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U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland: Succession Chart

September 24, 1789
1 Stat. 73
February 24, 1910
36 Stat. 201
March 3, 1927
44 Stat. 1346
May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75
Paca, William
1789-1799
Rose, John C.
1910-1922
Coleman, William C.
1927-1955
Northrop, Edward S.
1961-1981
Winter, Harrison L.
1961-1966
Kaufman, Frank A.
1966-1986
Winchester, James
1799-1806
Soper, Morris A.
1923-1931
Watkins, R. Dorsey
1955-1971
Black, Walter E., Jr.
1982-1994
Harvey, Alexander, II
1966-1991
Niemeyer, Paul V.
1988-1990
Houston, James
1806-1819
Chesnut, W. Calvin
1931-1953
Young, Joseph H.
1971-1987
Davis, Andre M.
1995-2009
Chasanow, Deborah K.
1993-2014
Legg, Benson E.
1991-2012
Bland, Theodorick
1819-1824
Thomsen, Roszel C.
1954-1971
Garbis, Marvin J.
1989-2003
Hollander, Ellen L.
2010-2022
Xinis, Paula
2016-
Grimm, Paul W.
2012-2022
Glenn, Elias
1824-1836
Murray, Herbert F.
1971-1988
Titus, Roger W.
2003-2014
Rubin, Julie R.
2022-
  Maddox, Matthew J.
2023-
Heath, Upton S.
1836-1852
Nickerson, William M.
1990-2002
Chuang, Theodore D.
2014-
     
Glenn, John
1852-1853
Quarles, William D., Jr.
2003-2016
       
Giles, William F.
1853-1879
Gallagher, Stephanie A.
2019-
       
Morris, Thomas J.1
1879-1912
         
June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294
June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
Miller, James R., Jr.
1970-1986
Blair, C. Stanley
1971-1980
Howard, Joseph C.
1979-1991
Jones, Shirley B.
1979-1982
Motz, J. Frederick
1985-2010
Smalkin, Frederic N.
1986-2003
Ramsey, Norman P.
1980-1991
Messitte, Peter J.
1993-2008
Hargrove, John R., Sr.
1984-1994
Bredar, James K.
2010-2024
Bennett, Richard D.
2003-2021
Williams, Alexander, Jr.
1994-2013
Russell, George L., III
2012-
Blake, Catherine C.
1995-2021
Abelson, Adam B.
2024-
Boardman, Deborah L.
2021-
Hazel, George J.
2014-2023
  Griggsby, Lydia K.
2021-
 
  Hurson, Brendan A.
2023-
     
1. The act of February 24, 1910, 36 Stat. 201, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the district not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to Thomas Morris was appointed.

 

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