U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Succession Chart

August 5, 1909 36 Stat. 11 Presiding Judge	August 5, 1909 36 Stat. 11	August 5, 1909 36 Stat. 11	August 5, 1909 36 Stat. 11	August 5, 1909 36 Stat. 11	June 25, 1948 62 Stat. 899 Chief Judge
Montgomery, Robert M. 1910-1920	De Vries, Marion 1910-1921	Barber, Orion M. 1910-1928	Smith, James F. 1910-1928	Hunt, William H. 1910-1911	Garrett, Finis J. 1948-1955
De Vries, Marion 1921-1922	Bland, Oscar E. 1923-1947	Lenroot, Irvine L. 1929-1944	Garrett, Finis J. 1929-1937	Martin, George E. 1911-1923	Johnson, Noble J. 1956-1958
Martin, George E. 1923-1924	Johnson, Noble J. 1948-1956	O'Connell, Ambrose 1944-1962	Jackson, Joseph R. 1937-1952	Hatfield, Charles S. 1923-1950	Worley, Francis E. 1959-1972
Graham, William J. 1924-1937	Rich, Giles S.² 1956-1982	Almond, James L., Jr. 1962-1973	Cole, William P. 1952-1957	Worley, Francis E. 1950-1959	Markey, Howard T.² 1972-1982
Garrett, Finis J.¹ 1937-1948		Miller, Jack R.² 1973-1982	Martin, Isaac J. 1958-1966	Smith, Arthur M. 1959-1968
			Baldwin, Phillip B.² 1968-1982	Lane, Donald E. 1969-1979
				Nies, Helen W.² 1980-1982
1. The act of June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 899, provided that the presiding judge of the court would henceforth be known as the chief judge. 2. The act of April 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 25, transferred all five of the court's judgeships to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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