History / Courts

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

11 judges have served since Jul 9, 1870. Now: James Donald Peterson DWilliam Martin Conley D.

Judges
11
6 D · 5 R
Longest tenure
30 years
Barbara Brandriff Crabb
Current
12 years
James Donald Peterson, since May 12, 2014
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18801900192019401960198020002020James Campbell Hopkins · 1870-07-09 – 1877-09-03 · RepublicanRomanzo Bunn · 1877-10-30 – 1905-01-09 · RepublicanArthur Loomis Sanborn · 1905-01-09 – 1920-10-18 · RepublicanClaude Zeth Luse · 1921-04-27 – 1932-05-28 · RepublicanPatrick Thomas Stone · 1933-06-13 – 1963-01-13 · DemocratDavid Rabinovitz · 1964-01-07 – 1964-10-03 · DemocratJames Edward Doyle · 1965-05-22 – 1980-07-07 · DemocratJohn C. Shabaz · 1981-12-10 – 2009-01-20 · RepublicanWilliam Martin Conley · 2010-03-25 – present · DemocratBarbara Brandriff Crabb · 1979-11-02 – 2010-03-24 · DemocratJames Donald Peterson · 2014-05-12 – present · Democrat
James Donald Peterson D
May 12, 2014 – present · 12 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 70–24
William Martin Conley D
Mar 25, 2010 – present · 17 years · appointed by Barack Obama · confirmed 99–0
John C. Shabaz R
Dec 10, 1981 – Jan 20, 2009 · 27 years · appointed by Ronald Reagan · senior status Jan 20, 2009
Barbara Brandriff Crabb D
Nov 2, 1979 – Mar 24, 2010 · 30 years · appointed by Jimmy Carter · senior status Mar 24, 2010
James Edward Doyle D
May 22, 1965 – Jul 7, 1980 · 15 years · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · senior status Jul 7, 1980
David Rabinovitz D
Jan 7, 1964 – Oct 3, 1964 · 9 months · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Patrick Thomas Stone D
Jun 13, 1933 – Jan 13, 1963 · 30 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Claude Zeth Luse R
Apr 27, 1921 – May 28, 1932 · 11 years · appointed by Warren G. Harding
Arthur Loomis Sanborn R
Jan 9, 1905 – Oct 18, 1920 · 16 years · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
Romanzo Bunn R
Oct 30, 1877 – Jan 9, 1905 · 27 years · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes
James Campbell Hopkins R
Jul 9, 1870 – Sep 3, 1877 · 7.2 years · appointed by Ulysses Grant

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