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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

160 judges have served since Apr 9, 1814. Now: Jeannette Anne Vargas DMargaret M. Garnett DDale Edwin Ho DJessica Gloria Lynn Clarke DArun Srinivas Subramanian DJennifer Hutchison Rearden DJennifer Louise Rochon DJohn Peter Cronan RPhilip Morgan Halpern RLewis Jeffrey Liman RMary Kay Vyskocil RGregory Howard Woods, III DVernon Speede Broderick DNelson Stephen Román DAnalisa Nadine Torres DKatherine Polk Failla DRonnie Abrams DJesse Matthew Furman DAndrew Lamar Carter, Jr. DEdgardo Ramos DPaul Adam Engelmayer DJames Paul Oetken DKenneth M. Karas RLaura Taylor Swain DJohn George Koeltl D.

Judges
160
86 D · 72 R · 1 N( · 1 JR
Longest tenure
43 years
David Norton Edelstein
Current
23 months
Jeannette Anne Vargas, since Nov 6, 2024
history/court/district-court-for-the-southern-district-of-new-yorkEvery holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Peter Van Ness · 1814-04-09 – 1826-09-06 · None (reassignment)Samuel Rossiter Betts · 1826-12-21 – 1867-04-30 · Jeffersonian RepublicanSamuel M. Blatchford · 1867-07-16 – 1878-04-15 · DemocratAddison Brown · 1881-10-14 – 1901-08-30 · RepublicanGeorge Bethune Adams · 1901-12-17 – 1911-10-09 · RepublicanJulius Marshuetz Mayer · 1912-02-26 – 1921-10-13 · RepublicanFrancis Asbury Winslow · 1923-01-04 – 1929-04-01 · RepublicanJohn Munro Woolsey · 1929-04-29 – 1943-12-31 · RepublicanHarold Raymond Medina · 1947-06-20 – 1951-06-22 · DemocratThomas Francis Murphy · 1951-07-02 – 1970-12-03 · DemocratMurray Irwin Gurfein · 1971-05-20 – 1974-09-11 · RepublicanCharles Sherman Haight, Jr. · 1976-03-29 – 1995-09-23 · RepublicanBarbara S. Jones · 1995-12-26 – 2012-12-31 · DemocratKatherine Polk Failla · 2013-03-05 – present · DemocratWilliam Gardner Choate · 1878-03-25 – 1881-06-01 · RepublicanGeorge Chandler Holt · 1903-03-03 – 1914-01-16 · RepublicanAugustus Noble Hand · 1914-09-30 – 1927-06-01 · DemocratFrank Joseph Coleman · 1927-12-19 – 1934-03-14 · RepublicanGeorge Murray Hulbert · 1934-06-15 – 1950-04-26 · DemocratGregory Francis Noonan · 1950-04-26 – 1964-05-01 · DemocratMarvin E. Frankel · 1965-10-21 – 1978-09-30 · DemocratAbraham David Sofaer · 1979-03-23 – 1985-06-09 · DemocratLouis Lee Stanton · 1985-07-18 – 1996-10-01 · RepublicanRichard Conway Casey · 1997-10-24 – 2007-03-22 · DemocratRichard Joseph Sullivan · 2007-08-01 – 2018-10-25 · RepublicanMary Kay Vyskocil · 2019-12-20 – present · RepublicanCharles Merrill Hough · 1906-06-27 – 1916-09-05 · RepublicanJohn Clark Knox · 1918-04-12 – 1955-04-30 · DemocratJohn M. Cashin · 1956-03-02 – 1965-10-01 · RepublicanWalter Roe Mansfield · 1966-06-29 – 1971-06-08 · DemocratCharles L. Brieant, Jr. · 1971-07-29 – 2007-05-31 · RepublicanCathy Seibel · 2008-07-30 – 2025-11-03 · RepublicanLearned Hand · 1909-04-26 – 1924-12-29 · RepublicanThomas Day Thacher · 1925-01-21 – 1930-04-10 · RepublicanRobert Porter Patterson, Sr. · 1930-05-13 – 1939-03-23 · RepublicanJohn Bright · 1941-06-06 – 1948-03-24 · DemocratSamuel Hamilton Kaufman · 1949-02-02 – 1955-07-31 · DemocratRichard Harrington Levet · 1956-03-08 – 1966-07-01 · RepublicanConstance Baker Motley · 1966-08-30 – 1986-09-30 · DemocratRichard Joseph Daronco · 1987-05-07 – 1988-05-21 · RepublicanRobert Porter Patterson, Jr. · 1988-10-06 – 1998-12-31 · RepublicanNaomi Reice Buchwald · 1999-09-22 – 2012-03-21 · DemocratRonnie Abrams · 2012-03-23 – present · DemocratMartin Thomas Manton · 1916-08-23 – 1918-03-22 · DemocratHenry