List of United States federal judges by longevity of service

This is a list of Article III United States federal judges by longevity of service. The judges on the lists below were presidential appointees who have been confirmed by the Senate, and who served on the federal bench for over 40 years. It does not include Article I judges (e.g., U.S. Tax Court).

Total combined service

Rank	Judge	Court	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	Total active service	Total service
1	Joseph William Woodrough	D. Neb. 8th Cir.	Wilson F.D.R.	April 3, 1916 April 12, 1933	April 12, 1933 January 3, 1961	October 2, 1977	7004163460000000000♠44 years, 275 days	7004224620000000000♠61 years, 182 days
2	Henry Potter	5th Cir. D.N.C.	Jefferson	May 9, 1801^[1] April 7, 1802	April 7, 1802 December 20, 1857	n/a	7004206790000000000♠56 years, 225 days	7004206790000000000♠56 years, 225 days
3	William Joseph Nealon Jr.	M.D. Pa.	Kennedy	December 13, 1962^[2]	January 1, 1989	August 30, 2018	7003951600000000000♠26 years, 19 days	7004203490000000000♠55 years, 260 days
4	Joseph Buffington	W.D. Pa. 3rd Cir. 3rd Cir.	B. Harrison T. Roosevelt T. Roosevelt	February 23, 1892 September 25, 1906 September 25, 1906^[3]	September 26, 1906 December 31, 1911 June 1, 1938	October 21, 1947	7004168990000000000♠46 years, 98 days	7004203280000000000♠55 years, 240 days
5	Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.	S.D. Tex. 5th Cir.	Wilson Hoover	April 6, 1918 January 26, 1931	January 26, 1931 November 4, 1964	January 18, 1973	7004170140000000000♠46 years, 212 days	7004200110000000000♠54 years, 287 days
6	Seybourn Harris Lynne	N.D. Ala.	Truman	January 3, 1946	January 9, 1973	September 10, 2000	7003986800000000000♠27 years, 6 days	7004199740000000000♠54 years, 251 days
7	Edward Joseph McManus	N.D. Iowa	Kennedy	July 16, 1962	February 9, 1985	March 20, 2017	7003824400000000000♠22 years, 208 days	7004199710000000000♠54 years, 247 days
8	William Cranch	D.C. Cir.	J. Adams^[4]	March 3, 1801	September 1, 1855	n/a	7004199050000000000♠54 years, 182 days	7004199050000000000♠54 years, 182 days
9	George C. Young	S.D. Fl. N.D. Fl. M.D. Fl.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961 September 18, 1961 October 29, 1962	September 17, 1966 September 17, 1966 October 19, 1981	April 24, 2015	7003733600000000000♠20 years, 31 days	7004195760000000000♠53 years, 218 days
10	Wilfred Feinberg	S.D.N.Y. 2nd Cir.	Kennedy L.B.J.	October 5, 1961^[5] March 7, 1966	March 7, 1966 January 31, 1991	July 31, 2014	7004107100000000000♠29 years, 118 days	7004192920000000000♠52 years, 299 days
11	Albert Branson Maris	E.D. Pa. 3rd Cir.	F.D.R.	June 22, 1936 June 24, 1938	June 16, 1938 December 31, 1958	February 7, 1989	7003822700000000000♠22 years, 192 days	7004192230000000000♠52 years, 230 days
12	Learned Hand	S.D.N.Y. 2d Cir.	Taft Coolidge	April 26, 1909 December 20, 1924	December 29, 1924 June 1, 1951	August 18, 1961	7004153760000000000♠42 years, 36 days	7004191070000000000♠52 years, 114 days
13	Manuel Real	C.D. Cal.	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	Incumbent	n/a	7004189790000000000♠51 years, 351 days	7004189790000000000♠51 years, 351 days
14	Orie Leon Phillips	D.N.M. 10th Cir.	Harding Hoover	March 3, 1923 April 29, 1929	April 29, 1929 January 1, 1956	November 14, 1974	7004119920000000000♠32 years, 304 days	7004188840000000000♠51 years, 256 days
15	John P. Fullam	E.D. Pa.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	April 1, 1990	March 8, 2018	7003863400000000000♠23 years, 233 days	7004188370000000000♠51 years, 209 days
16	Jack B. Weinstein	E.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	April 25, 1967	March 1, 1993	Incumbent	7003944200000000000♠25 years, 310 days	7004188060000000000♠51 years, 178 days
17	Alexander Harvey II	D. Md.	L.B.J.	September 22, 1966	March 8, 1991	December 4, 2017	7003893300000000000♠24 years, 167 days	7004187010000000000♠51 years, 73 days
18	Damon Keith	E.D. Mich. 6th Cir.	L.B.J. Carter	October 12, 1967 October 21, 1977	November 22, 1977 May 1, 1995	Incumbent	7004100630000000000♠27 years, 201 days	7004186360000000000♠51 years, 8 days
19	William Augustus Bootle	M.D. Ga.	Eisenhower	May 20, 1954	March 11, 1972	January 25, 2005	7003650500000000000♠17 years, 296 days	7004185130000000000♠50 years, 250 days
20	James R. Browning	9th Cir.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961	September 1, 2000	May 6, 2012	7004142280000000000♠38 years, 349 days	7004184930000000000♠50 years, 231 days
21	Myron Donovan Crocker	S.D. Cal. E.D. Cal.	Eisenhower n/a^[6]	September 21, 1959 September 18, 1966	September 18, 1966 January 1, 1981	February 2, 2010	7003777300000000000♠21 years, 102 days	7004183970000000000♠50 years, 134 days
22	Charles Miller Metzner	S.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	September 30, 1977	November 30, 2009	7003659500000000000♠18 years, 20 days	7004183440000000000♠50 years, 81 days
23	Harry Pregerson	C.D. Cal. 9th Cir.	L.B.J. Carter	December 7, 1967 November 2, 1979	November 6, 1979 December 11, 2015	November 25, 2017	7004175360000000000♠48 years, 4 days	7004182510000000000♠49 years, 353 days
24	Wesley E. Brown	D. Kan.	Kennedy	April 4, 1962	September 1, 1979	January 23, 2012	7003635900000000000♠17 years, 150 days	7004181910000000000♠49 years, 294 days
25	John Thomas Curtin	W.D.N.Y	L.B.J.	December 14, 1967	July 1, 1989	April 14, 2017	7003787000000000000♠21 years, 199 days	7004180190000000000♠49 years, 121 days
26	Daniel Holcombe Thomas	S.D. Ala.	Truman	March 9, 1951	August 25, 1971	April 13, 2000	7003747400000000000♠20 years, 169 days	7004179330000000000♠49 years, 35 days
27	Alfred Goodwin	D. Or. 9th Cir.	Nixon	December 11, 1969 November 30, 1971	December 17, 1971 January 31, 1991	Incumbent	7003772100000000000♠21 years, 51 days	7004178450000000000♠48 years, 313 days
28	David Norton Edelstein	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	November 1, 1951^[7]	November 1, 1994	August 19, 2000	7004157060000000000♠43 years, 0 days	7004178240000000000♠48 years, 292 days
29	Willard Hall	D. Del.	Monroe	May 6, 1823^[8]	December 6, 1871	n/a	7004177460000000000♠48 years, 214 days	7004177460000000000♠48 years, 214 days
30	Thomas Walter Swan	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	December 22, 1926	July 1, 1953	July 13, 1975	7003968800000000000♠26 years, 191 days	7004177350000000000♠48 years, 203 days
31	Myron H. Bright	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 1, 1985	December 12, 2016	7003620300000000000♠16 years, 359 days	7004177200000000000♠48 years, 188 days
32	Bailey Aldrich	D. Mass. 1st Cir.	Eisenhower	April 27, 1954 September 10, 1959	September 14, 1959 August 31, 1972	September 25, 2002	7003670100000000000♠18 years, 126 days	7004176830000000000♠48 years, 151 days
33	Edwin F. Hunter	W.D. La.	Eisenhower	October 3, 1953^[9]	February 19, 1976	February 22, 2002	7003817400000000000♠22 years, 139 days	7004176740000000000♠48 years, 142 days
34	Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe	E.D. La.	L.B.J.	March 26, 1966	August 26, 1992	August 10, 2014	7003965000000000000♠26 years, 153 days	7004176690000000000♠48 years, 137 days
35	John C. Knox	S.D.N.Y.	Wilson	April 12, 1918	April 30, 1955	August 23, 1966	7004135320000000000♠37 years, 18 days	7004176650000000000♠48 years, 133 days
36	James Sewall Morsell	D.C. Cir.	Madison	January 11, 1815	March 3, 1863	n/a	7004175830000000000♠48 years, 51 days	7004175830000000000♠48 years, 51 days
37	William Joseph Campbell	N.D. Ill.	F.D.R.	October 10, 1940	March 19, 1970	October 19, 1988	7004107520000000000♠29 years, 160 days	7004175410000000000♠48 years, 9 days
38	John Paul Stevens	7th Cir. SCOTUS	Nixon Ford	October 14, 1970 December 17, 1975	December 18, 1975 June 30, 2010	Incumbent	7004145040000000000♠39 years, 259 days	7004175380000000000♠48 years, 6 days
38	Walter King Stapleton	D. Del. 3rd Cir.	Nixon Reagan	October 14, 1970 April 4, 1985	May 8, 1985 June 2, 1999	Incumbent	7004104580000000000♠28 years, 231 days	7004175380000000000♠48 years, 6 days
40	Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	S.D. Tex.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	September 2, 1987	Incumbent	7003616600000000000♠16 years, 322 days	7004175370000000000♠48 years, 5 days
	John William Ditter Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 19, 1986	Incumbent	7003584800000000000♠16 years, 4 days	7004175370000000000♠48 years, 5 days
	Donald West VanArtsdalen	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 21, 1985	Incumbent	7003548500000000000♠15 years, 6 days	7004175370000000000♠48 years, 5 days
43	Gerald Bard Tjoflat	M.D.Fl. 5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Nixon Ford n/a^[10]	October 16, 1970 November 21, 1975 October 1, 1981	December 12, 1975 October 1, 1981 Incumbent	n/a	7004175360000000000♠48 years, 4 days	7004175360000000000♠48 years, 4 days
	John Clifford Wallace	S.D. Cal. 9th Cir.	Nixon	October 16, 1970 June 28, 1972	July 14, 1972 April 8, 1996	Incumbent	7003930600000000000♠25 years, 175 days	7004175360000000000♠48 years, 4 days
	Peter T. Fay	S.D. Fl. 5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Nixon Ford n/a^[10]	October 16, 1970 September 21, 1976 October 1, 1981	October 8, 1976 October 1, 1981 January 19, 1994	Incumbent	7003849600000000000♠23 years, 95 days	7004175360000000000♠48 years, 4 days
46	James Lawrence King	S.D. Fl.	Nixon	October 19, 1970	December 20, 1992	Incumbent	7003809800000000000♠22 years, 62 days	7004175330000000000♠48 years, 1 day
47	Samuel Conti	N.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	November 1, 1987	August 29, 2018	7003622500000000000♠17 years, 16 days	7004174840000000000♠47 years, 317 days
48	Harry W. Wellford	W.D. Tenn. 6th Cir.	Nixon Reagan	December 12, 1970 August 20, 1982	September 10, 1982 January 15, 1991	Incumbent	7003733900000000000♠20 years, 34 days	7004174790000000000♠47 years, 312 days
49	Albert L. Reeves	W.D. Mo.	Harding	June 24, 1923	February 2, 1954	March 24, 1971	7004111810000000000♠30 years, 223 days	7004174400000000000♠47 years, 273 days
50	Walter Thomas McGovern	W.D. Wash.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	September 30, 1987	Incumbent	7003600400000000000♠16 years, 160 days	7004173470000000000♠47 years, 180 days
51	Garnett Thomas Eisele	E.D. Ark.	Nixon	August 6, 1970	August 1, 1991	November 26, 2017	7003766500000000000♠20 years, 360 days	7004172790000000000♠47 years, 112 days
52	Marion Speed Boyd	W.D. Tenn.	F.D.R.	September 27, 1940	August 1, 1966	January 9, 1988	7003943900000000000♠25 years, 308 days	7004172700000000000♠47 years, 104 days
