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U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

23 judges have served since Feb 6, 1839. Now: Billy Wayne Lewis, Jr. RR. Austin Huffaker, Jr. REmily Coody Marks R.

Judges
23
16 R · 5 D · 1 N( · 1 W
Longest tenure
33 years
Myron Herbert Thompson
Current
11 months
Billy Wayne Lewis, Jr., since Nov 6, 2025
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Crawford · 1839-02-06 – 1849-02-28 · None (assignment)John Gayle · 1849-03-13 – 1859-07-21 · WhigWilliam Giles Jones · 1860-01-30 – 1861-01-12 · DemocratGeorge Washington Lane · 1861-03-28 – 1863-11-12 · RepublicanRichard Busteed · 1864-01-20 – 1874-10-20 · RepublicanJohn Bruce · 1875-02-27 – 1901-10-01 · RepublicanThomas Goode Jones · 1901-12-17 – 1914-04-28 · RepublicanHenry De Lamar Clayton · 1914-05-02 – 1929-12-21 · DemocratCharles Brents Kennamer · 1931-02-25 – 1955-06-03 · RepublicanFrank Minis Johnson, Jr. · 1956-02-01 – 1979-07-12 · RepublicanTruman McGill Hobbs · 1980-04-03 – 1991-02-11 · DemocratWilliam Harold Albritton, III · 1991-05-14 – 2004-05-17 · RepublicanWilliam Keith Watkins · 2005-12-27 – 2019-01-31 · RepublicanAndrew Lynn Brasher · 2019-05-03 – 2020-06-30 · RepublicanBilly Wayne Lewis, Jr. · 2025-11-06 – present · RepublicanThomas Virgil Pittman · 1966-06-29 – 1970-06-02 · DemocratRobert Edward Varner · 1971-04-23 – 1986-06-12 · RepublicanJoel Fredrick Dubina · 1986-09-15 – 1990-10-05 · RepublicanIra DeMent · 1992-03-18 – 2002-04-15 · RepublicanMark E. Fuller · 2002-11-26 – 2015-08-01 · RepublicanEmily Coody Marks · 2018-08-03 – present · RepublicanMyron Herbert Thompson · 1980-09-29 – 2013-08-22 · DemocratR. Austin Huffaker, Jr. · 2019-12-12 – present · Republican
Billy Wayne Lewis, Jr. R
Nov 6, 2025 – present · 11 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 58–40
R. Austin Huffaker, Jr. R
Dec 12, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 89–4
Andrew Lynn Brasher R
May 3, 2019 – Jun 30, 2020 · 14 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 52–47
Emily Coody Marks R
Aug 3, 2018 – present · 8.2 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump
William Keith Watkins R
Dec 27, 2005 – Jan 31, 2019 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jan 31, 2019
Mark E. Fuller R
Nov 26, 2002 – Aug 1, 2015 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Ira DeMent R
Mar 18, 1992 – Apr 15, 2002 · 10 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Apr 15, 2002
William Harold Albritton, III R
May 14, 1991 – May 17, 2004 · 13 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 17, 2004
Joel Fredrick Dubina R
Sep 15, 1986 – Oct 5, 1990 · 4.1 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Myron Herbert Thompson D
Sep 29, 1980 – Aug 22, 2013 · 33 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Aug 22, 2013
Truman McGill Hobbs D
Apr 3, 1980 – Feb 11, 1991 · 11 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Feb 11, 1991
Robert Edward Varner R
Apr 23, 1971 – Jun 12, 1986 · 15 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jun 12, 1986
Thomas Virgil Pittman D
Jun 29, 1966 – Jun 2, 1970 · 3.9 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. R
Feb 1, 1956 – Jul 12, 1979 · 23 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles Brents Kennamer R
Feb 25, 1931 – Jun 3, 1955 · 24 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
Henry De Lamar Clayton D
May 2, 1914 – Dec 21, 1929 · 16 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Goode Jones R
Dec 17, 1901 – Apr 28, 1914 · 12 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
John Bruce R
Feb 27, 1875 – Oct 1, 1901 · 27 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant
Richard Busteed R
Jan 20, 1864 – Oct 20, 1874 · 11 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln
George Washington Lane R
Mar 28, 1861 – Nov 12, 1863 · 2.6 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · confirmed 28–7
William Giles Jones D
Jan 30, 1860 – Jan 12, 1861 · 11 months · appointed by James Buchanan
John Gayle W
Mar 13, 1849 – Jul 21, 1859 · 10 years · appointed by Zachary Taylor
William Crawford N(
Feb 6, 1839 – Feb 28, 1849 · 10 years · appointed by None (assignment)

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