Warren Goddard · 1923-01-04 – 1954-02-01 · RepublicanArchie Owen Dawson · 1954-04-27 – 1964-08-03 · RepublicanMilton Pollack · 1967-06-12 – 1983-09-29 · DemocratPeter Keeton Leisure · 1984-06-15 – 1997-03-21 · RepublicanAlvin K. Hellerstein · 1998-10-22 – 2011-01-30 · DemocratVincent Louis Briccetti · 2011-04-14 – 2023-04-21 · DemocratDale Edwin Ho · 2023-08-18 – present · DemocratWilliam Bondy · 1923-03-02 – 1956-05-01 · RepublicanFrederick van Pelt Bryan · 1956-06-19 – 1972-04-01 · RepublicanCharles E. Stewart, Jr. · 1972-06-30 – 1985-01-02 · RepublicanJohn Mercer Walker, Jr. · 1985-07-22 – 1989-12-19 · RepublicanJohn S. Martin, Jr. · 1990-04-06 – 2003-05-31 · RepublicanStephen C. Robinson · 2003-09-22 – 2010-08-11 · RepublicanJames Paul Oetken · 2011-07-20 – present · DemocratFrancis Gordon Caffey · 1929-04-30 – 1947-10-31 · RepublicanSylvester J. Ryan · 1947-12-20 – 1973-01-03 · DemocratWilliam Curtis Conner · 1973-12-19 – 1987-03-31 · RepublicanMichael B. Mukasey · 1987-11-09 – 2006-08-01 · RepublicanPaul G. Gardephe · 2008-08-08 – 2023-08-09 · RepublicanMargaret M. Garnett · 2024-01-09 – present · DemocratAlfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. · 1929-05-01 – 1951-01-31 · RepublicanEdward Jordan Dimock · 1951-07-11 – 1961-07-28 · DemocratThomas Francis Croake · 1961-09-22 – 1972-01-31 · Democrat[Percy] Whitman Knapp · 1972-06-30 – 1987-11-23 · RepublicanKenneth Conboy · 1987-12-21 – 1993-12-31 · RepublicanDeborah A. Batts · 1994-05-09 – 2012-04-13 · DemocratLorna Gail Schofield · 2012-12-13 – 2025-01-01 · DemocratVincent L. Leibell · 1936-06-20 – 1954-01-01 · DemocratLawrence Edward Walsh · 1954-04-28 – 1957-12-29 · RepublicanCharles Miller Metzner · 1959-09-10 – 1977-09-30 · RepublicanPierre Nelson Leval · 1977-10-31 – 1993-11-08 · DemocratAllen G. Schwartz · 1993-11-22 – 2003-03-22 · DemocratRichard J. Holwell · 2003-09-22 – 2012-02-07 · RepublicanJesse Matthew Furman · 2012-02-17 – present · DemocratSamuel Mandelbaum · 1936-06-22 – 1946-11-20 · DemocratJohn F. X. McGohey · 1950-03-09 – 1970-03-17 · DemocratLawrence Warren Pierce · 1971-05-20 – 1981-11-30 · RepublicanShirley Wohl Kram · 1983-03-02 – 1993-05-23 · RepublicanJohn George Koeltl · 1994-08-10 – present · DemocratJohn William Clancy · 1936-06-22 – 1959-04-03 · DemocratLloyd Francis MacMahon · 1959-09-10 – 1982-05-31 · RepublicanJohn Fontaine Keenan · 1983-09-20 – 1996-12-31 · RepublicanRichard M. Berman · 1998-10-22 – 2011-09-11 · DemocratKatherine Bolan Forrest · 2011-10-17 – 2018-09-11 · DemocratLewis Jeffrey Liman · 2019-12-31 – present · RepublicanEdward A. Conger · 1938-06-24 – 1954-10-20 · DemocratWilliam Bernard Herlands · 1956-06-27 – 1969-08-28 · RepublicanArnold Bauman · 1971-12-15 – 1974-08-15 · RepublicanGerard Louis Goettel · 1976-03-30 – 1993-08-05 · RepublicanHarold Baer, Jr. · 1994-08-10 – 2004-09-08 · DemocratPaul Austin Crotty · 2005-04-15 – 2015-08-01 · RepublicanPhilip Morgan Halpern · 2020-02-21 – present · RepublicanSimon Hirsch Rifkind · 1941-06-06 – 1950-05-24 · DemocratEdward Weinfeld · 1950-08-05 – 1988-01-17 · DemocratKimba Maureen Wood · 1988-04-20 – 2009-06-01 · RepublicanPaul Adam Engelmayer · 2011-07-27 – present · DemocratIrving Robert Kaufman · 1950-04-07 – 1961-09-29 · DemocratWilfred Feinberg · 1962-03-17 – 1966-03-17 · DemocratMorris Edward Lasker · 1968-06-24 – 1983-10-03 · DemocratMiriam Goldman Cedarbaum · 1986-03-04 – 1998-03-31 · RepublicanWilliam H. Pauley, III · 1998-10-22 – 2018-03-01 · DemocratJohn Peter Cronan · 2020-08-10 – present · RepublicanSidney Sugarman · 1950-05-01 – 1971-06-30 · DemocratLee Parsons Gagliardi · 1971-12-15 – 1985-07-17 · RepublicanLawrence M. McKenna · 1990-04-30 – 2002-05-24 · RepublicanP. Kevin Castel · 2003-09-22 – 2017-08-05 · RepublicanJennifer Louise Rochon · 2022-06-13 – present · DemocratDavid Norton Edelstein · 1952-04-08 – 1994-11-01 · DemocratSidney H. Stein · 1995-03-17 – 2010-09-01 · DemocratAlison Julie Nathan · 2011-10-17 – 2022-03-31 · DemocratJennifer Hutchison Rearden · 2022-10-07 – present · DemocratAlexander Bicks · 1954-05-12 – 1963-05-09 · RepublicanJohn Matthew Cannella · 1963-07-03 – 1977-12-31 · DemocratRobert Workman Sweet · 1978-04-28 – 1991-03-01 · DemocratLouis J. Freeh · 1991-05-30 – 1993-08-31 · RepublicanDenny Chin · 1994-08-10 – 2010-04-26 · DemocratEdgardo Ramos · 2011-12-06 – present · DemocratEdmund Louis Palmieri · 1954-05-12 – 1972-06-30 · RepublicanThomas Poole Griesa · 1972-06-30 – 2000-03-13 · RepublicanGerard E. Lynch · 2000-05-25 – 2009-09-21 · DemocratAndrew Lamar Carter, Jr. · 2011-12-08 – present · DemocratDudley Baldwin Bonsal · 1962-03-17 – 1976-12-06 · DemocratLeonard Burke Sand · 1978-05-19 – 1993-07-01 · DemocratLewis A. Kaplan · 1994-08-10 – 2011-02-01 · DemocratAnalisa Nadine Torres · 2013-04-23 – present · DemocratHarold R. Tyler, Jr. · 1962-08-02 – 1975-04-06 · DemocratVincent Lyons Broderick · 1976-10-04 – 1988-12-01 · RepublicanSonia Sotomayor · 1992-08-12 – 1998-10-13 · RepublicanColleen McMahon · 1998-10-22 – 2021-04-10 · DemocratArun Srinivas Subramanian · 2023-04-13 – present · DemocratEdward Cochrane McLean · 1962-08-24 – 1972-10-12 · DemocratRobert Joseph Ward · 1972-10-17 – 1991-02-01 · RepublicanLoretta A. Preska · 1992-08-12 – 2017-03-01 · RepublicanJessica Gloria Lynn Clarke · 2023-04-20 – present · DemocratIrving Ben Cooper · 1962-09-28 – 1972-02-07 · DemocratRobert Lee Carter · 1972-07-25 – 1986-12-31 · RepublicanDenise Cote · 1994-08-10 – 2011-12-15 · DemocratNelson Stephen Román · 2013-05-13 – present · DemocratInzer Bass Wyatt · 1962-09-28 – 1977-03-29 · DemocratMary Johnson Lowe · 1978-06-27 – 1991-07-27 · DemocratBarrington Daniels Parker, Jr. · 1994-09-15 – 2001-10-18 · DemocratKenneth M. Karas · 2004-06-13 – present · RepublicanCharles Henry Tenney · 1963-12-12 – 1979-01-31 · DemocratJohn Emilio Sprizzo · 1981-09-28 – 2000-01-01 · RepublicanGeorge B. Daniels · 2000-03-09 – 2021-05-01 · DemocratJeannette Anne Vargas · 2024-11-06 – present · DemocratKevin Thomas Duffy · 1972-10-17 – 1998-01-10 · RepublicanVictor Marrero · 1999-10-05 – 2010-12-31 · DemocratVernon Speede Broderick · 2013-09-10 – present · DemocratRichard Owen · 1973-12-19 – 1989-09-30 · RepublicanShira A. Scheindlin · 1994-09-29 – 2011-08-16 · DemocratGregory Howard Woods, III · 2013-11-18 – present · DemocratHenry Frederick Werker · 1974-07-09 – 1984-05-10 · RepublicanJed Saul Rakoff · 1996-01-04 – 2010-12-31 · DemocratValerie Elaine Caproni · 2013-12-02 – 2025-01-07 · DemocratLaura Taylor Swain · 2000-07-11 – present · Democrat
Jeannette Anne Vargas D
Nov 6, 2024 – present · 23 months · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–43
Margaret M. Garnett D
Jan 9, 2024 – present · 2.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 49–46
Dale Edwin Ho D
Aug 18, 2023 – present · 3.2 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 50–49
Jessica Gloria Lynn Clarke D
Apr 20, 2023 – present · 3.5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 48–43
Arun Srinivas Subramanian D
