Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Judiciary of the United States

United States Supreme Court

Chief Justice of the United States
John Jay

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1745; d. May 17 1829.

1789 – 1795

John Rutledge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1739; d. June 21 1800.

1795

Oliver Ellsworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1745; d. November 26 1807.

1796 – 1800

John Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1755; d. July 6 1835.

1801 – 1835

Roger Brooke Taney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1777; d. October 12 1864.

1836 – 1864

Salmon Portland Chase

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1808; d. May 7 1873.

1864 – 1873

Morrison Remick Waite

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1816; d. March 23 1888.

1874 – 1888

Melville Weston Fuller

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1833; d. July 4 1910.

1888 – 1910

Edward Douglass White, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1845; d. May 19 1921.

1910 – 1921

William Howard Taft

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930

1921 – 1930

Charles Evans Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1862; d. August 27 1948.

1930 – 1941

Harlan Fiske Stone

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1872; d. April 22 1946.

1941 – 1946

Frederick Moore “Fred” Vinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1890; d. September 8 1953.

1946 – 1953

Earl Warren

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1891; d. July 9 1974.

1953 – 1969

Warren Earl Burger

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1907; d. June 25 1995.

1969 – 1986

William Hubbs Rehnquist

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1924; d. September 3 2005.

1986 – 2005

John Glover Roberts, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1955.

2005 – present


Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
James Wilson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1742; d. August 21 1798.

1789 – 1798

John Rutledge, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1739; d. June 21 1800.

1790 – 1791

William Cushing

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1732; d. September 13 1810.

1790 – 1810

John Blair, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1732; d. August 31 1800.

1790 – 1795

James Iredell

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1751; d. October 20 1799.

1790 – 1799

Thomas Johnson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1732; d. October 26 1819.

1791 – 1793

William Paterson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1745; d. September 9 1806.

1793 – 1806

Samuel Chase

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1741; d. June 19 1811.

1796 – 1811

Bushrod Washington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1762; d. November 26 1829.

1798 – 1829

Alfred Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1755; d. October 15 1810.

1800 – 1804

William Johnson, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1771; d. August 4 1834.

1804 – 1834

Henry Brockholst Livingston

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 25 1757; d. March 18 1823.

1807 – 1823

Thomas Todd

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1765; d. February 7 1826.

1807 – 1826

Gabriel Duvall

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1752; d. March 6 1844.

1811 – 1835

Joseph Story

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1779; d. September 10 1845.

1812 – 1845

Smith Thompson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1768; d. December 18 1843.

1823 – 1843

Robert Trimble

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1776; d. August 25 1828.

1826 – 1828

John McLean

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1785; d. April 4 1861.

1829 – 1861

Henry Baldwin

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1780; d. April 21 1844.

1830 – 1844

James Moore Wayne

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1790; d. July 5 1867.

1835 – 1867

Philip Pendleton Barbour

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1783; d. February 25 1841.

1836 – 1841

John Catron

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1786; d. May 30 1865.

1837 – 1865

John McKinley

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1780; d. July 19 1852.

1838 – 1852

Peter Vivian Daniel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1784; d. May 31 1860.

1842 – 1860

Samuel Nelson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1792; d. December 13 1873.

1845 – 1872

Levi Woodbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1789; d. September 4 1851.

1845 – 1851

Robert Cooper Grier

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1794; d. September 25 1870.

1846 – 1870

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1809; d. September 15 1874.

1851 – 1857

John Archibald Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1811; d. March 12 1889.

1853 – 1861

Nathan Clifford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1803; d. July 25 1881.

1858 – 1881

Noah Haynes Swayne

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1804; d. June 8 1884.

1862 – 1881

Samuel Freeman Miller

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1816; d. October 13 1890.

1862 – 1890

David Davis

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1815; d. June 26 1886.

1862 – 1877

Stephen Johnson Field

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1816; d. April 9 1899.

1863 – 1897

William Strong

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1808; d. August 19 1895.

1870 – 1880

Joseph Philo Bradley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1813; d. January 22 1892.

1870 – 1892

Ward Hunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1810; d. March 24 1886.