53	Warren Keith Urbom	D. Neb.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	December 31, 1990	July 28, 2017	7003755600000000000♠20 years, 251 days	7004172620000000000♠47 years, 95 days
54	Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.	E.D. Va.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	December 1, 1991	Incumbent	7003743000000000000♠20 years, 125 days	7004172500000000000♠47 years, 83 days
55	James von der Heydt	D. Alaska	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	July 15, 1984	December 1, 2013	7003646400000000000♠17 years, 255 days	7004171950000000000♠47 years, 28 days
56	William Joseph Bauer	N.D. Ill. 7th Cir.	Nixon Ford	November 10, 1971 December 20, 1974	January 3, 1975 October 31, 1994	Incumbent	7003839100000000000♠22 years, 355 days	7004171460000000000♠46 years, 344 days
57	Robert F. Chapman	D.S.C. 4th Cir.	Nixon Reagan	May 27, 1971 September 19, 1981	October 2, 1981 May 31, 1991	April 18, 2018	7003730900000000000♠20 years, 4 days	7004171280000000000♠46 years, 326 days
58	Levin H. Campbell	D. Mass. 1st Cir.	Nixon	November 30, 1971 June 30, 1972	August 31, 1972 January 3, 1992	Incumbent	7003733900000000000♠20 years, 34 days	7004171260000000000♠46 years, 324 days
59	William Terrell Hodges	M.D. Fl.	Nixon	December 15, 1971	May 2, 1999	Incumbent	7004100000000000000♠27 years, 138 days	7004171110000000000♠46 years, 309 days
59	Jon O. Newman	D. Conn. 2nd Cir.	Nixon Carter	December 15, 1971 June 21, 1979	June 25, 1979 July 1, 1997	Incumbent	7003933000000000000♠25 years, 198 days	7004171110000000000♠46 years, 309 days
61	Leonard I. Garth	D.N.J. 3rd Cir.	Nixon	December 18, 1969 August 6, 1973	August 29, 1973 June 30, 1986	September 22, 2016	7003603800000000000♠16 years, 194 days	7004170800000000000♠46 years, 279 days
62	William Clark O'Kelley	N.D. Ga.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	October 1, 1996	July 5, 2017	7003948200000000000♠25 years, 351 days	7004170640000000000♠46 years, 262 days
63	George M. Bourquin	D. Mont.	Taft	March 8, 1912	March 9, 1934	November 15, 1958	7003803600000000000♠22 years, 1 day	7004170530000000000♠46 years, 252 days
64	Gunnar Nordbye	D. Minn.	Hoover	March 18, 1931^[11]	March 6, 1967	November 5, 1977	7004131370000000000♠35 years, 353 days	7004170340000000000♠46 years, 232 days
65	Roy Winfield Harper^[12]	W.D. Mo. E.D. Mo.	Truman	August 7, 1947	January 5, 1971	February 13, 1994	7003855200000000000♠23 years, 151 days	7004169920000000000♠46 years, 190 days
66	Charles William Kraft Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	August 12, 1955^[13]	November 11, 1970	January 18, 2002	7003557000000000000♠15 years, 91 days	7004169610000000000♠46 years, 159 days
67	Ruggero J. Aldisert	3rd Cir.	L.B.J.	July 29, 1968	December 31, 1986	December 28, 2014	7003672900000000000♠18 years, 155 days	7004169530000000000♠46 years, 152 days
68	William Benner Enright	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	July 12, 1990	Incumbent	7003658600000000000♠18 years, 12 days	7004169130000000000♠46 years, 112 days
69	Phillip Forman	D.N.J. 3rd Cir.	Hoover Eisenhower	June 25, 1932 September 10, 1959	September 20, 1959 March 31, 1961	August 17, 1978	7004105060000000000♠28 years, 279 days	7004168540000000000♠46 years, 53 days
70	Joseph L. Tauro	D. Mass.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	September 26, 2013	Incumbent	7004149540000000000♠40 years, 344 days	7004168040000000000♠46 years, 3 days
71	Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr.	W.D. Okla.	F.D.R.	May 13, 1943	October 20, 1975	April 27, 1989	7004118480000000000♠32 years, 160 days	7004167860000000000♠45 years, 349 days
72	Caleb Merrill Wright	D. Del.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	October 8, 1973	May 12, 2001	7003664800000000000♠18 years, 73 days	7004167260000000000♠45 years, 289 days
73	William Judson Holloway Jr.	10th Cir.	L.B.J.	September 16, 1968	May 31, 1992	April 25, 2014	7003865800000000000♠23 years, 258 days	7004166570000000000♠45 years, 221 days
74	Dan Monroe Russell Jr.	S.D. Miss.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	October 25, 1983	April 16, 2011	7003659700000000000♠18 years, 23 days	7004166320000000000♠45 years, 196 days
75	Thomas Virgil Pittman	M.D. Ala. S.D. Ala.	L.B.J.	June 29, 1966 June 29, 1966	June 2, 1970 July 15, 1981	January 6, 2012	7003549500000000000♠15 years, 16 days	7004166270000000000♠45 years, 191 days
76	James Hughes Hancock	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 17, 1973	May 1, 1996	Incumbent	7003841500000000000♠23 years, 14 days	7004166220000000000♠45 years, 186 days
77	Elijah Allen Cox	N.D. Miss.	Coolidge	March 2, 1929	March 22, 1957	August 28, 1974	7004102470000000000♠28 years, 20 days	7004166150000000000♠45 years, 179 days
78	Thomas P. Griesa	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	March 13, 2000	December 24, 2017	7004101180000000000♠27 years, 257 days	7004166130000000000♠45 years, 177 days
79	William Daniel Murray	D. Mont.	Truman	May 9, 1949	December 31, 1965	October 3, 1994	7003608000000000000♠16 years, 236 days	7004165830000000000♠45 years, 147 days
80	Robert Earl Maxwell	N.D. W.Va.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	July 19, 1995	November 20, 2010	7004109340000000000♠29 years, 342 days	7004165370000000000♠45 years, 101 days
81	Joseph Putnam Willson	W.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	July 14, 1953	October 18, 1968	August 3, 1998	7003557500000000000♠15 years, 96 days	7004164560000000000♠45 years, 20 days
82	William Elwood Steckler	S.D. Ind.	Truman	April 7, 1950	December 31, 1986	March 8, 1995	7004134170000000000♠36 years, 268 days	7004164060000000000♠44 years, 335 days
83	Solomon Blatt Jr.	D.S.C.	Nixon	May 28, 1971	May 7, 1990	April 20, 2016	7003691900000000000♠18 years, 344 days	7004163990000000000♠44 years, 328 days
84	R. James Harvey	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	March 31, 1984	Incumbent	7003375500000000000♠10 years, 103 days	7004163760000000000♠44 years, 305 days
85	Charles Wycliffe Joiner	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	June 9, 1972	August 15, 1984	March 10, 2017	7003445000000000000♠12 years, 67 days	7004163450000000000♠44 years, 274 days
86	Gordon Thompson Jr.	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	December 28, 1994	July 5, 2015	7003883900000000000♠24 years, 73 days	7004163330000000000♠44 years, 262 days
87	Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.	D. Mass.	F.D.R.	December 19, 1941	September 1, 1971	September 3, 1986	7004108480000000000♠29 years, 256 days	7004163290000000000♠44 years, 258 days
88	Thomas Jennings Bailey	D.D.C.	Wilson	May 22, 1918	November 1, 1950	January 9, 1963	7004118510000000000♠32 years, 163 days	7004163030000000000♠44 years, 232 days
89	Richard Paul Matsch	D. Col.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	July 1, 2003	Incumbent	7004107070000000000♠29 years, 115 days	7004162970000000000♠44 years, 226 days
90	Frederick Alvin Daugherty	E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla.	Kennedy	October 5, 1961^[14]	January 12, 1982	April 7, 2006	7003740400000000000♠20 years, 99 days	7004162550000000000♠44 years, 184 days
91	Matthew Francis McGuire	D.D.C.	F.D.R.	August 1, 1941	October 7, 1966	January 24, 1986	7003919800000000000♠25 years, 67 days	7004162470000000000♠44 years, 176 days
92	Samuel Hugh Dillin	S.D. Ind.	Kennedy	September 22, 1961	March 31, 1993	March 13, 2006	7004115130000000000♠31 years, 190 days	7004162430000000000♠44 years, 172 days
93	Luther Merritt Swygert	N.D. Ind. 7th Cir.	F.D.R. Kennedy	October 16, 1943 September 29, 1961	October 10, 1961 July 1, 1981	March 16, 1988	7004137730000000000♠37 years, 258 days	7004162230000000000♠44 years, 152 days
94	Thomas Francis Murphy	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	July 2, 1951	December 3, 1970	October 26, 1995	7003709400000000000♠19 years, 154 days	7004161870000000000♠44 years, 116 days
95	Ashur Ware	D. Me.	Monroe	February 15, 1822	May 31, 1866	n/a	7004161760000000000♠44 years, 105 days	7004161760000000000♠44 years, 105 days
96	Frank M. Coffin	1st Cir.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	February 1, 1989	December 7, 2009	7003852300000000000♠23 years, 122 days	7004161370000000000♠44 years, 66 days
97	John Clyde Bowen	W.D. Wash.	F.D.R.	March 20, 1934	June 5, 1961	April 27, 1978	7003993900000000000♠27 years, 77 days	7004161090000000000♠44 years, 38 days
98	Harold P. Burke	W.D.N.Y.	F.D.R.	June 18, 1937	June 15, 1981	July 17, 1981	7004160680000000000♠43 years, 362 days	7004161000000000000♠44 years, 29 days
99	Kevin Duffy	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	January 10, 1998	September 30, 2016	7003921600000000000♠25 years, 85 days	7004160540000000000♠43 years, 349 days
100	Joseph F. Weis Jr.	W.D. Pa. 3rd Cir.	Nixon	April 24, 1970 March 15, 1973	March 27, 1973 April 1, 1988	March 17, 2014	7003655200000000000♠17 years, 343 days	7004160330000000000♠43 years, 327 days
101	J. Edward Lumbard	2d Cir.	Eisenhower	July 12, 1955	July 20, 1971	June 3, 1999	7003585200000000000♠16 years, 8 days	7004160320000000000♠43 years, 326 days
102	Joel Flaum	N.D. Ill. 7th Cir.	Ford Reagan	December 20, 1974 May 5, 1983	June 1, 1983 Incumbent	n/a	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days
	Juan R. Torruella	D.P.R. 1st Cir.	Ford Reagan	December 20, 1974 October 4, 1984	October 30, 1984 Incumbent	n/a	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days
	Donald D. Alsop	D. Minn.	Nixon	December 20, 1974	August 28, 1992	Incumbent	7003646100000000000♠17 years, 252 days	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days
	James Paul Churchill	E.D. Mich.	Ford	December 20, 1974	December 31, 1989	Incumbent	7003549000000000000♠15 years, 11 days	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days
106	Frank Minis Johnson	M.D. Ala. 5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Eisenhower Carter n/a^[10]	October 22, 1955^[15] June 21, 1979 October 1, 1981	July 12, 1979 October 1, 1981 October 30, 1991	July 23, 1999	7004131570000000000♠36 years, 8 days	7004159800000000000♠43 years, 274 days
107	William Huntington Kirkpatrick	E.D. Pa.	Coolidge	March 3, 1927	May 1, 1958	November 28, 1970	7004113820000000000♠31 years, 59 days	7004159760000000000♠43 years, 270 days
108	Joseph H. Young	D. Md.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	August 1, 1987	March 14, 2015	7003584700000000000♠16 years, 3 days	7004159340000000000♠43 years, 228 days
