United States District Court For The Western District of Michigan - Former Judges

Former Judges

Judge Appointed by Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status		 End reason
Arthur Carter Denison William Howard Taft 01910-01-31January 31, 1910 01911-10-03October 3, 1911 – reappointment
Albert J. Engel, Jr. Richard Nixon 01970-12-18December 18, 1970 01974-01-04January 4, 1974 – reappointment
Noel Peter Fox John F. Kennedy 01962-07-31July 31, 1962 01979-12-31December 31, 1979 01987-06-03June 3, 1987 death
Benjamin F. Gibson Jimmy Carter 01979-09-26September 26, 1979 01996-07-13July 13, 1996 01999-01-31January 31, 1999 retirement
Douglas Woodruff Hillman Jimmy Carter 01979-09-26September 26, 1979 01991-02-15February 15, 1991 02002-10-01October 1, 2002 retirement
W. Wallace Kent Dwight D. Eisenhower 01954-06-10June 10, 1954 01971-01-06January 6, 1971 – reappointment
Loyal Edwin Knappen Theodore Roosevelt 01906-12-10December 10, 1906 01910-02-08February 8, 1910 – reappointment
David McKeague George H. W. Bush 01992-02-10February 10, 1992 02005-06-13June 13, 2005 – reappointment
Fred Morton Raymond Calvin Coolidge 01925-05-08May 8, 1925 01946-02-06February 6, 1946 – death
Clarence W. Sessions William Howard Taft 01911-03-02March 2, 1911 01931-04-01April 1, 1931 – death
Henry Franklin Severens Grover Cleveland 01886-05-25May 25, 1886 01900-03-16March 16, 1900 – reappointment
Raymond Wesley Starr Harry S. Truman 01946-07-25July 25, 1946 01961-08-15August 15, 1961 01968-11-02November 2, 1968 death
George P. Wanty William McKinley 01900-03-13March 13, 1900 01906-07-09July 9, 1906 – death
Solomon Lewis Withey Abraham Lincoln 01863-03-11March 11, 1863 01886-04-25April 25, 1886 – death

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