History / Courts

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

19 judges have served since Dec 17, 1901. Now: Frank William Volk RIrene Cornelia Berger DThomas E. Johnston RRobert Charles Chambers DJoseph Robert Goodwin D.

Judges
19
11 R · 8 D
Longest tenure
42 years
John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.
Current
7 years
Frank William Volk, since Oct 17, 2019
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192019401960198020002020Benjamin Franklin Keller · 1901-12-17 – 1921-08-08 · RepublicanHarry Evans Watkins · 1937-03-03 – 1963-06-06 · DemocratSidney Lee Christie · 1964-05-01 – 1974-02-15 · DemocratCharles Harold Haden, II · 1975-11-21 – 2004-03-20 · RepublicanThomas E. Johnston · 2006-04-17 – present · RepublicanGeorge Warwick McClintic · 1921-07-25 – 1941-03-01 · RepublicanBen Moore · 1941-03-27 – 1958-09-25 · DemocratJohn A. Field, Jr. · 1959-08-13 – 1971-10-07 · RepublicanKenneth Keller Hall · 1971-12-06 – 1976-09-26 · RepublicanRobert Jackson Staker · 1979-09-13 – 1994-12-31 · DemocratJoseph Robert Goodwin · 1995-05-10 – present · DemocratDennis Raymond Knapp · 1970-12-18 – 1983-02-25 · RepublicanElizabeth Virginia Hallanan · 1983-11-14 – 1996-12-01 · RepublicanRobert Charles Chambers · 1997-09-18 – present · DemocratJohn Thomas Copenhaver, Jr. · 1976-09-03 – 2018-11-01 · RepublicanFrank William Volk · 2019-10-17 – present · RepublicanWilliam Matthew Kidd · 1979-12-21 – 1983-01-14 · DemocratDavid A. Faber · 1991-11-25 – 2008-12-31 · RepublicanIrene Cornelia Berger · 2009-11-09 – present · Democrat
Frank William Volk R
Oct 17, 2019 – present · 7 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 92–0
Irene Cornelia Berger D
Nov 9, 2009 – present · 17 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 97–0
Thomas E. Johnston R
Apr 17, 2006 – present · 20 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 89–0
Robert Charles Chambers D
Sep 18, 1997 – present · 29 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Joseph Robert Goodwin D
May 10, 1995 – present · 31 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
David A. Faber R
Nov 25, 1991 – Dec 31, 2008 · 17 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Dec 31, 2008
Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan R
Nov 14, 1983 – Dec 1, 1996 · 13 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Dec 1, 1996
William Matthew Kidd D
Dec 21, 1979 – Jan 14, 1983 · 3.1 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter
Robert Jackson Staker D
Sep 13, 1979 – Dec 31, 1994 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Dec 31, 1994
John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr. R
Sep 3, 1976 – Nov 1, 2018 · 42 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Nov 1, 2018
Charles Harold Haden, II R
Nov 21, 1975 – Mar 20, 2004 · 28 years · appointed by Gerald Ford
Kenneth Keller Hall R
Dec 6, 1971 – Sep 26, 1976 · 4.8 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Dennis Raymond Knapp R
Dec 18, 1970 – Feb 25, 1983 · 12 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Feb 25, 1983
Sidney Lee Christie D
May 1, 1964 – Feb 15, 1974 · 9.8 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
John A. Field, Jr. R
Aug 13, 1959 – Oct 7, 1971 · 12 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ben Moore D
Mar 27, 1941 – Sep 25, 1958 · 17 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Evans Watkins D
Mar 3, 1937 – Jun 6, 1963 · 26 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Warwick McClintic R
Jul 25, 1921 – Mar 1, 1941 · 20 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding · senior status Mar 1, 1941
Benjamin Franklin Keller R
Dec 17, 1901 – Aug 8, 1921 · 20 years · appointed by William McKinley

Dates are from the Federal Judicial Center (commission to senior status or departure). Consecutive terms of one person are merged.