Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed by Reagan as the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Reagan named Antonin Scalia to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit before elevating him to the Supreme Court.
Frank Easterbrook, appointed by Reagan to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Following is a list of all United States federal judges appointed by President Ronald Reagan during his presidency.[1] In total Reagan appointed three Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States and elevated another to Chief Justice, 83 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 290 judges to the United States district courts. Reagan's total of 376 appointments is the most by any President.
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United States Supreme Court Justices
Main article: Ronald Reagan Supreme Court candidates
| Justice | Seat | State | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
| Anthony Kennedy | Seat 4 | California | February 11, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Seat 8 | Arizona | September 22, 1981 | January 31, 2006 | Incumbent |
| William Rehnquist | Chief Justice | Arizona[2] | September 25, 1986 | September 3, 2005 | – |
| Antonin Scalia | Seat 9 | New Jersey | September 25, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
Courts of Appeals
| Judge | Circuit | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
| Frank X. Altimari | Second | December 17, 1985 | January 1, 1996 | July 19, 1998 |
| Stephen Hale Anderson | Sixth | March 25, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| Glenn Leroy Archer Jr. | Tenth | October 16, 1985 | January 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Bobby Ray Baldock | D.C. Cir. | February 9, 1982 | February 5, 1988 | – |
| Clarence Arlen Beam | Eighth | July 19, 1983 | August 1, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Edward Roy Becker | Tenth | February 17, 1988 | May 25, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Robert R. Beezer | Ninth | April 4, 1985 | November 11, 1999 | October 30, 2009 |
| Jean Galloway Bissell | D.C. Cir. | December 17, 1985 | August 31, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Danny Julian Boggs | Second | October 29, 1981 | November 13, 1993 | Incumbent |
| Robert Bork | Fourth | September 19, 1981 | May 31, 1991 | Incumbent |
| Pasco Bowman II | Seventh | March 19, 1982 | July 2, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Wade Brorby | Sixth | March 9, 1982 | June 30, 1986 | May 11, 2001 |
| Melvin T. Brunetti | Third | November 9, 1987 | September 4, 1998 | Incumbent |
| James L. Buckley | Eleventh | April 18, 1988 | December 18, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Richard J. Cardamone | Fifth | November 16, 1983 | Incumbent | – |
| Robert Foster Chapman | Fifth | October 17, 1988 | April 7, 1999 | Incumbent |
| John Louis Coffey | Seventh | April 4, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Leroy John Contie, Jr. | Fed. Cir. | December 17, 1985 | December 24, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Robert Cowen | Tenth | April 20, 1988 | January 16, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Emmett Ripley Cox | Eleventh | May 7, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| W. Eugene Davis | Seventh | December 1, 1981 | November 4, 1985 | October 25, 2005 |
| John Malcolm Duhe Jr. | Tenth | December 17, 1985 | January 26, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Frank H. Easterbrook | Eighth | October 1, 1982 | May 1, 1999 | Incumbent |
| David M. Ebel | Seventh | May 5, 1983 | Incumbent | – |
| James Larry Edmondson | Fifth | October 26, 1981 | January 23, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Jesse E. Eschbach | Eighth | March 9, 1982 | January 1, 1994 | Incumbent |
| George Gardner Fagg | D.C. Cir. | October 14, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| Joel Martin Flaum | Third | March 23, 1987 | June 30, 2000 | Incumbent |
| William Lockhart Garwood | Sixth | October 17, 1985 | September 1, 1994 | Incumbent |
| John R. Gibson | Ninth | October 4, 1984 | August 31, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Douglas H. Ginsburg | Fifth | July 30, 1982 | August 28, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Morton Ira Greenberg | Fifth | June 15, 1984 | October 19, 1987 | – |
