History / Courts

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

21 judges have served since Jul 20, 1882. Now: Stephen Henley Locher DRebecca Goodgame Ebinger DStephanie Marie Rose D.

Judges
21
10 R · 10 D · 1 N(
Longest tenure
21 years
Charles Almon Dewey
Current
4.2 years
Stephen Henley Locher, since Jul 18, 2022
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1900192019401960198020002020James M. Love · 1882-07-20 – 1891-07-02 · None (reassignment)John Simson Woolson · 1892-01-11 – 1899-12-04 · RepublicanSmith McPherson · 1900-05-07 – 1915-01-17 · RepublicanMartin Joseph Wade · 1915-03-03 – 1931-04-16 · DemocratCarroll O. Switzer · 1949-10-21 – 1950-08-09 · DemocratWilliam F. Riley · 1950-12-27 – 1956-12-29 · DemocratEdwin Richley Hicklin · 1957-08-16 – 1960-01-27 · RepublicanRoy Laverne Stephenson · 1960-05-31 – 1971-07-06 · RepublicanWilliam Corwin Stuart · 1971-11-01 – 1986-04-30 · RepublicanCharles Robert Wolle · 1987-08-06 – 2001-10-16 · RepublicanJames E. Gritzner · 2002-02-19 – 2015-03-01 · RepublicanRebecca Goodgame Ebinger · 2016-02-16 – present · DemocratCharles Almon Dewey · 1928-01-31 – 1949-03-01 · RepublicanWilliam Cook Hanson · 1962-07-23 – 1977-08-15 · DemocratDonald Eugene O'Brien · 1978-10-05 – 1990-12-01 · DemocratRonald Earl Longstaff · 1991-11-05 – 2006-11-05 · RepublicanJohn Alfred Jarvey · 2007-03-14 – 2022-03-18 · RepublicanStephen Henley Locher · 2022-07-18 – present · DemocratHarold Duane Vietor · 1979-05-11 – 1996-12-29 · DemocratRobert W. Pratt · 1997-05-27 – 2012-07-01 · DemocratStephanie Marie Rose · 2012-09-17 – present · Democrat
Stephen Henley Locher D
Jul 18, 2022 – present · 4.2 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden
Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger D
Feb 16, 2016 – present · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 83–0
Stephanie Marie Rose D
Sep 17, 2012 – present · 14 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 89–1
John Alfred Jarvey R
Mar 14, 2007 – Mar 18, 2022 · 15 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 95–0
James E. Gritzner R
Feb 19, 2002 – Mar 1, 2015 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Mar 1, 2015
Robert W. Pratt D
May 27, 1997 – Jul 1, 2012 · 15 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jul 1, 2012
Ronald Earl Longstaff R
Nov 5, 1991 – Nov 5, 2006 · 15 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Nov 5, 2006
Charles Robert Wolle R
Aug 6, 1987 – Oct 16, 2001 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Oct 16, 2001
Harold Duane Vietor D
May 11, 1979 – Dec 29, 1996 · 18 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Dec 29, 1996
Donald Eugene O'Brien D
Oct 5, 1978 – Dec 1, 1990 · 12 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
William Corwin Stuart R
Nov 1, 1971 – Apr 30, 1986 · 14 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Apr 30, 1986
William Cook Hanson D
Jul 23, 1962 – Aug 15, 1977 · 15 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Aug 15, 1977
Roy Laverne Stephenson R
May 31, 1960 – Jul 6, 1971 · 11 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edwin Richley Hicklin R
Aug 16, 1957 – Jan 27, 1960 · 2.4 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jan 27, 1960
William F. Riley D
Dec 27, 1950 – Dec 29, 1956 · 6 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Carroll O. Switzer D
Oct 21, 1949 – Aug 9, 1950 · 10 months · appointed by Harry S Truman
Charles Almon Dewey R
Jan 31, 1928 – Mar 1, 1949 · 21 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Mar 1, 1949
Martin Joseph Wade D
Mar 3, 1915 – Apr 16, 1931 · 16 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Smith McPherson R
May 7, 1900 – Jan 17, 1915 · 15 years · appointed by William McKinley
John Simson Woolson R
Jan 11, 1892 – Dec 4, 1899 · 7.9 years · appointed by Benjamin Harrison
James M. Love N(
Jul 20, 1882 – Jul 2, 1891 · 9 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.