Judges of The United States District Court For The District of Columbia - Succession of Seats

Succession of Seats

Associate Justices Clabaugh, McCoy, Wheat and Laws were elevated to Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Laws was assigned to the new Seat 13 by operation of law upon the abolition of the Chief Justice Seat 1.

Seat 1
Seat established on March 3, 1863 by 12 Stat. 762
Chief Justice
Cartter	1863–1887
Bingham	1887–1903
Clabaugh (Chief)	1903–1914
Covington	1914–1918
McCoy (Chief)	1918–1929
Wheat (Chief)	1930–1941
Eicher	1942–1944
Laws (Chief)	1945–1948
Chief Justice abolished on September 1, 1948 by 62 Stat. 869, 985

Seat 2
Seat established on March 3, 1863 by 12 Stat. 762
Fisher	1863–1870
Humphreys	1870–1879
James	1879–1892
Cole	1893–1901
Anderson	1901–1916
Hitz	1916–1931
Proctor	1931–1948
Tamm	1948–1965
Gasch	1965–1981
T. Jackson	1982–2002
Collyer	2002–present

Seat 3
Seat established on March 3, 1863 by 12 Stat. 762
Olin	1863–1879
Hagner	1879–1903
Wright	1903–1914
Siddons	1915–1931
O'Donoghue	1931–1946
Curran	1946–1971
Richey	1971–1997
Roberts	1998–present

Seat 4
Seat established on March 3, 1863 by 12 Stat. 762
Wylie	1863–1885
Merrick	1885–1889
Bradley	1889–1902
Gould	1902–1921
Hoehling, Jr.	1921–1927
Gordon	1928–1941
McGuire	1941–1966
A. Robinson, Jr.	1966–1992
Urbina	1994–2011
Contreras	2012–present

Seat 5
Seat established on June 21, 1870 by 16 Stat. 160
MacArthur	1870–1887
Montgomery	1887–1892
McComas	1892–1899
Clabaugh (Associate)	1899–1903
Pritchard	1903–1904
Stafford	1904–1931
Letts	1931–1961
Jones	1962–1977
Oberdorfer	1977–1992
Sullivan	1994–present

Seat 6
Seat established on February 25, 1879 by 20 Stat. 320
W. Cox	1879–1899
Barnard	1899–1914
McCoy (Associate)	1914–1918
Bailey	1918–1950
Bastian	1950–1954
McGarraghy	1954–1967
Parker, Sr.	1969–1985
Lamberth	1987–present

Seat 7
Seat established on December 20, 1928 by 45 Stat. 1056
Wheat (Associate)	1929–1930
Adkins	1930–1946
Keech	1946–1966
Waddy	1967–1978
Penn	1979–1998
Huvelle	1999–present

Seat 8
Seat established on June 19, 1930 by 46 Stat. 785
Luhring	1930–1944
Schweinhaut	1944–1956
Sirica	1957–1977
Greene	1978–1995
Kollar-Kotelly	1997–present

Seat 9
Seat established on June 19, 1930 by 46 Stat. 785
J. Cox	1930–1939
Pine	1940–1965
Bryant	1965–1982
Hogan	1982–2008
Boasberg	2011–present

Seat 10
Seat established on May 31, 1938 by 52 Stat. 584
Laws (Associate)	1938–1945
Holtzoff	1945–1967
Pratt	1968–1989
Boudin	1990–1992
Kessler	1994–2007
A. Jackson	2011–present

Seat 11
Seat established on May 31, 1938 by 52 Stat. 584
Goldsborough	1939–1951
Youngdahl	1951–1966
Smith, Jr.	1966–1983
Harris	1983–1996
Bates	2001–present

Seat 12
Seat established on May 31, 1938 by 52 Stat. 584
Morris	1939–1960
S. Robinson III	1964–1966
Gesell	1967–1993
Friedman	1994–2009
Howell	2010–present

Seat 13
Seat established on September 1, 1948 by 62 Stat. 869, 985
Laws (Judge)	1948–1958
Walsh	1959–1971
Flannery	1971–1985
Revercomb	1985–1993
Robertson	1994–2008
Wilkins	2010–present

Seat 14
Seat established on August 3, 1949 by 63 Stat. 493
Kirkland	1949–1958
Hart, Jr.	1958–1979
Johnson	1980–2001
Leon	2002–present

Seat 15
Seat established on August 3, 1949 by 63 Stat. 493
Matthews	1949–1968
J.L. Green	1968–1984
Sporkin	1985–1999
Walton	2001–present

Seat 16
Seat established on August 3, 1949 by 63 Stat. 493
McLaughlin	1949–1964
Corcoran	1965–1977
J.H. Green	1979–1995
Kennedy, Jr.	1997–2011
vacant	2011–present

Famous quotes containing the words succession of, succession and/or seats:

“We then entered another swamp, at a necessarily slow pace, where the walking was worse than ever, not only on account of the water, but the fallen timber, which often obliterated the indistinct trail entirely. The fallen trees were so numerous, that for long distances the route was through a succession of small yards, where we climbed over fences as high as our heads, down into water often up to our knees, and then over another fence into a second yard, and so on.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“the negro Babo took by succession each Spaniard forward, and asked him whose skeleton that was, and whether, from its whiteness, he should not think it a white’s.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“It has always been thought perfectly womanly to be a scrub- woman in the Legislature and to take care of the spittoons; that is entirely within the charmed circle of woman’s sphere; but for women to occupy any of those official seats would be degrading.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)