| Ralph B. Guy, Jr. | Eighth | November 9, 1987 | February 1, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Patrick Higginbotham | Fifth | July 30, 1982 | Incumbent | – |
| Cynthia Holcomb Hall | Third | August 6, 1987 | October 8, 1995 | – |
| Robert Madden Hill | Fifth | April 4, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| William D. Hutchinson | Seventh | May 20, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| E. Grady Jolly | Ninth | November 7, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Edith Jones | Sixth | March 10, 1982 | July 1, 1991 | November 8, 2004 |
| Michael Stephen Kanne | Ninth | March 23, 1987 | May 19, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Alex Kozinski | Eighth | March 4, 1986 | April 1, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Robert B. Krupansky | Second | April 7, 1986 | October 23, 1996 | – |
| Edward Leavy | Seventh | July 24, 1986 | December 18, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Frank J. Magill | Third | April 4, 1985 | March 9, 2002 | – |
| J. Daniel Mahoney | Fed. Cir. | June 15, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Daniel Anthony Manion | Fed. Cir. | March 4, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| Carol Los Mansmann | Sixth | October 4, 1984 | July 1, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Haldane Robert Mayer | Second | July 22, 1985 | January 1, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Paul Redmond Michel | Sixth | October 17, 1985 | October 1, 1999 | Incumbent |
| Herbert Theodore Milburn | Fed. Cir. | February 28, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| Roger Miner | Ninth | December 17, 1985 | December 27, 1996 | Incumbent |
| David Aldrich Nelson | Sixth | July 1, 1986 | July 1, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Pauline Newman | Third | October 17, 1988 | July 9, 2005 | Incumbent |
| John T. Noonan Jr. | Third | December 3, 1981 | May 4, 2003 | May 19, 2006 |
| Alan Eugene Norris | Ninth | September 26, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| Richard Lowell Nygaard | Second | November 18, 1981 | January 1, 1990 | March 31, 1995 |
| Diarmuid O'Scannlain | Tenth | May 10, 1985 | October 15, 1999 | Incumbent |
| Lawrence W. Pierce | Seventh | December 1, 1981 | Incumbent | – |
| John Carbone Porfilio | Second | June 21, 1982 | May 22, 1993 | January 31, 1995 |
| Richard Posner | Seventh | May 10, 1985 | September 1, 2008 | Incumbent |
| George C. Pratt | Sixth | October 17, 1985 | January 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Kenneth Francis Ripple | D.C. Cir. | August 17, 1982 | September 26, 1986 | – |
| James L. Ryan | Third | August 6, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Antonin Scalia | First | October 14, 1986 | December 31, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Anthony Joseph Scirica | D.C. Cir. | September 11, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Bruce M. Selya | D.C. Cir. | October 28, 1985 | November 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| David B. Sentelle | Fifth | December 21, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Laurence H. Silberman | Fourth | October 4, 1984 | March 1, 1986 | – |
| Jerry Edwin Smith | Third | April 4, 1985 | June 2, 1999 | Incumbent |
| Emory M. Sneeden | D.C. Cir. | September 20, 1983 | May 26, 1989 | – |
| Walter King Stapleton | Tenth | December 16, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Kenneth Starr | Ninth | December 17, 1985 | December 31, 1998 | Incumbent |
| Deanell Reece Tacha | First | October 4, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| David R. Thompson | Ninth | March 25, 1988 | December 31, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Juan R. Torruella | Sixth | August 20, 1982 | January 15, 1991 | Incumbent |
| Stephen S. Trott | Ninth | October 11, 1984 | December 31, 1996 | March 2, 2000 |
| Harry W. Wellford | Fourth | June 16, 1986 | July 1, 2007 | October 5, 2008 |
| Charles E. Wiggins | Fourth | August 13, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| William Walter Wilkins | D.C. Cir. | June 16, 1986 | September 30, 2001 | Incumbent |
| J. Harvie Wilkinson III | Ninth | March 28, 1984 | July 31, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Stephen F. Williams | Second | December 10, 1981 | September 30, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Ralph K. Winter, Jr. | Fed. Cir. | June 11, 1984 | February 4, 1990 | – |
