List of United States federal judges by longevity of service

This is a list of United States federal judge
United States federal judge
In the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....

s by longevity of service. It is meant to only cover those federal judges who have set records for longevity of service, and is therefore limited to judges who have held served on the federal bench for over 40 years. It is divided up into several categories. One difficulty in determining the length of service for federal judges is the development of senior status

Senior status

Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...

. A judge may enter senior status upon completing a certain number of years of active service by a certain age, and may continue in senior status while taking (or being available to take) a much reduced workload. In practice, some judges in senior status have remained very active on the bench, while others have been almost completely inactive. Prior to the establishment of senior status in the 1920s, some federal judges of very advanced age were "active" although effectively retired or unable to perform their duties, as they could not easily be removed from office. Thus, the length of service, whether active or senior, may not always accurately reflect the level of activity maintained by a federal judge.

In cases where there is a tie in time the following criteria will sort people higher:

Achieved the time during active service rather than senior status
Achieved the time first
Supreme Court Justices over Court of Appeals Judges over District Court judges (combined list only)
Achieved the time uninterrupted (total tenure rank only)

Amongst currently sitting federal judges, there are forty senior judges and one active judge on these lists.

Total combined service

Judge	Court	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	Total active service	Total service
	5th Cir. United States circuit court The United States circuit courts were the original intermediate level courts of the United States federal court system. They were established by the Judiciary Act of 1789. They had trial court jurisdiction over civil suits of diversity jurisdiction and major federal crimes. They also had appellate... D.N.C.	Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...			n/a	56	56
	D.C. Cir. United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia is a former United States federal court, which existed from 1801 to 1863.-History:...	J. Adams John Adams John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...			n/a	54	54
	D.C. Cir. United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia is a former United States federal court, which existed from 1801 to 1863.-History:...	Madison James Madison James Madison, Jr. was an American statesman and political theorist. He was the fourth President of the United States and is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being the primary author of the United States Constitution and at first an opponent of, and then a key author of the United...			n/a	48	48
	D. Del. United States District Court for the District of Delaware The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington...	Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...			n/a	48	48
	S.D. Tex. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of Texas...	Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... Hoover				46	55
	W.D. Pa. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law. The Honorable Judge Gary L. Lancaster is currently Chief Judge of the Western Pennsylvania District... 3rd Cir. United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:* District of Delaware* District of New Jersey...	B. Harrison T. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...				46	55
	D. Neb. United States District Court for the District of Nebraska The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nebraska. Court offices are in Omaha, Lincoln, and North Platte.... 8th Cir. United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Arkansas* Western District of Arkansas...	Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... F.D.R. Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...				45	61
	W.D. Va. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia is a United States district court.Appeals from the Western District of Virginia are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (in...	Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...			n/a	44	44
	D. Me. United States District Court for the District of Maine The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine is the U.S. district court for the state of Maine. The District of Maine was one of the original thirteen district courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, even though Maine was not a separate state from Massachusetts until 1820...	Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...			n/a	44	44
	W.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Western District of New York The United States District Court for the Western District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises only a part of New York....	F.D.R. Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...				44	44
	C.D. Cal. United States District Court for the Central District of California The United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population...	L.B.J. Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...		Incumbent	n/a	44	44
	S.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...	Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...				43	49
	S.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...	Taft William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States... Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...				42	52
	N.D. Ohio United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio...	Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...			n/a	42	42
	S.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...	J. Q. Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...			n/a	41	41
	D. Vt. United States District Court for the District of Vermont The United States District Court for the District of Vermont is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the federal district of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, and Rutland. The Court was created under the Judiciary Act of 1791 under the jurisdiction of the...	J. Adams John Adams John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...			n/a	41	41
	D. Mass. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. The second term was held in Salem in 1790 and until 1813 court session locations...	Adams John Adams John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...			n/a	40	40
	D.R.I. United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Rhode Island. The District Court was created in 1790 when Rhode Island ratified the Constitution...	Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...			n/a	40	40
	9th Cir. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...	Kennedy			Incumbent	39	49
	S.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

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United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Minnesota. Its two primary courthouses are in Minneapolis and Saint Paul...

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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. The Southern District is divided into four divisions, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Evansville and New Albany...

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

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Herbert Hoover

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|||S.D. Tex.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of Texas...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

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|||S.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...

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Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...

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United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma is a Federal district court....

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||D.D.C.

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a federal district court. Appeals from the District are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a...

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

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|||W.D. Mo.

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

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Warren G. Harding

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

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Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

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Woodrow Wilson

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|||N.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York serves one of the 94 judicial districts in the United States and one of four in the state of New York. The U.S. Attorney for the district is Richard S. Hartunian...

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Harry S. Truman

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|||N.D. Ill.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois....

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||D. Mass.

