James Lindberg · 1951-04-25 – 1961-05-19 · DemocratWilliam Nelson Goodwin · 1966-04-21 – 1975-12-31 · DemocratJack Edward Tanner · 1978-05-19 – 1978-11-08 · DemocratRobert James McNichols · 1979-12-10 – 1991-04-20 · DemocratWilliam Fremming Nielsen · 1991-05-14 – 2003-05-30 · RepublicanLonny R. Suko · 2003-07-16 – 2013-11-01 · RepublicanStanley Allen Bastian · 2014-05-01 – present · DemocratLewis Baxter Schwellenbach · 1940-11-20 – 1945-06-30 · DemocratSamuel Marion Driver · 1946-04-13 – 1958-09-12 · DemocratCharles Lawrence Powell · 1959-06-17 – 1972-04-21 · RepublicanMarshall Allen Neill · 1972-08-09 – 1979-10-06 · RepublicanJustin Lowe Quackenbush · 1980-06-18 – 1995-06-27 · DemocratRobert H. Whaley · 1995-06-30 – 2009-07-12 · DemocratRosanna Malouf Peterson · 2010-01-26 – 2021-10-01 · DemocratMary Katherine Dimke · 2021-12-21 – present · DemocratAlan Angus McDonald · 1985-10-17 – 1996-12-13 · RepublicanEdward F. Shea · 1998-04-08 – 2012-06-07 · DemocratSalvador Mendoza, Jr. · 2014-06-19 – 2022-09-16 · DemocratRebecca Louise Pennell · 2024-12-09 – present · DemocratFrederick L. Van Sickle · 1991-05-14 – 2008-05-01 · RepublicanThomas Owen Rice · 2012-03-08 – present · Democrat
Rebecca Louise Pennell D
Dec 9, 2024 – present · 22 months · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–48
Mary Katherine Dimke D
Dec 21, 2021 – present · 4.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 47–23
Salvador Mendoza, Jr. D
Jun 19, 2014 – Sep 16, 2022 · 8.2 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 92–4
Stanley Allen Bastian D
May 1, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 95–0
Thomas Owen Rice D
Mar 8, 2012 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 93–4
Rosanna Malouf Peterson D
Jan 26, 2010 – Oct 1, 2021 · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Oct 1, 2021 · confirmed 89–0
Lonny R. Suko R
Jul 16, 2003 – Nov 1, 2013 · 10 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Nov 1, 2013 · confirmed 94–0
Edward F. Shea D
Apr 8, 1998 – Jun 7, 2012 · 14 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jun 7, 2012
Robert H. Whaley D
Jun 30, 1995 – Jul 12, 2009 · 14 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jul 12, 2009
William Fremming Nielsen R
May 14, 1991 – May 30, 2003 · 12 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 30, 2003
Frederick L. Van Sickle R
May 14, 1991 – May 1, 2008 · 17 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 1, 2008
Alan Angus McDonald R
Oct 17, 1985 – Dec 13, 1996 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 13, 1996
Justin Lowe Quackenbush D
Jun 18, 1980 – Jun 27, 1995 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jun 27, 1995
Robert James McNichols D
Dec 10, 1979 – Apr 20, 1991 · 11 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Apr 20, 1991
Jack Edward Tanner D
May 19, 1978 – Nov 8, 1978 · 6 months · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Marshall Allen Neill R
Aug 9, 1972 – Oct 6, 1979 · 7.2 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
William Nelson Goodwin D
Apr 21, 1966 – Dec 31, 1975 · 9.7 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Lawrence Powell R
Jun 17, 1959 – Apr 21, 1972 · 13 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Apr 21, 1972
William James Lindberg D
Apr 25, 1951 – May 19, 1961 · 10 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Samuel Marion Driver D
Apr 13, 1946 – Sep 12, 1958 · 12 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D
Nov 20, 1940 – Jun 30, 1945 · 4.6 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lloyd Llewellyn Black N(
Jan 20, 1940 – Aug 23, 1950 · 11 years · appointed by None (assignment)
John Stanley Webster R
Jan 16, 1924 – Aug 31, 1939 · 16 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding · senior status Aug 31, 1939
Frank H. Rudkin R
Jan 31, 1911 – Jan 18, 1923 · 12 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Edward Whitson R
Mar 14, 1905 – Oct 15, 1910 · 5.6 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt

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