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	44 years, 275 days	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	56 years, 225 days	56 years, 225 days
3	William Joseph Nealon Jr.	M.D. Pa.	Kennedy	December 13, 1962^[2]	January 1, 1989	August 30, 2018	26 years, 19 days	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	46 years, 98 days	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	46 years, 212 days	54 years, 287 days
6	Seybourn Harris Lynne	N.D. Ala.	Truman	January 3, 1946	January 9, 1973	September 10, 2000	27 years, 6 days	54 years, 251 days
7	Edward Joseph McManus	N.D. Iowa	Kennedy	July 16, 1962	February 9, 1985	March 20, 2017	22 years, 208 days	54 years, 247 days
8	William Cranch	D.C. Cir.	J. Adams^[4]	March 3, 1801	September 1, 1855	n/a	54 years, 182 days	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	20 years, 31 days	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	29 years, 118 days	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	22 years, 192 days	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	42 years, 36 days	52 years, 114 days
13	Manuel Real	C.D. Cal.	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	Incumbent	n/a	57 years, 205 days	57 years, 205 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	32 years, 304 days	51 years, 256 days
15	John P. Fullam	E.D. Pa.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	April 1, 1990	March 8, 2018	23 years, 233 days	51 years, 209 days
16	Jack B. Weinstein	E.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	April 25, 1967	March 1, 1993	Incumbent	25 years, 310 days	57 years, 31 days
17	Alexander Harvey II	D. Md.	L.B.J.	September 22, 1966	March 8, 1991	December 4, 2017	24 years, 167 days	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	27 years, 201 days	56 years, 227 days
19	William Augustus Bootle	M.D. Ga.	Eisenhower	May 20, 1954	March 11, 1972	January 25, 2005	17 years, 296 days	50 years, 250 days
20	James R. Browning	9th Cir.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961	September 1, 2000	May 6, 2012	38 years, 349 days	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	21 years, 102 days	50 years, 134 days
22	Charles Miller Metzner	S.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	September 30, 1977	November 30, 2009	18 years, 20 days	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	48 years, 4 days	49 years, 353 days
24	Wesley E. Brown	D. Kan.	Kennedy	April 4, 1962	September 1, 1979	January 23, 2012	17 years, 150 days	49 years, 294 days
25	John Thomas Curtin	W.D.N.Y	L.B.J.	December 14, 1967	July 1, 1989	April 14, 2017	21 years, 199 days	49 years, 121 days
26	Daniel Holcombe Thomas	S.D. Ala.	Truman	March 9, 1951	August 25, 1971	April 13, 2000	20 years, 169 days	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	21 years, 51 days	54 years, 167 days
28	David Norton Edelstein	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	November 1, 1951^[7]	November 1, 1994	August 19, 2000	43 years, 0 days	48 years, 292 days
29	Willard Hall	D. Del.	Monroe	May 6, 1823^[8]	December 6, 1871	n/a	48 years, 214 days	48 years, 214 days
30	Thomas Walter Swan	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	December 22, 1926	July 1, 1953	July 13, 1975	26 years, 191 days	48 years, 203 days
31	Myron H. Bright	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 1, 1985	December 12, 2016	16 years, 359 days	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	18 years, 126 days	48 years, 151 days
33	Edwin F. Hunter	W.D. La.	Eisenhower	October 3, 1953^[9]	February 19, 1976	February 22, 2002	22 years, 139 days	48 years, 142 days
34	Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe	E.D. La.	L.B.J.	March 26, 1966	August 26, 1992	August 10, 2014	26 years, 153 days	48 years, 137 days
35	John C. Knox	S.D.N.Y.	Wilson	April 12, 1918	April 30, 1955	August 23, 1966	37 years, 18 days	48 years, 133 days
36	James Sewall Morsell	D.C. Cir.	Madison	January 11, 1815	March 3, 1863	n/a	48 years, 51 days	48 years, 51 days
37	William Joseph Campbell	N.D. Ill.	F.D.R.	October 10, 1940	March 19, 1970	October 19, 1988	29 years, 160 days	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	39 years, 259 days	53 years, 225 days
38	Walter King Stapleton	D. Del. 3rd Cir.	Nixon Reagan	October 14, 1970 April 4, 1985	May 8, 1985 June 2, 1999	Incumbent	28 years, 231 days	53 years, 225 days
40	Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	S.D. Tex.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	September 2, 1987	Incumbent	16 years, 322 days	53 years, 224 days
	John William Ditter Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 19, 1986	Incumbent	16 years, 4 days	53 years, 224 days
	Donald West VanArtsdalen	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 21, 1985	Incumbent	15 years, 6 days	53 years, 224 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	53 years, 223 days	53 years, 223 days
	John Clifford Wallace	S.D. Cal. 9th Cir.	Nixon	October 16, 1970 June 28, 1972	July 14, 1972 April 8, 1996	Incumbent	25 years, 175 days	53 years, 223 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	23 years, 95 days	53 years, 223 days
46	James Lawrence King	S.D. Fl.	Nixon	October 19, 1970	December 20, 1992	Incumbent	22 years, 62 days	53 years, 220 days
47	Samuel Conti	N.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	November 1, 1987	August 29, 2018	17 years, 16 days	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	20 years, 34 days	53 years, 166 days
49	Albert L. Reeves	W.D. Mo.	Harding	June 24, 1923	February 2, 1954	March 24, 1971	30 years, 223 days	47 years, 273 days
50	Walter Thomas McGovern	W.D. Wash.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	September 30, 1987	Incumbent	16 years, 160 days	53 years, 33 days
51	Garnett Thomas Eisele	E.D. Ark.	Nixon	August 6, 1970	August 1, 1991	November 26, 2017	20 years, 360 days	47 years, 112 days
52	Marion Speed Boyd	W.D. Tenn.	F.D.R.	September 27, 1940	August 1, 1966	January 9, 1988	25 years, 308 days	47 years, 104 days