1873 – 1882

John Marshall Harlan

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1833; d. October 14 1911.

1877 – 1911

William Burnham Woods

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1824; d. May 14 1887.

1881 – 1887

Thomas Stanley Matthews

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1824; d. March 22 1889.

1881 – 1889

Samuel M. Blatchford

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1820; d. July 7 1893.

1882 – 1893

Horace Gray

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1828; d. September 15 1902.

1882 – 1902

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1810; d. March 24 1885.

1888 – 1893

David Josiah Brewer

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1837; d. March 28 1910.

1890 – 1910

Henry Billings Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1836; d. September 4 1913.

1891 – 1906

George Shiras, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1832; d. August 2 1924.

1892 – 1903

Howell Edmunds Jackson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1832; d. August 8 1895.

1893 – 1895

Edward Douglass White, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 3 1845; d. May 19 1921.

1894 – 1910

Rufus Wheeler Peckham

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1838; d. October 24 1909.

1896 – 1909

Joseph McKenna

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1843; d. November 21 1926.

1898 – 1925

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1841; d. March 6 1935.

1902 – 1932

William Rufus Day

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1849; d. July 9 1923.

1903 – 1922

Horace Harmon Lurton

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1844; d. July 12 1914.

1910 – 1914

Charles Evans Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1862; d. August 27 1948.

1910 – 1916

Willis Van Devanter

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1859; d. February 8 1941.

1911 – 1937

James Clark McReynolds

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1862; d. August 24 1946.

1914 – 1941

Louis Dembitz Brandeis

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1856; d. October 5 1941.

1916 – 1939

John Hessin Clarke

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1857; d. March 22 1945.

1916 – 1922

George Alexander Sutherland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1862; d. July 18 1942.

1922 – 1938

Pierce Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1866; d. November 16 1939.

1923 – 1939

Edward Terry Sanford

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1865; d. March 8 1930.

1923 – 1930

Harlan Fiske Stone

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 11 1872; d. April 22 1946.

1925 – 1941

Owen Josephus Roberts

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1875; d. May 17 1955.

1930 – 1945

Benjamin Nathan Cardozo

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1870; d. July 9 1938.

1932 – 1938

Hugo Lafayette Black

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1886; d. September 25 1971.

1937 – 1971

Stanley Forman Reed

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1884; d. April 2 1980.

1938 – 1957

Felix Frankfurter

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1882; d. February 22 1965.

1939 – 1962

William Orville Douglas

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1898; d. January 19 1980.

1939 – 1975

James Francis Byrnes

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1882; d. April 9 1972.

1941 – 1942

Robert Houghwout Jackson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1892; d. October 9 1954.

1941 – 1954

Sherman “Shay” Minton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1890; d. April 9 1965.

1949 – 1956

John Marshall Harlan

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1899; d. December 29 1971.

1955 – 1971

William Joseph Brennan, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1906; d. July 24 1997.

1956 – 1990

Charles Evans Whittaker

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1901; d. November 26 1973.

1957 – 1962

Potter Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1915; d. December 7 1985.

1958 – 1981

Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1917; d. April 15 2002.

1962 – 1993

Arthur Joseph Goldberg

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 8 1908; d. January 19 1990.

1962 – 1965

Abraham “Abe” Fortas

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1910; d. April 5 1982.

1965 – 1969

Thurgood Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1908; d. January 24 1993.

1967 – 1991

William Hubbs Rehnquist

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1924; d. September 3 2005.

1972 – 1986

John Paul Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1920; d. July 16 2019.

1975 – 2010

Sandra Day O’Connor

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1930; d. December 1 2023.

1981 – 2006

Antonin Gregory Scalia

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1936; d. February 13 2016.

1986 – 2016

Anthony McLeod Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1936.

1988 – 2018

David Hackett Souter

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1939; d. May 8 2025.

1990 – 2009

Clarence Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1948.

1991 – present

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1933; d. September 18 2020.

1993 – 2020

Stephen Gerald Breyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1938.

1994 – 2022

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1950.

2006 – present

Sonia Maria Sotomayor

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1954.

2009 – present

Elena Kagan

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1960.

