History / Courts

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

23 judges have served since Mar 11, 1863. Now: Jane Marie Beckering DHala Yalda Jarbou RRobert James Jonker RPaul Lewis Maloney R.

Judges
23
16 R · 7 D
Longest tenure
30 years
Robert Holmes Bell
Current
4.8 years
Jane Marie Beckering, since Dec 21, 2021
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18801900192019401960198020002020Solomon Lewis Withey · 1863-03-11 – 1886-04-25 · RepublicanHenry Franklin Severens · 1886-05-25 – 1900-03-16 · DemocratLoyal Edwin Knappen · 1906-12-10 – 1910-02-08 · RepublicanClarence W. Sessions · 1911-03-02 – 1931-04-01 · RepublicanRaymond Wesley Starr · 1946-07-25 – 1961-08-15 · DemocratNoel Peter Fox · 1962-07-31 – 1979-12-31 · DemocratRobert Holmes Bell · 1987-07-02 – 2017-01-31 · RepublicanHala Yalda Jarbou · 2020-09-23 – present · RepublicanGeorge P. Wanty · 1900-03-13 – 1906-07-09 · RepublicanArthur Carter Denison · 1910-01-31 – 1911-10-03 · RepublicanFred Morton Raymond · 1925-12-18 – 1946-02-06 · RepublicanW. Wallace Kent · 1954-06-10 – 1971-01-06 · RepublicanWendell Alverson Miles · 1974-04-17 – 1986-05-06 · RepublicanDavid William McKeague · 1992-02-10 – 2005-06-13 · RepublicanPaul Lewis Maloney · 2007-07-13 – present · RepublicanAlbert Joseph Engel · 1970-12-18 – 1974-01-04 · RepublicanDouglas Woodruff Hillman · 1979-09-26 – 1991-02-15 · DemocratGordon Jay Quist · 1992-06-30 – 2006-01-01 · RepublicanRobert James Jonker · 2007-07-16 – present · RepublicanBenjamin F. Gibson · 1979-09-26 – 1996-07-13 · DemocratJanet T. Neff · 2007-08-06 – 2021-03-01 · RepublicanJane Marie Beckering · 2021-12-21 – present · DemocratRichard Alan Enslen · 1979-12-21 – 2005-09-01 · Democrat
Jane Marie Beckering D
Dec 21, 2021 – present · 4.8 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 45–25
Hala Yalda Jarbou R
Sep 23, 2020 – present · 6.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 83–15
Janet T. Neff R
Aug 6, 2007 – Mar 1, 2021 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Mar 1, 2021 · confirmed 83–4
Robert James Jonker R
Jul 16, 2007 – present · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Paul Lewis Maloney R
Jul 13, 2007 – present · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush
Gordon Jay Quist R
Jun 30, 1992 – Jan 1, 2006 · 14 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jan 1, 2006
David William McKeague R
Feb 10, 1992 – Jun 13, 2005 · 13 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
Robert Holmes Bell R
Jul 2, 1987 – Jan 31, 2017 · 30 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 31, 2017
Richard Alan Enslen D
Dec 21, 1979 – Sep 1, 2005 · 26 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Sep 1, 2005
Douglas Woodruff Hillman D
Sep 26, 1979 – Feb 15, 1991 · 11 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Feb 15, 1991
Benjamin F. Gibson D
Sep 26, 1979 – Jul 13, 1996 · 17 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Jul 13, 1996
Wendell Alverson Miles R
Apr 17, 1974 – May 6, 1986 · 12 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status May 6, 1986
Albert Joseph Engel R
Dec 18, 1970 – Jan 4, 1974 · 3 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Noel Peter Fox D
Jul 31, 1962 – Dec 31, 1979 · 17 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Dec 31, 1979
W. Wallace Kent R
Jun 10, 1954 – Jan 6, 1971 · 17 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Raymond Wesley Starr D
Jul 25, 1946 – Aug 15, 1961 · 15 years · appointed by Harry S Truman · senior status Aug 15, 1961
Fred Morton Raymond R
Dec 18, 1925 – Feb 6, 1946 · 20 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Clarence W. Sessions R
Mar 2, 1911 – Apr 1, 1931 · 20 years · appointed by William H. Taft
Arthur Carter Denison R
Jan 31, 1910 – Oct 3, 1911 · 20 months · appointed by William H. Taft
Loyal Edwin Knappen R
Dec 10, 1906 – Feb 8, 1910 · 3.2 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
George P. Wanty R
Mar 13, 1900 – Jul 9, 1906 · 6.3 years · appointed by William McKinley
Henry Franklin Severens D
May 25, 1886 – Mar 16, 1900 · 14 years · appointed by Grover Cleveland
Solomon Lewis Withey R
Mar 11, 1863 – Apr 25, 1886 · 23 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln

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