53	Warren Keith Urbom	D. Neb.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	December 31, 1990	July 28, 2017	20 years, 251 days	47 years, 95 days
54	Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.	E.D. Va.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	December 1, 1991	Incumbent	20 years, 125 days	52 years, 302 days
55	James von der Heydt	D. Alaska	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	July 15, 1984	December 1, 2013	17 years, 255 days	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	22 years, 355 days	52 years, 198 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	20 years, 4 days	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	20 years, 34 days	52 years, 178 days
59	William Terrell Hodges	M.D. Fl.	Nixon	December 15, 1971	May 2, 1999	Incumbent	27 years, 138 days	52 years, 163 days
59	Jon O. Newman	D. Conn. 2nd Cir.	Nixon Carter	December 15, 1971 June 21, 1979	June 25, 1979 July 1, 1997	Incumbent	25 years, 198 days	52 years, 163 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	16 years, 194 days	46 years, 279 days
62	William Clark O'Kelley	N.D. Ga.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	October 1, 1996	July 5, 2017	25 years, 351 days	46 years, 262 days
63	George M. Bourquin	D. Mont.	Taft	March 8, 1912	March 9, 1934	November 15, 1958	22 years, 1 day	46 years, 252 days
64	Gunnar Nordbye	D. Minn.	Hoover	March 18, 1931^[11]	March 6, 1967	November 5, 1977	35 years, 353 days	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	23 years, 151 days	46 years, 190 days
66	Charles William Kraft Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	August 12, 1955^[13]	November 11, 1970	January 18, 2002	15 years, 91 days	46 years, 159 days
67	Ruggero J. Aldisert	3rd Cir.	L.B.J.	July 29, 1968	December 31, 1986	December 28, 2014	18 years, 155 days	46 years, 152 days
68	William Benner Enright	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	July 12, 1990	Incumbent	18 years, 12 days	51 years, 331 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	28 years, 279 days	46 years, 53 days
70	Joseph L. Tauro	D. Mass.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	September 26, 2013	Incumbent	40 years, 344 days	51 years, 222 days
71	Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr.	W.D. Okla.	F.D.R.	May 13, 1943	October 20, 1975	April 27, 1989	32 years, 160 days	45 years, 349 days
72	Caleb Merrill Wright	D. Del.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	October 8, 1973	May 12, 2001	18 years, 73 days	45 years, 289 days
73	William Judson Holloway Jr.	10th Cir.	L.B.J.	September 16, 1968	May 31, 1992	April 25, 2014	23 years, 258 days	45 years, 221 days
74	Dan Monroe Russell Jr.	S.D. Miss.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	October 25, 1983	April 16, 2011	18 years, 23 days	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	15 years, 16 days	45 years, 191 days
76	James Hughes Hancock	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 17, 1973	May 1, 1996	Incumbent	23 years, 14 days	51 years, 39 days
77	Elijah Allen Cox	N.D. Miss.	Coolidge	March 2, 1929	March 22, 1957	August 28, 1974	28 years, 20 days	45 years, 179 days
78	Thomas P. Griesa	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	March 13, 2000	December 24, 2017	27 years, 257 days	45 years, 177 days
79	William Daniel Murray	D. Mont.	Truman	May 9, 1949	December 31, 1965	October 3, 1994	16 years, 236 days	45 years, 147 days
80	Robert Earl Maxwell	N.D. W.Va.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	July 19, 1995	November 20, 2010	29 years, 342 days	45 years, 101 days
81	Joseph Putnam Willson	W.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	July 14, 1953	October 18, 1968	August 3, 1998	15 years, 96 days	45 years, 20 days
82	William Elwood Steckler	S.D. Ind.	Truman	April 7, 1950	December 31, 1986	March 8, 1995	36 years, 268 days	44 years, 335 days
83	Solomon Blatt Jr.	D.S.C.	Nixon	May 28, 1971	May 7, 1990	April 20, 2016	18 years, 344 days	44 years, 328 days
84	R. James Harvey	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	March 31, 1984	Incumbent	10 years, 103 days	50 years, 159 days
85	Charles Wycliffe Joiner	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	June 9, 1972	August 15, 1984	March 10, 2017	12 years, 67 days	44 years, 274 days
86	Gordon Thompson Jr.	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	December 28, 1994	July 5, 2015	24 years, 73 days	44 years, 262 days
87	Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.	D. Mass.	F.D.R.	December 19, 1941	September 1, 1971	September 3, 1986	29 years, 256 days	44 years, 258 days
88	Thomas Jennings Bailey	D.D.C.	Wilson	May 22, 1918	November 1, 1950	January 9, 1963	32 years, 163 days	44 years, 232 days
89	Richard Paul Matsch	D. Col.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	July 1, 2003	Incumbent	29 years, 115 days	50 years, 79 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	20 years, 99 days	44 years, 184 days
91	Matthew Francis McGuire	D.D.C.	F.D.R.	August 1, 1941	October 7, 1966	January 24, 1986	25 years, 67 days	44 years, 176 days
92	Samuel Hugh Dillin	S.D. Ind.	Kennedy	September 22, 1961	March 31, 1993	March 13, 2006	31 years, 190 days	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	37 years, 258 days	44 years, 152 days
94	Thomas Francis Murphy	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	July 2, 1951	December 3, 1970	October 26, 1995	19 years, 154 days	44 years, 116 days
95	Ashur Ware	D. Me.	Monroe	February 15, 1822	May 31, 1866	n/a	44 years, 105 days	44 years, 105 days
96	Frank M. Coffin	1st Cir.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	February 1, 1989	December 7, 2009	23 years, 122 days	44 years, 66 days
97	John Clyde Bowen	W.D. Wash.	F.D.R.	March 20, 1934	June 5, 1961	April 27, 1978	27 years, 77 days	44 years, 38 days
98	Harold P. Burke	W.D.N.Y.	F.D.R.	June 18, 1937	June 15, 1981	July 17, 1981	43 years, 362 days	44 years, 29 days
99	Kevin Duffy	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	January 10, 1998	September 30, 2016	25 years, 85 days	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	17 years, 343 days	43 years, 327 days
