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

43 judges have served since Feb 10, 1855. Now: Matthew Richard Byrne RJeffery Paul Hopkins DMichael Jay Newman RMatthew Walden McFarland RDouglas Russell Cole RSarah Daggett Morrison RAlgenon L. Marbley DEdmund A. Sargus, Jr. D.

Judges
43
27 R · 15 D · 1 N(
Longest tenure
30 years
Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.
Current
15 days
Matthew Richard Byrne, since Sep 30, 2026
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Humphrey Howe Leavitt · 1855-02-10 – 1871-04-01 · None (reassignment)William White · 1883-02-19 – 1883-03-12 · RepublicanGeorge Read Sage · 1884-01-07 – 1898-08-24 · RepublicanAlbert Clifton Thompson · 1898-12-20 – 1910-01-26 · RepublicanHoward Clark Hollister · 1910-03-07 – 1919-09-24 · RepublicanJohn Weld Peck · 1919-11-05 – 1923-04-03 · DemocratBenson W. Hough · 1925-02-09 – 1935-11-19 · RepublicanMell Gilbert Underwood · 1936-02-12 – 1965-12-31 · DemocratJoseph Peter Kinneary · 1966-07-22 – 1986-12-31 · DemocratGeorge Curtis Smith · 1987-11-09 – 2002-01-01 · RepublicanThomas M. Rose · 2002-05-10 – 2017-06-30 · RepublicanSarah Daggett Morrison · 2019-06-14 – present · RepublicanPhilip Bergen Swing · 1871-03-30 – 1882-10-31 · RepublicanJohn Elbert Sater · 1907-03-18 – 1908-05-30 · RepublicanJohn Elbert Sater · 1909-03-01 – 1924-11-18 · RepublicanRobert Reasoner Nevin · 1929-01-21 – 1952-12-31 · RepublicanLester LeFevre Cecil · 1953-04-23 – 1959-07-29 · RepublicanCarl Andrew Weinman · 1959-09-08 – 1973-03-01 · RepublicanRobert Morton Duncan · 1974-06-20 – 1985-04-15 · RepublicanJames L. Graham · 1986-09-26 – 2004-08-31 · RepublicanMichael H. Watson · 2004-09-10 – 2025-11-01 · RepublicanMatthew Richard Byrne · 2026-09-30 – present · RepublicanSmith Hickenlooper · 1923-03-03 – 1929-01-08 · RepublicanJohn H. Druffel · 1937-12-14 – 1961-09-30 · DemocratJohn Weld Peck, II · 1962-04-12 – 1966-08-04 · DemocratDavid Stewart Porter · 1966-11-03 – 1979-09-23 · DemocratS. Arthur Spiegel · 1980-05-23 – 1995-06-05 · DemocratSusan J. Dlott · 1995-12-26 – 2018-05-31 · DemocratDouglas Russell Cole · 2019-12-05 – present · RepublicanTimothy Sylvester Hogan · 1966-11-03 – 1979-09-24 · DemocratJohn David Holschuh · 1980-05-23 – 1996-10-12 · DemocratAlgenon L. Marbley · 1997-11-07 – present · DemocratCarl Bernard Rubin · 1971-05-20 – 1995-08-02 · RepublicanEdmund A. Sargus, Jr. · 1996-08-01 – present · DemocratWalter Herbert Rice · 1980-05-23 – 2004-11-30 · DemocratMichael Ryan Barrett · 2006-05-05 – 2019-02-15 · RepublicanMatthew Walden McFarland · 2019-12-31 – present · RepublicanHerman Jacob Weber · 1985-04-04 – 2002-01-01 · RepublicanGregory L. Frost · 2003-03-11 – 2016-05-02 · RepublicanMichael Jay Newman · 2020-11-10 – present · RepublicanSandra Shank Beckwith · 1992-02-10 – 2009-01-01 · RepublicanTimothy Seymour Black · 2010-05-13 – 2022-05-18 · DemocratJeffery Paul Hopkins · 2022-12-16 – present · Democrat
Matthew Richard Byrne R
Sep 30, 2026 – present · 15 days · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 52–45
Jeffery Paul Hopkins D
Dec 16, 2022 – present · 3.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 64–32
Michael Jay Newman R
Nov 10, 2020 – present · 5.9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 67–30
Matthew Walden McFarland R
Dec 31, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 56–38
Douglas Russell Cole R
Dec 5, 2019 – present · 6.9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 64–29
Sarah Daggett Morrison R
Jun 14, 2019 – present · 7.3 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 89–7
Timothy Seymour Black D
May 13, 2010 – May 18, 2022 · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status May 18, 2022
Michael Ryan Barrett R
May 5, 2006 – Feb 15, 2019 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Feb 15, 2019 · confirmed 90–0
Michael H. Watson R
