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

44 judges have served since Mar 10, 1824. Now: Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. RHarold Dean Mooty, III RAnna Marie Manasco RCorey Landon Maze RLiles Clifton Burke RAnnemarie Carney Axon RMadeline Hughes Haikala D.

Judges
44
26 R · 15 D · 1 N( · 1 JR · 1 W
Longest tenure
29 years
Sam Clyde Pointer, Jr.
Current
11 months
Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr., since Nov 3, 2025
history/court/district-court-for-the-northern-district-of-alabamaEvery holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Charles Tait · 1824-03-10 – 1826-02-01 · None (reassignment)William Crawford · 1826-05-22 – 1849-02-28 · Jeffersonian RepublicanJohn 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 – 1936-06-05 · RepublicanThomas Alexander Murphree · 1938-05-31 – 1945-09-05 · DemocratSeybourn Harris Lynne · 1946-01-03 – 1973-01-09 · DemocratJames Hughes Hancock · 1973-04-17 – 1996-05-01 · RepublicanH. Dean Buttram, Jr. · 1998-10-09 – 2002-06-30 · DemocratL. Scott Coogler · 2003-05-28 – 2025-01-02 · RepublicanHarold Dean Mooty, III · 2025-10-21 – present · RepublicanOscar Richard Hundley · 1907-04-09 – 1909-03-03 · RepublicanOscar Richard Hundley · 1909-03-06 – 1909-05-25 · RepublicanDavid Jackson Davis · 1936-01-28 – 1938-12-07 · DemocratClarence H. Mullins · 1943-04-16 – 1953-05-31 · DemocratHarlan Hobart Grooms · 1953-08-03 – 1969-02-03 · RepublicanFrank Hampton McFadden · 1969-08-09 – 1982-01-01 · RepublicanWilliam Marsh Acker, Jr. · 1982-08-18 – 1996-05-31 · RepublicanInge Prytz Johnson · 1998-10-09 – 2012-10-24 · DemocratMadeline Hughes Haikala · 2013-10-16 – present · DemocratWilliam Irwin Grubb · 1909-05-18 – 1935-10-27 · RepublicanClarence W. Allgood · 1962-02-09 – 1973-01-09 · DemocratJunius Foy Guin, Jr. · 1973-04-18 – 1989-02-03 · RepublicanEdwin L. Nelson · 1990-01-24 – 2003-05-17 · RepublicanR. David Proctor · 2003-09-22 – 2026-01-01 · RepublicanSam Clyde Pointer, Jr. · 1970-10-14 – 1999-11-19 · RepublicanKaron O. Bowdre · 2001-11-08 – 2020-04-25 · RepublicanAnna Marie Manasco · 2020-05-27 – present · RepublicanElbert Bertram Haltom, Jr. · 1980-05-30 – 1991-12-31 · DemocratCharles Lynwood Smith, Jr. · 1995-12-26 – 2013-08-31 · DemocratAnnemarie Carney Axon · 2018-06-12 – present · RepublicanRobert Bruce Propst · 1980-05-30 – 1996-07-15 · DemocratVirginia Emerson Hopkins · 2004-06-17 – 2018-06-22 · RepublicanLiles Clifton Burke · 2018-10-17 – present · RepublicanU. W. Clemon · 1980-06-30 – 2009-01-31 · DemocratAbdul K. Kallon · 2010-01-04 – 2022-08-31 · DemocratEdmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. · 2025-11-03 – present · RepublicanSharon Lovelace Blackburn · 1991-05-30 – 2015-05-08 · RepublicanCorey Landon Maze · 2019-06-18 – present · Republican
Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. R
Nov 3, 2025 – present · 11 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 51–47
Harold Dean Mooty, III R
Oct 21, 2025 – present · 12 months · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 66–32
Anna Marie Manasco R
May 27, 2020 – present · 6.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 71–21
Corey Landon Maze R
Jun 18, 2019 – present · 7.3 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 62–34
Liles Clifton Burke R
Oct 17, 2018 – present · 8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 55–40
Annemarie Carney Axon R
Jun 12, 2018 – present · 8.3 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 83–11
Madeline Hughes Haikala D
Oct 16, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 90–0
Abdul K. Kallon D
Jan 4, 2010 – Aug 31, 2022 · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Virginia Emerson Hopkins R
Jun 17, 2004 – Jun 22, 2018 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jun 22, 2018 · confirmed 98–0
R. David Proctor R
Sep 22, 2003 – Jan 1, 2026 · 22 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jan 1, 2026 · confirmed 92–0
L. Scott Coogler R
May 28, 2003 – Jan 2, 2025 · 22 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Karon O. Bowdre R
Nov 8, 2001 – Apr 25, 2020 · 18 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Apr 25, 2020 · confirmed 98–0
H. Dean Buttram, Jr. D
Oct 9, 1998 – Jun 30, 2002 · 3.7 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Inge Prytz Johnson D
Oct 9, 1998 – Oct 24, 2012 · 14 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Oct 24, 2012
Charles Lynwood Smith, Jr. D
Dec 26, 1995 – Aug 31, 2013 · 18 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Aug 31, 2013
Sharon Lovelace Blackburn R
May 30, 1991 – May 8, 2015 · 24 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 8, 2015
Edwin L. Nelson R
Jan 24, 1990 – May 17, 2003 · 13 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
William Marsh Acker, Jr. R
Aug 18, 1982 – May 31, 1996 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status May 31, 1996
U. W. Clemon D
Jun 30, 1980 – Jan 31, 2009 · 29 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Elbert Bertram Haltom, Jr. D
May 30, 1980 – Dec 31, 1991 · 12 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Dec 31, 1991
Robert Bruce Propst D
May 30, 1980 – Jul 15, 1996 · 16 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 15, 1996
Junius Foy Guin, Jr. R
Apr 18, 1973 – Feb 3, 1989 · 16 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Feb 3, 1989
James Hughes Hancock R
Apr 17, 1973 – May 1, 1996 · 23 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 1, 1996
Sam Clyde Pointer, Jr. R
Oct 14, 1970 – Nov 19, 1999 · 29 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Nov 19, 1999
Frank Hampton McFadden R
Aug 9, 1969 – Jan 1, 1982 · 12 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Clarence W. Allgood D
Feb 9, 1962 – Jan 9, 1973 · 11 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jan 9, 1973
Harlan Hobart Grooms R
Aug 3, 1953 – Feb 3, 1969 · 16 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Feb 3, 1969
Seybourn Harris Lynne D
Jan 3, 1946 – Jan 9, 1973 · 27 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jan 9, 1973
Clarence H. Mullins D
Apr 16, 1943 – May 31, 1953 · 10 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status May 31, 1953
Thomas Alexander Murphree D
May 31, 1938 – Sep 5, 1945 · 7.3 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
David Jackson Davis D
Jan 28, 1936 – Dec 7, 1938 · 2.9 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles Brents Kennamer R
Feb 25, 1931 – Jun 5, 1936 · 5.3 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
Henry De Lamar Clayton D
May 2, 1914 – Dec 21, 1929 · 16 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
William Irwin Grubb R
May 18, 1909 – Oct 27, 1935 · 26 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Oscar Richard Hundley R
Mar 6, 1909 – May 25, 1909 · 3 months · appointed by William H. Taft
Oscar Richard Hundley R
Apr 9, 1907 – Mar 3, 1909 · 23 months · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
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 JR
May 22, 1826 – Feb 28, 1849 · 23 years · appointed by John Quincy Adams
Charles Tait N(
Mar 10, 1824 – Feb 1, 1826 · 23 months · appointed by None (reassignment)

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