101	J. Edward Lumbard	2d Cir.	Eisenhower	July 12, 1955	July 20, 1971	June 3, 1999	16 years, 8 days	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	49 years, 158 days	49 years, 158 days
	Juan R. Torruella	D.P.R. 1st Cir.	Ford Reagan	December 20, 1974 October 4, 1984	October 30, 1984 Incumbent	n/a	49 years, 158 days	49 years, 158 days
	Donald D. Alsop	D. Minn.	Nixon	December 20, 1974	August 28, 1992	Incumbent	17 years, 252 days	49 years, 158 days
	James Paul Churchill	E.D. Mich.	Ford	December 20, 1974	December 31, 1989	Incumbent	15 years, 11 days	49 years, 158 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	36 years, 8 days	43 years, 274 days
107	William Huntington Kirkpatrick	E.D. Pa.	Coolidge	March 3, 1927	May 1, 1958	November 28, 1970	31 years, 59 days	43 years, 270 days
108	Joseph H. Young	D. Md.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	August 1, 1987	March 14, 2015	16 years, 3 days	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	43 years, 224 days	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	28 years, 145 days	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	20 years, 134 days	43 years, 214 days
112	Jacob Mishler	E.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	July 6, 1960	April 30, 1980	January 26, 2004	19 years, 299 days	43 years, 204 days
112	Junius Foy Guin Jr.	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 18, 1973	February 3, 1989	November 8, 2016	15 years, 291 days	43 years, 204 days
114	Johnson Jay Hayes	M.D.N.C.	Coolidge	April 6, 1927^[18]	June 18, 1957	October 22, 1970	30 years, 73 days	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	23 years, 205 days	43 years, 195 days
116	Pierce Lively	6th Cir.	Nixon	October 5, 1972	January 1, 1989	March 12, 2016	16 years, 88 days	43 years, 159 days
117	William Henry Stafford Jr.	N.D. Fl.	Ford	May 14, 1975	May 31, 1996	Incumbent	21 years, 17 days	49 years, 12 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	21 years, 84 days	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	21 years, 93 days	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	43 years, 62 days	48 years, 362 days
121	David L. Bazelon	D.C. Cir.	Truman	October 21, 1949^[19]	June 30, 1979	February 19, 1993	29 years, 252 days	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	18 years, 85 days	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	36 years, 37 days	43 years, 47 days
124	Donald Roe Ross	8th Cir.	Nixon	December 12, 1970	June 13, 1987	December 18, 2013	16 years, 183 days	43 years, 6 days
125	Thomas Collier Platt Jr.	E.D.N.Y.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 1, 2001	March 4, 2017	26 years, 330 days	42 years, 361 days
126	Charles Andrew Muecke	D. Ariz.	L.B.J.	October 1, 1964	November 30, 1984	September 21, 2007	20 years, 60 days	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	26 years, 48 days	48 years, 195 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	42 years, 331 days	42 years, 331 days
129	Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Truman	June 8, 1950	January 31, 1977	April 19, 1993	26 years, 237 days	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	30 years, 259 days	48 years, 166 days
131	Myron L. Gordon	E.D. Wis.	L.B.J.	March 4, 1967	February 12, 1983	November 3, 2009	15 years, 345 days	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	15 years, 67 days	42 years, 234 days
133	Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr.	D. Kan.	Eisenhower	July 7, 1958	April 1, 1971	January 27, 2001	12 years, 268 days	42 years, 204 days
134	Charles S. Haight Jr.	S.D.N.Y.	Ford	March 29, 1976	September 23, 1995	Incumbent	19 years, 178 days	48 years, 58 days
135	Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr.	10th Cir.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	April 10, 2013	13 years, 322 days	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	36 years, 169 days	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	18 years, 112 days	48 years, 14 days
138	Paul Jones	N.D. Ohio	Harding	March 2, 1923	August 4, 1965	n/a	42 years, 155 days	42 years, 155 days
139	Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Ford	May 21, 1976	November 28, 1994	Incumbent	18 years, 191 days	48 years, 5 days
140	Fenton Whitlock Booth	C.ofC.	T. Roosevelt^[22]	March 17, 1905	June 15, 1939	July 26, 1947	34 years, 90 days	42 years, 131 days
141	Walter Edward Hoffman	E.D. Va.	Eisenhower	July 15, 1954	September 3, 1974	November 21, 1996	20 years, 50 days	42 years, 129 days
142	Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr.	W.D. La.	Coolidge	May 5, 1924	May 17, 1953	August 22, 1966	29 years, 12 days	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	18 years, 287 days	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	37 years, 253 days	42 years, 103 days
145	Albert Sherman Christensen	D. Utah	Eisenhower	May 28, 1954	August 17, 1971	August 13, 1996	17 years, 81 days	42 years, 77 days
146	Stanley Forman Reed	SCOTUS	F.D.R.	January 27, 1938	February 25, 1957	April 2, 1980	19 years, 29 days	42 years, 66 days
147	John Biggs Jr.	3rd Cir.	F.D.R.	February 16, 1937	October 30, 1965	April 15, 1979	28 years, 256 days	42 years, 58 days
148	John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	S.D.W.Va.	Ford	September 3, 1976	Incumbent	n/a	47 years, 266 days	47 years, 266 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	40 years, 101 days	47 years, 248 days
150	Edward Skottowe Northrop	D. Md.	Kennedy	September 5, 1961	June 12, 1981	August 12, 2003	19 years, 280 days	41 years, 341 days
151	Richard Owen	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	September 30, 1989	November 20, 2015	15 years, 285 days	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	38 years, 138 days	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	13 years, 302 days	41 years, 324 days
154	John Minor Wisdom	5th Cir.	Eisenhower	June 27, 1957	January 15, 1977	May 15, 1999	19 years, 202 days	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	12 years, 337 days	41 years, 322 days