Apr 13, 2023 – present · 3.5 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 59–37
Jennifer Hutchison Rearden D
Oct 7, 2022 – present · 4 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden
Jennifer Louise Rochon D
Jun 13, 2022 – present · 4.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 51–47
John Peter Cronan R
Aug 10, 2020 – present · 6.2 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 55–42
Philip Morgan Halpern R
Feb 21, 2020 – present · 6.6 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 77–19
Lewis Jeffrey Liman R
Dec 31, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 64–29
Mary Kay Vyskocil R
Dec 20, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 91–3
Valerie Elaine Caproni D
Dec 2, 2013 – Jan 7, 2025 · 11 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Jan 7, 2025 · confirmed 73–24
Gregory Howard Woods, III D
Nov 18, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Vernon Speede Broderick D
Sep 10, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Nelson Stephen Román D
May 13, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 97–0
Analisa Nadine Torres D
Apr 23, 2013 – present · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Katherine Polk Failla D
Mar 5, 2013 – present · 14 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 91–0
Lorna Gail Schofield D
Dec 13, 2012 – Jan 1, 2025 · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Jan 1, 2025 · confirmed 91–0
Ronnie Abrams D
Mar 23, 2012 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 96–2
Jesse Matthew Furman D
Feb 17, 2012 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 62–34
Andrew Lamar Carter, Jr. D
Dec 8, 2011 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Edgardo Ramos D
Dec 6, 2011 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 89–0
Katherine Bolan Forrest D
Oct 17, 2011 – Sep 11, 2018 · 6.9 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Alison Julie Nathan D
Oct 17, 2011 – Mar 31, 2022 · 10 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 48–44
Paul Adam Engelmayer D
Jul 27, 2011 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 98–0
James Paul Oetken D
Jul 20, 2011 – present · 15 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 80–13
Vincent Louis Briccetti D
Apr 14, 2011 – Apr 21, 2023 · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Apr 21, 2023
Paul G. Gardephe R
Aug 8, 2008 – Aug 9, 2023 · 15 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Aug 9, 2023
Cathy Seibel R
Jul 30, 2008 – Nov 3, 2025 · 17 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Nov 3, 2025
Richard Joseph Sullivan R
Aug 1, 2007 – Oct 25, 2018 · 11 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 99–0
Paul Austin Crotty R
Apr 15, 2005 – Aug 1, 2015 · 10 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Aug 1, 2015 · confirmed 95–0
Kenneth M. Karas R
Jun 13, 2004 – present · 22 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 95–0
Stephen C. Robinson R
Sep 22, 2003 – Aug 11, 2010 · 6.9 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Richard J. Holwell R
Sep 22, 2003 – Feb 7, 2012 · 8.4 years · appointed by George W. Bush
P. Kevin Castel R
Sep 22, 2003 – Aug 5, 2017 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Aug 5, 2017
Laura Taylor Swain D
Jul 11, 2000 – present · 26 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Gerard E. Lynch D
May 25, 2000 – Sep 21, 2009 · 9.3 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · confirmed 63–36
George B. Daniels D
