History / Courts

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

23 judges have served since Jun 30, 1870. Now: Byron Browning Conway DBrett Harry Ludwig RPamela Pepper DLynn S. Adelman DJoseph Peter Stadtmueller R.

Judges
23
11 R · 11 D · 1 N(
Longest tenure
39 years
Joseph Peter Stadtmueller
Current
23 months
Byron Browning Conway, since Nov 4, 2024
history/court/district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-wisconsinEvery holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Andrew Galbraith Miller · 1870-06-30 – 1873-01-01 · None (reassignment)James Henry Howe · 1873-12-11 – 1875-01-01 · RepublicanCharles E. Dyer · 1875-02-10 – 1888-05-18 · RepublicanJames Graham Jenkins · 1888-07-02 – 1893-04-01 · DemocratWilliam Henry Seaman · 1893-04-03 – 1905-03-01 · DemocratJoseph Very Quarles · 1905-03-06 – 1911-10-07 · RepublicanFerdinand August Geiger · 1912-03-20 – 1939-05-22 · RepublicanFrancis Ryan Duffy · 1939-06-29 – 1949-02-02 · DemocratRobert Emmet Tehan · 1949-05-19 – 1971-06-30 · DemocratRobert Willis Warren · 1974-08-27 – 1991-08-01 · RepublicanRudolph Thomas Randa · 1992-08-12 – 2016-02-05 · RepublicanBrett Harry Ludwig · 2020-09-10 – present · RepublicanKenneth Philip Grubb · 1955-06-16 – 1965-10-08 · RepublicanJohn W. Reynolds · 1965-10-21 – 1986-08-31 · DemocratJoseph Peter Stadtmueller · 1987-06-01 – present · RepublicanMyron L. Gordon · 1967-03-04 – 1983-02-12 · DemocratThomas John Curran · 1983-11-07 – 1997-01-01 · RepublicanLynn S. Adelman · 1997-12-23 – present · DemocratTerence Thomas Evans · 1979-11-02 – 1995-09-01 · DemocratCharles N. Clevert, Jr. · 1996-07-29 – 2012-10-31 · DemocratPamela Pepper · 2014-12-08 – present · DemocratWilliam C. Griesbach · 2002-05-01 – 2019-12-31 · RepublicanByron Browning Conway · 2024-11-04 – present · Democrat
Byron Browning Conway D
Nov 4, 2024 – present · 23 months · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 58–37
Brett Harry Ludwig R
Sep 10, 2020 – present · 6.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 91–5
Pamela Pepper D
Dec 8, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 95–0
William C. Griesbach R
May 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2019 · 18 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Dec 31, 2019 · confirmed 97–0
Lynn S. Adelman D
Dec 23, 1997 – present · 29 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Charles N. Clevert, Jr. D
Jul 29, 1996 – Oct 31, 2012 · 16 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Oct 31, 2012
Rudolph Thomas Randa R
Aug 12, 1992 – Feb 5, 2016 · 23 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Feb 5, 2016
Joseph Peter Stadtmueller R
Jun 1, 1987 – present · 39 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Thomas John Curran R
Nov 7, 1983 – Jan 1, 1997 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 1, 1997
Terence Thomas Evans D
Nov 2, 1979 – Sep 1, 1995 · 16 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Robert Willis Warren R
Aug 27, 1974 – Aug 1, 1991 · 17 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Aug 1, 1991
Myron L. Gordon D
Mar 4, 1967 – Feb 12, 1983 · 16 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Feb 12, 1983
John W. Reynolds D
Oct 21, 1965 – Aug 31, 1986 · 21 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Aug 31, 1986
Kenneth Philip Grubb R
Jun 16, 1955 – Oct 8, 1965 · 10 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert Emmet Tehan D
May 19, 1949 – Jun 30, 1971 · 22 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jun 30, 1971
Francis Ryan Duffy D
Jun 29, 1939 – Feb 2, 1949 · 9.6 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ferdinand August Geiger R
Mar 20, 1912 – May 22, 1939 · 27 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Joseph Very Quarles R
Mar 6, 1905 – Oct 7, 1911 · 6.6 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
William Henry Seaman D
Apr 3, 1893 – Mar 1, 1905 · 12 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
James Graham Jenkins D
Jul 2, 1888 – Apr 1, 1893 · 4.7 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
Charles E. Dyer R
Feb 10, 1875 – May 18, 1888 · 13 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant
James Henry Howe R
Dec 11, 1873 – Jan 1, 1875 · 13 months · appointed by Ulysses Grant
Andrew Galbraith Miller N(
Jun 30, 1870 – Jan 1, 1873 · 2.5 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.