156	James Clinton Turk	W.D. Va.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	November 1, 2002	July 6, 2014	30 years, 15 days	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	19 years, 270 days	41 years, 235 days
158	James Thomas Foley	N.D.N.Y.	Truman	February 2, 1949	June 30, 1980	August 17, 1990	31 years, 149 days	41 years, 196 days
159	Morris E. Lasker	S.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	June 24, 1968	October 3, 1983	December 25, 2009	15 years, 101 days	41 years, 184 days
160	Robert J. Kelleher	C.D. Cal.	Nixon	December 21, 1970	March 5, 1983	June 20, 2012	12 years, 74 days	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	16 years, 74 days	41 years, 149 days
162	William Wayne Justice	E.D. Tex.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 30, 1998	October 13, 2009	30 years, 23 days	41 years, 128 days
163	Charles Fremont Amidon	D.N.D.	Cleveland	August 31, 1896	June 2, 1928	December 26, 1937	31 years, 276 days	41 years, 117 days
164	Richard Dean Rogers	D. Kans.	Ford	August 5, 1975	January 1, 1989	November 25, 2016	13 years, 149 days	41 years, 112 days
165	Joe Oscar Eaton	S.D. Fl.	L.B.J.	June 12, 1967	April 2, 1985	September 28, 2008	17 years, 294 days	41 years, 108 days
166	Tom Stagg	W.D. La.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 29, 1992	June 23, 2015	17 years, 358 days	41 years, 107 days
167	Richard Johnson Putnam	W.D. La.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961	December 19, 1975	December 16, 2002	14 years, 92 days	41 years, 89 days
168	Edward Matthew Curran	D.D.C.	Truman	October 16, 1946^[25]	April 2, 1971	January 10, 1988	24 years, 168 days	41 years, 86 days
169	Edward Louis Filippine	E.D. Mo.	Carter	July 22, 1977	June 11, 1995	Incumbent	17 years, 324 days	46 years, 309 days
170	Harold Lloyd Murphy	N.D. Ga.	Carter	July 29, 1977	March 31, 2017	Incumbent	39 years, 245 days	46 years, 302 days
171	Allen Burroughs Hannay	S.D. Tex.	F.D.R.	August 12, 1942	August 6, 1975	October 22, 1983	32 years, 359 days	41 years, 71 days
172	Kimbrough Stone	8th Cir.	Wilson	December 21, 1916	May 15, 1947	February 27, 1958	30 years, 145 days	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	25 years, 277 days	41 years, 54 days
174	Elijah Paine	D. Vt.	J. Adams	February 25, 1801	April 1, 1842	n/a	41 years, 35 days	41 years, 35 days
175	William Bondy	S.D.N.Y.	Harding	March 2, 1923	May 1, 1956	March 30, 1964	33 years, 60 days	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	36 years, 221 days	40 years, 361 days
177	Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.	6th Cir.	Carter	October 31, 1977	January 17, 2001	Incumbent	23 years, 78 days	46 years, 208 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	24 years, 289 days	46 years, 208 days
179	Monroe G. McKay	10th Cir.	Carter	December 1, 1977	December 31, 1993	Incumbent	16 years, 30 days	46 years, 177 days
180	Charles C. Nott	C.ofC.	Lincoln^[26]	February 22, 1865	December 31, 1905	n/a	40 years, 312 days	40 years, 312 days
181	John L. Kane Jr.	D. Col.	Carter	December 16, 1977	April 8, 1988	Incumbent	10 years, 114 days	46 years, 162 days
182	Harrie B. Chase	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	January 31, 1929	September 1, 1954	November 17, 1969	25 years, 213 days	40 years, 290 days
183	Joseph Jefferson Fisher	E.D. Tex.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	January 30, 1984	June 19, 2000	24 years, 142 days	40 years, 283 days
184	William J. Brennan Jr.	SCOTUS	Eisenhower	October 15, 1956^[27]	July 20, 1990	July 24, 1997	33 years, 278 days	40 years, 282 days
185	Donald P. Lay	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	July 22, 1966	January 7, 1992	April 29, 2007	25 years, 169 days	40 years, 281 days
185	Malcolm Muir	M.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	July 22, 2011	13 years, 322 days	40 years, 281 days
187	William O. Douglas	SCOTUS	F.D.R.	April 15, 1939	November 12, 1975	January 19, 1980	36 years, 211 days	40 years, 279 days
188	Edward Roscoe Meek	N.D. Tex.	McKinley	July 13, 1898	December 31, 1935	April 10, 1939	37 years, 171 days	40 years, 271 days
189	Ronald Davies	D.N.D.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	August 27, 1971	April 18, 1996	16 years, 31 days	40 years, 266 days
190	William Hoeveler	S.D. Fla.	Carter	April 26, 1977	January 31, 1991	November 18, 2017	13 years, 280 days	40 years, 206 days
191	James Emmett Barrett	10th Cir.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	April 8, 1987	November 7, 2011	15 years, 350 days	40 years, 198 days
192	William Schwarzer	N.D. Cal.	Ford	July 23, 1976	April 30, 1991	January 28, 2017	14 years, 281 days	40 years, 189 days
193	Robert A. Grant	N.D. Ind.	Eisenhower	August 26, 1957	December 1, 1972	March 2, 1998	15 years, 97 days	40 years, 188 days
194	Thomas E. Fairchild	7th Cir.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	August 31, 1981	February 12, 2007	15 years, 20 days	40 years, 185 days
195	Richard Harvey Chambers	9th Cir.	Eisenhower	April 30, 1954	December 31, 1976	October 21, 1994	22 years, 245 days	40 years, 174 days
196	Robert W. Sweet	S.D.N.Y.	Carter	April 28, 1978	March 1, 1991	Incumbent	12 years, 307 days	46 years, 28 days
197	Gustave Diamond	W.D. Pa.	Carter	May 2, 1978	January 31, 1994	Incumbent	15 years, 274 days	46 years, 24 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	40 years, 163 days	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	40 years, 161 days	40 years, 161 days
200	James William Locke	S.D. Fla.	Grant	February 1, 1872	July 4, 1912	n/a	40 years, 154 days	40 years, 154 days
201	Ellen Bree Burns	D. Conn.	Carter	May 18, 1978	September 1, 1992	Incumbent	14 years, 106 days	46 years, 8 days
202	John Davis	D. Mass.	J. Adams	February 20, 1801	July 10, 1841	n/a	40 years, 140 days	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	14 years, 28 days	40 years, 138 days
204	Charles Guy Briggle	S.D. Ill.	Hoover	January 25, 1932	August 1, 1958	June 6, 1972	26 years, 188 days	40 years, 133 days