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. The second term was held in Salem in 1790 and until 1813 court session locations...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Harry S. Truman

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United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina is a United States district court with jurisdiction over 24 counties in the center of North Carolina...

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Calvin Coolidge

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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

2nd Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals...

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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|||W.D. La.

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana, with courts in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Monroe and Shreveport...

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Calvin Coolidge

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois is a former federal district court for the state of Illinois. The court was established March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992. The Northern and Southern Districts had been established February 13, 1855...

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Calvin Coolidge

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||W.D. Mich.

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over of the western portion of the state of Michigan, including the entire Upper Peninsula....

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

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|||N.D. Ala.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar,...

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Herbert Hoover

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United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties of the state of Washington: Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan,...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law. The Honorable Judge Gary L. Lancaster is currently Chief Judge of the Western Pennsylvania District...

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Harry S. Truman

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|||M.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida serves the residents of thirty-five counties from eight courthouses....

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Richard Nixon

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United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

The United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee is the Federal district court covering the western part of the state of Tennessee. Appeals from the Western District of Tennessee are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit The United States District...

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania...

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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|||E.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island...

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana is a federal trial court based in New Orleans. Like all U.S...

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is a United States District Court which serves the residents of forty-six counties...

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Richard Nixon

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a Federal district court covering approximately the southern half of the state of Illinois....

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Herbert Hoover

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United States District Court for the Southern District of California

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties in California: Imperial and San Diego. In terms of filed indictments, it is one of the busiest criminal districts in the United States...

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Richard Nixon

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United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||D. Md.

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland....

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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|||D.D.C.

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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Harry S. Truman

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|||W.D. Mo.

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

E.D. Mo.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of...

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

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|||E.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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|||10th Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Colorado* District of Kansas...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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|||S.D Cal.

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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|||W.D. La.

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||N.D. Iowa

United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa has jurisdiction over fifty-two of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (in case citations, N.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction...

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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|||D. Mont.

United States District Court for the District of Montana

The United States District Court for the District of Montana is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana...

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William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

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United States District Court for the Western District of New York

The United States District Court for the Western District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises only a part of New York....

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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|||S.D. Cal.

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||S.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida....

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Richard Nixon

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|||D. Or.

United States District Court for the District of Oregon

The United States District Court for the District of Oregon is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Oregon. It was created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union...

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Richard Nixon

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||E.D. Ark.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Arkansas, Chicot, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead, Conway, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Dehsa, Drew, Faulkner, Fulton, Grant,...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||S.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida....

N.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the northern part of the state of Florida....

M.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida serves the residents of thirty-five counties from eight courthouses....

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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|||S.D. Ala.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, Washington, and Wilcox...

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Harry S. Truman

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|||E.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||E.D. Va.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||D. Neb.

United States District Court for the District of Nebraska

The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nebraska. Court offices are in Omaha, Lincoln, and North Platte....

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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|||E.D. Va.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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|||S.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

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|||D.S.C.

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of South Carolina...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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|||M.D. Ga.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia is a United States District Court which serves the residents of sixty-nine counties from seven divisions from its headquarters in Macon, Georgia....

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||S.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||D. Del.

United States District Court for the District of Delaware

The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||S.D. Miss.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Vicksburg, and Jackson....

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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|||3rd Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:* District of Delaware* District of New Jersey...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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|||D. Alaska

United States District Court for the District of Alaska

The United States District Court for the District of Alaska is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Alaska. Offices are located in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Nome...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||18||44
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|||W.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

3rd Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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||Incumbent||18||41
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|||8th Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Arkansas* Western District of Arkansas...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||17||42
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|||D. Kan.

United States District Court for the District of Kansas

The United States District Court for the District of Kansas is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Kansas. The Court operates out of the Robert J. Dole United States Courthouse in Kansas City, the Frank Carlson Federal Building in Topeka, and the United States Courthouse...

||Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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|||D. Utah

United States District Court for the District of Utah

The United States District Court for the District of Utah is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Utah...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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|||S.D. Tex.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of Texas...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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|||N.D. Cal.

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is the federal United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises following counties of California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||17||40
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|||D.N.J.

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of New Jersey....

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

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||Incumbent||17||41
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|||D. Mont.

United States District Court for the District of Montana

The United States District Court for the District of Montana is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana...

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

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|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||16||44
|-
|||E.D. Mich.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over of the eastern portion of the state of Michigan. The Court is based in Detroit, with courthouses also located in Ann Arbor, Bay City, Flint, and Port Huron...

E.D. Mich.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

||Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

Nixon

Richard Nixon

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||Incumbent||16||41
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|||D.N.D.