Sep 10, 2004 – Nov 1, 2025 · 21 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Nov 1, 2025
Gregory L. Frost R
Mar 11, 2003 – May 2, 2016 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 91–0
Thomas M. Rose R
May 10, 2002 – Jun 30, 2017 · 15 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jun 30, 2017 · confirmed 97–0
Algenon L. Marbley D
Nov 7, 1997 – present · 29 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · confirmed 91–0
Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. D
Aug 1, 1996 – present · 30 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Susan J. Dlott D
Dec 26, 1995 – May 31, 2018 · 22 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status May 31, 2018
Sandra Shank Beckwith R
Feb 10, 1992 – Jan 1, 2009 · 17 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jan 1, 2009
George Curtis Smith R
Nov 9, 1987 – Jan 1, 2002 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 1, 2002
James L. Graham R
Sep 26, 1986 – Aug 31, 2004 · 18 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Aug 31, 2004
Herman Jacob Weber R
Apr 4, 1985 – Jan 1, 2002 · 17 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 1, 2002
S. Arthur Spiegel D
May 23, 1980 – Jun 5, 1995 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jun 5, 1995
John David Holschuh D
May 23, 1980 – Oct 12, 1996 · 16 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Oct 12, 1996
Walter Herbert Rice D
May 23, 1980 – Nov 30, 2004 · 25 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Nov 30, 2004
Robert Morton Duncan R
Jun 20, 1974 – Apr 15, 1985 · 11 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Carl Bernard Rubin R
May 20, 1971 – Aug 2, 1995 · 24 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
David Stewart Porter D
Nov 3, 1966 – Sep 23, 1979 · 13 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 23, 1979
Timothy Sylvester Hogan D
Nov 3, 1966 – Sep 24, 1979 · 13 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Sep 24, 1979
Joseph Peter Kinneary D
Jul 22, 1966 – Dec 31, 1986 · 20 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Dec 31, 1986
John Weld Peck, II D
Apr 12, 1962 – Aug 4, 1966 · 4.3 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Carl Andrew Weinman R
Sep 8, 1959 – Mar 1, 1973 · 13 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Mar 1, 1973
Lester LeFevre Cecil R
Apr 23, 1953 – Jul 29, 1959 · 6.3 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
John H. Druffel D
Dec 14, 1937 – Sep 30, 1961 · 24 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Sep 30, 1961
Mell Gilbert Underwood D
Feb 12, 1936 – Dec 31, 1965 · 30 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Dec 31, 1965
Robert Reasoner Nevin R
Jan 21, 1929 – Dec 31, 1952 · 24 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Benson W. Hough R
Feb 9, 1925 – Nov 19, 1935 · 11 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Smith Hickenlooper R
Mar 3, 1923 – Jan 8, 1929 · 5.9 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
John Weld Peck D
Nov 5, 1919 – Apr 3, 1923 · 3.4 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Howard Clark Hollister R
Mar 7, 1910 – Sep 24, 1919 · 9.5 years · appointed by William H. Taft
John Elbert Sater R
Mar 1, 1909 – Nov 18, 1924 · 16 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
John Elbert Sater R
Mar 18, 1907 – May 30, 1908 · 14 months · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Albert Clifton Thompson R
Dec 20, 1898 – Jan 26, 1910 · 11 years · appointed by William McKinley
George Read Sage R
Jan 7, 1884 – Aug 24, 1898 · 15 years · appointed by Chester A. Arthur
William White R
Feb 19, 1883 – Mar 12, 1883 · 21 days · appointed by Chester A. Arthur
Philip Bergen Swing R
Mar 30, 1871 – Oct 31, 1882 · 12 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant
Humphrey Howe Leavitt N(
Feb 10, 1855 – Apr 1, 1871 · 16 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.