205	Samuel Rossiter Betts	S.D.N.Y.	J. Q. Adams	December 21, 1826	April 30, 1867	n/a	40 years, 130 days	40 years, 130 days
206	Howard Boyd Turrentine	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	January 22, 1984	August 20, 2010	13 years, 273 days	40 years, 118 days
207	John Pitman	D.R.I.	Monroe	August 4, 1824	November 17, 1864	n/a	40 years, 105 days	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	17 years, 22 days	40 years, 97 days
209	William B. Bryant	D.D.C.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	January 31, 1982	November 13, 2005	16 years, 173 days	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	20 years, 86 days	40 years, 88 days
211	Earl R. Larson	D. Minn.	Kennedy	August 10, 1961	June 30, 1977	October 31, 2001	15 years, 324 days	40 years, 82 days
212	Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.	S.D. Fla.	Carter	July 28, 1978	November 30, 1996	Incumbent	18 years, 125 days	45 years, 303 days
213	Procter Ralph Hug Jr.	9th Cir.	Carter	September 15, 1977	January 1, 2002	November 30, 2017	24 years, 108 days	40 years, 76 days
214	Thomas A. Wiseman Jr.	M.D. Tenn.	Carter	August 11, 1978	November 3, 1995	Incumbent	17 years, 84 days	45 years, 289 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	27 years, 1 day	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	27 years, 162 days	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	18 years, 123 days	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	38 years, 273 days	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	32 years, 98 days	40 years, 15 days
220	Byron White	SCOTUS	Kennedy	April 12, 1962	June 28, 1993	April 15, 2002	31 years, 77 days	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	48 years, 161 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	38 years, 349 days	50 years, 231 days
2	Albert Branson Maris	3rd Cir.	F.D.R.	June 24, 1938	December 31, 1958	February 7, 1989	20 years, 190 days	50 years, 228 days
3	Thomas Walter Swan	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	December 22, 1926	July 1, 1953	July 13, 1975	26 years, 191 days	48 years, 203 days
4	Alfred Goodwin	9th Cir.	Nixon	November 30, 1971	January 31, 1991	Incumbent	19 years, 62 days	52 years, 178 days
5	Myron H. Bright	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 1, 1985	December 12, 2016	16 years, 359 days	48 years, 188 days
6	Wilfred Feinberg	2nd Cir.	L.B.J.	March 7, 1966	January 31, 1991	July 31, 2014	24 years, 330 days	48 years, 146 days
7	Ruggero J. Aldisert	3rd Cir.	L.B.J.	July 29, 1968	December 31, 1986	December 28, 2014	18 years, 155 days	46 years, 152 days
8	John Clifford Wallace	9th Cir.	Nixon	June 28, 1972	April 8, 1996	Incumbent	23 years, 285 days	51 years, 333 days
9	Levin H. Campbell	1st Cir.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	January 3, 1992	Incumbent	19 years, 187 days	51 years, 331 days
10	William Judson Holloway Jr.	10th Cir.	L.B.J.	September 16, 1968	May 31, 1992	April 25, 2014	23 years, 258 days	45 years, 221 days
11	Orie Leon Phillips	10th Cir.	Hoover	April 29, 1929	January 1, 1956	November 14, 1974	26 years, 247 days	45 years, 199 days
12	Joseph William Woodrough	8th Cir.	F.D.R.	April 12, 1933	January 3, 1961	October 2, 1977	27 years, 266 days	44 years, 173 days
13	Frank M. Coffin	1st Cir.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	February 1, 1989	December 7, 2009	23 years, 122 days	44 years, 66 days
14	J. Edward Lumbard	2d Cir.	Eisenhower	July 12, 1955	July 20, 1971	June 3, 1999	16 years, 8 days	43 years, 326 days
15	William Joseph Bauer	7th Cir.	Ford	December 20, 1974	October 31, 1994	Incumbent	19 years, 315 days	49 years, 158 days
16	Pierce Lively	6th Cir.	Nixon	October 5, 1972	January 1, 1989	March 12, 2016	16 years, 88 days	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	21 years, 93 days	43 years, 153 days
18	David L. Bazelon	D.C. Cir.	Truman	October 21, 1949^[19]	June 30, 1979	February 19, 1993	29 years, 252 days	43 years, 121 days
19	Leonard I. Garth	3rd Cir.	Nixon	August 6, 1973	June 30, 1986	September 22, 2016	12 years, 328 days	43 years, 47 days
20	Bailey Aldrich	1st Cir.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	August 31, 1972	September 25, 2002	12 years, 356 days	43 years, 15 days
21	Donald Roe Ross	8th Cir.	Nixon	December 12, 1970	June 13, 1987	December 18, 2013	16 years, 183 days	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	48 years, 187 days	48 years, 187 days
23	Robert Hugh McWilliams Jr.	10th Cir.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	April 10, 2013	13 years, 322 days	42 years, 178 days
24	John Biggs Jr.	3rd Cir.	F.D.R.	February 16, 1937	October 30, 1965	April 15, 1979	28 years, 256 days	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	17 years, 120 days	47 years, 248 days
26	Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.	5th Cir.	Hoover	January 26, 1931	November 4, 1964	January 18, 1973	33 years, 283 days	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	27 years, 58 days	41 years, 324 days
28	John Minor Wisdom	5th Cir.	Eisenhower	June 27, 1957	January 15, 1977	May 15, 1999	19 years, 202 days	41 years, 322 days
29	Kimbrough Stone	8th Cir.	Wilson	December 21, 1916	May 15, 1947	February 27, 1958	30 years, 145 days	41 years, 68 days
30	Joseph Buffington	3rd Cir.	T. Roosevelt	September 25, 1906^[3]	June 1, 1938	October 21, 1947	31 years, 249 days	41 years, 26 days
31	Joseph F. Weis Jr.	3rd Cir.	Nixon	March 15, 1973	April 1, 1988	March 17, 2014	15 years, 17 days	41 years, 2 days
32	Damon Keith	6th Cir.	Carter	October 21, 1977	May 1, 1995	Incumbent	17 years, 192 days	46 years, 218 days
33	Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.	6th Cir.	Carter	October 31, 1977	January 17, 2001	Incumbent	23 years, 78 days	46 years, 208 days
34	Monroe G. McKay	10th Cir.	Carter	December 1, 1977	December 31, 1993	Incumbent	16 years, 30 days	46 years, 177 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	13 years, 147 days	40 years, 314 days