Mar 9, 2000 – May 1, 2021 · 21 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status May 1, 2021 · confirmed 98–0
Victor Marrero D
Oct 5, 1999 – Dec 31, 2010 · 11 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Dec 31, 2010
Naomi Reice Buchwald D
Sep 22, 1999 – Mar 21, 2012 · 12 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Mar 21, 2012
Alvin K. Hellerstein D
Oct 22, 1998 – Jan 30, 2011 · 12 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jan 30, 2011
Richard M. Berman D
Oct 22, 1998 – Sep 11, 2011 · 13 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Sep 11, 2011
William H. Pauley, III D
Oct 22, 1998 – Mar 1, 2018 · 19 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Mar 1, 2018
Colleen McMahon D
Oct 22, 1998 – Apr 10, 2021 · 22 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Apr 10, 2021
Richard Conway Casey D
Oct 24, 1997 – Mar 22, 2007 · 9.4 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Jed Saul Rakoff D
Jan 4, 1996 – Dec 31, 2010 · 15 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Dec 31, 2010
Barbara S. Jones D
Dec 26, 1995 – Dec 31, 2012 · 17 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Dec 31, 2012
Sidney H. Stein D
Mar 17, 1995 – Sep 1, 2010 · 15 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Sep 1, 2010
Shira A. Scheindlin D
Sep 29, 1994 – Aug 16, 2011 · 17 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Aug 16, 2011
Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr. D
Sep 15, 1994 – Oct 18, 2001 · 7.1 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
John George Koeltl D
Aug 10, 1994 – present · 32 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Harold Baer, Jr. D
Aug 10, 1994 – Sep 8, 2004 · 10 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Sep 8, 2004
Denny Chin D
Aug 10, 1994 – Apr 26, 2010 · 16 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Lewis A. Kaplan D
Aug 10, 1994 – Feb 1, 2011 · 16 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Feb 1, 2011
Denise Cote D
Aug 10, 1994 – Dec 15, 2011 · 17 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Dec 15, 2011
Deborah A. Batts D
May 9, 1994 – Apr 13, 2012 · 18 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Apr 13, 2012
Allen G. Schwartz D
Nov 22, 1993 – Mar 22, 2003 · 9.3 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Sonia Sotomayor R
Aug 12, 1992 – Oct 13, 1998 · 6.2 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
Loretta A. Preska R
Aug 12, 1992 – Mar 1, 2017 · 25 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Mar 1, 2017
Louis J. Freeh R
May 30, 1991 – Aug 31, 1993 · 2.3 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
Lawrence M. McKenna R
Apr 30, 1990 – May 24, 2002 · 12 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 24, 2002
John S. Martin, Jr. R
Apr 6, 1990 – May 31, 2003 · 13 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status May 31, 2003
Robert Porter Patterson, Jr. R
Oct 6, 1988 – Dec 31, 1998 · 10 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 31, 1998
Kimba Maureen Wood R
Apr 20, 1988 – Jun 1, 2009 · 21 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jun 1, 2009
Kenneth Conboy R
Dec 21, 1987 – Dec 31, 1993 · 6 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Michael B. Mukasey R
Nov 9, 1987 – Aug 1, 2006 · 19 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Aug 1, 2006
Richard Joseph Daronco R
May 7, 1987 – May 21, 1988 · 12 months · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum R
Mar 4, 1986 – Mar 31, 1998 · 12 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Mar 31, 1998