2010 – present

Neil McGill Gorsuch

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1967.

2017 – present

Brett Michael Kavanaugh

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1965.

2018 – present

Amy Vivian Coney Barrett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1972.

2020 – present

Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1970.

2022 – present


United States Federal Courts

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Merrick Brian Garland

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1952.

2013 – 2020


Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Frederick Moore “Fred” Vinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1890; d. September 8 1953.

1937 – 1943

Warren Earl Burger

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1907; d. June 25 1995.

1956 – 1969

Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1933; d. September 18 2020.

1980 – 1993

Robert Heron Bork

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1927; d. December 29 2012.

1982 – 1988

Antonin Gregory Scalia

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1936; d. February 13 2016.

1982 – 1986

Kenneth Winston “Ken” Starr

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1946; d. September 13 2022.

1983 – 1989

James Lane Buckley

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1923; d. August 18 2023.

1985 – 1996

Clarence Thomas

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1948.

1990 – 1991

Merrick Brian Garland

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1952.

1997 – 2021

John Glover Roberts, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1955.

2003 – 2005

Brett Michael Kavanaugh

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1965.

2006 – 2018

Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1970.

2021 – 2022


United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Stephen Gerald Breyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1938.

1990 – 1994


Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Stephen Gerald Breyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1938.

1980 – 1994

David Hackett Souter

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1939; d. May 8 2025.

1990


United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jerome New Frank

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1889; d. January 13 1957.

1941 – 1957

John Marshall Harlan

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1899; d. December 29 1971.

1954 – 1955

Thurgood Marshall

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1908; d. January 24 1993.

1961 – 1965

Sonia Maria Sotomayor

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1954.

1998 – 2009


United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
William Henry Hastie, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1904; d. April 14 1976.

1949 – 1971

Arlin Marvin Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1921; d. December 22 2015.

1969 – 1987

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1950.

1990 – 2006

Maryanne Trump Barry

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1937; d. November 13 2023.

1999 – 2011

Michael Chertoff

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1953.

2003 – 2005


United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
John Johnston Parker

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1885; d. March 17 1958.

1948 – 1958

Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1912; d. November 22 1989.

1964 – 1981


Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
John Johnston Parker

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1885; d. March 17 1958.

1925 – 1958

Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 30 1912; d. November 22 1989.

1957 – 1981


United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Elbert Parr Tuttle

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1897; d. June 23 1996.

1960 – 1967


Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Elbert Parr Tuttle

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1897; d. June 23 1996.

1954 – 1968

Griffin Boyette Bell

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1918; d. January 5 2009.

1961 – 1976

William Homer Thornberry

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1909; d. December 12 1995.

1965 – 1978

George Harrold Carswell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1919; d. July 13 1992.

1969 – 1970


United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Howell Edmunds Jackson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1832; d. August 8 1895.

1891 – 1893

William Howard Taft

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1857; d. March 8 1930

1892 – 1900

Horace Harmon Lurton

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1844; d. July 12 1914.

1893 – 1909

William Rufus Day

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1849; d. July 9 1923.

1899 – 1903

Henry Franklin Severens

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1835; d. June 8 1923.

1900 – 1911

Potter Stewart

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1915; d. December 7 1985.

1954 – 1958


United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Walter Quintin Gresham

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1832; d. May 28 1895.

1891 – 1893

Sherman “Shay” Minton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1890; d. April 9 1965.

1941 – 1949

Otto Kerner, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1908; d. May 9 1976.

1968 – 1974

John Paul Stevens

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1920; d. July 16 2019.

1970 – 1975

Philip Willis Tone

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1923; d. November 28 2001.

1974 – 1980

Amy Vivian Coney Barrett

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1972.

2017 – 2020


United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Marion Charles Matthes

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1906; d. November 30 1980.

1970 – 1973


Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Willis Van Devanter

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1859; d. February 8 1941.

1903 – 1910

William Squire Kenyon

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1869; d. September 9 1933.

1922 – 1933

Charles Evans Whittaker

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1901; d. November 26 1973.

1956 – 1957

Marion Charles Matthes

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1906; d. November 30 1980.

1958 – 1973

William Hedgcock Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1924; d. August 8 2025.