36	Harrie B. Chase	2nd Cir.	Coolidge	January 31, 1929	September 1, 1954	November 17, 1969	25 years, 213 days	40 years, 290 days
37	Donald P. Lay	8th Cir.	L.B.J.	July 22, 1966	January 7, 1992	April 29, 2007	25 years, 169 days	40 years, 281 days
38	James Emmett Barrett	10th Cir.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	April 8, 1987	November 7, 2011	15 years, 350 days	40 years, 198 days
39	Thomas E. Fairchild	7th Cir.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	August 31, 1981	February 12, 2007	15 years, 20 days	40 years, 185 days
40	Richard Harvey Chambers	9th Cir.	Eisenhower	April 30, 1954	December 31, 1976	October 21, 1994	22 years, 245 days	40 years, 174 days
41	Procter Ralph Hug Jr.	9th Cir.	Carter	September 15, 1977	January 1, 2002	November 30, 2017	24 years, 108 days	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	26 years, 19 days	55 years, 260 days
2	Henry Potter	D.N.C.	Jefferson	April 7, 1802	December 20, 1857	n/a	55 years, 257 days	55 years, 257 days
3	Seybourn Harris Lynne	N.D. Ala.	Truman	January 3, 1946	January 9, 1973	September 10, 2000	27 years, 6 days	54 years, 251 days
4	Edward Joseph McManus	N.D. Iowa	Kennedy	July 16, 1962	February 9, 1985	March 20, 2017	22 years, 208 days	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	20 years, 31 days	53 years, 218 days
6	Manuel Real	C.D. Cal.	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	Incumbent	n/a	57 years, 205 days	57 years, 205 days
7	John P. Fullam	E.D. Pa.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1966	April 1, 1990	March 8, 2018	23 years, 233 days	51 years, 209 days
8	Jack B. Weinstein	E.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	April 25, 1967	March 1, 1993	Incumbent	25 years, 310 days	57 years, 31 days
9	Alexander Harvey II	D. Md.	L.B.J.	September 22, 1966	March 8, 1991	December 4, 2017	24 years, 167 days	51 years, 73 days
10	William Augustus Bootle	M.D. Ga.	Eisenhower	May 20, 1954	March 11, 1972	January 25, 2005	17 years, 296 days	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	21 years, 102 days	50 years, 134 days
12	Charles Miller Metzner	S.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	September 30, 1977	November 30, 2009	18 years, 20 days	50 years, 81 days
13	Wesley E. Brown	D. Kan.	Kennedy	April 4, 1962	September 1, 1979	January 23, 2012	17 years, 150 days	49 years, 294 days
14	John Thomas Curtin	W.D.N.Y	L.B.J.	December 14, 1967	July 1, 1989	April 14, 2017	21 years, 199 days	49 years, 121 days
15	Daniel Holcombe Thomas	S.D. Ala.	Truman	March 9, 1951	August 25, 1971	April 13, 2000	20 years, 169 days	49 years, 35 days
16	David Norton Edelstein	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	November 1, 1951^[7]	November 1, 1994	August 19, 2000	43 years, 0 days	48 years, 292 days
17	Willard Hall	D. Del.	Monroe	May 6, 1823^[8]	December 6, 1871	n/a	48 years, 214 days	48 years, 214 days
18	Edwin F. Hunter	W.D. La.	Eisenhower	October 3, 1953^[9]	February 19, 1976	February 22, 2002	22 years, 139 days	48 years, 142 days
19	Frederick Jacob Reagan Heebe	E.D. La.	L.B.J.	March 26, 1966	August 26, 1992	August 10, 2014	26 years, 153 days	48 years, 137 days
20	John C. Knox	S.D.N.Y.	Wilson	April 12, 1918	April 30, 1955	August 23, 1966	37 years, 18 days	48 years, 133 days
21	William Joseph Campbell	N.D. Ill.	F.D.R.	October 10, 1940	March 19, 1970	October 19, 1988	29 years, 160 days	48 years, 9 days
22	Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	S.D. Tex.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	September 2, 1987	Incumbent	16 years, 322 days	53 years, 224 days
	John William Ditter Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 19, 1986	Incumbent	16 years, 4 days	53 years, 224 days
	Donald West VanArtsdalen	E.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 15, 1970	October 21, 1985	Incumbent	15 years, 6 days	53 years, 224 days
25	James Lawrence King	S.D. Fl.	Nixon	October 19, 1970	December 20, 1992	Incumbent	22 years, 62 days	53 years, 220 days
26	Samuel Conti	N.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	November 1, 1987	August 29, 2018	17 years, 16 days	47 years, 317 days
27	Albert L. Reeves	W.D. Mo.	Harding	June 24, 1923	February 2, 1954	March 24, 1971	30 years, 223 days	47 years, 273 days
28	Walter Thomas McGovern	W.D. Wash.	Nixon	April 23, 1971	September 30, 1987	Incumbent	16 years, 160 days	53 years, 33 days
29	Garnett Thomas Eisele	E.D. Ark.	Nixon	August 6, 1970	August 1, 1991	November 26, 2017	20 years, 360 days	47 years, 112 days
30	Marion Speed Boyd	W.D. Tenn.	F.D.R.	September 27, 1940	August 1, 1966	January 9, 1988	25 years, 308 days	47 years, 104 days
31	Warren Keith Urbom	D. Neb.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	December 31, 1990	July 28, 2017	20 years, 251 days	47 years, 95 days
32	Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.	E.D. Va.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	December 1, 1991	Incumbent	20 years, 125 days	52 years, 302 days
33	James von der Heydt	D. Alaska	L.B.J.	November 3, 1966	July 15, 1984	December 1, 2013	17 years, 255 days	47 years, 28 days
34	William Terrell Hodges	M.D. Fl.	Nixon	December 15, 1971	May 2, 1999	Incumbent	27 years, 138 days	52 years, 163 days
35	William Clark O'Kelley	N.D. Ga.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	October 1, 1996	July 5, 2017	25 years, 351 days	46 years, 262 days
36	George M. Bourquin	D. Mont.	Taft	March 8, 1912	March 9, 1934	November 15, 1958	22 years, 1 day	46 years, 252 days
37	Gunnar Nordbye	D. Minn.	Hoover	March 18, 1931^[11]	March 6, 1967	November 5, 1977	35 years, 353 days	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	23 years, 151 days	46 years, 190 days
39	Charles William Kraft Jr.	E.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	August 12, 1955^[37]	November 11, 1970	January 18, 2002	15 years, 91 days	46 years, 159 days
40	William Benner Enright	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	July 12, 1990	Incumbent	18 years, 12 days	51 years, 331 days
41	Joseph L. Tauro	D. Mass.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	September 26, 2013	Incumbent	40 years, 344 days	51 years, 222 days