John Mercer Walker, Jr. R
Jul 22, 1985 – Dec 19, 1989 · 4.4 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Louis Lee Stanton R
Jul 18, 1985 – Oct 1, 1996 · 11 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Oct 1, 1996
Peter Keeton Leisure R
Jun 15, 1984 – Mar 21, 1997 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Mar 21, 1997
John Fontaine Keenan R
Sep 20, 1983 – Dec 31, 1996 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 31, 1996
Shirley Wohl Kram R
Mar 2, 1983 – May 23, 1993 · 10 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status May 23, 1993
John Emilio Sprizzo R
Sep 28, 1981 – Jan 1, 2000 · 18 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 1, 2000
Abraham David Sofaer D
Mar 23, 1979 – Jun 9, 1985 · 6.2 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Mary Johnson Lowe D
Jun 27, 1978 – Jul 27, 1991 · 13 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 27, 1991
Leonard Burke Sand D
May 19, 1978 – Jul 1, 1993 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 1, 1993
Robert Workman Sweet D
Apr 28, 1978 – Mar 1, 1991 · 13 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Mar 1, 1991
Pierre Nelson Leval D
Oct 31, 1977 – Nov 8, 1993 · 16 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Vincent Lyons Broderick R
Oct 4, 1976 – Dec 1, 1988 · 12 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Dec 1, 1988
Gerard Louis Goettel R
Mar 30, 1976 – Aug 5, 1993 · 17 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Aug 5, 1993
Charles Sherman Haight, Jr. R
Mar 29, 1976 – Sep 23, 1995 · 19 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Sep 23, 1995
Henry Frederick Werker R
Jul 9, 1974 – May 10, 1984 · 9.8 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
William Curtis Conner R
Dec 19, 1973 – Mar 31, 1987 · 13 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Mar 31, 1987
Richard Owen R
Dec 19, 1973 – Sep 30, 1989 · 16 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Sep 30, 1989
Robert Joseph Ward R
Oct 17, 1972 – Feb 1, 1991 · 18 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Feb 1, 1991
Kevin Thomas Duffy R
Oct 17, 1972 – Jan 10, 1998 · 25 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jan 10, 1998
Robert Lee Carter R
Jul 25, 1972 – Dec 31, 1986 · 14 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Dec 31, 1986
Charles E. Stewart, Jr. R
Jun 30, 1972 – Jan 2, 1985 · 13 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jan 2, 1985
[Percy] Whitman Knapp R
Jun 30, 1972 – Nov 23, 1987 · 15 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Nov 23, 1987
Thomas Poole Griesa R
Jun 30, 1972 – Mar 13, 2000 · 28 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Mar 13, 2000
Arnold Bauman R
Dec 15, 1971 – Aug 15, 1974 · 2.7 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Lee Parsons Gagliardi R
Dec 15, 1971 – Jul 17, 1985 · 14 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Jul 17, 1985
Charles L. Brieant, Jr. R
Jul 29, 1971 – May 31, 2007 · 36 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 31, 2007
Murray Irwin Gurfein R
May 20, 1971 – Sep 11, 1974 · 3.3 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Lawrence Warren Pierce R
May 20, 1971 – Nov 30, 1981 · 11 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Morris Edward Lasker D
Jun 24, 1968 – Oct 3, 1983 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Oct 3, 1983
Milton Pollack D
Jun 12, 1967 – Sep 29, 1983 · 16 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 29, 1983
