History / Courts

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

16 judges have served since Jan 9, 1928. Now: Lindsey Ann Freeman RDavid Alan Bragdon RThomas D. Schroeder RWilliam Lindsay Osteen, Jr. R.

Judges
16
10 R · 6 D
Longest tenure
29 years
Johnson Jay Hayes
Current
10 months
Lindsey Ann Freeman, since Dec 19, 2025
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1930194019501960197019801990200020102020Johnson Jay Hayes · 1928-01-09 – 1957-06-18 · RepublicanEdwin Monroe Stanley · 1958-02-27 – 1971-12-23 · RepublicanHiram Hamilton Ward · 1972-06-28 – 1988-08-20 · RepublicanNorwood Carlton Tilley, Jr. · 1988-10-17 – 2008-12-16 · RepublicanCatherine Caldwell Eagles · 2010-12-22 – 2024-12-31 · DemocratDavid Alan Bragdon · 2025-12-12 – present · RepublicanLunsford Richardson Preyer · 1962-02-17 – 1963-10-09 · DemocratEugene Andrew Gordon · 1964-06-09 – 1982-07-12 · DemocratFrank William Bullock, Jr. · 1982-12-10 – 2005-12-31 · RepublicanWilliam Lindsay Osteen, Jr. · 2007-09-19 – present · RepublicanRichard Cannon Erwin · 1980-09-30 – 1992-09-22 · DemocratJames A. Beaty, Jr. · 1994-10-11 – 2014-06-30 · DemocratLoretta Copeland Biggs · 2014-12-19 – 2024-12-31 · DemocratLindsey Ann Freeman · 2025-12-19 – present · RepublicanWilliam Lindsay Osteen, Sr. · 1991-06-18 – 2006-04-03 · RepublicanThomas D. Schroeder · 2008-01-08 – present · Republican
Lindsey Ann Freeman R
Dec 19, 2025 – present · 10 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 60–39
David Alan Bragdon R
Dec 12, 2025 – present · 10 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 53–45
Loretta Copeland Biggs D
Dec 19, 2014 – Dec 31, 2024 · 10 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Dec 31, 2024
Catherine Caldwell Eagles D
Dec 22, 2010 – Dec 31, 2024 · 14 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Dec 31, 2024
Thomas D. Schroeder R
Jan 8, 2008 – present · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush
William Lindsay Osteen, Jr. R
Sep 19, 2007 – present · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 87–0
James A. Beaty, Jr. D
Oct 11, 1994 – Jun 30, 2014 · 20 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jun 30, 2014
William Lindsay Osteen, Sr. R
Jun 18, 1991 – Apr 3, 2006 · 15 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Apr 3, 2006
Norwood Carlton Tilley, Jr. R
Oct 17, 1988 – Dec 16, 2008 · 20 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 16, 2008
Frank William Bullock, Jr. R
Dec 10, 1982 – Dec 31, 2005 · 23 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 31, 2005
Richard Cannon Erwin D
Sep 30, 1980 – Sep 22, 1992 · 12 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Sep 22, 1992
Hiram Hamilton Ward R
Jun 28, 1972 – Aug 20, 1988 · 16 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Aug 20, 1988
Eugene Andrew Gordon D
Jun 9, 1964 – Jul 12, 1982 · 18 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jul 12, 1982
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D
Feb 17, 1962 – Oct 9, 1963 · 20 months · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Edwin Monroe Stanley R
Feb 27, 1958 – Dec 23, 1971 · 14 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson Jay Hayes R
Jan 9, 1928 – Jun 18, 1957 · 29 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Jun 18, 1957

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