42	Stephen Sanders Chandler Jr.	W.D. Okla.	F.D.R.	May 13, 1943	October 20, 1975	April 27, 1989	32 years, 160 days	45 years, 349 days
43	Caleb Merrill Wright	D. Del.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	October 8, 1973	May 12, 2001	18 years, 73 days	45 years, 289 days
44	Dan Monroe Russell Jr.	S.D. Miss.	L.B.J.	October 2, 1965	October 25, 1983	April 16, 2011	18 years, 23 days	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	15 years, 16 days	45 years, 191 days
46	James Hughes Hancock	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 17, 1973	May 1, 1996	Incumbent	23 years, 14 days	51 years, 39 days
47	Elijah Allen Cox	N.D. Miss.	Coolidge	March 2, 1929	March 22, 1957	August 28, 1974	28 years, 20 days	45 years, 179 days
48	Thomas P. Griesa	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	June 30, 1972	March 13, 2000	December 24, 2017	27 years, 257 days	45 years, 177 days
49	William Daniel Murray	D. Mont.	Truman	May 9, 1949	December 31, 1965	October 3, 1994	16 years, 236 days	45 years, 147 days
50	Robert Earl Maxwell	N.D. W.Va.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	July 19, 1995	November 20, 2010	29 years, 342 days	45 years, 101 days
51	Joseph Putnam Willson	W.D. Pa.	Eisenhower	July 14, 1953	October 18, 1968	August 3, 1998	15 years, 96 days	45 years, 20 days
52	William Elwood Steckler	S.D. Ind.	Truman	April 7, 1950	December 31, 1986	March 8, 1995	36 years, 268 days	44 years, 335 days
53	Solomon Blatt Jr.	D.S.C.	Nixon	May 28, 1971	May 7, 1990	April 20, 2016	18 years, 344 days	44 years, 328 days
54	Charles Wycliffe Joiner	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	June 9, 1972	August 15, 1984	March 10, 2017	12 years, 67 days	44 years, 274 days
55	Gordon Thompson Jr.	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	October 16, 1970	December 28, 1994	July 5, 2015	24 years, 73 days	44 years, 262 days
56	Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.	D. Mass.	F.D.R.	December 19, 1941	September 1, 1971	September 3, 1986	29 years, 256 days	44 years, 258 days
57	Thomas Jennings Bailey	D.D.C.	Wilson	May 22, 1918	November 1, 1950	January 9, 1963	32 years, 163 days	44 years, 232 days
58	Richard Paul Matsch	D. Col.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	July 1, 2003	Incumbent	29 years, 115 days	50 years, 79 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	20 years, 99 days	44 years, 184 days
60	Matthew Francis McGuire	D.D.C.	F.D.R.	August 1, 1941	October 7, 1966	January 24, 1986	25 years, 67 days	44 years, 176 days
61	Samuel Hugh Dillin	S.D. Ind.	Kennedy	September 22, 1961	March 31, 1993	March 13, 2006	31 years, 190 days	44 years, 172 days
62	Thomas Francis Murphy	S.D.N.Y.	Truman	July 2, 1951	December 3, 1970	October 26, 1995	19 years, 154 days	44 years, 116 days
63	Ashur Ware	D. Me.	Monroe	February 15, 1822	May 31, 1866	n/a	44 years, 105 days	44 years, 105 days
64	John Clyde Bowen	W.D. Wash.	F.D.R.	March 20, 1934	June 5, 1961	April 27, 1978	27 years, 77 days	44 years, 38 days
65	Harold P. Burke	W.D.N.Y.	F.D.R.	June 18, 1937	June 15, 1981	July 17, 1981	43 years, 362 days	44 years, 29 days
66	R. James Harvey	E.D. Mich.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	March 31, 1984	December 4, 2017	10 years, 103 days	43 years, 350 days
67	Kevin Duffy	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	January 10, 1998	September 30, 2016	25 years, 85 days	43 years, 349 days
68	Donald D. Alsop	D. Minn.	Nixon	December 20, 1974	August 28, 1992	Incumbent	17 years, 252 days	49 years, 158 days
68	James Paul Churchill	E.D. Mich.	Ford	December 20, 1974	December 31, 1989	Incumbent	15 years, 11 days	49 years, 158 days
70	William Huntington Kirkpatrick	E.D. Pa.	Coolidge	March 3, 1927	May 1, 1958	November 28, 1970	31 years, 59 days	43 years, 270 days
71	Joseph H. Young	D. Md.	Nixon	July 29, 1971	August 1, 1987	March 15, 2015	16 years, 3 days	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	43 years, 224 days	43 years, 224 days
73	Jacob Mishler	E.D.N.Y.	Eisenhower	July 6, 1960	April 30, 1980	January 26, 2004	19 years, 299 days	43 years, 204 days
73	Junius Foy Guin Jr.	N.D. Ala.	Nixon	April 18, 1973	February 3, 1989	November 8, 2016	15 years, 291 days	43 years, 204 days
75	Johnson Jay Hayes	M.D.N.C.	Coolidge	April 6, 1927^[18]	June 18, 1957	October 22, 1970	30 years, 73 days	43 years, 199 days
76	William Henry Stafford Jr.	N.D. Fl.	Ford	May 14, 1975	May 31, 1996	Incumbent	21 years, 17 days	49 years, 12 days
77	Thomas Collier Platt Jr.	E.D.N.Y.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 1, 2001	March 4, 2017	26 years, 330 days	42 years, 361 days
78	Charles Andrew Muecke	D. Ariz.	L.B.J.	October 1, 1964	November 30, 1984	September 21, 2007	20 years, 60 days	42 years, 355 days
79	Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Truman	June 8, 1950	January 31, 1977	April 19, 1993	26 years, 237 days	42 years, 315 days
80	Myron L. Gordon	E.D. Wis.	L.B.J.	March 4, 1967	February 12, 1983	November 3, 2009	15 years, 345 days	42 years, 244 days
81	Arthur Jehu Stanley Jr.	D. Kan.	Eisenhower	July 7, 1958	April 1, 1971	January 27, 2001	12 years, 268 days	42 years, 204 days
82	Charles S. Haight Jr.	S.D.N.Y.	Ford	March 29, 1976	September 23, 1995	Incumbent	19 years, 178 days	48 years, 58 days
83	Paul Jones	N.D. Ohio	Harding	March 2, 1923	August 4, 1965	n/a	42 years, 155 days	42 years, 155 days
84	Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.	W.D. Pa.	Ford	May 21, 1976	November 28, 1994	Incumbent	18 years, 191 days	48 years, 5 days
85	Walter Edward Hoffman	E.D. Va.	Eisenhower	July 15, 1954	September 3, 1974	November 21, 1996	20 years, 50 days	42 years, 129 days
86	Benjamin C. Dawkins Sr.	W.D. La.	Coolidge	May 5, 1924	May 17, 1953	August 22, 1966	29 years, 12 days	42 years, 109 days
87	Albert Sherman Christensen	D. Utah	Eisenhower	May 28, 1954	August 17, 1971	August 13, 1996	17 years, 81 days	42 years, 77 days
88	John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	S.D.W.Va.	Ford	September 3, 1976	Incumbent	n/a	47 years, 266 days	47 years, 266 days