109	John Jay Jackson Jr.	W.D. Va. D. W.Va. N.D. W.Va.	Lincoln n/a^[16] n/a^[17]	August 3, 1861 June 11, 1864 July 1, 1901	June 10, 1864 July 1, 1901 March 15, 1905	n/a	7004159290000000000♠43 years, 224 days	7004159290000000000♠43 years, 224 days
110	Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy	E.D. Mich. 6th Cir.	Nixon Carter	October 7, 1970 September 26, 1979	October 3, 1979 March 1, 1999	May 12, 2014	7004103720000000000♠28 years, 145 days	7004159230000000000♠43 years, 217 days
111	John D. Butzner Jr.	E.D. Va. 4th Cir.	Kennedy L.B.J.	June 20, 1962 July 31, 1967	August 1, 1967 November 1, 1982	January 20, 2006	7003743900000000000♠20 years, 134 days	7004159200000000000♠43 years, 214 days
112	Jacob Mishler	E.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	July 6, 1960	April 30, 1980	January 26, 2004	7003723800000000000♠19 years, 299 days	7004159090000000000♠43 years, 204 days
112	Junius Foy Guin Jr.	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 18, 1973	February 3, 1989	November 8, 2016	7003577000000000000♠15 years, 291 days	7004159100000000000♠43 years, 204 days
114	Johnson Jay Hayes	M.D.N.C.	Coolidge	April 6, 1927^[18]	June 18, 1957	October 22, 1970	7004110310000000000♠30 years, 73 days	7004159050000000000♠43 years, 199 days
115	Jesse E. Eschbach	N.D. Ind. 7th Cir.	Kennedy Reagan	April 13, 1962 December 1, 1981	December 11, 1981 November 4, 1985	October 25, 2005	7003860600000000000♠23 years, 205 days	7004159010000000000♠43 years, 195 days
116	Pierce Lively	6th Cir.	Nixon	October 5, 1972	January 1, 1989	March 12, 2016	7003593200000000000♠16 years, 88 days	7004158640000000000♠43 years, 159 days
117	William Henry Stafford Jr.	N.D. Fl.	Ford	May 14, 1975	May 31, 1996	Incumbent	7003768800000000000♠21 years, 17 days	7004158650000000000♠43 years, 159 days
118	Reynaldo Guerra Garza	S.D. Tex. 5th Cir.	Kennedy Carter	April 14, 1961 July 13, 1979	August 1, 1979 July 7, 1982	September 14, 2004	7003775400000000000♠21 years, 84 days	7004158590000000000♠43 years, 153 days
118	John Cooper Godbold	5th Cir. 11th Cir.	L.B.J. n/a^[10]	July 22, 1966 October 1, 1981	October 1, 1981 October 23, 1987	December 22, 2009	7003776300000000000♠21 years, 93 days	7004158590000000000♠43 years, 153 days
120	Anthony Kennedy	9th Cir. SCOTUS	Ford Reagan	May 30, 1975 February 18, 1988	February 18, 1988 July 31, 2018	Incumbent	7004157680000000000♠43 years, 62 days	7004158490000000000♠43 years, 143 days
121	David L. Bazelon	D.C. Cir.	Truman	October 21, 1949^[19]	June 30, 1979	February 19, 1993	7004108440000000000♠29 years, 252 days	7004158270000000000♠43 years, 121 days
122	Arnold Wilson Cowen	C.ofC. Fed. Cir.	L.B.J. n/a^[20]	July 8, 1964 n/a	March 1, 1977 October 1, 1982	September 30, 1982 October 28, 2007	7003665900000000000♠18 years, 85 days	7004158170000000000♠43 years, 112 days
123	Edwin R. Holmes	N.D. Miss. S.D. Miss. 5th Cir.	Wilson Wilson F.D.R.	October 24, 1918 October 24, 1918 March 20, 1936	March 1, 1929 April 6, 1936 November 30, 1954	December 10, 1961	7004131860000000000♠36 years, 37 days	7004157530000000000♠43 years, 47 days
124	Donald Roe Ross	8th Cir.	Nixon	December 12, 1970	June 13, 1987	December 18, 2013	7003602700000000000♠16 years, 183 days	7004157120000000000♠43 years, 6 days
125	Thomas Collier Platt Jr.	E.D.N.Y.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 1, 2001	March 4, 2017	7003982700000000000♠26 years, 330 days	7004157020000000000♠42 years, 361 days
126	Charles Andrew Muecke	D. Ariz.	L.B.J.	October 1, 1964	November 30, 1984	September 21, 2007	7003736500000000000♠20 years, 60 days	7004156950000000000♠42 years, 355 days
127	Eugene Edward Siler Jr.	E.D. Ky. W.D. Ky. 6th Cir.	Ford Ford G.H.W. Bush	November 13, 1975 November 13, 1975 September 16, 1991	September 20, 1991 September 20, 1991 December 31, 2001	Incumbent	7003954500000000000♠26 years, 48 days	7004156820000000000♠42 years, 341 days
128	Giles Rich	C.C.P.A. Fed. Cir.	Eisenhower n/a^[20]	July 19, 1956 October 1, 1982	September 30, 1982 June 15, 1999	n/a	7004156710000000000♠42 years, 331 days	7004156710000000000♠42 years, 331 days
129	Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Truman	June 8, 1950	January 31, 1977	April 19, 1993	7003973400000000000♠26 years, 237 days	7004156560000000000♠42 years, 315 days
130	Patrick Higginbotham	N.D. Tx. 5th Cir.	Ford Reagan	December 12, 1975 July 30, 1982	July 30, 1982 August 28, 2006	Incumbent	7004112170000000000♠30 years, 259 days	7004156530000000000♠42 years, 312 days
131	Myron L. Gordon	E.D. Wis.	L.B.J.	March 4, 1967	February 12, 1983	November 3, 2009	7003582400000000000♠15 years, 345 days	7004155850000000000♠42 years, 244 days
132	James Clinkscales Hill	N.D. Ga. 5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Nixon Ford n/a^[10]	August 9, 1974 May 21, 1976 October 1, 1981	May 26, 1976 October 1, 1981 October 15, 1989	March 31, 2017	7003554600000000000♠15 years, 67 days	7004155750000000000♠42 years, 234 days
133	Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr.	D. Kan.	Eisenhower	July 7, 1958	April 1, 1971	January 27, 2001	7003465100000000000♠12 years, 268 days	7004155450000000000♠42 years, 204 days
134	Charles S. Haight Jr.	S.D.N.Y.	Ford	March 29, 1976	September 23, 1995	Incumbent	7003711700000000000♠19 years, 178 days	7004155450000000000♠42 years, 205 days
135	Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr.	10th Cir.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	April 10, 2013	7003507000000000000♠13 years, 322 days	7004155190000000000♠42 years, 178 days
136	Morgan Ford	C.C. Int. Tr.	Truman n/a^[21]	July 15, 1949 November 1, 1980	November 1, 1980 December 31, 1985	January 2, 1992	7004133180000000000♠36 years, 169 days	7004155110000000000♠42 years, 171 days
137	Ralph B. Guy Jr.	E.D. Mich. 6th Cir.	Ford Reagan	May 12, 1976 October 17, 1985	October 17, 1985 September 1, 1994	Incumbent	7003668600000000000♠18 years, 112 days	7004155010000000000♠42 years, 161 days
138	Paul Jones	N.D. Ohio	Harding	March 2, 1923	August 4, 1965	n/a	7004154960000000000♠42 years, 155 days	7004154960000000000♠42 years, 155 days
139	Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Ford	May 21, 1976	November 28, 1994	Incumbent	7003676500000000000♠18 years, 191 days	7004154920000000000♠42 years, 152 days
140	Fenton Whitlock Booth	C.ofC.	T. Roosevelt^[22]	March 17, 1905	June 15, 1939	July 26, 1947	7004125080000000000♠34 years, 90 days	7004154710000000000♠42 years, 131 days
141	Walter Edward Hoffman	E.D. Va.	Eisenhower	July 15, 1954	September 3, 1974	November 21, 1996	7003735500000000000♠20 years, 50 days	7004154700000000000♠42 years, 129 days
142	Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr.	W.D. La.	Coolidge	May 5, 1924	May 17, 1953	August 22, 1966	7004106040000000000♠29 years, 12 days	7004154490000000000♠42 years, 109 days
143	Albert J. Engel Jr.	W.D. Mich. 6th Cir.	Nixon	December 18, 1970 December 19, 1973	January 4, 1974 October 1, 1989	April 5, 2013	7003686200000000000♠18 years, 287 days	7004154490000000000♠42 years, 108 days
144	Irving Kaufman	S.D.N.Y. 2nd Cir.	Truman Kennedy	October 21, 1949^[23] September 22, 1961	September 22, 1961 July 1, 1987	February 1, 1992	7004137670000000000♠37 years, 253 days	7004154430000000000♠42 years, 103 days
145	Albert Sherman Christensen	D. Utah	Eisenhower	May 28, 1954	August 17, 1971	August 13, 1996	7003629000000000000♠17 years, 81 days	7004154180000000000♠42 years, 77 days
146	Stanley Forman Reed	SCOTUS	F.D.R.	January 27, 1938	February 25, 1957	April 2, 1980	7003696900000000000♠19 years, 29 days	7004154060000000000♠42 years, 66 days
147	John Biggs Jr.	3rd Cir.	F.D.R.	February 16, 1937	October 30, 1965	April 15, 1979	7004104830000000000♠28 years, 256 days	7004153980000000000♠42 years, 58 days
148	John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	S.D.W.Va.	Ford	September 3, 1976	Incumbent	n/a	7004153870000000000♠42 years, 47 days	7004153870000000000♠42 years, 47 days
149	W. Eugene Davis	W.D. La. 5th Cir.	Ford Reagan	September 21, 1976 November 16, 1983	December 9, 1983 December 31, 2016	Incumbent	7004147110000000000♠40 years, 101 days	7004153690000000000♠42 years, 29 days
150	Edward Skottowe Northrop	D. Md.	Kennedy	September 5, 1961	June 12, 1981	August 12, 2003	7003722000000000000♠19 years, 280 days	7004153160000000000♠41 years, 341 days
151	Richard Owen	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	September 30, 1989	November 20, 2015	7003576400000000000♠15 years, 285 days	7004153110000000000♠41 years, 336 days
152	Erskine Mayo Ross	S.D. Cal. 9th Cir. 9th Cir.	Cleveland	January 13, 1887 February 22, 1895 February 22, 1895	March 5, 1895 December 31, 1911 May 31, 1925	December 10, 1928	7004140170000000000♠38 years, 138 days	7004153060000000000♠41 years, 332 days
153	Elbert Tuttle	5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Eisenhower n/a^[10]	August 4, 1954 n/a	June 1, 1968 October 1, 1981	October 1, 1981 June 23, 1996	7003505000000000000♠13 years, 302 days	7004152990000000000♠41 years, 324 days
154	John Minor Wisdom	5th Cir.	Eisenhower	June 27, 1957	January 15, 1977	May 15, 1999	7003714200000000000♠19 years, 202 days	7004152970000000000♠41 years, 322 days
154	Luther L. Bohanon	E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla.	Kennedy	August 30, 1961	August 2, 1974	July 18, 2003	7003472000000000000♠12 years, 337 days	7004152970000000000♠41 years, 322 days
156	James Clinton Turk	W.D. Va.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	November 1, 2002	July 6, 2014	7004109720000000000♠30 years, 15 days	7004152370000000000♠41 years, 262 days
157	Warren J. Ferguson	C.D. Cal. 9th Cir.	L.B.J. Carter	November 3, 1966 November 27, 1979	December 20, 1979 July 31, 1986	June 25, 2008	7003721000000000000♠19 years, 270 days	7004152100000000000♠41 years, 235 days
158	James Thomas Foley	N.D.N.Y.	Truman	February 2, 1949	June 30, 1980	August 17, 1990	7004114710000000000♠31 years, 149 days	7004151710000000000♠41 years, 196 days
159	Morris E. Lasker	S.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	June 24, 1968	October 3, 1983	December 25, 2009	7003557900000000000♠15 years, 101 days	7004151590000000000♠41 years, 184 days
160	Robert J. Kelleher	C.D. Cal.	Nixon	December 21, 1970	March 5, 1983	June 20, 2012	7003445700000000000♠12 years, 74 days	7004151570000000000♠41 years, 182 days
161	John Feikens	E.D. Mich. E.D. Mich.	Eisenhower Nixon	October 13, 1960 December 1, 1970	September 27, 1961^[24] March 1, 1986	May 15, 2011	7003591800000000000♠16 years, 74 days	7004151240000000000♠41 years, 149 days
162	William Wayne Justice	E.D. Tex.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 30, 1998	October 13, 2009	7004109800000000000♠30 years, 23 days	7004151030000000000♠41 years, 128 days
