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

30 judges have served since Feb 24, 1819. Now: Jasmine Hyejung Yoon DRobert Stewart Ballou DThomas Tullidge Cullen RElizabeth Kay Dillon D.

Judges
30
14 R · 13 D · 3 JR
Longest tenure
30 years
James Clinton Turk
Current
2.3 years
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon, since Jul 8, 2024
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020John George Jackson · 1819-02-24 – 1825-03-28 · Jeffersonian RepublicanPhilip Clayton Pendleton · 1825-05-06 – 1825-07-29 · Jeffersonian RepublicanAlexander Caldwell · 1826-01-03 – 1839-04-08 · Jeffersonian RepublicanIsaac Samuels Pennybacker · 1840-02-17 – 1845-12-06 · DemocratJohn White Brockenbrough · 1846-01-14 – 1861-05-04 · DemocratJohn Jay Jackson, Jr. · 1861-08-03 – 1864-06-11 · RepublicanAlexander Rives · 1871-02-06 – 1882-08-01 · RepublicanJohn Paul · 1883-03-03 – 1901-11-01 · RepublicanHenry Clay McDowell · 1901-12-18 – 1931-09-01 · RepublicanJohn Paul, Jr. · 1932-01-14 – 1958-08-01 · RepublicanTed Dalton · 1959-08-13 – 1976-10-12 · RepublicanJames Harry Michael, Jr. · 1980-09-30 – 1995-10-31 · DemocratJames Parker Jones · 1996-08-01 – 2021-08-30 · DemocratRobert Stewart Ballou · 2023-03-09 – present · DemocratFloyd H. Roberts · 1938-07-06 – 1939-02-06 · DemocratArmistead Mason Dobie · 1939-06-02 – 1939-12-23 · DemocratAlfred Dickinson Barksdale · 1940-02-05 – 1957-08-01 · DemocratRoby Calvin Thompson · 1957-08-30 – 1960-07-29 · RepublicanThomas Johnson Michie · 1961-06-30 – 1973-04-09 · DemocratGlen Morgan Williams · 1976-09-17 – 1988-11-21 · RepublicanSamuel Grayson Wilson · 1990-05-14 – 2014-07-31 · RepublicanElizabeth Kay Dillon · 2014-12-19 – present · DemocratHiram Emory Widener, Jr. · 1969-07-14 – 1972-10-28 · RepublicanJackson L. Kiser · 1981-12-03 – 1997-04-30 · RepublicanNorman K. Moon · 1997-11-12 – 2010-07-01 · DemocratMichael Francis Urbanski · 2011-05-13 – 2024-07-04 · DemocratJasmine Hyejung Yoon · 2024-07-08 – present · DemocratJames Clinton Turk · 1972-10-17 – 2002-11-01 · RepublicanGlen Edward Conrad · 2003-09-24 – 2017-12-11 · RepublicanThomas Tullidge Cullen · 2020-09-15 – present · Republican
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon D
Jul 8, 2024 – present · 2.3 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 55–41
Robert Stewart Ballou D
Mar 9, 2023 – present · 3.6 years · appointed by Joseph R. Biden · confirmed 59–37
Thomas Tullidge Cullen R
Sep 15, 2020 – present · 6.1 years · appointed by Donald J. Trump · confirmed 79–19
Elizabeth Kay Dillon D
Dec 19, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama
Michael Francis Urbanski D
May 13, 2011 – Jul 4, 2024 · 13 years · appointed by Barack Obama · senior status Jul 4, 2024 · confirmed 94–0
Glen Edward Conrad R
Sep 24, 2003 – Dec 11, 2017 · 14 years · appointed by George W. Bush · senior status Dec 11, 2017 · confirmed 89–0
Norman K. Moon D
Nov 12, 1997 – Jul 1, 2010 · 13 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Jul 1, 2010
James Parker Jones D
Aug 1, 1996 – Aug 30, 2021 · 25 years · appointed by William J. Clinton · senior status Aug 30, 2021
Samuel Grayson Wilson R
May 14, 1990 – Jul 31, 2014 · 24 years · appointed by George H.W. Bush
Jackson L. Kiser R
Dec 3, 1981 – Apr 30, 1997 · 15 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Apr 30, 1997
James Harry Michael, Jr. D
Sep 30, 1980 – Oct 31, 1995 · 15 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Oct 31, 1995
Glen Morgan Williams R
Sep 17, 1976 – Nov 21, 1988 · 12 years · appointed by Gerald Ford · senior status Nov 21, 1988
James Clinton Turk R
Oct 17, 1972 – Nov 1, 2002 · 30 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · senior status Nov 1, 2002
Hiram Emory Widener, Jr. R
Jul 14, 1969 – Oct 28, 1972 · 3.3 years · appointed by Richard M. Nixon
Thomas Johnson Michie D
Jun 30, 1961 – Apr 9, 1973 · 12 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Ted Dalton R
Aug 13, 1959 – Oct 12, 1976 · 17 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · senior status Oct 12, 1976
Roby Calvin Thompson R
Aug 30, 1957 – Jul 29, 1960 · 2.9 years · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alfred Dickinson Barksdale D
Feb 5, 1940 – Aug 1, 1957 · 17 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Aug 1, 1957
Armistead Mason Dobie D
Jun 2, 1939 – Dec 23, 1939 · 7 months · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Floyd H. Roberts D
Jul 6, 1938 – Feb 6, 1939 · 7 months · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · confirmed 9–/72
John Paul, Jr. R
Jan 14, 1932 – Aug 1, 1958 · 27 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover · senior status Aug 1, 1958
Henry Clay McDowell R
Dec 18, 1901 – Sep 1, 1931 · 30 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · senior status Sep 1, 1931
John Paul R
Mar 3, 1883 – Nov 1, 1901 · 19 years · appointed by Chester A. Arthur
Alexander Rives R
Feb 6, 1871 – Aug 1, 1882 · 11 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant
John Jay Jackson, Jr. R
Aug 3, 1861 – Jun 11, 1864 · 2.9 years · appointed by Abraham Lincoln
John White Brockenbrough D
Jan 14, 1846 – May 4, 1861 · 15 years · appointed by James K. Polk
Isaac Samuels Pennybacker D
Feb 17, 1840 – Dec 6, 1845 · 5.8 years · appointed by Martin Van Buren
Alexander Caldwell JR
Jan 3, 1826 – Apr 8, 1839 · 13 years · appointed by John Quincy Adams
Philip Clayton Pendleton JR
May 6, 1825 – Jul 29, 1825 · 3 months · appointed by John Quincy Adams
John George Jackson JR
Feb 24, 1819 – Mar 28, 1825 · 6.1 years · appointed by James Monroe

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