History / Courts

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

24 judges have served since Jun 18, 1839. Now: Eli Jeremy Richardson RWilliam Lynn Campbell, Jr. RWaverly David Crenshaw, Jr. DAleta Arthur Trauger D.

Judges
24
12 D · 11 R · 1 N(
Longest tenure
28 years
Aleta Arthur Trauger
Current
8 years
Eli Jeremy Richardson, since Oct 18, 2018
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Morgan Welles Brown · 1839-06-18 – 1853-03-07 · None (assignment)West Hughes Humphreys · 1853-03-26 – 1862-06-26 · DemocratConnally Findlay Trigg · 1862-07-17 – 1880-04-25 · RepublicanDavid McKendree Key · 1880-05-27 – 1895-01-21 · RepublicanCharles Dickens Clark · 1895-01-21 – 1908-03-15 · DemocratEdward Terry Sanford · 1908-05-18 – 1923-02-05 · RepublicanXenophon Hicks · 1923-03-02 – 1928-05-23 · RepublicanLeslie Rogers Darr · 1939-06-02 – 1940-11-27 · DemocratWilliam Ernest Miller · 1955-03-16 – 1970-07-13 · RepublicanLeland Clure Morton · 1970-10-14 – 1984-07-31 · RepublicanThomas Aquinas Higgins · 1984-10-04 – 1999-02-28 · RepublicanWilliam Joseph Haynes, Jr. · 1999-11-15 – 2014-12-01 · DemocratWaverly David Crenshaw, Jr. · 2016-04-12 – present · DemocratJohn J. Gore · 1923-03-02 – 1939-02-21 · RepublicanElmer David Davies · 1939-07-12 – 1957-01-07 · DemocratFrank Gray, Jr. · 1962-02-17 – 1977-07-15 · DemocratThomas Anderton Wiseman, Jr. · 1978-08-11 – 1995-11-03 · DemocratTodd J. Campbell · 1995-12-26 – 2016-12-01 · DemocratWilliam Lynn Campbell, Jr. · 2018-01-12 – present · RepublicanJohn Trice Nixon · 1980-05-12 – 1998-08-15 · DemocratAleta Arthur Trauger · 1998-10-22 – present · DemocratRobert L. Echols · 1992-03-18 – 2007-03-01 · RepublicanKevin Hunter Sharp · 2011-05-03 – 2017-04-15 · DemocratEli Jeremy Richardson · 2018-10-18 – present · Republican
Eli Jeremy Richardson R
Oct 18, 2018 – present · 8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 52–43
William Lynn Campbell, Jr. R
Jan 12, 2018 – present · 8.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 97–0
Waverly David Crenshaw, Jr. D
Apr 12, 2016 – present · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 92–0
Kevin Hunter Sharp D
May 3, 2011 – Apr 15, 2017 · 6 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 89–0
William Joseph Haynes, Jr. D
Nov 15, 1999 – Dec 1, 2014 · 15 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Dec 1, 2014
Aleta Arthur Trauger D
Oct 22, 1998 – present · 28 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Todd J. Campbell D
Dec 26, 1995 – Dec 1, 2016 · 21 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Dec 1, 2016
Robert L. Echols R
Mar 18, 1992 – Mar 1, 2007 · 15 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Mar 1, 2007
Thomas Aquinas Higgins R
Oct 4, 1984 – Feb 28, 1999 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Feb 28, 1999
John Trice Nixon D
May 12, 1980 – Aug 15, 1998 · 18 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Aug 15, 1998
Thomas Anderton Wiseman, Jr. D
Aug 11, 1978 – Nov 3, 1995 · 17 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Nov 3, 1995
Leland Clure Morton R
Oct 14, 1970 – Jul 31, 1984 · 14 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 31, 1984
Frank Gray, Jr. D
Feb 17, 1962 – Jul 15, 1977 · 15 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jul 15, 1977
William Ernest Miller R
Mar 16, 1955 – Jul 13, 1970 · 15 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Elmer David Davies D
Jul 12, 1939 – Jan 7, 1957 · 17 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Leslie Rogers Darr D
Jun 2, 1939 – Nov 27, 1940 · 18 months · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Xenophon Hicks R
Mar 2, 1923 – May 23, 1928 · 5.2 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
John J. Gore R
Mar 2, 1923 – Feb 21, 1939 · 16 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Edward Terry Sanford R
May 18, 1908 – Feb 5, 1923 · 15 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Dickens Clark D
Jan 21, 1895 – Mar 15, 1908 · 13 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
David McKendree Key R
May 27, 1880 – Jan 21, 1895 · 15 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
Connally Findlay Trigg R
Jul 17, 1862 – Apr 25, 1880 · 18 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln
West Hughes Humphreys D
Mar 26, 1853 – Jun 26, 1862 · 9.3 years · appointed by Franklin Pierce
Morgan Welles Brown N(
Jun 18, 1839 – Mar 7, 1853 · 14 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.