Constance Baker Motley D
Aug 30, 1966 – Sep 30, 1986 · 20 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 30, 1986
Walter Roe Mansfield D
Jun 29, 1966 – Jun 8, 1971 · 4.9 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Marvin E. Frankel D
Oct 21, 1965 – Sep 30, 1978 · 13 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Henry Tenney D
Dec 12, 1963 – Jan 31, 1979 · 15 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jan 31, 1979
John Matthew Cannella D
Jul 3, 1963 – Dec 31, 1977 · 14 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Dec 31, 1977
Irving Ben Cooper D
Sep 28, 1962 – Feb 7, 1972 · 9.4 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Feb 7, 1972
Inzer Bass Wyatt D
Sep 28, 1962 – Mar 29, 1977 · 14 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Mar 29, 1977
Edward Cochrane McLean D
Aug 24, 1962 – Oct 12, 1972 · 10 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Harold R. Tyler, Jr. D
Aug 2, 1962 – Apr 6, 1975 · 13 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Wilfred Feinberg D
Mar 17, 1962 – Mar 17, 1966 · 4 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Dudley Baldwin Bonsal D
Mar 17, 1962 – Dec 6, 1976 · 15 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Dec 6, 1976
Thomas Francis Croake D
Sep 22, 1961 – Jan 31, 1972 · 10 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jan 31, 1972
Charles Miller Metzner R
Sep 10, 1959 – Sep 30, 1977 · 18 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Sep 30, 1977
Lloyd Francis MacMahon R
Sep 10, 1959 – May 31, 1982 · 23 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status May 31, 1982
William Bernard Herlands R
Jun 27, 1956 – Aug 28, 1969 · 13 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frederick van Pelt Bryan R
Jun 19, 1956 – Apr 1, 1972 · 16 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Apr 1, 1972
Richard Harrington Levet R
Mar 8, 1956 – Jul 1, 1966 · 10 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jul 1, 1966
John M. Cashin R
Mar 2, 1956 – Oct 1, 1965 · 9.6 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Oct 1, 1965
Alexander Bicks R
May 12, 1954 – May 9, 1963 · 9 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edmund Louis Palmieri R
May 12, 1954 – Jun 30, 1972 · 18 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Jun 30, 1972
Lawrence Edward Walsh R
Apr 28, 1954 – Dec 29, 1957 · 3.7 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Archie Owen Dawson R
Apr 27, 1954 – Aug 3, 1964 · 10 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
David Norton Edelstein D
Apr 8, 1952 – Nov 1, 1994 · 43 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Nov 1, 1994
Edward Jordan Dimock D
Jul 11, 1951 – Jul 28, 1961 · 10 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jul 28, 1961
Thomas Francis Murphy D
Jul 2, 1951 – Dec 3, 1970 · 19 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Dec 3, 1970
Edward Weinfeld D
Aug 5, 1950 – Jan 17, 1988 · 37 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Sidney Sugarman D
May 1, 1950 – Jun 30, 1971 · 21 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jun 30, 1971
Gregory Francis Noonan D
Apr 26, 1950 – May 1, 1964 · 14 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Irving Robert Kaufman D
Apr 7, 1950 – Sep 29, 1961 · 11 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
John F. X. McGohey D
Mar 9, 1950 – Mar 17, 1970 · 20 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Mar 17, 1970
Samuel Hamilton Kaufman D