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota is the United States District Court or the Federal district court, whose jurisdiction is the state of North Dakota. The court is headquartered out of Fargo and has additional locations at Bismarck, Grand Forks, and Minot...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||16||41
|-
|||||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||16||40
|-
|||E.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||16||40
|-
|||||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||16||40
|-
|||W.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||15||45
|-
|||M.D. Ala.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Coffee, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes,...

S.D. Ala.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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||
||Incumbent||15||44
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|||N.D. Ind.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. As part of the act, the Northern District was divided into three divisions, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Hammond...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||15||41
|-
|||E.D Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||15||40
|-
|||E.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||14||46
|-
|||||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||14||40
|-
|||M.D Pa.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||14||40
|-
|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||13||43
|-
|||D. Kan.

United States District Court for the District of Kansas

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||13||43
|-
|||C.D Cal.

United States District Court for the Central District of California

The United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||12||40
|}

United States Supreme Court

No Justice has served on the United States Supreme Court for over 40 years, nor has any Justice with prior service on another federal court served on the federal bench for that length of time. Justice John Paul Stevens

John Paul Stevens

John Paul Stevens served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from December 19, 1975 until his retirement on June 29, 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest member of the Court and the third-longest serving justice in the Court's history...

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 June 29, 2010, just four months short of 40 years of federal judicial service. Justice Stephen Johnson Field

Stephen Johnson Field

Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the United States Supreme Court from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897...

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.

United States Courts of Appeals

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

Judge	Circuit	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	Total active service	Total service
		Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....			Incumbent	39	49
		Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...				33	42
	Third United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:* District of Delaware* District of New Jersey...	T. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...				32	46
		Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...				31	42
		Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...				30	44
		F.D.R. Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

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|||||F.D.R.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|-
|||||Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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|-
|||Second

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||25||45
|-
|||E.D. Tex.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the eastern part of Texas and is a part of the Fifth Circuit. The court's headquarters are in Tyler, Texas and has five subdivision offices in Beaumont, Lufkin, Marshall,...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||25||41
|-
|||10th Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||24||42
|-
|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||22||40
|-
|||||F.D.R.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

||||||||20||51
|-
|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||20||42
|-
|||Third

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||18||42
|-
|||Eighth

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||17||42
|-
|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||16||44
|-
|||||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||16||40
|-
|||||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||16||40
|-
|||W.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||15||45
|-
|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||14||42
|-
|||||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||14||40
|-
|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||13||43
|-
|||Third

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||13||41
|-
|}

United States Circuit Courts

Judge	Court	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Total active service	Total service
	D.C. Cir. United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia is a former United States federal court, which existed from 1801 to 1863.-History:...	John Adams			54	54
	D.C. Cir. United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia is a former United States federal court, which existed from 1801 to 1863.-History:...	Madison			48	48

United States district courts

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

Judge	Court	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	Total active service	Total service
	D.N.C.	Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...			n/a	55	55
	D. Del. United States District Court for the District of Delaware The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington...	Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...			n/a	48	48
	W.D. Va. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia is a United States district court.Appeals from the Western District of Virginia are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (in...	Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...			n/a	44	44
	D. Me. United States District Court for the District of Maine The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine is the U.S. district court for the state of Maine. The District of Maine was one of the original thirteen district courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, even though Maine was not a separate state from Massachusetts until 1820...	Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...			n/a	44	44
	W.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Western District of New York The United States District Court for the Western District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises only a part of New York....	F.D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...				44	44
	C.D. Cal. United States District Court for the Central District of California The United States District Court for the Central District of California serves over 18 million people in southern and central California, making it the largest federal judicial district by population...	L.B.J. Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...		Incumbent	n/a	44	44
	S.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...	Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...				43	49
	N.D. Ohio United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio...	Harding Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...			n/a	42	42
	S.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...	J. Q. Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...			n/a	41	41
	D. Vt. United States District Court for the District of Vermont The United States District Court for the District of Vermont is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the federal district of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, and Rutland. The Court was created under the Judiciary Act of 1791 under the jurisdiction of the...	John Adams			n/a	41	41
	D. Mass. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. The second term was held in Salem in 1790 and until 1813 court session locations...	Adams John Adams John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...			n/a	40	40
	D.R.I. United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Rhode Island. The District Court was created in 1790 when Rhode Island ratified the Constitution...	Monroe James Monroe James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...			n/a	40	40
	S.D.N.Y. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case...	Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

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|||D. Minn.

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

||Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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|||S.D. Ind.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

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|-
|||S.D. Tex.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of Texas...

||F.D.R.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||S.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

||Harding

Warren G. Harding

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|||W.D. Okla.

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

The United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma is a Federal district court....

||F.D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||D.D.C.

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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|||W.D. Mo.

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

||Harding

Warren G. Harding

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|||E.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

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|||N.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

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|||N.D. Ill.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois....

||F.D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||D. Mass.

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

||F.D.R.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|-
|||M.D.N.C.