1973 – 1978

Theodore McMillian

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1919; d. January 18 2006.

1978 – 2003

Jonathan Allen Kobes

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1974.

2018 – present


United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Joseph McKenna

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1843; d. November 21 1926.

1892 – 1897

Wallace McCamant

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1867; d. December 17 1944.

1925 – 1926

Curtis Dwight Wilbur

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1867; d. September 8 1954.

1929 – 1945

Anthony McLeod Kennedy

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1936.

1975 – 1988


United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Neil McGill Gorsuch

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1967.

2006 – 2017




United States District Courts

Alabama

Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
John Gayle

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1792; d. July 21 1859.

1849 – 1859

Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1857; d. December 21 1929.

1914 – 1929


Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
John Gayle

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1792; d. July 21 1859.

1849 – 1859

Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1857; d. December 21 1929.

1914 – 1929


Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
John Gayle

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1792; d. July 21 1859.

1849 – 1859

John McDuffie

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1883; d. November 1 1950.

1935 – 1950


Arizona

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
Susan Marie Ritchie Bolton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1951.

2000 – 2016


Arkansas

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arkansas
Daniel Ringo

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1803; d. September 3 1873.

1849 – 1851


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Susan Webber Wright

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1948.

1998 – 2005


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
Daniel Ringo

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1803; d. September 3 1873.

1851 – 1861

Oren Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1903; d. February 5 1997.

1965 – 1976

Susan Webber Wright

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1948.

1990 – 2013


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Oren Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1903; d. February 5 1997.

1967 – 1973


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
Daniel Ringo

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1803; d. September 3 1873.

1851 – 1861

Oren Harris

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1903; d. February 5 1997.

1965 – 1976

Susan Webber Wright

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1948.

1990


California

Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
Harold Louderback

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 30 1881; d. December 11 1941.

1928 – 1941


Connecticut

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
Andrew Thompson Judson

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 29 1784; d. March 17 1853.

1836 – 1853


District of Columbia

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
John Joseph Sirica

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1904; d. August 14 1992.

1971 – 1974

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
John Joseph Sirica

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1904; d. August 14 1992.

1957 – 1977

Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1970.

2013 – 2021


Florida

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
George Harrold Carswell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1919; d. July 13 1992.

1958 – 1969

Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
George Harrold Carswell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1919; d. July 13 1992.

1958 – 1969


Georgia

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia
Nathaniel Pendleton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1756; d. October 20 1821.

1789 – 1796


Illinois

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Illinois
Thomas Drummond

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1809; d. May 15 1890.

1850 – 1855


Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Thomas Drummond

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1809; d. May 15 1890.

1855 – 1869

James Herbert Wilkerson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1869; d. September 30 1948.

1922 – 1940

Philip Willis Tone

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1923; d. November 28 2001.

1972 – 1974


Indiana

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana
Elisha Mills Huntington

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1806; d. October 26 1862.

1842 – 1862

Caleb Blood Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1808; d. January 7 1864.

1862 – 1864

Walter Quintin Gresham

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1832; d. May 28 1895.

1869 – 1883


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Tanya Marie Walton Pratt

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1959.

2021 – 2025


Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Tanya Marie Walton Pratt

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1959.

2010 – present


Iowa

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Robert William Pratt

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1947; d. January 28 2026.

2006 – 2011


Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
Robert William Pratt

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1947; d. January 28 2026.

1997 – 2012


Kentucky

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky
Robert Trimble

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1776; d. August 25 1828.

1817 – 1826


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
David Louis Bunning

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1966.

2025 – present


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
David Louis Bunning

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1966.

2002 – present


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Charles Irving Dawson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1881; d. April 24 1969.

1925 – 1935


Louisiana

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
Dominic Augustin Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1765; d. December 19 1820.

1812 – 1813

Dominic Augustin Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1765; d. December 19 1820.

1813 – 1820

Theodore Howard McCaleb

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1810; d. April 29 1864.

1845 – 1849


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Theodore Howard McCaleb

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1810; d. April 29 1864.

1841 – 1845

Theodore Howard McCaleb

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1810; d. April 29 1864.