Feb 2, 1949 – Jul 31, 1955 · 6.5 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jul 31, 1955
Sylvester J. Ryan D
Dec 20, 1947 – Jan 3, 1973 · 25 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Jan 3, 1973
Harold Raymond Medina D
Jun 20, 1947 – Jun 22, 1951 · 4 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
John Bright D
Jun 6, 1941 – Mar 24, 1948 · 6.8 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Simon Hirsch Rifkind D
Jun 6, 1941 – May 24, 1950 · 9 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edward A. Conger D
Jun 24, 1938 – Oct 20, 1954 · 16 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Oct 20, 1954
Samuel Mandelbaum D
Jun 22, 1936 – Nov 20, 1946 · 10 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
John William Clancy D
Jun 22, 1936 – Apr 3, 1959 · 23 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Apr 3, 1959
Vincent L. Leibell D
Jun 20, 1936 – Jan 1, 1954 · 18 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Jan 1, 1954
George Murray Hulbert D
Jun 15, 1934 – Apr 26, 1950 · 16 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Porter Patterson, Sr. R
May 13, 1930 – Mar 23, 1939 · 8.9 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
Alfred Conkling Coxe, Jr. R
May 1, 1929 – Jan 31, 1951 · 22 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Jan 31, 1951
Francis Gordon Caffey R
Apr 30, 1929 – Oct 31, 1947 · 19 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Oct 31, 1947
John Munro Woolsey R
Apr 29, 1929 – Dec 31, 1943 · 15 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Dec 31, 1943
Frank Joseph Coleman R
Dec 19, 1927 – Mar 14, 1934 · 6.2 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Day Thacher R
Jan 21, 1925 – Apr 10, 1930 · 5.2 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
William Bondy R
Mar 2, 1923 – May 1, 1956 · 33 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding · senior status May 1, 1956
Francis Asbury Winslow R
Jan 4, 1923 – Apr 1, 1929 · 6.2 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Henry Warren Goddard R
Jan 4, 1923 – Feb 1, 1954 · 31 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding · senior status Feb 1, 1954
John Clark Knox D
Apr 12, 1918 – Apr 30, 1955 · 37 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · senior status Apr 30, 1955
Martin Thomas Manton D
Aug 23, 1916 – Mar 22, 1918 · 19 months · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Augustus Noble Hand D
Sep 30, 1914 – Jun 1, 1927 · 13 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Julius Marshuetz Mayer R
Feb 26, 1912 – Oct 13, 1921 · 9.6 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Learned Hand R
Apr 26, 1909 – Dec 29, 1924 · 16 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Charles Merrill Hough R
Jun 27, 1906 – Sep 5, 1916 · 10 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
George Chandler Holt R
Mar 3, 1903 – Jan 16, 1914 · 11 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
George Bethune Adams R
Dec 17, 1901 – Oct 9, 1911 · 9.8 years · appointed by William McKinley
Addison Brown R
Oct 14, 1881 – Aug 30, 1901 · 20 years · appointed by James A. Garfield
William Gardner Choate R
Mar 25, 1878 – Jun 1, 1881 · 3.2 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel M. Blatchford D
Jul 16, 1867 – Apr 15, 1878 · 11 years · appointed by Andrew Johnson
Samuel Rossiter Betts JR
Dec 21, 1826 – Apr 30, 1867 · 40 years · appointed by John Quincy Adams
William Peter Van Ness N(
Apr 9, 1814 – Sep 6, 1826 · 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.