163	Charles Fremont Amidon	D.N.D.	Cleveland	August 31, 1896	June 2, 1928	December 26, 1937	7004115970000000000♠31 years, 276 days	7004150910000000000♠41 years, 117 days
164	Richard Dean Rogers	D. Kans.	Ford	August 5, 1975	January 1, 1989	November 25, 2016	7003489800000000000♠13 years, 149 days	7004150880000000000♠41 years, 112 days
165	Joe Oscar Eaton	S.D. Fl.	L.B.J.	June 12, 1967	April 2, 1985	September 28, 2008	7003650400000000000♠17 years, 294 days	7004150840000000000♠41 years, 108 days
166	Tom Stagg	W.D. La.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 29, 1992	June 23, 2015	7003656700000000000♠17 years, 358 days	7004150820000000000♠41 years, 107 days
167	Richard Johnson Putnam	W.D. La.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961	December 19, 1975	December 16, 2002	7003520500000000000♠14 years, 92 days	7004150640000000000♠41 years, 89 days
168	Edward Matthew Curran	D.D.C.	Truman	October 16, 1946^[25]	April 2, 1971	January 10, 1988	7003893400000000000♠24 years, 168 days	7004150610000000000♠41 years, 86 days
169	Edward Louis Filippine	E.D. Mo.	Carter	July 22, 1977	June 11, 1995	Incumbent	7003653300000000000♠17 years, 324 days	7004150650000000000♠41 years, 90 days
170	Harold Lloyd Murphy	N.D. Ga.	Carter	July 29, 1977	March 31, 2017	Incumbent	7004144900000000000♠39 years, 245 days	7004150580000000000♠41 years, 83 days
171	Allen Burroughs Hannay	S.D. Tex.	F.D.R.	August 12, 1942	August 6, 1975	October 22, 1983	7004120470000000000♠32 years, 359 days	7004150460000000000♠41 years, 71 days
172	Kimbrough Stone	8th Cir.	Wilson	December 21, 1916	May 15, 1947	February 27, 1958	7004111020000000000♠30 years, 145 days	7004150430000000000♠41 years, 68 days
173	Paul Charles Weick	N.D. Ohio 6th Cir.	Eisenhower	March 29, 1956 September 10, 1959	October 7, 1959 December 31, 1981	May 22, 1997	7003940800000000000♠25 years, 277 days	7004150290000000000♠41 years, 54 days
174	Elijah Paine	D. Vt.	J. Adams	February 25, 1801	April 1, 1842	n/a	7004150100000000000♠41 years, 35 days	7004150100000000000♠41 years, 35 days
175	William Bondy	S.D.N.Y.	Harding	March 2, 1923	May 1, 1956	March 30, 1964	7004121140000000000♠33 years, 60 days	7004150040000000000♠41 years, 28 days
176	Charles Casper Simons	E.D. Mich. 6th Cir.	Harding Hoover	February 6, 1923 January 29, 1932	February 2, 1932 September 15, 1959	February 2, 1964	7004133700000000000♠36 years, 221 days	7004149710000000000♠40 years, 361 days
177	Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.	6th Cir.	Carter	October 31, 1977	January 17, 2001	Incumbent	7003847900000000000♠23 years, 78 days	7004149640000000000♠40 years, 354 days
177
Pierre N. Leval	S.D.N.Y. 2nd Cir.	Carter	October 31, 1977 October 20, 1993	November 8, 1993 August 16, 2002	Incumbent	7003905500000000000♠24 years, 289 days	7004149640000000000♠40 years, 354 days
179	Monroe G. McKay	10th Cir.	Carter	December 1, 1977	December 31, 1993	Incumbent	7003587400000000000♠16 years, 30 days	7004149330000000000♠40 years, 323 days
180	Charles C. Nott	C.ofC.	Lincoln^[26]	February 22, 1865	December 31, 1905	n/a	7004149210000000000♠40 years, 312 days	7004149210000000000♠40 years, 312 days
181	John L. Kane Jr.	D. Col.	Carter	December 16, 1977	April 8, 1988	Incumbent	7003376600000000000♠10 years, 114 days	7004149180000000000♠40 years, 308 days
182	Harrie B. Chase	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	January 31, 1929	September 1, 1954	November 17, 1969	7003934400000000000♠25 years, 213 days	7004149000000000000♠40 years, 290 days
183	Joseph Jefferson Fisher	E.D. Tex.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	January 30, 1984	June 19, 2000	7003890800000000000♠24 years, 142 days	7004148930000000000♠40 years, 283 days
184	William J. Brennan Jr.	SCOTUS	Eisenhower	October 15, 1956^[27]	July 20, 1990	July 24, 1997	7004123310000000000♠33 years, 278 days	7004148920000000000♠40 years, 282 days
185	Donald P. Lay	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	July 22, 1966	January 7, 1992	April 29, 2007	7003930000000000000♠25 years, 169 days	7004148910000000000♠40 years, 281 days
185	Malcolm Muir	M.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	July 22, 2011	7003507000000000000♠13 years, 322 days	7004148910000000000♠40 years, 281 days
187	William O. Douglas	SCOTUS	F.D.R.	April 15, 1939	November 12, 1975	January 19, 1980	7004133600000000000♠36 years, 211 days	7004148890000000000♠40 years, 279 days
188	Edward Roscoe Meek	N.D. Tex.	McKinley	July 13, 1898	December 31, 1935	April 10, 1939	7004136840000000000♠37 years, 171 days	7004148800000000000♠40 years, 271 days
189	Ronald Davies	D.N.D.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	August 27, 1971	April 18, 1996	7003587500000000000♠16 years, 31 days	7004148760000000000♠40 years, 266 days
190	William Hoeveler	S.D. Fla.	Carter	April 26, 1977	January 31, 1991	November 18, 2017	7003502800000000000♠13 years, 280 days	7004148160000000000♠40 years, 206 days
191	James Emmett Barrett	10th Cir.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	April 8, 1987	November 7, 2011	7003582900000000000♠15 years, 350 days	7004148080000000000♠40 years, 198 days
192	William Schwarzer	N.D. Cal.	Ford	July 23, 1976	April 30, 1991	January 28, 2017	7003539400000000000♠14 years, 281 days	7004147990000000000♠40 years, 189 days
193	Robert A. Grant	N.D. Ind.	Eisenhower	August 26, 1957	December 1, 1972	March 2, 1998	7003557600000000000♠15 years, 97 days	7004147980000000000♠40 years, 188 days
194	Thomas E. Fairchild	7th Cir.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	August 31, 1981	February 12, 2007	7003549900000000000♠15 years, 20 days	7004147950000000000♠40 years, 185 days
195	Richard Harvey Chambers	9th Cir.	Eisenhower	April 30, 1954	December 31, 1976	October 21, 1994	7003828100000000000♠22 years, 245 days	7004147840000000000♠40 years, 174 days
196	Robert W. Sweet	S.D.N.Y.	Carter	April 28, 1978	March 1, 1991	Incumbent	7003469000000000000♠12 years, 307 days	7004147850000000000♠40 years, 175 days
197	Gustave Diamond	W.D. Pa.	Carter	May 2, 1978	January 31, 1994	Incumbent	7003575300000000000♠15 years, 274 days	7004147810000000000♠40 years, 171 days
198	Ogden Hoffman Jr.	N.D. Cal. S.D. Cal. D. Cal. N.D. Cal.	Fillmore n/a^[28] n/a^[29] n/a^[30]	February 27, 1851 August 31, 1852 July 23, 1866 August 5, 1886	July 23, 1866 January 18, 1854 August 5, 1886 August 9, 1891	n/a	7004147730000000000♠40 years, 163 days	7004147730000000000♠40 years, 163 days
199	Paul Peter Rao	C.C. Int. Tr.	Truman n/a^[21]	June 22, 1948^[31] November 1, 1980	November 1, 1980 November 30, 1988	n/a	7004147710000000000♠40 years, 161 days	7004147710000000000♠40 years, 161 days
200	James William Locke	S.D. Fla.	Grant	February 1, 1872	July 4, 1912	n/a	7004147630000000000♠40 years, 154 days	7004147630000000000♠40 years, 154 days
201	Ellen Bree Burns	D. Conn.	Carter	May 18, 1978	September 1, 1992	Incumbent	7003522000000000000♠14 years, 106 days	7004147650000000000♠40 years, 155 days
202	John Davis	D. Mass.	J. Adams	February 20, 1801	July 10, 1841	n/a	7004147500000000000♠40 years, 140 days	7004147500000000000♠40 years, 140 days
203	Otto Richard Skopil Jr.	D. Or. 9th Cir.	Nixon Carter	June 2, 1972 September 26, 1979	October 20, 1979 June 30, 1986	October 18, 2012	7003514100000000000♠14 years, 28 days	7004147480000000000♠40 years, 138 days
204	Charles Guy Briggle	S.D. Ill.	Hoover	January 25, 1932	August 1, 1958	June 6, 1972	7003968500000000000♠26 years, 188 days	7004147430000000000♠40 years, 133 days
205	Samuel Rossiter Betts	S.D.N.Y.	J. Q. Adams	December 21, 1826	April 30, 1867	n/a	7004147400000000000♠40 years, 130 days	7004147400000000000♠40 years, 130 days
206	Howard Boyd Turrentine	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	January 22, 1984	August 20, 2010	7003502100000000000♠13 years, 273 days	7004147280000000000♠40 years, 118 days
207	John Pitman	D.R.I.	Monroe	August 4, 1824	November 17, 1864	n/a	7004147150000000000♠40 years, 105 days	7004147150000000000♠40 years, 105 days
208	Lewis Render Morgan	N.D. Ga. 5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Kennedy L.B.J. n/a^[10]	August 10, 1961 July 25, 1968 n/a	August 2, 1968 September 1, 1978 October 1, 1981	October 1, 1981 November 15, 2001	7003623100000000000♠17 years, 22 days	7004147070000000000♠40 years, 97 days
209	William B. Bryant	D.D.C.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	January 31, 1982	November 13, 2005	7003601700000000000♠16 years, 173 days	7004147040000000000♠40 years, 94 days
210	James L. Foreman	E.D. Ill. S.D. Ill.	Nixon n/a^[32]	March 7, 1972 March 31, 1979	March 31, 1979 June 1, 1992	June 3, 2012	7003739100000000000♠20 years, 86 days	7004146980000000000♠40 years, 88 days
211	Earl R. Larson	D. Minn.	Kennedy	August 10, 1961	June 30, 1977	October 31, 2001	7003580300000000000♠15 years, 324 days	7004146920000000000♠40 years, 82 days
212	Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.	S.D. Fla.	Carter	July 28, 1978	November 30, 1996	Incumbent	7003670000000000000♠18 years, 125 days	7004146940000000000♠40 years, 84 days
213	Procter Ralph Hug Jr.	9th Cir.	Carter	September 15, 1977	January 1, 2002	November 30, 2017	7003887400000000000♠24 years, 108 days	7004146860000000000♠40 years, 76 days
214	Thomas A. Wiseman Jr.	M.D. Tenn.	Carter	August 11, 1978	November 3, 1995	Incumbent	7003629300000000000♠17 years, 84 days	7004146800000000000♠40 years, 70 days
215	F. Ryan Duffy	E.D. Wis. 7th Cir.	F.D.R. Truman	June 29, 1939 February 2, 1949	February 2, 1949 June 30, 1966	August 16, 1979	7003986300000000000♠27 years, 1 day	7004146580000000000♠40 years, 48 days
216	Delmas Carl Hill	D. Kan. 10th Cir.	Truman Kennedy	October 21, 1949^[33] September 22, 1961	September 28, 1961 April 1, 1977	December 2, 1989	7004100240000000000♠27 years, 162 days	7004146520000000000♠40 years, 42 days
217	Floyd Robert Gibson	W.D. Mo. 8th Cir.	Kennedy L.B.J.	August 30, 1961 June 8, 1965	June 20, 1965 December 31, 1979	October 4, 2001	7003669700000000000♠18 years, 123 days	7004146450000000000♠40 years, 35 days
218	Augustus Noble Hand	S.D.N.Y. 2nd Cir.	Wilson Coolidge	September 30, 1914 May 19, 1927^[34]	June 1, 1927 June 30, 1953	October 28, 1954	7004141530000000000♠38 years, 273 days	7004146380000000000♠40 years, 28 days
219	Morris Ames Soper	D. Md. 4th Cir.	Harding Hoover	February 24, 1923 May 6, 1931^[35]	May 9, 1931 June 2, 1955	March 11, 1963	7004117860000000000♠32 years, 98 days	7004146250000000000♠40 years, 15 days
220	Byron White	SCOTUS	Kennedy	April 12, 1962	June 28, 1993	April 15, 2002	7004114000000000000♠31 years, 77 days	7004146130000000000♠40 years, 3 days