United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina is a United States district court with jurisdiction over 24 counties in the center of North Carolina...

||Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

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|||W.D. La.

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

||Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

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|||E.D. Ill.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois

||Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

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|||W.D. Wash.

United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

||F.D.R.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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|||N.D. Ala.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

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|||W.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

||||||||27||43
|-
|||M.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida serves the residents of thirty-five counties from eight courthouses....

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||27||40
|-
|||W.D. Tenn.

United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

||F.D.R.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

||||||||26||48
|-
|||M.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania...

||Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

||||||Incumbent||26||47
|-
|||E.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||26||45
|-
|||E.D. La.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana is a federal trial court based in New Orleans. Like all U.S...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||26||43
|-
|||N.D Ga.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is a United States District Court which serves the residents of forty-six counties...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||26||40
|-
|||S.D. Ill.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois is a Federal district court covering approximately the southern half of the state of Illinois....

||Hoover

Herbert Hoover

||||||||26||40
|-
|||D.D.C.

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

||F.D.R.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

||||||||25||45
|-
|||D. Md.

United States District Court for the District of Maryland

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland....

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||25||44
|-
|||D.D.C.

United States District Court for the District of Columbia

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

||||||||25||42
|-
|||E.D. Tex.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||25||41
|-
|||W.D. Mo.

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri...

E.D. Mo.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

||
December 20, 1947
June 22, 1948||
June 22, 1948
January 5, 1971||||24||47
|-
|||E.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||24||44
|-
|||S.D Cal.

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||24||40
|-
|||W.D. La.

United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||23||49
|-
|||S.D. Cal.

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||22||51
|-
|||N.D. Iowa

United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

||Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

||||||Incumbent||22||48
|-
|||D. Mont.

United States District Court for the District of Montana

The United States District Court for the District of Montana is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana...

||Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

||||||||22||46
|-
|||W.D.N.Y

United States District Court for the Western District of New York

The United States District Court for the Western District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises only a part of New York....

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||22||43
|-
|||E.D. Va.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||20||42
|-
|||S.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida....

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||22||41
|-
|||E.D. Ark.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||21||40
|-
|||E.D. Va.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||20||40
|-
|||D. Neb.

United States District Court for the District of Nebraska

The United States District Court for the District of Nebraska is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Nebraska. Court offices are in Omaha, Lincoln, and North Platte....

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||20||41
|-
|||S.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida....

N.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida is the federal United States district court with jurisdiction over the northern part of the state of Florida....

M.D. Fl.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida serves the residents of thirty-five counties from eight courthouses....

||Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

||

||

||Incumbent||20||49
|-
|||S.D. Ala.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

||||||||20||49
|-
|||E.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||20||44
|-
|||S.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

||||||||19||44
|-
|||D.S.C.

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of South Carolina...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||19||40
|-
|||M.D. Ga.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||18||51
|-
|||S.D.N.Y.

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||18||50
|-
|||D. Del.

United States District Court for the District of Delaware

The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the Federal district court having jurisdiction over the entire state of Delaware. The Court sits in Wilmington...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||18||46
|-
|||S.D. Miss.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Vicksburg, and Jackson....

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||18||45
|-
|||D. Alaska

United States District Court for the District of Alaska

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||||||Incumbent||18||44
|-
|||D. Kan.

United States District Court for the District of Kansas

||Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

||||||Incumbent||17||48
|-
|||D. Utah

United States District Court for the District of Utah

The United States District Court for the District of Utah is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Utah...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||17||42
|-
|||S.D. Tex.

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas is the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the southern part of Texas...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||17||40
|-
|||N.D. Cal.

United States District Court for the Northern District of California

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||17||40
|-
|||D. Mont.

United States District Court for the District of Montana

The United States District Court for the District of Montana is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana...

||Truman

Harry S. Truman

||||||||16||45
|-
|||D.N.D.

United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||16||41
|-
|||E.D. Mich.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

E.D. Mich.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

||Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

Nixon

Richard Nixon

||
||
||Incumbent||16||41
|-
|||E.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||16||40
|-
|||M.D. Ala.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

||L.B.J.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

||
||
||Incumbent||15||44
|-
|||N.D. Ind.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||15||41
|-
|||E.D Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||15||40
|-
|||E.D. Pa.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||14||46
|-
|||||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||14||42
|-
|||M.D Pa.

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania...

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||14||40
|-
|||S.D. Cal.

United States District Court for the Southern District of California

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||||14||40
|-
|||D. Kan.

United States District Court for the District of Kansas

||Eisnehower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

||||||||13||43
|-
|||C.D Cal.

United States District Court for the Central District of California

||Nixon

Richard Nixon

||||||Incumbent||12||40
|}

Total combined service

United States Supreme Court

United States Courts of Appeals

United States Circuit Courts

United States district courts

See also