| Roger Leland Wollman | Eighth | July 22, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
District courts
| Judge | Court [Note 1] |
Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
| Raymond L. Acosta | N.D. Ala. | August 18, 1982 | May 31, 1996 | Incumbent |
| William Marsh Acker Jr. | D.S.C. | October 14, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| James Henry Alesia | S.D. Miss. | April 25, 1983 | February 4, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Wayne Edward Alley | N.D. Miss. | March 28, 1984 | October 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Frank X. Altimari | D. Vt. | June 15, 1984 | September 9, 1994 | Incumbent |
| Joseph Fletcher Anderson, Jr. | D. Md. | April 21, 1982 | October 21, 1994 | Incumbent |
| Richard Joseph Arcara | D.N.J. | December 17, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Morris S. Arnold | M.D.N.C. | December 10, 1982 | December 31, 2005 | August 1, 2006 |
| Lewis Thornton Babcock | S.D. Ala. | October 17, 1988 | March 28, 2005 | Incumbent |
| Bobby Ray Baldock | N.D. Ga. | April 20, 1988 | December 31, 2008 | Incumbent |
| William Henry Barbour, Jr. | E.D. Tex. | April 4, 1985 | March 1, 2001 | September 16, 2005 |
| Sarah Evans Barker | C.D. Cal. | June 9, 1986 | July 18, 1998 | – |
| Maryanne Trump Barry | N.D. Ohio | September 23, 1982 | June 30, 1996 | Incumbent |
| D. Brook Bartlett | W.D. La. | June 11, 1984 | November 9, 1988 | – |
| Alice M. Batchelder | E.D. Va. | August 6, 1987 | April 1, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Richard Howard Battey | D. Del. | July 18, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Clarence Arlen Beam | C.D. Cal. | July 28, 1982 | January 24, 1996 | October 2, 1996 |
| Robert Holmes Bell | E.D. Pa. | December 9, 1987 | August 1, 1999 | – |
| Samuel H. Bell | S.D. Miss. | February 26, 1986 | March 24, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Neal Brooks Biggers Jr. | D. Utah | April 4, 1985 | November 28, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Franklin S. Billings, Jr. | E.D. Mo. | May 10, 1985 | December 1, 1996 | May 20, 1998 |
| John Winslow Bissell | E.D. Tex. | May 10, 1985 | April 10, 1994 | – |
| Walter Evan Black Jr. | D. Md. | February 10, 1984 | February 21, 1994 | April 1, 1997 |
| Terrence Boyle | S.D. Tex. | October 26, 1981 | Incumbent | – |
| Rudi M. Brewster | S.D. Ala. | October 14, 1986 | October 21, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Robert C. Broomfield | E.D. Tenn. | October 12, 1984 | February 28, 2002 | June 6, 2007 |
| Garrett E. Brown Jr. | D.N.J. | June 9, 1986 | October 1, 2001 | – |
| Paul Neeley Brown | W.D. Mo. E.D. Mo. |
July 19, 1983 | May 1, 1996 | July 31, 2008 |
| William Docker Browning | W.D. La. | October 12, 1984 | May 30, 2002 | May 15, 2006 |
| Robert Jensen Bryan | S.D. Fla. | July 18, 1985 | November 23, 1997 | – |
| Frank William Bullock Jr. | N.D. Ohio | September 15, 1986 | September 30, 1989 | – |
| Charles Randolph Butler Jr. | E.D. La. | June 25, 1982 | July 1, 1992 | December 31, 2001 |
| James C. Cacheris | N.D. Ind. | December 17, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| William W. Caldwell | M.D. Fla. | December 1, 1981 | December 31, 1995 | Incumbent |
| William G. Cambridge | N.D. Ill. | October 4, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. | E.D. Pa. | August 5, 1983 | July 6, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Gene Carter | S.D.N.Y. | October 6, 1988 | December 31, 1998 | Incumbent |
| Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum | E.D. Pa. | April 20, 1988 | June 21, 1999 | Incumbent |
| Constantine George Cholakis | S.D. Cal. | October 28, 1985 | November 4, 1995 | September 3, 2007 |
| Howell Cobb | S.D. Fla. | July 18, 1985 | October 31, 1990 | – |
| Kenneth Conboy | W.D. Ky. | August 4, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| Suzanne B. Conlon | W.D. Tex. | October 4, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| Patrick Anthony Conmy | W.D. Mo. E.D. Mo. |
September 18, 1981 | July 1, 1995 | December 18, 1998 |
| John Edwards Conway | C.D. Cal. | December 17, 1985 | August 5, 2005 | April 19, 2007 |
| John C. Coughenour | M.D.N.C. | October 17, 1988 | December 16, 2008 | Incumbent |
| Robert Cowen | E.D. Pa. | December 9, 1987 | June 1, 2004 | – |
| Emmett Ripley Cox | N.D. Cal. | September 20, 1983 | September 20, 1993 | – |
