History / Courts

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

22 judges have served since Mar 10, 1824. Now: Terry Fitzgerald Moorer RJeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock RKristi DuBose R.

Judges
22
13 R · 6 D · 1 N( · 1 JR · 1 W
Longest tenure
30 years
Harry Theophilus Toulmin
Current
8.1 years
Terry Fitzgerald Moorer, since Sep 4, 2018
history/court/district-court-for-the-southern-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 – 1886-08-02 · RepublicanHarry Theophilus Toulmin · 1887-01-13 – 1916-11-12 · DemocratRobert Tait Ervin · 1917-01-23 – 1935-01-23 · DemocratJohn McDuffie · 1935-02-08 – 1950-11-01 · DemocratDaniel Holcombe Thomas · 1951-03-09 – 1971-08-25 · DemocratWilliam Brevard Hand · 1971-09-22 – 1989-01-19 · RepublicanRichard W. Vollmer, Jr. · 1990-05-14 – 2000-12-31 · RepublicanCallie V. Granade · 2002-02-12 – 2016-03-07 · RepublicanJeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock · 2018-08-03 – present · RepublicanThomas Virgil Pittman · 1966-06-29 – 1981-07-15 · DemocratEmmett Ripley Cox · 1981-11-18 – 1988-04-25 · RepublicanCharles Randolph Butler, Jr. · 1988-10-17 – 2005-03-28 · RepublicanKristi DuBose · 2005-12-27 – present · RepublicanAlex T. Howard, Jr. · 1986-10-14 – 1996-10-21 · RepublicanWilliam H. Steele · 2003-03-14 – 2017-06-08 · RepublicanTerry Fitzgerald Moorer · 2018-09-04 – present · Republican
Terry Fitzgerald Moorer R
Sep 4, 2018 – present · 8.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump
Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock R
Aug 3, 2018 – present · 8.2 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump
Kristi DuBose R
Dec 27, 2005 – present · 21 years · appointed by George W. Bush
William H. Steele R
Mar 14, 2003 – Jun 8, 2017 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jun 8, 2017
Callie V. Granade R
Feb 12, 2002 – Mar 7, 2016 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Mar 7, 2016 · confirmed 75–0
Richard W. Vollmer, Jr. R
May 14, 1990 – Dec 31, 2000 · 11 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Dec 31, 2000
Charles Randolph Butler, Jr. R
Oct 17, 1988 – Mar 28, 2005 · 16 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Mar 28, 2005
Alex T. Howard, Jr. R
Oct 14, 1986 – Oct 21, 1996 · 10 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Oct 21, 1996
Emmett Ripley Cox R
Nov 18, 1981 – Apr 25, 1988 · 6.4 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
William Brevard Hand R
Sep 22, 1971 – Jan 19, 1989 · 17 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jan 19, 1989
Thomas Virgil Pittman D
Jun 29, 1966 – Jul 15, 1981 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jul 15, 1981
Daniel Holcombe Thomas D
Mar 9, 1951 – Aug 25, 1971 · 20 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Aug 25, 1971
John McDuffie D
Feb 8, 1935 – Nov 1, 1950 · 16 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Tait Ervin D
Jan 23, 1917 – Jan 23, 1935 · 18 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · senior status Jan 23, 1935
Harry Theophilus Toulmin D
Jan 13, 1887 – Nov 12, 1916 · 30 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
John Bruce R
Feb 27, 1875 – Aug 2, 1886 · 11 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.