United States Supreme Court

No Justice has served actively on the United States Supreme Court for over 40 years, but five have eclipsed that timespan through senior service. Justice John Paul Stevens served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from November 2, 1970 to December 19, 1975, and thereafter served on the Supreme Court until assuming senior status on June 29, 2010, just four months short of 40 years of active federal judicial service. Justice Stephen Johnson Field served on the Supreme Court for 34 years, following 6 years on the California Supreme Court, for 40 years of mixed state and federal judicial service.

Rank	Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	Total active service	Total service
1	John Paul Stevens	Ford	December 17, 1975	June 29, 2010	Incumbent	34 years, 194 days	7004156480000000000♠42 years, 307 days
2	Stanley Forman Reed	F.D.R.	January 27, 1938	February 25, 1957	April 2, 1980	19 years, 29 days	42 years, 66 days
3	William J. Brennan Jr.	Eisenhower	October 15, 1956^[36]	July 20, 1990	July 24, 1997	33 years, 278 days	40 years, 282 days
4	William O. Douglas	F.D.R.	April 15, 1939	November 12, 1975	January 19, 1980	36 years, 211 days	40 years, 279 days
5	Byron White	Kennedy	April 12, 1962	June 28, 1993	April 15, 2002	31 years, 77 days	40 years, 3 days

United States courts of appeals

Only one intermediate appeallate court judge has served more than 40 years actively, however many have eclipsed that timespan through senior service:

Rank	Judge	Court	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	Total active service	Total service
1	James R. Browning	9th Cir.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961	September 1, 2000	May 6, 2012	7004142280000000000♠38 years, 349 days	7004184930000000000♠50 years, 231 days
2	Albert Branson Maris	3rd Cir.	F.D.R.	June 24, 1938	December 31, 1958	February 7, 1989	7003749500000000000♠20 years, 190 days	7004184910000000000♠50 years, 228 days
3	Thomas Walter Swan	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	December 22, 1926	July 1, 1953	July 13, 1975	7003968800000000000♠26 years, 191 days	7004177350000000000♠48 years, 203 days
4	Alfred Goodwin	9th Cir.	Nixon	November 30, 1971	January 31, 1991	Incumbent	7003700200000000000♠19 years, 62 days	7004171260000000000♠46 years, 324 days
5	Myron H. Bright	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 1, 1985	December 12, 2016	7003620300000000000♠16 years, 359 days	7004177200000000000♠48 years, 188 days
6	Wilfred Feinberg	2nd Cir.	L.B.J.	March 7, 1966	January 31, 1991	July 31, 2014	7003909600000000000♠24 years, 330 days	7004176780000000000♠48 years, 146 days
7	Ruggero J. Aldisert	3rd Cir.	L.B.J.	July 29, 1968	December 31, 1986	December 28, 2014	7003672900000000000♠18 years, 155 days	7004169530000000000♠46 years, 152 days
8	John Clifford Wallace	9th Cir.	Nixon	June 28, 1972	April 8, 1996	Incumbent	7003868500000000000♠23 years, 285 days	7004169150000000000♠46 years, 114 days
9	Levin H. Campbell	1st Cir.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	January 3, 1992	Incumbent	7003712600000000000♠19 years, 187 days	7004169130000000000♠46 years, 112 days
10	William Judson Holloway Jr.	10th Cir.	L.B.J.	September 16, 1968	May 31, 1992	April 25, 2014	7003865800000000000♠23 years, 258 days	7004166570000000000♠45 years, 221 days
11	Orie Leon Phillips	10th Cir.	Hoover	April 29, 1929	January 1, 1956	November 14, 1974	7003974300000000000♠26 years, 247 days	7004166350000000000♠45 years, 199 days
12	Joseph William Woodrough	8th Cir.	F.D.R.	April 12, 1933	January 3, 1961	October 2, 1977	7004101280000000000♠27 years, 266 days	7004162440000000000♠44 years, 173 days
13	Frank M. Coffin	1st Cir.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	February 1, 1989	December 7, 2009	7003852300000000000♠23 years, 122 days	7004161370000000000♠44 years, 66 days
14	J. Edward Lumbard	2d Cir.	Eisenhower	July 12, 1955	July 20, 1971	June 3, 1999	7003585200000000000♠16 years, 8 days	7004160320000000000♠43 years, 326 days
15	William Joseph Bauer	7th Cir.	Ford	December 20, 1974	October 31, 1994	Incumbent	7003725500000000000♠19 years, 315 days	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days
16	Pierce Lively	6th Cir.	Nixon	October 5, 1972	January 1, 1989	March 12, 2016	7003593200000000000♠16 years, 88 days	7004158640000000000♠43 years, 159 days
17	John Cooper Godbold	5th Cir. 11th Cir.	L.B.J. n/a^[10]	July 22, 1966 October 1, 1981	October 1, 1981 October 23, 1987	December 22, 2009	7003776300000000000♠21 years, 93 days	7004158590000000000♠43 years, 153 days
18	David L. Bazelon	D.C. Cir.	Truman	October 21, 1949^[19]	June 30, 1979	February 19, 1993	7004108440000000000♠29 years, 252 days	7004158270000000000♠43 years, 121 days
19	Leonard I. Garth	3rd Cir.	Nixon	August 6, 1973	June 30, 1986	September 22, 2016	7003471100000000000♠12 years, 328 days	7004157530000000000♠43 years, 47 days
20	Bailey Aldrich	1st Cir.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	August 31, 1972	September 25, 2002	7003473900000000000♠12 years, 356 days	7004157210000000000♠43 years, 15 days
21	Donald Roe Ross	8th Cir.	Nixon	December 12, 1970	June 13, 1987	December 18, 2013	7003602700000000000♠16 years, 183 days	7004157120000000000♠43 years, 6 days
22	Gerald Bard Tjoflat	5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Ford n/a^[10]	November 21, 1975 October 1, 1981	October 1, 1981 Incumbent	n/a	7004156740000000000♠42 years, 333 days	7004156740000000000♠42 years, 333 days
23	Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr.	10th Cir.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	April 10, 2013	7003507000000000000♠13 years, 322 days	7004155190000000000♠42 years, 178 days
24	John Biggs Jr.	3rd Cir.	F.D.R.	February 16, 1937	October 30, 1965	April 15, 1979	7004104830000000000♠28 years, 256 days	7004153980000000000♠42 years, 58 days
25	Peter T. Fay	5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Ford n/a^[10]	September 21, 1976 October 1, 1981	October 1, 1981 January 19, 1994	Incumbent	7003632900000000000♠17 years, 120 days	7004153690000000000♠42 years, 29 days
26	Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.	5th Cir.	Hoover	January 26, 1931	November 4, 1964	January 18, 1973	7004123360000000000♠33 years, 283 days	7004153330000000000♠41 years, 358 days
27	Elbert Tuttle	5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Eisenhower n/a^[10]	August 4, 1954 n/a	June 1, 1968 October 1, 1981	June 23, 1996	7003992000000000000♠27 years, 58 days	7004152990000000000♠41 years, 324 days
28	John Minor Wisdom	5th Cir.	Eisenhower	June 27, 1957	January 15, 1977	May 15, 1999	7003714200000000000♠19 years, 202 days	7004152970000000000♠41 years, 322 days
29	Kimbrough Stone	8th Cir.	Wilson	December 21, 1916	May 15, 1947	February 27, 1958	7004111020000000000♠30 years, 145 days	7004150430000000000♠41 years, 68 days
30	Joseph Buffington	3rd Cir.	T. Roosevelt	September 25, 1906^[3]	June 1, 1938	October 21, 1947	7004115720000000000♠31 years, 249 days	7004150010000000000♠41 years, 26 days
31	Joseph F. Weis Jr.	3rd Cir.	Nixon	March 15, 1973	April 1, 1988	March 17, 2014	7003549600000000000♠15 years, 17 days	7004149770000000000♠41 years, 2 days
32	Damon Keith	6th Cir.	Carter	October 21, 1977	May 1, 1995	Incumbent	7003640100000000000♠17 years, 192 days	7004149740000000000♠40 years, 364 days
33	Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.	6th Cir.	Carter	October 31, 1977	January 17, 2001	Incumbent	7003847900000000000♠23 years, 78 days	7004149640000000000♠40 years, 354 days
34	Monroe G. McKay	10th Cir.	Carter	December 1, 1977	December 31, 1993	Incumbent	7003587400000000000♠16 years, 30 days	7004149330000000000♠40 years, 323 days
35	James Clinkscales Hill	5th Cir. 11th Cir.	Ford n/a^[10]	May 21, 1976 October 1, 1981	October 1, 1981 October 15, 1989	March 31, 2017	7003489500000000000♠13 years, 147 days	7004149240000000000♠40 years, 314 days
36	Harrie B. Chase	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	January 31, 1929	September 1, 1954	November 17, 1969	7003934400000000000♠25 years, 213 days	7004149000000000000♠40 years, 290 days
37	Donald P. Lay	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	July 22, 1966	January 7, 1992	April 29, 2007	7003930000000000000♠25 years, 169 days	7004148910000000000♠40 years, 281 days
38	James Emmett Barrett	10th Cir.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	April 8, 1987	November 7, 2011	7003582900000000000♠15 years, 350 days	7004148080000000000♠40 years, 198 days
39	Thomas E. Fairchild	7th Cir.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	August 31, 1981	February 12, 2007	7003549900000000000♠15 years, 20 days	7004147950000000000♠40 years, 185 days
40	Richard Harvey Chambers	9th Cir.	Eisenhower	April 30, 1954	December 31, 1976	October 21, 1994	7003828100000000000♠22 years, 245 days	7004147840000000000♠40 years, 174 days
41	Procter Ralph Hug Jr.	9th Cir.	Carter	September 15, 1977	January 1, 2002	November 30, 2017	7003887400000000000♠24 years, 108 days	7004146860000000000♠40 years, 76 days

