History / Courts

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

16 judges have served since Jul 1, 1901. Now: Thomas Shawn Kleeh RGina Marie Groh DJohn Preston Bailey R.

Judges
16
9 R · 5 D · 2 N(
Longest tenure
33 years
William Eli Baker
Current
7.9 years
Thomas Shawn Kleeh, since Nov 5, 2018
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192019401960198020002020John Jay Jackson, Jr. · 1901-07-01 – 1905-03-15 · None (reassignment)William Eli Baker · 1921-05-03 – 1954-04-03 · RepublicanHerbert Stephenson Boreman · 1954-07-22 – 1959-06-22 · RepublicanCharles Ferguson Paul · 1960-03-05 – 1965-02-17 · RepublicanRobert Earl Maxwell · 1965-08-11 – 1995-07-19 · DemocratW. Craig Broadwater · 1996-07-26 – 2006-12-18 · DemocratJohn Preston Bailey · 2007-03-19 – present · RepublicanAlston Gordon Dayton · 1905-03-14 – 1920-07-30 · RepublicanHarry Evans Watkins · 1937-03-03 – 1963-06-06 · DemocratSidney Lee Christie · 1964-05-01 – 1974-02-15 · DemocratCharles Harold Haden, II · 1975-11-21 – 1983-01-14 · RepublicanWilliam Matthew Kidd · 1983-01-14 – 1990-01-15 · None (reassignment)Frederick Pfarr Stamp, Jr. · 1990-07-12 – 2006-11-01 · RepublicanGina Marie Groh · 2012-03-20 – present · DemocratIrene Patricia Murphy Keeley · 1992-08-12 – 2017-08-12 · RepublicanThomas Shawn Kleeh · 2018-11-05 – present · Republican
Thomas Shawn Kleeh R
Nov 5, 2018 – present · 7.9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 65–30
Gina Marie Groh D
Mar 20, 2012 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 95–2
John Preston Bailey R
Mar 19, 2007 – present · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush
W. Craig Broadwater D
Jul 26, 1996 – Dec 18, 2006 · 10 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley R
Aug 12, 1992 – Aug 12, 2017 · 25 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Aug 12, 2017
Frederick Pfarr Stamp, Jr. R
Jul 12, 1990 – Nov 1, 2006 · 16 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Nov 1, 2006
William Matthew Kidd N(
Jan 14, 1983 – Jan 15, 1990 · 7 years · appointed by None (reassignment) · senior status Jan 15, 1990
Charles Harold Haden, II R
Nov 21, 1975 – Jan 14, 1983 · 7.1 years · appointed by Gerald Ford
Robert Earl Maxwell D
Aug 11, 1965 – Jul 19, 1995 · 30 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jul 19, 1995
Sidney Lee Christie D
May 1, 1964 – Feb 15, 1974 · 9.8 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Ferguson Paul R
Mar 5, 1960 – Feb 17, 1965 · 5 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Stephenson Boreman R
Jul 22, 1954 – Jun 22, 1959 · 4.9 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Evans Watkins D
Mar 3, 1937 – Jun 6, 1963 · 26 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Eli Baker R
May 3, 1921 – Apr 3, 1954 · 33 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding · senior status Apr 3, 1954
Alston Gordon Dayton R
Mar 14, 1905 – Jul 30, 1920 · 15 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
John Jay Jackson, Jr. N(
Jul 1, 1901 – Mar 15, 1905 · 3.7 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.