| Robert Everett Coyle | S.D.N.Y. | July 22, 1985 | December 19, 1989 | – |
| Sam A. Crow | E.D. Ky. | September 28, 1981 | December 31, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Samuel Ray Cummings | D.P.R. | September 30, 1982 | June 1, 1994 | Incumbent |
| Thomas John Curran | N.D. Ill. | May 20, 1987 | February 1, 1998 | July 24, 2003 |
| Conrad K. Cyr | W.D. Okla. | July 11, 1985 | May 16, 1999 | Incumbent |
| Richard J. Daronco | E.D.N.Y. | December 10, 1982 | December 23, 1985 | – |
| Glen H. Davidson | W.D.N.Y. | February 22, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| John Davies | W.D. Ark. | December 17, 1985 | June 1, 1992 | – |
| Raymond J. Dearie | D. Colo. | October 17, 1988 | April 4, 2008 | Incumbent |
| Carolyn R. Dimmick | D.N.M. | June 7, 1983 | January 24, 1986 | – |
| Peter Collins Dorsey | S.D. Ind. | March 14, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| David Singleton Doty | D.N.J. | October 7, 1983 | October 25, 1999 | – |
| Robert G. Doumar | W.D. Mo. | September 19, 1981 | January 21, 2000 | – |
| David Dudley Dowd Jr. | N.D. Ohio | April 4, 1985 | January 4, 1992 | – |
| Joel Fredrick Dubina | D.S.D. | October 28, 1985 | January 1, 1999 | Incumbent |
| Jan E. DuBois | D. Neb. | November 18, 1981 | November 9, 1987 | – |
| Brian Barnett Duff | W.D. Mich. | July 2, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Patrick J. Duggan | N.D. Ohio | December 22, 1982 | October 30, 1996 | Incumbent |
| John Malcolm Duhe Jr. | D.N.J. | December 10, 1982 | September 1, 2005 | – |
| William Lee Dwyer | E.D.N.C. | May 3, 1984 | Incumbent | – |
| Robert Allan Edgar | S.D. Cal. | June 15, 1984 | July 1, 1998 | Incumbent |
| T. S. Ellis, III | D. Ariz. | July 11, 1985 | August 12, 1999 | Incumbent |
| David Alan Ezra | E.D. Tex. | October 17, 1985 | April 1, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Joseph James Farnan, Jr. | D. Ariz. | May 3, 1984 | May 14, 1998 | February 26, 2008 |
| Patricia C. Fawsett | W.D. Wash. | May 7, 1986 | November 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Martin Leach-Cross Feldman | E.D. Va. | December 1, 1981 | March 30, 1998 | Incumbent |
| Ferdinand Francis Fernandez | M.D. Pa. | March 19, 1982 | May 31, 1994 | Incumbent |
| A. Joe Fish | D. Neb. | June 6, 1988 | July 11, 2000 | – |
| Duross Fitzpatrick | D. Me. | June 23, 1983 | January 2, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Sidney A. Fitzwater | S.D.N.Y. | March 4, 1986 | March 31, 1998 | Incumbent |
| Harold Michael Fong | N.D.N.Y. | March 17, 1986 | June 30, 1996 | December 1, 1996 |
| Karl Spillman Forester | S.D.N.Y. | December 21, 1987 | December 31, 1993 | – |
| J. Owen Forrester | N.D. Ill. | February 22, 1988 | April 17, 2004 | Incumbent |
| James Carroll Fox | D.N.D. | December 17, 1985 | January 5, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Bernard A. Friedman | D.N.M. | June 16, 1986 | September 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| José A. Fusté | W.D. Wash. | September 28, 1981 | July 27, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. | D.N.J. | November 4, 1985 | November 16, 1987 | – |
| Paul V. Gadola | S.D. Ala. | November 18, 1981 | April 25, 1988 | – |
| Edward J. Garcia | E.D. Cal. | April 1, 1982 | May 13, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Emilio M. Garza | D. Kan. | December 10, 1981 | November 15, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Robert S. Gawthrop III | N.D. Tex. | December 9, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Lloyd D. George | E.D. Wis. | November 7, 1983 | January 1, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Walter J. Gex III | D. Me. | September 28, 1981 | November 20, 1989 | – |
| Julia Smith Gibbons | S.D.N.Y. | May 7, 1987 | May 21, 1988 | – |
| John R. Gibson | N.D. Miss. | October 17, 1985 | June 1, 2007 | Incumbent |
| I. Leo Glasser | E.D.N.Y. | March 19, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| James L. Graham | W.D. Wash. | April 4, 1985 | November 1, 1997 | Incumbent |
| John Thomas Greene, Jr. | D. Conn. | July 19, 1983 | January 2, 1998 | Incumbent |
| George F. Gunn, Jr. | D. Minn. | May 8, 1987 | June 30, 1998 | Incumbent |
| Barbara Kloka Hackett | E.D. Va. | December 3, 1981 | April 30, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. | M.D. Ala. | September 15, 1986 | October 5, 1990 | – |
