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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Texas: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 173
Watrous, John Charles (1846-1870)
DuVal, Thomas Howard (1857-1880)
Winch, Joel C. C. (1870-1871)
Morrill, Amos (1872-1883)
McCormick, Andrew Phelps (1879-1892)
Turner, Ezekiel B. (1880-1888)
Sabin, Chauncey Brewer (1884-1890)
Maxey, Thomas Shelton (1888-1916)
Bryant, David Ezekiel (1890-1910)
Rector, John B. (1892-1898)
Meek, Edward Roscoe (1898-1939)
Burns, Waller Thomas (1902-1917)
Russell, Gordon James (1910-1919)
West, DuVal (1916-1949)
Smith, William Robert, Sr. (1917-1924)
Hutcheson, Joseph Chappell, Jr. (1918-1931)
Wilson, James Clifton (1919-1951)
Estes, William Lee (1920-1930)
Atwell, William Hawley (1923-1961)
Boynton, Charles Albert (1924-1954)
Bryant, Randolph (1931-1951)
Kennerly, Thomas Martin (1931-1962)
McMillan, Robert Johnston (1932-1941)
Davidson, Thomas Whitfield (1936-1974)
Allred, James V. (1939-1942), (1949-1959)
Keeling, Walter Angus (1942-1945)
Hannay, Allen Burroughs (1942-1983)
Rice, Ben Herbert, Jr. (1945-1964)
Thomason, Robert Ewing (1947-1973)
Dooley, Joseph Brannon (1947-1967)
Connally, Ben Clarkson (1949-1975)
Sheehy, Joseph Warren (1951-1967)
Ingraham, Joe McDonald (1954-1969)
Cecil, Lamar John Ryan (1954-1958)
Estes, Joe Ewing (1955-1989)
Fisher, Joseph Jefferson (1959-2000)
Garza, Reynaldo Guerra (1961-1979)
Brewster, Leo (1961-1979)
Hughes, Sarah Tilghman (1961-1985)
Noel, James Latane, Jr. (1961-1997)
Spears, Adrian Anthony (1961-1982)
Thornberry, William Homer (1963-1965)
Suttle, Dorwin Wallace (1964-2001)
Taylor, William McLaughlin, Jr. (1966-1985)
Singleton, John Virgil, Jr. (1966-1992)
Roberts, Jack (1966-1988)
Seals, Woodrow Bradley (1966-1990)
Guinn, Ernest Allen (1966-1974)
Justice, William Wayne (1968-2009)
Woodward, Halbert Owen (1968-2000)
Bue, Carl Olaf, Jr. (1970-2020)
Steger, William Merritt (1970-2006)
Hill, Robert Madden (1970-1984)
Cox, Owen DeVol (1970-1990)
Wood, John Howland, Jr. (1970-1979)
Mahon, Eldon Brooks (1972-2005)
Porter, Robert William (1974-1991)
Sessions, William Steele (1974-1987)
O'Conor, Robert J., Jr. (1975-1984)
Higginbotham, Patrick Errol (1975-1982)
Sterling, Ross N. (1976-1988)
Cowan, Finis E. (1977-1979)
Parker, Robert Manley (1979-1994)
Belew, David Owen, Jr. (1979-2001)
Robinson, Mary Lou (1979-2019)
Sanders, Harold Barefoot, Jr. (1979-2008)
Black, Norman William (1979-1997)
Cire, George Edward (1979-1985)
DeAnda, James (1979-1992)
Kazen, George P. (1979-2018)
McDonald, Gabrielle Anne Kirk (1979-1988)
Buchmeyer, Jerry (1979-2009)
Gibson, Hugh (1979-1998)
Bunton, Lucius Desha III (1979-2001)
Hudspeth, Harry Lee (1979-2016)
Vela, Filemon Bartolome (1980-2004)
Shannon, Clyde Frederick, Jr. (1980-1984)
Garcia, Hipolito Frank (1980-2002)
Head, Hayden Wilson, Jr. (1981-present)
Nowlin, James Robertson (1981-present)
Fish, A[llen] Joe (1983-present)
Hinojosa, Ricardo H. (1983-present)
Prado, Edward Charles (1984-2003)
Smith, Walter Scott, Jr. (1984-2016)
