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. The statute establishing the Eastern District specified the counties to be included in that District as follows:
- Kankakee, Iroquois, Ford, Vermilion, Champaign, Piatt, Moultrie, Douglas, Edgar, Shelby, Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Effingham, Fayette, Marion, Clay, Jasper, Crawford, Lawrence, Richland, Clinton, Saint Clair, Washington, Jefferson, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Perry, Randolph, Monroe, Gallatin, Saline, Williamson, Jackson, Hardin, Pope, Johnson, Union, Alexander, Pulaski, and Massac.
On October 2, 1978, Illinois was reorganized into the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts, with thirteen judgeships authorized for the Northern District, two for the Central District, and two for the Southern District.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
| Harold A. Baker | Jimmy Carter | 01978-09-23September 23, 1978 | 01979-03-31March 31, 1979 | - | assignment to another court |
| George W. English | Woodrow Wilson | 01918-05-03May 3, 1918 | 01926-11-04November 4, 1926 | - | resignation |
| James L. Foreman | Richard Nixon | 01972-03-07March 7, 1972 | 01979-03-31March 31, 1979 | - | assignment to another court |
| William George Juergens | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 01956-06-22June 22, 1956 | 01972-04-26April 26, 1972 | 01979-03-30March 30, 1979 | assignment to another court |
| Walter C. Lindley | Warren G. Harding | 01922-09-22September 22, 1922 | 01949-10-23October 23, 1949 | - | reappointment |
| Casper Platt | Harry S. Truman | 01949-10-13October 13, 1949 | 01965-09-16September 16, 1965 | - | death |
| Fred Louis Wham | Calvin Coolidge | 01927-03-01March 1, 1927 | 01956-03-03March 3, 1956 | 01967-02-02February 2, 1967 | death |
| Henry Seiler Wise | Lyndon B. Johnson | 01966-09-21September 21, 1966 | 01978-03-31March 31, 1978 | 01979-03-31March 31, 1979 | assignment to another court |
| Francis Marion Wright | Theodore Roosevelt | 01905-03-17March 17, 1905 | 01917-07-15July 15, 1917 | - | death |
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