1849 – 1861


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Theodore Howard McCaleb

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1810; d. April 29 1864.

1841 – 1845

Henry Boyce

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1797; d. March 1 1873.

1849 – 1861


Maine

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine
George John Mitchell, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1933.

1979 – 1980


Maryland

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Charles Stanley Blair

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1927; d. April 20 1980.

1971 – 1980


Massachusetts

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Peleg Sprague

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1793; d. October 13 1880.

1841 – 1865

Nancy Gertner

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1946.

1994 – 2011


Michigan

Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Henry Billings Brown

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1836; d. September 4 1913.

1875 – 1890


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Henry Franklin Severens

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1835; d. June 8 1923.

1886 – 1900


Minnesota

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Miles Welton Lord

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1919; d. December 10 2016.

1981 – 1985


Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Miles Welton Lord

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1919; d. December 10 2016.

1966 – 1985


Missouri

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Missouri
James Hawkins Peck

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1790; d. April 29 1836.

1822 – 1836


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
John Francis Nangle

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1922; d. August 24 2008.

1983 – 1990

Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
David Patterson Dyer

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1838; d. April 29 1924.

1907 – 1919

William Hedgcock Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1924; d. August 8 2025.

1970 – 1973

John Francis Nangle

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1922; d. August 24 2008.

1973 – 1990

William Leonard “Bill” Hungate

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1922; d. June 22 2007.

1979 – 1991


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Charles Evans Whittaker

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1901; d. November 26 1973.

1954 – 1956


New Hampshire

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
John Sullivan

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1740; d. January 23 1795.

1789 – 1795

John Pickering

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1737; d. April 11 1805.

1795 – 1804

John Samuel Sherburne

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. August 2 1830.

1804 – 1830


New Jersey

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Mahlon Dickerson

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1770; d. October 5 1853.

1840 – 1841

Maryanne Trump Barry

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1937; d. November 13 2023.

1983 – 1999


New York

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New York
James Duane

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1733; d. February 1 1797.

1789 – 1794

John Laurance

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1750; d. November 11 1810.

1794 – 1796

Robert Troup

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. January 14 1832.

1796 – 1798

Matthias Burnett Tallmadge

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1774; d. October 1 1819.

1805 – 1814

William Peter Van Ness

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1778; d. September 6 1826.

1812 – 1814


Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Matthias Burnett Tallmadge

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1774; d. October 1 1819.

1814 – 1819

Roger Skinner

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1773; d. August 29 1825.

1819 – 1825

Nathan Kelsey Hall

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1798; d. November 19 1873.

1852 – 1874

George Washington Ray

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1844; d. January 10 1925.

1902 – 1925

Anthony Joseph Brindisi

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1978.

2024 – present


Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
William Peter Van Ness

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1778; d. September 6 1826.

1814 – 1826

Samuel M. Blatchford

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1820; d. July 7 1893.

1867 – 1878

Lawrence Edward Walsh

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1912; d. March 19 2014.

1954 – 1957

Sonia Maria Sotomayor

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1954.

1992 – 1998


North Carolina

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina
John Stokes

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1756; d. October 12 1790.

1790


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Robert James “Bob” Conrad, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1958.

2006 – 2013


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Edwin Yates Webb

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1872; d. February 7 1955.

1919 – 1948

Robert James “Bob” Conrad, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1958.

2005 – 2023


Ohio

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Ohio
Charles Willing Byrd

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1770; d. August 25 1828.

1803 – 1828

Benjamin Tappan

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1773; d. April 20 1857.

1833 – 1834

Daniel Oliver Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1815; d. December 5 1859.

1854 – 1855


Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
John Hessin Clarke

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1857; d. March 22 1945.

1914 – 1916

Samuel Hardman West

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1872; d. October 5 1938.

1928 – 1938


Oklahoma

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Ralph Gordon Thompson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1934.

1986 – 1993


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Ralph Gordon Thompson

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1934.

1975 – 1999


Oregon

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
James Milton Burns

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1924; d. December 21 2001.

1979 – 1984


Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
James Milton Burns

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1924; d. December 21 2001.

1972 – 1989

Robert Edward Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1927; d. March 29 2025.