Cobb, Howell (1985-2005)
Hall, Sam Blakeley, Jr. (1985-1994)
Brown, Paul Neeley (1985-2012)
Maloney, Robert B. (1985-present)
Hughes, Lynn Nettleton (1985-present)
Fitzwater, Sidney Allen (1986-present)
Hittner, David (1986-present)
Cummings, Samuel Ray (1987-present)
Hoyt, Kenneth M. (1988-present)
Garza, Emilio M. (1988-1991)
Schell, Richard A. (1988-present)
Lake, Simeon Timothy III (1988-present)
Harmon, Melinda (1989-present)
Rainey, John David (1990-present)
McBryde, John H. (1990-2022)
Kent, Samuel B. (1990-2009)
Solis, Jorge Antonio (1991-2016)
Means, Terry R. (1991-present)
Sparks, Sam (1991-2025)
Werlein, Ewing, Jr. (1992-present)
Rosenthal, Lee Hyman (1992-present)
Kendall, [Elton] Joe (1992-2002)
Hannah, John H., Jr. (1994-2003)
Jack, Janis Graham (1994-present)
Biery, Samuel Frederick, Jr. (1994-present)
Furgeson, William Royal, Jr. (1994-2013)
Garcia, Orlando Luis (1994-present)
Gilmore, Vanessa D. (1994-2022)
Briones, David (1994-present)
Folsom, David (1995-2012)
Heartfield, Thad (1995-2022)
Atlas, Nancy Friedman (1995-2022)
Lindsay, Sam A. (1998-present)
Tagle, Hilda G. (1998-present)
Ellison, Keith P. (1999-present)
Ward, T. John (1999-2011)
Lynn, Barbara M. (1999-2025)
Martinez, Philip Ray (2002-2021)
Crane, Randy (2002-present)
Davis, Leonard E. (2002-2015)
Hanen, Andrew S. (2002-present)
Godbey, David C. (2002-present)
Clark, Ron (2002-present)
Kinkeade, James E. (2002-present)
Moses, Alia (2002-present)
Junell, Robert A. (2003-present)
Yeakel, Earl Leroy III (2003-2023)
Cardone, Kathleen (2003-present)
Rodriguez, Xavier (2003-present)
Montalvo, Frank (2003-present)
Crone, Marcia A. (2003-present)
Boyle, Jane J. (2004-present)
Schneider, Michael H., Sr. (2004-2016)
Alvarez, Micaela (2004-present)
Miller, Gray Hampton (2006-present)
O'Connor, Reed Charles (2007-present)
Saldaña, Diana (2011-present)
Ramos, Nelva Gonzales (2011-present)
Garcia Marmolejo, Marina (2011-present)
Gilstrap, James Rodney (2011-present)
Costa, Gregg Jeffrey (2012-2014)
Guaderrama, David Campos (2012-present)
Mazzant, Amos Louis III (2014-present)
Schroeder, Robert William III (2014-present)
Pitman, Robert Lee (2014-present)
Bennett, Alfred Homer (2015-present)
Hanks, George Carol, Jr. (2015-present)
Olvera, Jose Rolando, Jr. (2015-present)
Counts, Walter David III (2018-present)
Scholer, Karen Gren (2018-present)
Rodriguez, Fernando, Jr. (2018-present)
Albright, Alan D (2018-present)
Kernodle, Jeremy Daniel (2018-present)
Morales, David Steven (2019-present)
Barker, J. Campbell (2019-present)
Truncale, Michael Joseph (2019-present)
Kacsmaryk, Matthew Joseph (2019-present)
Pittman, Mark Timothy (2019-present)
Pulliam, Jason Kenneth (2019-present)
Starr, Brantley David (2019-present)
Hendrix, James Wesley (2019-present)
Jordan, Sean D. (2019-present)
Brown, Jeffrey Vincent (2019-present)
Brown, Ada Elene (2019-present)
Eskridge, Charles R. III (2019-present)
Tipton, Drew Barnett (2020-present)
Kazen, John Andrew (2024-present)
Schydlower, Leon (2024-present)
Gonzalez, Ernest (2024-present)