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

16 judges have served since Aug 11, 1848. Now: R. Stan Baker RJames Randal Hall RLisa Godbey Wood R.

Judges
16
9 D · 6 R · 1 N(
Longest tenure
34 years
Emory Speer
Current
8.1 years
R. Stan Baker, since Aug 30, 2018
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186018801900192019401960198020002020John Cochran Nicoll · 1848-08-11 – 1861-01-19 · None (reassignment)John Erskine · 1866-01-22 – 1883-12-01 · DemocratEmory Speer · 1885-02-18 – 1918-12-13 · RepublicanWilliam Hale Barrett · 1922-06-22 – 1941-05-01 · RepublicanArchibald Battle Lovett · 1941-10-07 – 1945-12-28 · DemocratFrancis Muir Scarlett · 1946-02-14 – 1968-08-02 · DemocratAnthony A. Alaimo · 1971-12-09 – 1991-07-01 · RepublicanWilliam Theodore Moore, Jr. · 1994-10-11 – 2017-02-28 · DemocratR. Stan Baker · 2018-08-30 – present · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Lambdin · 1915-03-03 – 1916-12-20 · DemocratBeverly Daniel Evans, Jr. · 1917-08-15 – 1922-05-07 · DemocratAlexander Atkinson Lawrence, Jr. · 1968-07-25 – 1978-08-02 · DemocratBerry Avant Edenfield · 1978-10-11 – 2006-08-02 · DemocratLisa Godbey Wood · 2007-02-08 – present · RepublicanDudley Hollingsworth Bowen, Jr. · 1979-11-27 – 2006-06-25 · DemocratJames Randal Hall · 2008-04-29 – present · Republican
R. Stan Baker R
Aug 30, 2018 – present · 8.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump
James Randal Hall R
Apr 29, 2008 – present · 18 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Lisa Godbey Wood R
Feb 8, 2007 – present · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 97–0
William Theodore Moore, Jr. D
Oct 11, 1994 – Feb 28, 2017 · 22 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Feb 28, 2017
Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen, Jr. D
Nov 27, 1979 – Jun 25, 2006 · 27 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jun 25, 2006
Berry Avant Edenfield D
Oct 11, 1978 – Aug 2, 2006 · 28 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Aug 2, 2006
Anthony A. Alaimo R
Dec 9, 1971 – Jul 1, 1991 · 20 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 1, 1991
Alexander Atkinson Lawrence, Jr. D
Jul 25, 1968 – Aug 2, 1978 · 10 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Aug 2, 1978
Francis Muir Scarlett D
Feb 14, 1946 – Aug 2, 1968 · 22 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Aug 2, 1968
Archibald Battle Lovett D
Oct 7, 1941 – Dec 28, 1945 · 4.2 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Hale Barrett R
Jun 22, 1922 – May 1, 1941 · 19 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Beverly Daniel Evans, Jr. D
Aug 15, 1917 – May 7, 1922 · 4.7 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
William Wallace Lambdin D
Mar 3, 1915 – Dec 20, 1916 · 22 months · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Emory Speer R
Feb 18, 1885 – Dec 13, 1918 · 34 years · appointed by Chester A. Arthur · confirmed 27–26
John Erskine D
Jan 22, 1866 – Dec 1, 1883 · 18 years · appointed by Andrew Johnson
John Cochran Nicoll N(
Aug 11, 1848 – Jan 19, 1861 · 12 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.