History / Courts

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

30 judges have served since Jan 13, 1908. Now: John Frederick Heil, III RBernard M. Jones RJodi Warmbrod Dishman RPatrick Robert Wyrick RCharles Barnes Goodwin RScott Lawrence Palk RTimothy D. DeGiusti R.

Judges
30
20 R · 10 D
Longest tenure
32 years
Stephen Sanders Chandler, Jr.
Current
6.4 years
John Frederick Heil, III, since May 27, 2020
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191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020John Hazelton Cotteral · 1908-01-13 – 1928-06-01 · RepublicanEdgar Sullins Vaught · 1929-01-08 – 1956-04-22 · RepublicanLuther Lee Bohanon · 1961-08-30 – 1974-08-02 · DemocratHarold Dale Cook · 1974-12-20 – 1992-01-01 · RepublicanTimothy D. Leonard · 1992-08-12 – 2006-08-21 · RepublicanTimothy D. DeGiusti · 2007-08-09 – present · RepublicanAlfred Paul Murrah · 1937-03-03 – 1940-09-09 · DemocratBower Slack Broaddus · 1940-10-01 – 1949-12-10 · DemocratWilliam Robert Wallace · 1950-06-08 – 1960-06-24 · DemocratFrederick Alvin Daugherty · 1962-02-17 – 1982-01-12 · DemocratWayne Edward Alley · 1985-07-11 – 1999-05-16 · RepublicanJames H. Payne · 2001-10-24 – 2017-08-01 · RepublicanScott Lawrence Palk · 2017-10-31 – present · RepublicanStephen Sanders Chandler, Jr. · 1943-05-13 – 1975-10-20 · DemocratLee Roy West · 1979-11-02 – 1994-11-26 · DemocratVicki Miles-LaGrange · 1994-11-28 – 2018-11-05 · DemocratPatrick Robert Wyrick · 2019-04-10 – present · RepublicanRoss Rizley · 1956-04-13 – 1969-03-04 · RepublicanRalph Gordon Thompson · 1975-10-14 – 1999-12-16 · RepublicanStephen P. Friot · 2001-11-12 – 2014-12-01 · RepublicanCharles Barnes Goodwin · 2018-08-30 – present · RepublicanLuther Boyd Eubanks · 1965-08-11 – 1986-06-30 · DemocratLayn R. Phillips · 1987-06-15 – 1991-06-22 · RepublicanBilly Michael Burrage · 1994-06-09 – 2001-03-01 · DemocratJoe L. Heaton · 2001-12-10 – 2019-07-01 · RepublicanJodi Warmbrod Dishman · 2019-12-20 – present · RepublicanDavid Lynn Russell · 1981-12-17 – 2013-07-07 · RepublicanBernard M. Jones · 2019-12-31 – present · RepublicanRobin J. Cauthron · 1991-03-25 – 2015-07-14 · RepublicanJohn Frederick Heil, III · 2020-05-27 – present · Republican
John Frederick Heil, III R
May 27, 2020 – present · 6.4 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 75–17
Bernard M. Jones R
Dec 31, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 91–3
Jodi Warmbrod Dishman R
Dec 20, 2019 – present · 6.8 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 75–17
Patrick Robert Wyrick R
Apr 10, 2019 – present · 7.5 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 53–47
Charles Barnes Goodwin R
Aug 30, 2018 – present · 8.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 52–42
Scott Lawrence Palk R
Oct 31, 2017 – present · 9 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 79–16
Timothy D. DeGiusti R
Aug 9, 2007 – present · 19 years · appointed by George W. Bush · confirmed 96–0
Joe L. Heaton R
Dec 10, 2001 – Jul 1, 2019 · 18 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Jul 1, 2019
Stephen P. Friot R
Nov 12, 2001 – Dec 1, 2014 · 13 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Dec 1, 2014 · confirmed 98–0
James H. Payne R
Oct 24, 2001 – Aug 1, 2017 · 16 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Aug 1, 2017 · confirmed 100–0
Vicki Miles-LaGrange D
Nov 28, 1994 – Nov 5, 2018 · 24 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Nov 5, 2018
Billy Michael Burrage D
Jun 9, 1994 – Mar 1, 2001 · 6.7 years · appointed by William J. Clinton
Timothy D. Leonard R
Aug 12, 1992 – Aug 21, 2006 · 14 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Aug 21, 2006
Robin J. Cauthron R
Mar 25, 1991 – Jul 14, 2015 · 24 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush · senior status Jul 14, 2015
Layn R. Phillips R
Jun 15, 1987 – Jun 22, 1991 · 4 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan
Wayne Edward Alley R
Jul 11, 1985 – May 16, 1999 · 14 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status May 16, 1999
David Lynn Russell R
Dec 17, 1981 – Jul 7, 2013 · 32 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jul 7, 2013
Lee Roy West D
Nov 2, 1979 – Nov 26, 1994 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Nov 26, 1994
Ralph Gordon Thompson R
Oct 14, 1975 – Dec 16, 1999 · 24 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Dec 16, 1999
Harold Dale Cook R
Dec 20, 1974 – Jan 1, 1992 · 17 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Jan 1, 1992
Luther Boyd Eubanks D
Aug 11, 1965 – Jun 30, 1986 · 21 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jun 30, 1986
Frederick Alvin Daugherty D
Feb 17, 1962 – Jan 12, 1982 · 20 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Jan 12, 1982
Luther Lee Bohanon D
Aug 30, 1961 – Aug 2, 1974 · 13 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy · senior status Aug 2, 1974
Ross Rizley R
Apr 13, 1956 – Mar 4, 1969 · 13 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
William Robert Wallace D
Jun 8, 1950 – Jun 24, 1960 · 10 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Stephen Sanders Chandler, Jr. D
May 13, 1943 – Oct 20, 1975 · 32 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Oct 20, 1975 · confirmed 37–28
Bower Slack Broaddus D
Oct 1, 1940 – Dec 10, 1949 · 9.2 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred Paul Murrah D
Mar 3, 1937 – Sep 9, 1940 · 3.5 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edgar Sullins Vaught R
Jan 8, 1929 – Apr 22, 1956 · 27 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · senior status Apr 22, 1956
John Hazelton Cotteral R
Jan 13, 1908 – Jun 1, 1928 · 20 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt

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