| Cynthia Holcomb Hall | E.D. Pa. | July 27, 1988 | April 15, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan | N.D. Ill. | October 17, 1985 | October 30, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Clyde H. Hamilton | E.D. Mich. | October 14, 1986 | September 29, 2000 | Incumbent |
| David Rasmussen Hansen | W.D. Wash. | November 6, 1987 | December 1, 1998 | February 12, 2002 |
| John R. Hargrove, Sr. | E.D. Tenn. | April 16, 1985 | October 7, 2005 | Incumbent |
| Edward Francis Harrington | D. Haw. | May 20, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| Stanley S. Harris | M.D. Fla. | June 9, 1986 | August 25, 2008 | Incumbent |
| William Thomas Hart | E.D. La. | October 5, 1983 | Incumbent | – |
| Hayden Wilson Head, Jr. | C.D. Cal. | October 17, 1985 | May 24, 1989 | – |
| Karen L. Henderson | N.D. Tex. | February 24, 1983 | November 12, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Thomas Aquinas Higgins | M.D. Ga. | December 17, 1985 | February 1, 2001 | January 6, 2008 |
| Claude M. Hilton | N.D. Tex. | March 19, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| Ricardo Hinojosa | D. Haw. | June 21, 1982 | April 20, 1995 | – |
| David Hittner | E.D. Ky. | July 27, 1988 | May 2, 2005 | Incumbent |
| Thomas F. Hogan | N.D. Ga. | December 10, 1981 | April 27, 2004 | Incumbent |
| James F. Holderman | E.D.N.C. | September 30, 1982 | January 31, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Hezekiah Russel Holland | E.D. Mich. | April 20, 1988 | January 1, 2009 | Incumbent |
| Alex T. Howard, Jr. | D.P.R. | October 28, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Malcolm Jones Howard | E.D. Mich. | October 17, 1988 | January 31, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Kenneth M. Hoyt | E.D. Cal. | March 14, 1984 | November 24, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Lynn Nettleton Hughes | W.D. Tex. | April 20, 1988 | June 7, 1991 | – |
| Thomas Gray Hull | D. Nev. | May 3, 1984 | December 1, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Harry Lindley Hupp | W.D. Tenn. | June 7, 1983 | August 2, 2002 | – |
| Herbert J. Hutton | W.D. Mo. | September 19, 1981 | March 30, 1982 | – |
| James M. Ideman | E.D.N.Y. | December 10, 1981 | July 1, 1993 | Incumbent |
| J. Lawrence Irving | S.D. Ohio | September 26, 1986 | August 31, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Thomas Penfield Jackson | E.D. Mich. | April 7, 1986 | April 8, 1997 | March 1, 2000 |
| James Howard Jarvis II | C.D. Cal. | November 18, 1981 | October 4, 1984 | – |
| Delwen Lowell Jensen | S.D.W.Va. | November 14, 1983 | December 1, 1996 | June 8, 2004 |
| Alan Bond Johnson | D.S.C. | December 1, 1981 | July 31, 1991 | – |
| John Bailey Jones | N.D. Iowa | March 4, 1986 | November 18, 1991 | – |
| Robert Leon Jordan | D. Mass. | February 22, 1988 | March 1, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Michael Stephen Kanne | D.D.C. | November 14, 1983 | February 1, 1996 | June 2, 2001 |
| Marvin Katz | N.D. Ill. | April 21, 1982 | June 1, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Alan Cooke Kay | D.S.C. | June 16, 1986 | July 11, 1990 | – |
| John F. Keenan | M.D. Tenn. | October 4, 1984 | February 28, 1999 | Incumbent |
| William Duffy Keller | E.D. Va. | July 11, 1985 | December 31, 2005 | Incumbent |
| James McGirr Kelly | S.D. Tex. | May 5, 1983 | Incumbent | – |
| Robert F. Kelly | S.D. Tex. | June 9, 1986 | November 11, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Jackson L. Kiser | D.D.C. | August 20, 1982 | May 1, 2008 | Incumbent |
| Andrew Kleinfeld | N.D. Ill. | April 4, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Edward R. Korman | D. Alaska | July 16, 1984 | September 18, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Edwin Michael Kosik | E.D.N.C. | February 26, 1988 | December 31, 2005 | Incumbent |
| Elizabeth A. Kovachevich | S.D. Tex. | April 1, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| Shirley Wohl Kram | S.D. Tex. | December 17, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Alvin I. Krenzler | E.D. Tenn. | November 14, 1983 | October 1, 2002 | July 29, 2008 |
| Hector Manuel Laffitte | C.D. Cal. | March 21, 1984 | April 1, 1997 | January 27, 2004 |
| Ronald Rene Lagueux | E.D. Pa. | August 12, 1988 | September 6, 2003 | April 8, 2007 |
| Sim Lake | C.D. Cal. | June 15, 1984 | April 2, 1998 | September 11, 1998 |
| Royce C. Lamberth | S.D. Cal. | July 28, 1982 | December 31, 1990 | – |