United States district courts

Judges who have sat on a United States District Court for more than forty years.

Rank	Judge	Court	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	Total active service	Total service
1	William Joseph Nealon Jr.	M.D. Pa.	Kennedy	December 13, 1962^[2]	January 1, 1989	August 30, 2018	7003951600000000000♠26 years, 19 days	7004203490000000000♠55 years, 260 days
2	Henry Potter	D.N.C.	Jefferson	April 7, 1802	December 20, 1857	n/a	7004203460000000000♠55 years, 257 days	7004203460000000000♠55 years, 257 days
3	Seybourn Harris Lynne	N.D. Ala.	Truman	January 3, 1946	January 9, 1973	September 10, 2000	7003986800000000000♠27 years, 6 days	7004199740000000000♠54 years, 251 days
4	Edward Joseph McManus	N.D. Iowa	Kennedy	July 16, 1962	February 9, 1985	March 20, 2017	7003824400000000000♠22 years, 208 days	7004199710000000000♠54 years, 247 days
5	George C. Young	S.D. Fl. N.D. Fl. M.D. Fl.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961 September 18, 1961 October 29, 1962	September 17, 1966 September 17, 1966 October 19, 1981	April 24, 2015	7003733600000000000♠20 years, 31 days	7004195760000000000♠53 years, 218 days
6	Manuel Real	C.D. Cal.	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	Incumbent	n/a	7004189790000000000♠51 years, 351 days	7004189790000000000♠51 years, 351 days
7	John P. Fullam	E.D. Pa.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	April 1, 1990	March 8, 2018	7003863400000000000♠23 years, 233 days	7004188370000000000♠51 years, 209 days
8	Jack B. Weinstein	E.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	April 25, 1967	March 1, 1993	Incumbent	7003944200000000000♠25 years, 310 days	7004188060000000000♠51 years, 178 days
9	Alexander Harvey II	D. Md.	L.B.J.	September 22, 1966	March 8, 1991	December 4, 2017	7003893300000000000♠24 years, 167 days	7004187010000000000♠51 years, 73 days
10	William Augustus Bootle	M.D. Ga.	Eisenhower	May 20, 1954	March 11, 1972	January 25, 2005	7003650500000000000♠17 years, 296 days	7004185130000000000♠50 years, 250 days
11	Myron Donovan Crocker	S.D. Cal. E.D. Cal.	Eisenhower n/a^[6]	September 21, 1959 September 18, 1966	September 18, 1966 January 1, 1981	February 2, 2010	7003777300000000000♠21 years, 102 days	7004183970000000000♠50 years, 134 days
12	Charles Miller Metzner	S.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	September 30, 1977	November 30, 2009	7003659500000000000♠18 years, 20 days	7004183440000000000♠50 years, 81 days
13	Wesley E. Brown	D. Kan.	Kennedy	April 4, 1962	September 1, 1979	January 23, 2012	7003635900000000000♠17 years, 150 days	7004181910000000000♠49 years, 294 days
14	John Thomas Curtin	W.D.N.Y	L.B.J.	December 14, 1967	July 1, 1989	April 14, 2017	7003787000000000000♠21 years, 199 days	7004180190000000000♠49 years, 121 days
15	Daniel Holcombe Thomas	S.D. Ala.	Truman	March 9, 1951	August 25, 1971	April 13, 2000	7003747400000000000♠20 years, 169 days	7004179330000000000♠49 years, 35 days
16	David Norton Edelstein	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	November 1, 1951^[7]	November 1, 1994	August 19, 2000	7004157060000000000♠43 years, 0 days	7004178240000000000♠48 years, 292 days
17	Willard Hall	D. Del.	Monroe	May 6, 1823^[8]	December 6, 1871	n/a	7004177460000000000♠48 years, 214 days	7004177460000000000♠48 years, 214 days
18	Edwin F. Hunter	W.D. La.	Eisenhower	October 3, 1953^[9]	February 19, 1976	February 22, 2002	7003817400000000000♠22 years, 139 days	7004176740000000000♠48 years, 142 days
19	Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe	E.D. La.	L.B.J.	March 26, 1966	August 26, 1992	August 10, 2014	7003965000000000000♠26 years, 153 days	7004176690000000000♠48 years, 137 days
20	John C. Knox	S.D.N.Y.	Wilson	April 12, 1918	April 30, 1955	August 23, 1966	7004135320000000000♠37 years, 18 days	7004176650000000000♠48 years, 133 days
21	William Joseph Campbell	N.D. Ill.	F.D.R.	October 10, 1940	March 19, 1970	October 19, 1988	7004107520000000000♠29 years, 160 days	7004175410000000000♠48 years, 9 days
22	Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	S.D. Tex.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	September 2, 1987	Incumbent	7003616600000000000♠16 years, 322 days	7004175370000000000♠48 years, 5 days
	John William Ditter Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 19, 1986	Incumbent	7003584800000000000♠16 years, 4 days	7004175370000000000♠48 years, 5 days
	Donald West VanArtsdalen	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 21, 1985	Incumbent	7003548500000000000♠15 years, 6 days	7004175370000000000♠48 years, 5 days
25	James Lawrence King	S.D. Fl.	Nixon	October 19, 1970	December 20, 1992	Incumbent	7003809800000000000♠22 years, 62 days	7004175330000000000♠48 years, 1 day
26	Samuel Conti	N.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	November 1, 1987	August 29, 2018	7003622500000000000♠17 years, 16 days	7004174840000000000♠47 years, 317 days
27	Albert L. Reeves	W.D. Mo.	Harding	June 24, 1923	February 2, 1954	March 24, 1971	7004111810000000000♠30 years, 223 days	7004174400000000000♠47 years, 273 days
28	Walter Thomas McGovern	W.D. Wash.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	September 30, 1987	Incumbent	7003600400000000000♠16 years, 160 days	7004173470000000000♠47 years, 180 days
29	Garnett Thomas Eisele	E.D. Ark.	Nixon	August 6, 1970	August 1, 1991	November 26, 2017	7003766500000000000♠20 years, 360 days	7004172790000000000♠47 years, 112 days
30	Marion Speed Boyd	W.D. Tenn.	F.D.R.	September 27, 1940	August 1, 1966	January 9, 1988	7003943900000000000♠25 years, 308 days	7004172700000000000♠47 years, 104 days
31	Warren Keith Urbom	D. Neb.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	December 31, 1990	July 28, 2017	7003755600000000000♠20 years, 251 days	7004172620000000000♠47 years, 95 days
32	Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.	E.D. Va.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	December 1, 1991	Incumbent	7003743000000000000♠20 years, 125 days	7004172500000000000♠47 years, 83 days
33	James von der Heydt	D. Alaska	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	July 15, 1984	December 1, 2013	7003646400000000000♠17 years, 255 days	7004171950000000000♠47 years, 28 days
34	William Terrell Hodges	M.D. Fl.	Nixon	December 15, 1971	May 2, 1999	Incumbent	7004100000000000000♠27 years, 138 days	7004171110000000000♠46 years, 309 days
35	William Clark O'Kelley	N.D. Ga.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	October 1, 1996	July 5, 2017	7003948200000000000♠25 years, 351 days	7004170640000000000♠46 years, 262 days
36	George M. Bourquin	D. Mont.	Taft	March 8, 1912	March 9, 1934	November 15, 1958	7003803600000000000♠22 years, 1 day	7004170530000000000♠46 years, 252 days
37	Gunnar Nordbye	D. Minn.	Hoover	March 18, 1931^[11]	March 6, 1967	November 5, 1977	7004131370000000000♠35 years, 353 days	7004170340000000000♠46 years, 232 days
38	Roy Winfield Harper^[12]	W.D. Mo. E.D. Mo.	Truman	August 7, 1947	January 5, 1971	February 13, 1994	7003855200000000000♠23 years, 151 days	7004169920000000000♠46 years, 190 days
39	Charles William Kraft Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	August 12, 1955^[37]	November 11, 1970	January 18, 2002	7003557000000000000♠15 years, 91 days	7004169610000000000♠46 years, 159 days
40	William Benner Enright	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	July 12, 1990	Incumbent	7003658600000000000♠18 years, 12 days	7004169130000000000♠46 years, 112 days
41	Joseph L. Tauro	D. Mass.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	September 26, 2013	Incumbent	7004149540000000000♠40 years, 344 days	7004168040000000000♠46 years, 3 days
42	Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr.	W.D. Okla.	F.D.R.	May 13, 1943	October 20, 1975	April 27, 1989	7004118480000000000♠32 years, 160 days	7004167860000000000♠45 years, 349 days
43	Caleb Merrill Wright	D. Del.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	October 8, 1973	May 12, 2001	7003664800000000000♠18 years, 73 days	7004167260000000000♠45 years, 289 days
44	Dan Monroe Russell Jr.	S.D. Miss.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	October 25, 1983	April 16, 2011	7003659700000000000♠18 years, 23 days	7004166320000000000♠45 years, 196 days
45	Thomas Virgil Pittman	M.D. Ala. S.D. Ala.	L.B.J.	June 29, 1966 June 29, 1966	June 2, 1970 July 15, 1981	January 6, 2012	7003549500000000000♠15 years, 16 days	7004166270000000000♠45 years, 191 days
46	James Hughes Hancock	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 17, 1973	May 1, 1996	Incumbent	7003841500000000000♠23 years, 14 days	7004166220000000000♠45 years, 186 days
47	Elijah Allen Cox	N.D. Miss.	Coolidge	March 2, 1929	March 22, 1957	August 28, 1974	7004102470000000000♠28 years, 20 days	7004166150000000000♠45 years, 179 days
48	Thomas P. Griesa	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	March 13, 2000	December 24, 2017	7004101180000000000♠27 years, 257 days	7004166130000000000♠45 years, 177 days
49	William Daniel Murray	D. Mont.	Truman	May 9, 1949	December 31, 1965	October 3, 1994	7003608000000000000♠16 years, 236 days	7004165830000000000♠45 years, 147 days
50	Robert Earl Maxwell	N.D. W.Va.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	July 19, 1995	November 20, 2010	7004109340000000000♠29 years, 342 days	7004165370000000000♠45 years, 101 days
51	Joseph Putnam Willson	W.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	July 14, 1953	October 18, 1968	August 3, 1998	7003557500000000000♠15 years, 96 days	7004164560000000000♠45 years, 20 days
52	William Elwood Steckler	S.D. Ind.	Truman	April 7, 1950	December 31, 1986	March 8, 1995	7004134170000000000♠36 years, 268 days	7004164060000000000♠44 years, 335 days
53	Solomon Blatt Jr.	D.S.C.	Nixon	May 28, 1971	May 7, 1990	April 20, 2016	7003691900000000000♠18 years, 344 days	7004163990000000000♠44 years, 328 days
54	Charles Wycliffe Joiner	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	June 9, 1972	August 15, 1984	March 10, 2017	7003445000000000000♠12 years, 67 days	7004163450000000000♠44 years, 274 days
55	Gordon Thompson Jr.	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	December 28, 1994	July 5, 2015	7003883900000000000♠24 years, 73 days	7004163330000000000♠44 years, 262 days
56	Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.	D. Mass.	F.D.R.	December 19, 1941	September 1, 1971	September 3, 1986	7004108480000000000♠29 years, 256 days	7004163290000000000♠44 years, 258 days
57	Thomas Jennings Bailey	D.D.C.	Wilson	May 22, 1918	November 1, 1950	January 9, 1963	7004118510000000000♠32 years, 163 days	7004163030000000000♠44 years, 232 days
58	Richard Paul Matsch	D. Col.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	July 1, 2003	Incumbent	7004107070000000000♠29 years, 115 days	7004162970000000000♠44 years, 226 days
59	Frederick Alvin Daugherty	E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla.	Kennedy	October 5, 1961^[14]	January 12, 1982	April 7, 2006	7003740400000000000♠20 years, 99 days	7004162550000000000♠44 years, 184 days
60	Matthew Francis McGuire	D.D.C.	F.D.R.	August 1, 1941	October 7, 1966	January 24, 1986	7003919800000000000♠25 years, 67 days	7004162470000000000♠44 years, 176 days
61	Samuel Hugh Dillin	S.D. Ind.	Kennedy	September 22, 1961	March 31, 1993	March 13, 2006	7004115130000000000♠31 years, 190 days	7004162430000000000♠44 years, 172 days
62	Thomas Francis Murphy	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	July 2, 1951	December 3, 1970	October 26, 1995	7003709400000000000♠19 years, 154 days	7004161870000000000♠44 years, 116 days
63	Ashur Ware	D. Me.	Monroe	February 15, 1822	May 31, 1866	n/a	7004161760000000000♠44 years, 105 days	7004161760000000000♠44 years, 105 days
64	John Clyde Bowen	W.D. Wash.	F.D.R.	March 20, 1934	June 5, 1961	April 27, 1978	7003993900000000000♠27 years, 77 days	7004161090000000000♠44 years, 38 days