1990 – 2000


Pennsylvania

Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Archibald Randall

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1797; d. June 8 1846.

1842 – 1846


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
William Wilkins

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1779; d. June 23 1865.

1824 – 1831


Tennessee

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Tennessee
John McNairy

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1762; d. November 12 1837.

1797 – 1802


Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
John McNairy

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1762; d. November 12 1837.

1802 – 1833

David McKendree Key

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1824; d. February 3 1900.

1880 – 1895

Edward Terry Sanford

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1865; d. March 8 1930.

1908 – 1923


Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
David McKendree Key

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1824; d. February 3 1900.

1880 – 1895


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
John McNairy

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1762; d. November 12 1837.

1802 – 1833


Texas

Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Sarah Tilghman Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1896; d. April 23 1985.

1961 – 1975


Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
James Burr V. Allred

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1899; d. September 24 1959.

1939 – 1942

James Burr V. Allred

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1899; d. September 24 1959.

1949 – 1959


Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
William Homer Thornberry

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1909; d. December 12 1995.

1963 – 1965


Vermont

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
Nathaniel Chipman

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1752; d. February 13 1843.

1791 – 1793

Elijah Paine

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1757; d. April 28 1842.

1801 – 1842

Samuel Prentiss

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1782; d. January 15 1857.

1842 – 1857


Virginia

Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia
John Tyler, Sr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 28 1747; d. January 6 1813.

1811 – 1813


Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Mark Steven Davis

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1962.

2018 – present

Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
George Hay

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1765; d. September 21 1830.

1825 – 1830

Philip Pendleton Barbour

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1783; d. February 25 1841.

1830 – 1836

Peter Vivian Daniel

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1784; d. May 31 1860.

1836 – 1841

John Young Mason

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1799; d. October 3 1859.

1841 – 1844

James Dandridge Halyburton

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1803; d. January 26 1879.

1844 – 1861

Robert Reynold Merhige, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1919; d. February 18 2005.

1967 – 1987

Thomas Selby Ellis III

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1940; d. July 30 2025.

1987 – 2007

Mark Steven Davis

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1962.

2008 – present




United States District Attorneys

Alabama

United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1946.

1981 – 1993


Arkansas

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas
John Timothy “Tim” Griffin

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1968.

2006 – 2007


California

United States Attorney for the Northern District of California
Robert Swan Mueller III

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1944.

1998 – 2001


District of Columbia

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Francis Scott Key

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1779; d. January 11 1843.

1833 – 1841


Florida

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida
George Harrold Carswell

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1919; d. July 13 1992.

1953 – 1958


Illinois

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
Otto Kerner, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1908; d. May 9 1976.

1947 – 1954

Patrick J. Fitzgerald

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1960.

2001 – 2012

John R. Lausch, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1970.

2017 – 2023


Indiana

United States Attorney for the District of Indiana
Thomas McLelland Browne

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1829; d. July 17 1891.

1869 – 1872


United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana
Susan Lynn Brooks

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1960.

2001 – 2007


Kentucky

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Edwin Porch Morrow

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1829; d. July 17 1891.

1910 – 1913


Maine

United States Attorney for the District of Maine
George John Mitchell, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1933.

1977 – 1979


Maryland

United States Attorney for the District of Maryland
George Beall VIII

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1937; d. January 15 2017.

1970 – 1975

Rod Jay Rosenstein

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1965.

2005 – 2017

Robert Kyoung Hur

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1973.

2018 – 2021


Massachusetts

United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
Christopher Gore

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1758; d. March 1 1827.

1789 – 1796

Harrison Gray Otis

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1765; d. October 28 1848.

1796

Elliot Lee Richardson

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1920; d. December 31 1999.

1959 – 1961

Robert Swan Mueller III (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1944.

1986 – 1987


Missouri

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
William Hedgcock Webster

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1924; d. August 8 2025.

1960 – 1961


United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
Roscoe Conkling Patterson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1876; d. October 22 1954.

1925 – 1929

Maurice Morton Milligan

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1884; d. June 19 1959.

1934 – 1940

Maurice Morton Milligan

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 23 1884; d. June 19 1959.