| David G. Larimer | D.D.C. | June 25, 1982 | January 31, 2002 | August 31, 2004 |
| Edward Leavy | N.D. Cal. | June 25, 1986 | June 27, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Alfred James Lechner, Jr. | D. Wyo. | December 17, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Tom Stewart Lee | D.S.D. | November 18, 1981 | January 1, 1995 | Incumbent |
| William Charles Lee | E.D. Tenn. | October 17, 1988 | November 30, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Charles A. Legge | N.D. Ind. | February 9, 1982 | May 21, 1987 | – |
| Harry Daniel Leinenweber | E.D. Pa. | August 6, 1983 | August 26, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Peter K. Leisure | D. Haw. | September 15, 1986 | January 2, 2000 | Incumbent |
| John Spencer Letts | S.D.N.Y. | September 20, 1983 | December 31, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Ronald S.W. Lew | C.D. Cal. | October 4, 1984 | October 29, 1999 | Incumbent |
| John C. Lifland | E.D. Pa. | August 6, 1983 | March 31, 1996 | March 5, 2005 |
| Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. | E.D. Pa. | June 26, 1987 | July 17, 2001 | Incumbent |
| F. A. Little, Jr. | W.D. Va. | December 3, 1981 | April 30, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Marcel Livaudais, Jr. | D. Alaska | May 15, 1986 | October 7, 1991 | – |
| Joseph J. Longobardi | E.D.N.Y. | November 4, 1985 | October 25, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Charles C. Lovell | M.D. Pa. | June 16, 1986 | July 15, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Rodolfo Lozano | M.D. Fla. | March 9, 1982 | Incumbent | – |
| Edmund V. Ludwig | S.D.N.Y. | March 2, 1983 | May 23, 1993 | August 21, 2009 |
| Eugene F. Lynch | N.D. Ohio | December 10, 1981 | January 1, 1992 | July 6, 1992 |
| Paul A. Magnuson | E.D. Mich. | April 4, 1985 | August 3, 1996 | – |
| Robert B. Maloney | D.P.R. | July 27, 1983 | November 15, 2005 | February 16, 2007 |
| Carol Los Mansmann | D.R.I. | March 4, 1986 | November 30, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Stanley Marcus | S.D. Tex. | August 12, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| George Michael Marovich | D.D.C. | November 16, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Malcolm F. Marsh | W.D.N.Y. | November 6, 1987 | March 3, 2009 | Incumbent |
| Thomas James McAvoy | D. Or. | May 3, 1984 | April 8, 1987 | – |
| Alan Angus McDonald | S.D. Miss. | June 11, 1984 | April 8, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Howard D. McKibben | N.D. Ind. | July 28, 1981 | February 3, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Larry J. McKinney | N.D. Cal. | September 18, 1984 | June 30, 2001 | – |
| Joseph M. McLaughlin | N.D. Ill. | December 17, 1985 | June 3, 2002 | Incumbent |
| A. J. McNamara | S.D.N.Y. | June 15, 1984 | March 21, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Richard B. McQuade Jr. | C.D. Cal. | December 17, 1985 | December 19, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Glenn Everell Mencer | C.D. Cal. | May 7, 1987 | September 19, 2006 | Incumbent |
| Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. | D.N.J. | May 20, 1988 | June 15, 2001 | May 31, 2007 |
| Ronald Edward Meredith | E.D. La. | September 18, 1984 | December 31, 1996 | December 31, 2008 |
| Michael M. Mihm | D. Del. | May 3, 1984 | June 15, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Herbert Theodore Milburn | D. Mont. | April 4, 1985 | June 14, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Robert Lowell Miller Jr. | N.D. Ind. | February 26, 1988 | July 10, 2007 | Incumbent |
| Richard Henry Mills | E.D. Pa. | October 17, 1985 | May 20, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Roger Miner | N.D. Cal. | March 9, 1982 | March 14, 1997 | July 12, 1997 |
| James Tyne Moody | D. Minn. | October 29, 1981 | February 9, 2002 | Incumbent |
| John H. Moore II | N.D. Tex. | October 17, 1985 | August 31, 2000 | Incumbent |
| J. Frederick Motz | W.D. Pa. | March 19, 1982 | April 22, 1985 | – |
| Michael Mukasey | N.D. Ill. | April 1, 1988 | January 2, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Lenore Carrero Nesbitt | D. Or. | March 24, 1987 | April 16, 1998 | Incumbent |
| Alan Harris Nevas | N.D.N.Y. | March 4, 1986 | September 17, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Paul V. Niemeyer | E.D. Wash. | October 17, 1985 | December 13, 1996 | July 26, 2007 |