65	Harold P. Burke	W.D.N.Y.	F.D.R.	June 18, 1937	June 15, 1981	July 17, 1981	7004160680000000000♠43 years, 362 days	7004161000000000000♠44 years, 29 days
66	R. James Harvey	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	March 31, 1984	December 4, 2017	7003375500000000000♠10 years, 103 days	7004160560000000000♠43 years, 350 days
67	Kevin Duffy	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	January 10, 1998	September 30, 2016	7003921600000000000♠25 years, 85 days	7004160540000000000♠43 years, 349 days
68	Donald D. Alsop	D. Minn.	Nixon	December 20, 1974	August 28, 1992	Incumbent	7003646100000000000♠17 years, 252 days	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days
68	James Paul Churchill	E.D. Mich.	Ford	December 20, 1974	December 31, 1989	Incumbent	7003549000000000000♠15 years, 11 days	7004160100000000000♠43 years, 304 days
70	William Huntington Kirkpatrick	E.D. Pa.	Coolidge	March 3, 1927	May 1, 1958	November 28, 1970	7004113820000000000♠31 years, 59 days	7004159760000000000♠43 years, 270 days
71	Joseph H. Young	D. Md.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	August 1, 1987	March 15, 2015	7003584700000000000♠16 years, 3 days	7004159350000000000♠43 years, 229 days
72	John Jay Jackson Jr.	W.D. Va. D. W.Va. N.D. W.Va.	Lincoln n/a^[16] n/a^[17]	August 3, 1861 June 11, 1864 July 1, 1901	June 10, 1864 July 1, 1901 March 15, 1905	n/a	7004159290000000000♠43 years, 224 days	7004159290000000000♠43 years, 224 days
73	Jacob Mishler	E.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	July 6, 1960	April 30, 1980	January 26, 2004	7003723800000000000♠19 years, 299 days	7004159090000000000♠43 years, 204 days
73	Junius Foy Guin Jr.	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 18, 1973	February 3, 1989	November 8, 2016	7003577000000000000♠15 years, 291 days	7004159100000000000♠43 years, 204 days
75	Johnson Jay Hayes	M.D.N.C.	Coolidge	April 6, 1927^[18]	June 18, 1957	October 22, 1970	7004110310000000000♠30 years, 73 days	7004159050000000000♠43 years, 199 days
76	William Henry Stafford Jr.	N.D. Fl.	Ford	May 14, 1975	May 31, 1996	Incumbent	7003768800000000000♠21 years, 17 days	7004158650000000000♠43 years, 159 days
77	Thomas Collier Platt Jr.	E.D.N.Y.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 1, 2001	March 4, 2017	7003982700000000000♠26 years, 330 days	7004157020000000000♠42 years, 361 days
78	Charles Andrew Muecke	D. Ariz.	L.B.J.	October 1, 1964	November 30, 1984	September 21, 2007	7003736500000000000♠20 years, 60 days	7004156950000000000♠42 years, 355 days
79	Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Truman	June 8, 1950	January 31, 1977	April 19, 1993	7003973400000000000♠26 years, 237 days	7004156560000000000♠42 years, 315 days
80	Myron L. Gordon	E.D. Wis.	L.B.J.	March 4, 1967	February 12, 1983	November 3, 2009	7003582400000000000♠15 years, 345 days	7004155850000000000♠42 years, 244 days
81	Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr.	D. Kan.	Eisenhower	July 7, 1958	April 1, 1971	January 27, 2001	7003465100000000000♠12 years, 268 days	7004155450000000000♠42 years, 204 days
82	Charles S. Haight Jr.	S.D.N.Y.	Ford	March 29, 1976	September 23, 1995	Incumbent	7003711700000000000♠19 years, 178 days	7004155450000000000♠42 years, 205 days
83	Paul Jones	N.D. Ohio	Harding	March 2, 1923	August 4, 1965	n/a	7004154960000000000♠42 years, 155 days	7004154960000000000♠42 years, 155 days
84	Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Ford	May 21, 1976	November 28, 1994	Incumbent	7003676500000000000♠18 years, 191 days	7004154920000000000♠42 years, 152 days
85	Walter Edward Hoffman	E.D. Va.	Eisenhower	July 15, 1954	September 3, 1974	November 21, 1996	7003735500000000000♠20 years, 50 days	7004154700000000000♠42 years, 129 days
86	Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr.	W.D. La.	Coolidge	May 5, 1924	May 17, 1953	August 22, 1966	7004106040000000000♠29 years, 12 days	7004154490000000000♠42 years, 109 days
87	Albert Sherman Christensen	D. Utah	Eisenhower	May 28, 1954	August 17, 1971	August 13, 1996	7003629000000000000♠17 years, 81 days	7004154180000000000♠42 years, 77 days
88	John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	S.D.W.Va.	Ford	September 3, 1976	Incumbent	n/a	7004153870000000000♠42 years, 47 days	7004153870000000000♠42 years, 47 days
89	Edward Skottowe Northrop	D. Md.	Kennedy	September 5, 1961	June 12, 1981	August 12, 2003	7003722000000000000♠19 years, 280 days	7004153160000000000♠41 years, 341 days
90	Richard Owen	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	September 30, 1989	November 20, 2015	7003576400000000000♠15 years, 285 days	7004153110000000000♠41 years, 336 days
91	Luther L. Bohanon	E.D. Okla. N.D. Okla. W.D. Okla.	Kennedy	August 30, 1961	August 2, 1974	July 18, 2003	7003472000000000000♠12 years, 337 days	7004152970000000000♠41 years, 322 days
92	James Clinton Turk	W.D. Va.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	November 1, 2002	July 6, 2014	7004109720000000000♠30 years, 15 days	7004152370000000000♠41 years, 262 days
93	James Thomas Foley	N.D.N.Y.	Truman	February 2, 1949	June 30, 1980	August 17, 1990	7004114710000000000♠31 years, 149 days	7004151710000000000♠41 years, 196 days
94	Morris E. Lasker	S.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	June 24, 1968	October 3, 1983	December 25, 2009	7003557900000000000♠15 years, 101 days	7004151590000000000♠41 years, 184 days
95	Robert J. Kelleher	C.D. Cal.	Nixon	December 21, 1970	March 5, 1983	June 20, 2012	7003445700000000000♠12 years, 74 days	7004151570000000000♠41 years, 182 days
96	John Feikens	E.D. Mich. E.D. Mich.	Eisenhower Nixon	October 13, 1960 December 1, 1970	September 27, 1961^[24] March 1, 1986	May 15, 2011	7003591800000000000♠16 years, 74 days	7004151240000000000♠41 years, 149 days
97	William Wayne Justice	E.D. Tex.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 30, 1998	October 13, 2009	7004109800000000000♠30 years, 23 days	7004151030000000000♠41 years, 128 days
98	Charles Fremont Amidon	D.N.D.	Cleveland	August 31, 1896	June 2, 1928	December 26, 1937	7004115970000000000♠31 years, 276 days	7004150910000000000♠41 years, 117 days
99	Richard Dean Rogers	D. Kans.	Ford	August 5, 1975	January 1, 1989	November 25, 2016	7003489800000000000♠13 years, 149 days	7004150880000000000♠41 years, 112 days
100	Joe Oscar Eaton	S.D. Fl.	L.B.J.	June 12, 1967	April 2, 1985	September 28, 2008	7003650400000000000♠17 years, 294 days	7004150840000000000♠41 years, 108 days
101	Tom Stagg	W.D. La.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 29, 1992	June 23, 2015	7003656700000000000♠17 years, 358 days	7004150820000000000♠41 years, 107 days
102	Richard Johnson Putnam	W.D. La.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961	December 19, 1975	December 16, 2002	7003520500000000000♠14 years, 92 days	7004150640000000000♠41 years, 89 days
103	Edward Matthew Curran	D.D.C.	Truman	October 16, 1946^[25]	April 2, 1971	January 10, 1988	7003893400000000000♠24 years, 168 days	7004150610000000000♠41 years, 86 days
104	Edward Louis Filippine	E.D. Mo.	Carter	July 22, 1977	June 11, 1995	Incumbent	7003653300000000000♠17 years, 324 days	7004150650000000000♠41 years, 90 days
105	Harold Lloyd Murphy	N.D. Ga.	Carter	July 29, 1977	March 31, 2017	Incumbent	7004144900000000000♠39 years, 245 days	7004150580000000000♠41 years, 83 days
106	Allen Burroughs Hannay	S.D. Tex.	F.D.R.	August 12, 1942	August 6, 1975	October 22, 1983	7004120470000000000♠32 years, 359 days	7004150460000000000♠41 years, 71 days
107	Elijah Paine	D. Vt.	J. Adams	February 25, 1801	April 1, 1842	n/a	7004150100000000000♠41 years, 35 days	7004150100000000000♠41 years, 35 days
108	William Bondy	S.D.N.Y.	Harding	March 2, 1923	May 1, 1956	March 30, 1964	7004121140000000000♠33 years, 60 days	7004150040000000000♠41 years, 28 days
109	John L. Kane Jr.	D. Col.	Carter	December 16, 1977	April 8, 1988	Incumbent	7003376600000000000♠10 years, 114 days	7004149180000000000♠40 years, 308 days
110	Joseph Jefferson Fisher	E.D. Tex.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	January 30, 1984	June 19, 2000	7003890800000000000♠24 years, 142 days	7004148930000000000♠40 years, 283 days
111	Malcolm Muir	M.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	July 22, 2011	7003507000000000000♠13 years, 322 days	7004148910000000000♠40 years, 281 days
112	Edward Roscoe Meek	N.D. Tex.	McKinley	July 13, 1898	December 31, 1935	April 10, 1939	7004136840000000000♠37 years, 171 days	7004148800000000000♠40 years, 271 days
113	Ronald Davies	D.N.D.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	August 27, 1971	April 18, 1996	7003587500000000000♠16 years, 31 days	7004148760000000000♠40 years, 266 days
114	William Hoeveler	S.D. Fl.	Carter	April 26, 1977	January 31, 1991	November 18, 2017	7003502800000000000♠13 years, 280 days	7004148160000000000♠40 years, 206 days
115	William Schwarzer	N.D. Cal.	Ford	July 23, 1976	April 30, 1991	January 28, 2017	7003539400000000000♠14 years, 281 days	7004147990000000000♠40 years, 189 days
116	Robert A. Grant	N.D. Ind.	Eisenhower	August 26, 1957	December 1, 1972	March 2, 1998	7003557600000000000♠15 years, 97 days	7004147980000000000♠40 years, 188 days
117	Robert W. Sweet	S.D.N.Y.	Carter	April 28, 1978	March 1, 1991	Incumbent	7003469000000000000♠12 years, 307 days	7004147850000000000♠40 years, 175 days
118	Gustave Diamond	W.D. Pa.	Carter	May 2, 1978	January 31, 1994	Incumbent	7003575300000000000♠15 years, 274 days	7004147810000000000♠40 years, 171 days
119	Ogden Hoffman Jr.	N.D. Cal. S.D. Cal. D. Cal. N.D. Cal.	Fillmore n/a^[38] n/a^[39] n/a^[30]	February 27, 1851 August 31, 1852 July 23, 1866 August 5, 1886	July 23, 1866 January 18, 1854 August 5, 1886 August 9, 1891	n/a	7004147730000000000♠40 years, 163 days	7004147730000000000♠40 years, 163 days
120	James William Locke	S.D. Fla.	Grant	February 1, 1872	July 4, 1912	n/a	7004147630000000000♠40 years, 154 days	7004147630000000000♠40 years, 154 days
121	Ellen Bree Burns	D. Conn.	Carter	May 18, 1978	September 1, 1992	Incumbent	7003522000000000000♠14 years, 106 days	7004147650000000000♠40 years, 155 days
122	John Davis	D. Mass.	J. Adams	February 20, 1801	July 10, 1841	n/a	7004147500000000000♠40 years, 140 days	7004147500000000000♠40 years, 140 days
123	Charles Guy Briggle	S.D. Ill.	Hoover	January 25, 1932	August 1, 1958	June 6, 1972	7003968500000000000♠26 years, 188 days	7004147430000000000♠40 years, 133 days
124	Samuel Rossiter Betts	S.D.N.Y.	J. Q. Adams	December 21, 1826	April 30, 1867	n/a	7004147400000000000♠40 years, 130 days	7004147400000000000♠40 years, 130 days
125	Howard Boyd Turrentine	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	January 22, 1984	August 20, 2010	7003502100000000000♠13 years, 273 days	7004147280000000000♠40 years, 118 days
126	John Pitman	D.R.I.	Monroe	August 4, 1824	November 17, 1864	n/a	7004147150000000000♠40 years, 105 days	7004147150000000000♠40 years, 105 days
127	William B. Bryant	D.D.C.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	January 31, 1982	November 13, 2005	7003601700000000000♠16 years, 173 days	7004147040000000000♠40 years, 94 days
128	James L. Foreman	E.D. Ill. S.D. Ill.	Nixon n/a^[40]	March 7, 1972 March 31, 1979	March 31, 1979 June 1, 1992	June 3, 2012	7003739100000000000♠20 years, 86 days	7004146980000000000♠40 years, 88 days
129	Earl R. Larson	D. Minn.	Kennedy	August 10, 1961	June 30, 1977	October 31, 2001	7003580300000000000♠15 years, 324 days	7004146920000000000♠40 years, 82 days
130	Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.	S.D. Fla.	Carter	July 28, 1978	November 30, 1996	Incumbent	7003670000000000000♠18 years, 125 days	7004146940000000000♠40 years, 84 days
131	Thomas A. Wiseman Jr.	M.D. Tenn.	Carter	August 11, 1978	November 3, 1995	Incumbent	7003629300000000000♠17 years, 84 days	7004146800000000000♠40 years, 70 days