1940 – 1945


Montana

United States Attorney for the District of Montana
Burton Kendall Wheeler

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1882; d. January 6 1975.

1912 – 1918


New Hampshire

United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire
Jeremiah Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1759; d. September 21 1842.

1797 – 1800


New Jersey

United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
Richard Stockton

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1764; d. March 7 1828.

1789 – 1791

James Sproat Green

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1792; d. November 8 1862.

1835 – 1850

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1950.

1987 – 1990

Michael Chertoff

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1953.

1990 – 1994

Christopher James “Chris” Christie

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1962.

2002 – 2008


New York

United States Attorney for the District of New York
Nathan Sanford

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1777; d. October 17 1838.

1803 – 1815


United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York
Benjamin Franklin Tracy

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1830; d. August 6 1915.

1866 – 1877

Mary Jo White (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1947.

1992 – 1993


United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York
Roger Skinner

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1773; d. August 29 1825.

1815 – 1819

Samuel Beardsley

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1790; d. May 6 1860.

1823 – 1831


United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
James Alexander Hamilton

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1788; d. September 24 1878.

1829 – 1834

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1795; d. November 8 1858.

1838 – 1841

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1795; d. November 8 1858.

1845 – 1848

Theodore Sedgwick III

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1811; d. December 9 1859.

1858 – 1859

Edwards Pierrepont

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1817; d. March 6 1892.

1869 – 1870

Stewart Lyndon Woodford

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1835; d. February 14 1913.

1877 – 1883

Elihu Root

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1845; d. February 7 1937.

1883 – 1885

Henry Lewis Stimson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1867; d. October 20 1950.

1906 – 1909

Thomas Edmund Dewey (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 24 1902; d. March 16 1971.

1933

Paul Jerome Curran

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1933; d. September 4 2008.

1973 – 1975

Robert Bishop Fiske, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1930.

1976 – 1980

Rudolph William Louis “Rudy” Giuliani

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1944.

1983 – 1989

Mary Jo White

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1947.

1993 – 2002

James Brien Comey, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1960.

2002 – 2003


United States Attorney for the Western District of New York
William Joseph “Wild Bill” Donovan

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1883; d. February 8 1959.

1922 – 1924


North Carolina

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina
George Edward Bell Holding

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1968.

2006 – 2011


United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina
James Daniel “Dan” Bishop (*interim)

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1964.

2025 – present


Ohio

United States Attorney for the District of Ohio
Samson Mason

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1793; d. February 1 1869.

1850 – 1854


Oregon

United States Attorney for the District of Oregon
Francis Joseph Heney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1859; d. October 31 1937.

1905


Pennsylvania

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jared Ingersoll, Jr.

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1749; d. October 31 1822.

1815 – 1822

George Mifflin Dallas

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1792; d. December 31 1864.

1829 – 1831

Henry Dilworth Gilpin

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1801; d. January 29 1860.

1831 – 1837

William Morris Meredith

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 8 1799; d. August 17 1873.

1841 – 1845


United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Thomas Anthony “Tom” Marino

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1952.

2002 – 2007


United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Richard Lewis “Dick” Thornburgh

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 16 1932; d. December 31 2020.

1969 – 1975


Rhode Island

United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island
James Howard McGrath

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1903; d. September 2 1966.

1934 – 1940


Tennessee

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee
John Luman “Jack” Smith (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1969.

2017


Texas

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas
John Lee Ratcliffe (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1965.

2007 – 2008


Vermont

United States Attorney for the District of Vermont
Stephen Jacob

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1755; d. January 27 1817.

1791 – 1794


Virginia

United States Attorney for the District of Virginia
William Wirt

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1772; d. February 18 1834.

1816 – 1817


Washington

United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington
Brockman “Brock” Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 13 1927; d. September 10 2004.

1961 – 1964


Wisconsin

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Guy Despard Goff

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1866; d. January 7 1933.

1911 – 1915


Wyoming

United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming
David Duane “Dave” Freudenthal

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1950.

1994 – 2001

Matthew Hansen “Matt” Mead

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1962.

2001 – 2007