| John Albert Nordberg | D. Nev. | October 4, 1984 | April 1, 2005 | Incumbent |
| Charles Ronald Norgle, Sr. | S.D. Ind. | July 20, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| James Robertson Nowlin | E.D.N.Y. | September 28, 1981 | October 18, 1990 | – |
| Thomas Newman O'Neill, Jr. | E.D. La. | June 21, 1982 | June 9, 2001 | Incumbent |
| James Aubrey Parker | W.D. Pa. | March 19, 1982 | April 18, 1994 | April 17, 2007 |
| Robert P. Patterson, Jr. | W.D. Ky. | April 4, 1985 | December 1, 1994 | – |
| Maurice M. Paul | C.D. Ill. | August 6, 1982 | Incumbent | – |
| Layn R. Phillips | E.D. Tenn. | June 7, 1983 | October 9, 1984 | – |
| Jaime Pieras Jr. | C.D. Ill. | July 22, 1985 | October 7, 1997 | Incumbent |
| George La Plata | N.D.N.Y. | September 28, 1981 | August 2, 1985 | – |
| Paul Edward Plunkett | N.D. Ind. | February 9, 1982 | June 17, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Nicholas H. Politan | D. Md. | July 12, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| John Carbone Porfilio | S.D.N.Y. | November 9, 1987 | August 1, 2006 | September 9, 2006 |
| John William Potter | S.D. Fla. | November 16, 1983 | July 19, 1998 | October 6, 2001 |
| Robert Daniel Potter | D. Conn. | October 17, 1985 | March 27, 1997 | February 2, 2009 |
| Edward C. Prado | D. Md. | February 22, 1988 | August 10, 1990 | – |
| Philip Martin Pro | N.D. Ill. | April 21, 1982 | June 18, 1994 | Incumbent |
| Edward Rafeedie | W.D. Tex. | October 26, 1981 | May 31, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Reena Raggi | D.N.M. | November 6, 1987 | September 1, 2003 | Incumbent |
| William J. Rea | N.D. Fla. | June 21, 1982 | July 31, 1997 | Incumbent |
| Stephen M. Reasoner | W.D. Okla. | June 15, 1987 | June 22, 1991 | – |
| Lowell A. Reed, Jr. | D.P.R. | July 15, 1982 | August 1, 1993 | Incumbent |
| George Hughes Revercomb | N.D. Ill. | December 10, 1982 | July 10, 1998 | Incumbent |
| John Skylstead Rhoades, Sr. | D.N.J. | November 9, 1987 | January 4, 2002 | – |
| Ross Thompson Roberts | D. Colo. | June 25, 1982 | May 13, 1985 | – |
| Joseph H. Rodriguez | N.D. Ohio | June 21, 1982 | August 1, 1992 | Incumbent |
| James M. Rosenbaum | W.D.N.C. | October 29, 1981 | May 1, 1994 | July 2, 2009 |
| Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt | W.D. Tex. | March 30, 1984 | May 13, 2003 | – |
| Jane Richards Roth | D. Nev. | July 23, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Ilana Rovner | C.D. Cal. | September 24, 1982 | January 6, 1996 | March 25, 2008 |
| David Lynn Russell | E.D.N.Y. | May 7, 1987 | October 7, 2002 | – |
| Harold Lyman Ryan | C.D. Cal. | June 15, 1984 | March 31, 1998 | August 3, 2005 |
| Pamela Ann Rymer | E.D. Ark. | February 26, 1988 | September 17, 2002 | August 14, 2004 |
| Kenneth Ryskamp | D.D.C. | December 17, 1985 | August 1, 1993 | – |
| David Sam | W.D. Mo. | August 20, 1982 | April 24, 1987 | – |
| Richard A. Schell | D.N.J. | May 10, 1985 | May 22, 1998 | Incumbent |
| Anthony Joseph Scirica | D. Minn. | July 18, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Thomas E. Scott, Jr. | D. Ariz. | June 11, 1984 | October 30, 2003 | Incumbent |
| Bruce M. Selya | D. Del. | November 4, 1985 | July 22, 1991 | – |
| David B. Sentelle | N.D. Ill. | September 12, 1984 | August 17, 1992 | – |
| John C. Shabaz | W.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. E.D. Okla. |
December 17, 1981 | Incumbent December 1, 1990[3] |
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| G. Kendall Sharp | D. Idaho | December 17, 1981 | December 30, 1992 | April 10, 1995 |
| Charles Ralph Simpson III | C.D. Cal. | February 24, 1983 | May 23, 1989 | – |
| Frederic N. Smalkin | S.D. Fla. | April 24, 1986 | January 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Walter Scott Smith, Jr. | D. Utah | October 16, 1985 | November 1, 1999 | Incumbent |
| D. Brooks Smith | E.D. Tex. | June 6, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| Fern M. Smith | E.D. Pa. | September 18, 1984 | September 11, 1987 | – |
| George Curtis Smith | D.R.I. | August 18, 1982 | November 24, 1986 | – |
| James R. Spencer | W.D.N.C. | October 17, 1985 | October 19, 1987 | – |
| Stanley Sporkin | W.D. Wis. | December 10, 1981 | January 20, 2009 | Incumbent |
| John E. Sprizzo | M.D. Fla. | November 16, 1983 | January 1, 2000 | Incumbent |
| Joseph Peter Stadtmueller | D. Md. | September 26, 1986 | January 8, 2003 | Incumbent |
