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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri: Judges
Number of judges: 40
Wells, Robert William (1857-1864)
Krekel, Arnold (1865-1888)
Philips, John Finis (1888-1910)
Van Valkenburgh, Arba Seymour (1910-1925)
Reeves, Albert L. (1923-1971)
Otis, Merrill E. (1925-1944)
Collet, John Caskie (1937-1947)
Duncan, Richard M. (1943-1974)
Ridge, Albert Alphonso (1945-1961)
Harper, Roy Winfield (1947-1994)
Whittaker, Charles Evans (1954-1956)
Smith, Randle Jasper (1956-1962)
Gibson, Floyd Robert (1961-1965)
Becker, William Henry (1961-1992)
Oliver, John Watkins (1962-1990)
Hunter, Elmo Bolton (1965-2003)
Collinson, William Robert (1965-1995)
Wangelin, Harris Kenneth (1970-1987)
Clark, Russell Gentry (1977-2000)
Wright, Scott Olin (1979-2016)
Sachs, Howard Frederic (1979-present)
Stevens, Joseph Edward, Jr. (1981-1998)
Gibson, John R. (1981-1982)
Bartlett, D. Brook (1981-2000)
Roberts, Ross Thompson (1982-1987)
Limbaugh, Stephen Nathaniel (1983-2008)
Whipple, Dean (1987-present)
Gaitan, Fernando J., Jr. (1991-present)
Smith, Ortrie D. (1995-present)
Fenner, Gary A. (1996-present)
Laughrey, Nanette Kay (1996-present)
Sippel, Rodney W. (1997-present)
Dorr, Richard Everett (2002-2013)
Kays, David Gregory (2008-present)
Phillips, Mary Elizabeth (2012-present)
Wimes, Brian Curtis (2012-present)
Harpool, M. Douglas (2014-present)
Bough, Stephen Rogers (2014-present)
Ketchmark, Roseann Ambrosia (2015-present)
Divine, Joshua Michael (2025-present)