United States Court of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit - Succession of Seats

Succession of Seats

The court has eleven seats for active judges, numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into senior status remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the president.

Seat 1
Established on December 10, 1869 by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the Seventh Circuit
Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891
Gresham IN 1891–1893
Jenkins WI 1893–1905
Seaman WI 1905–1915
E. Evans WI 1916–1948
Duffy WI 1949–1966
Fairchild WI 1966–1981
Coffey WI 1982–2004
Sykes WI 2004–present
Seat 2
Established on June 16, 1891 by the Judiciary Act of 1891
Woods IN 1892–1901
Baker IN 1902–1924
Anderson IN 1925–1929
Sparks IN 1929–1948
Finnegan IL 1949–1959
Castle IL 1959–1970
Sprecher IL 1971–1982
Flaum IL 1983–present
Seat 3
Established on February 8, 1895 by 28 Stat. 643
Showalter IL 1895–1898
Grosscup IL 1899–1911
Alschuler IL 1915–1936
Treanor IN 1937–1941
Minton IN 1941–1949
Lindley IL 1949–1958
Knoch IL 1958–1967
Kerner, Jr. IL 1968–1974
Bauer IL 1974–1994
D. Wood IL 1995–present
Seat 4
Established on March 3, 1905 by 33 Stat. 992
Kohlsaat IL 1905–1918
Page IL 1919–1930
FitzHenry IL 1933–1935
Major IL 1937–1956
Hastings IN 1957–1969
Pell IN 1970–1984
Manion IN 1986–2007
Tinder IN 2007–present
Seat 5
Established on May 31, 1938 by 52 Stat. 584
Kerner, Sr. IL 1938–1952
Schnackenberg IL 1953–1968
Stevens IL 1970–1975
H. Wood IL 1976–1992
Rovner IL 1992–present
Seat 6
Established on August 3, 1949 by 63 Stat. 493
Swaim IN 1949–1957
Parkinson IN 1957–1959
Kiley IL 1961–1974
Tone IL 1974–1980
Posner IL 1981–present
Seat 7
Established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80
Swygert IN 1961–1981
Eschbach IN 1981–1985
Kanne IN 1987–present
Seat 8
Established on March 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75
Cummings IL 1966–1999
Williams IL 1999–present
Seat 9
Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629, 1632
Cudahy IL 1979–1994
T. Evans WI 1995–2010
(vacant) (n/a) 2010–present
Seat 10
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Easterbrook IL 1985–present
Seat 11
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Ripple IN 1985–2008
Hamilton IN 2009–present

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