| William Lloyd Standish | W.D. Pa. | October 17, 1988 | September 23, 2002 | – |
| Louis L. Stanton | N.D. Cal. | July 27, 1988 | May 15, 2003 | June 30, 2005 |
| Joseph Edward Stevens, Jr. | S.D. Ohio | November 9, 1987 | January 1, 2002 | Incumbent |
| William Donald Stiehl | E.D. Va. | October 14, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| Alicemarie Huber Stotler | D.D.C. | December 17, 1985 | February 12, 1999 | January 15, 2000 |
| Roger Gordon Strand | S.D.N.Y. | September 28, 1981 | January 1, 2000 | December 16, 2008 |
| Lyle Elmer Strom | E.D. Wis. | June 1, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Richard Fred Suhrheinrich | W.D. Pa. | November 6, 1987 | March 1, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Michael Anthony Telesca | S.D.N.Y. | July 18, 1985 | October 1, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Dickran M. Tevrizian Jr. | S.D. Ill. | June 16, 1986 | November 30, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Norwood Carlton Tilley, Jr. | C.D. Cal. | May 3, 1984 | January 5, 2009 | Incumbent |
| John Daniel Tinder | D. Ariz. | July 22, 1985 | April 28, 2000 | Incumbent |
| James Dale Todd | D. Neb. | October 28, 1985 | November 2, 1995 | Incumbent |
| Ernest C. Torres | E.D. Mich. | October 4, 1984 | July 13, 1990 | – |
| Jerome Turner | W.D.N.Y. | April 21, 1982 | May 3, 1996 | Incumbent |
| Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen | S.D. Ind. | August 10, 1987 | December 21, 2007 | – |
| Roger Vinson | W.D. Tenn. | July 11, 1985 | May 20, 2008 | Incumbent |
| Richard Lesley Voorhees | D.R.I. | November 6, 1987 | December 1, 2006 | Incumbent |
| John P. Vukasin Jr. | W.D. Tenn. | December 9, 1987 | February 12, 2000 | – |
| Jay Waldman | N.D. Fla. | October 5, 1983 | March 31, 2005 | Incumbent |
| John M. Walker, Jr. | W.D.N.C. | October 17, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| Donald Ellsworth Walter | E.D. Pa. | October 17, 1988 | May 30, 2003 | – |
| Hugh Franklin Waters | W.D. La. | July 11, 1985 | November 30, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Rodney Scott Webb | W.D. Ark. | October 26, 1981 | August 1, 1997 | April 16, 2002 |
| Herman Jacob Weber | D.N.D. | December 21, 1987 | December 31, 2001 | August 9, 2009 |
| Leonard D. Wexler | S.D. Ohio | April 4, 1985 | January 1, 2002 | Incumbent |
| Dean Whipple | E.D.N.Y. | June 22, 1983 | June 30, 1994 | Incumbent |
| Henry Rupert Wilhoit, Jr. | W.D. Mo. | December 9, 1987 | April 30, 2007 | Incumbent |
| William Walter Wilkins | D.S.C. | July 22, 1981 | July 10, 1986 | – |
| Ann Claire Williams | N.D. Ill. | April 4, 1985 | November 17, 1999 | – |
| Stephen Victor Wilson | C.D. Cal. | October 17, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Henry Travillion Wingate | S.D. Miss. | October 17, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Mark Lawrence Wolf | D. Mass. | April 4, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| Alfred M. Wolin | D.N.J. | December 9, 1987 | September 18, 2000 | June 30, 2004 |
| Charles Robert Wolle | S.D. Iowa | August 6, 1987 | October 16, 2001 | Incumbent |
| Kimba Wood | S.D.N.Y. | April 20, 1988 | Incumbent | – |
| Douglas Preston Woodlock | D. Mass. | June 16, 1986 | Incumbent | – |
| George E. Woods | E.D. Mich. | November 16, 1983 | November 16, 1993 | August 13, 2004 |
| William G. Young | D. Mass. | April 4, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
| James Zagel | N.D. Ill. | April 22, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Lawrence Paul Zatkoff | E.D. Mich. | March 4, 1986 | June 16, 2004 | Incumbent |
| Thomas Samuel Zilly | W.D. Wash. | April 20, 1988 | January 1, 2004 | Incumbent |
| William J. Zloch | S.D. Fla. | November 4, 1985 | Incumbent | – |
References
References
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- ^ All information on the names, terms of service, and details of appointment of federal judges is derived from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public-domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Rehnquist was born and raised in Wisconsin, and lived and worked for various periods of years in Ohio, California, and Washington D.C., before settling in Arizona.
- ^ Russell was appointed to all three districts of Oklahoma; his appointment to the Eastern District was terminated on December 1, 1990, but he continues in office in the remaining two districts.
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