89	Edward Skottowe Northrop	D. Md.	Kennedy	September 5, 1961	June 12, 1981	August 12, 2003	19 years, 280 days	41 years, 341 days
90	Richard Owen	S.D.N.Y.	Nixon	December 19, 1973	September 30, 1989	November 20, 2015	15 years, 285 days	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	12 years, 337 days	41 years, 322 days
92	James Clinton Turk	W.D. Va.	Nixon	October 17, 1972	November 1, 2002	July 6, 2014	30 years, 15 days	41 years, 262 days
93	James Thomas Foley	N.D.N.Y.	Truman	February 2, 1949	June 30, 1980	August 17, 1990	31 years, 149 days	41 years, 196 days
94	Morris E. Lasker	S.D.N.Y.	L.B.J.	June 24, 1968	October 3, 1983	December 25, 2009	15 years, 101 days	41 years, 184 days
95	Robert J. Kelleher	C.D. Cal.	Nixon	December 21, 1970	March 5, 1983	June 20, 2012	12 years, 74 days	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	16 years, 74 days	41 years, 149 days
97	William Wayne Justice	E.D. Tex.	L.B.J.	June 7, 1968	June 30, 1998	October 13, 2009	30 years, 23 days	41 years, 128 days
98	Charles Fremont Amidon	D.N.D.	Cleveland	August 31, 1896	June 2, 1928	December 26, 1937	31 years, 276 days	41 years, 117 days
99	Richard Dean Rogers	D. Kans.	Ford	August 5, 1975	January 1, 1989	November 25, 2016	13 years, 149 days	41 years, 112 days
100	Joe Oscar Eaton	S.D. Fl.	L.B.J.	June 12, 1967	April 2, 1985	September 28, 2008	17 years, 294 days	41 years, 108 days
101	Tom Stagg	W.D. La.	Nixon	March 8, 1974	February 29, 1992	June 23, 2015	17 years, 358 days	41 years, 107 days
102	Richard Johnson Putnam	W.D. La.	Kennedy	September 18, 1961	December 19, 1975	December 16, 2002	14 years, 92 days	41 years, 89 days
103	Edward Matthew Curran	D.D.C.	Truman	October 16, 1946^[25]	April 2, 1971	January 10, 1988	24 years, 168 days	41 years, 86 days
104	Edward Louis Filippine	E.D. Mo.	Carter	July 22, 1977	June 11, 1995	Incumbent	17 years, 324 days	46 years, 309 days
105	Harold Lloyd Murphy	N.D. Ga.	Carter	July 29, 1977	March 31, 2017	Incumbent	39 years, 245 days	46 years, 302 days
106	Allen Burroughs Hannay	S.D. Tex.	F.D.R.	August 12, 1942	August 6, 1975	October 22, 1983	32 years, 359 days	41 years, 71 days
107	Elijah Paine	D. Vt.	J. Adams	February 25, 1801	April 1, 1842	n/a	41 years, 35 days	41 years, 35 days
108	William Bondy	S.D.N.Y.	Harding	March 2, 1923	May 1, 1956	March 30, 1964	33 years, 60 days	41 years, 28 days
109	John L. Kane Jr.	D. Col.	Carter	December 16, 1977	April 8, 1988	Incumbent	10 years, 114 days	46 years, 162 days
110	Joseph Jefferson Fisher	E.D. Tex.	Eisenhower	September 10, 1959	January 30, 1984	June 19, 2000	24 years, 142 days	40 years, 283 days
111	Malcolm Muir	M.D. Pa.	Nixon	October 14, 1970	August 31, 1984	July 22, 2011	13 years, 322 days	40 years, 281 days
112	Edward Roscoe Meek	N.D. Tex.	McKinley	July 13, 1898	December 31, 1935	April 10, 1939	37 years, 171 days	40 years, 271 days
113	Ronald Davies	D.N.D.	Eisenhower	July 27, 1955	August 27, 1971	April 18, 1996	16 years, 31 days	40 years, 266 days
114	William Hoeveler	S.D. Fl.	Carter	April 26, 1977	January 31, 1991	November 18, 2017	13 years, 280 days	40 years, 206 days
115	William Schwarzer	N.D. Cal.	Ford	July 23, 1976	April 30, 1991	January 28, 2017	14 years, 281 days	40 years, 189 days
116	Robert A. Grant	N.D. Ind.	Eisenhower	August 26, 1957	December 1, 1972	March 2, 1998	15 years, 97 days	40 years, 188 days
117	Robert W. Sweet	S.D.N.Y.	Carter	April 28, 1978	March 1, 1991	Incumbent	12 years, 307 days	46 years, 28 days
118	Gustave Diamond	W.D. Pa.	Carter	May 2, 1978	January 31, 1994	Incumbent	15 years, 274 days	46 years, 24 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	40 years, 163 days	40 years, 163 days
120	James William Locke	S.D. Fla.	Grant	February 1, 1872	July 4, 1912	n/a	40 years, 154 days	40 years, 154 days
121	Ellen Bree Burns	D. Conn.	Carter	May 18, 1978	September 1, 1992	Incumbent	14 years, 106 days	46 years, 8 days
122	John Davis	D. Mass.	J. Adams	February 20, 1801	July 10, 1841	n/a	40 years, 140 days	40 years, 140 days
123	Charles Guy Briggle	S.D. Ill.	Hoover	January 25, 1932	August 1, 1958	June 6, 1972	26 years, 188 days	40 years, 133 days
124	Samuel Rossiter Betts	S.D.N.Y.	J. Q. Adams	December 21, 1826	April 30, 1867	n/a	40 years, 130 days	40 years, 130 days
125	Howard Boyd Turrentine	S.D. Cal.	Nixon	April 24, 1970	January 22, 1984	August 20, 2010	13 years, 273 days	40 years, 118 days
126	John Pitman	D.R.I.	Monroe	August 4, 1824	November 17, 1864	n/a	40 years, 105 days	40 years, 105 days
127	William B. Bryant	D.D.C.	L.B.J.	August 11, 1965	January 31, 1982	November 13, 2005	16 years, 173 days	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	20 years, 86 days	40 years, 88 days
129	Earl R. Larson	D. Minn.	Kennedy	August 10, 1961	June 30, 1977	October 31, 2001	15 years, 324 days	40 years, 82 days
130	Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.	S.D. Fla.	Carter	July 28, 1978	November 30, 1996	Incumbent	18 years, 125 days	45 years, 303 days
131	Thomas A. Wiseman Jr.	M.D. Tenn.	Carter	August 11, 1978	November 3, 1995	Incumbent	17 years, 84 days	45 years, 289 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b On September 18, 1966, Crocker was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Reassigned to the newly created United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981 by operation of law.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 10, 1961; Service terminated on September 27, 1961, after nomination was not confirmed by the Senate.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

[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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] Reassigned by operation of law to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on October 1, 1982.

[IT-21] 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] 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] 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] 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.

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