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