Sources

Federal Judicial Center

References

General

"Judges of the United States Courts". Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. Federal Judicial Center. Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2009-04-03.

Specific

↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 6, 1802, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1802, and received commission on January 26, 1802.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 1963, and received commission on March 27, 1963.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1906, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received commission on December 11, 1906.
↑ Elevated to Chief Justice by Jefferson on February 24, 1806. Because of the unique structure of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, Thomas Jefferson's elevation of William Cranch to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
1 2 On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 30, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 1952, and received commission on April 8, 1952.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1823, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1823, and received commission on December 9, 1823.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 10, 1954.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Reassigned to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981 by operation of law.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1932, and received commission on February 10, 1932.
1 2 Harper received three consecutive recess appointments to the same court; his formal nomination was rejected by the United States Senate the first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1962, and received commission on February 17, 1962.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956.
1 2 Early in the course of the American Civil War, the western portion of Virginia rejected Virginia's secession from the United States, and itself seceded from Virginia. This area largely coincided with the existing Western District of Virginia. The portion of Virginia remaining loyal to the Union became the state of West Virginia, which was admitted as a state on June 20, 1863. On June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia became the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with what had previously been the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to again form a single United States District Court for the District of Virginia. John Jay Jackson, who had been appointed to the Western District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of West Virginia. At the same time, John Curtiss Underwood, who had been appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of Virginia. On February 3, 1871, the District of Virginia was again subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts, and Underwood was reassigned to the Eastern District, until his death.
1 2 On July 1, 1901, the District of West Virginia was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; Jackson was reassigned to the Northern District, until his retirement.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1928, and received commission on January 9, 1928.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 8, 1950, and received commission on February 10, 1950.
1 2 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
1 2 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.
↑ Elevated to Chief Justice by Coolidge on April 18, 1928. Because of the unique structure of the United States Court of Claims, Calvin Coolidge's elevation of Fenton Booth to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received commission on April 7, 1950.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961; Service terminated on September 27, 1961, after nomination was not confirmed by the Senate.
1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1947, and received commission on February 5, 1947.
↑ Elevated to Chief Justice by Cleveland on November 23, 1896. Because of the unique structure of the United States Court of Claims, Grover Cleveland's elevation of Charles Nott to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.
↑ Assigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on August 31, 1852.
↑ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of California on July 23, 1866.
1 2 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on August 5, 1886.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1949, and received commission on February 2, 1949.
↑ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 18, 1928, and received commission on January 18, 1928.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1932, and received commission on January 19, 1932.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.
↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.
↑ Assigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on August 31, 1852.
↑ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of California on July 23, 1866.
↑ Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.

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[ReferenceA-1] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 6, 1802, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1802, and received commission on January 26, 1802.

[ReferenceB-2] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 1963, and received commission on March 27, 1963.

[December_3,_1906-3] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1906, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received commission on December 11, 1906.

[4] Elevated to Chief Justice by Jefferson on February 24, 1806. Because of the unique structure of the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, Thomas Jefferson's elevation of William Cranch to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.

[January_15,_1962-5] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.

[Crocker-6] 1 2 On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

[April_7,_1952-7] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 30, 1952, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 7, 1952, and received commission on April 8, 1952.

[December_5,_1823-8] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1823, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1823, and received commission on December 9, 1823.

[February_9,_1954-9] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1954, and received commission on February 10, 1954.

[C11-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Reassigned to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981 by operation of law.

[February_3,_1932-11] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1932, and received commission on February 10, 1932.

[ReferenceC-12] 1 2 Harper received three consecutive recess appointments to the same court; his formal nomination was rejected by the United States Senate the first two times, but after the third recess appointment, Harper was confirmed by the Senate.

[13] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.

[February_7,_1962-14] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1962, and received commission on February 17, 1962.

[15] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956.

[V-WV-16] 1 2 Early in the course of the American Civil War, the western portion of Virginia rejected Virginia's secession from the United States, and itself seceded from Virginia. This area largely coincided with the existing Western District of Virginia. The portion of Virginia remaining loyal to the Union became the state of West Virginia, which was admitted as a state on June 20, 1863. On June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia became the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with what had previously been the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to again form a single United States District Court for the District of Virginia. John Jay Jackson, who had been appointed to the Western District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of West Virginia. At the same time, John Curtiss Underwood, who had been appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of Virginia. On February 3, 1871, the District of Virginia was again subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts, and Underwood was reassigned to the Eastern District, until his death.

[July_1,_1901-17] 1 2 On July 1, 1901, the District of West Virginia was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; Jackson was reassigned to the Northern District, until his retirement.

[December_6,_1927-18] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1928, and received commission on January 9, 1928.

[January_5,_1950-19] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 8, 1950, and received commission on February 10, 1950.

[FC-20] 1 2 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.

[IT-21] 1 2 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of International Trade on November 1, 1980.

[22] Elevated to Chief Justice by Coolidge on April 18, 1928. Because of the unique structure of the United States Court of Claims, Calvin Coolidge's elevation of Fenton Booth to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.

[23] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received commission on April 7, 1950.

[Dwight_D_1960-24] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961; Service terminated on September 27, 1961, after nomination was not confirmed by the Senate.

[January_8,_1947-25] 1 2 Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1947, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1947, and received commission on February 5, 1947.

[26] Elevated to Chief Justice by Cleveland on November 23, 1896. Because of the unique structure of the United States Court of Claims, Grover Cleveland's elevation of Charles Nott to Chief Justice of the Court is considered a separate appointment.

[27] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.

[28] Assigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on August 31, 1852.

[29] Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of California on July 23, 1866.

[August_5,_1886-30] 1 2 Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on August 5, 1886.

[31] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 13, 1949, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1949, and received commission on February 2, 1949.

[32] Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.

[33] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950.

[34] Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1927, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 18, 1928, and received commission on January 18, 1928.

[35] Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1931, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 12, 1932, and received commission on January 19, 1932.

[36] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 14, 1957, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 1957, and received commission on March 21, 1957.

[37] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.

[38] Assigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on August 31, 1852.

[39] Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of California on July 23, 1866.

[40] Reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on March 31, 1979.