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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Arkansas: Succession Charts

U.S. District Court for the District of Arkansas
June 15, 1836
5 Stat. 50
Johnson, Benjamin
1836-1849
Ringo, Daniel1
1849-1851
1. The act of March 3, 1851, 9 Stat. 594, transferred this judgeship to the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.

 

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
March 3, 1851
9 Stat. 5941
May 31, 1938
52 Stat. 584
May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
Ringo, Daniel
1851-1861
Lemley, Harry J.
1939-1958
Harris, Oren
1965-1976
Overton, William R.
1979-1987
Woods, Henry
1980-1995
Caldwell, Henry C.
1864-1890
Henley, J. Smith
1959-1975
Roy, Elisijane T.
1977-1989
Reasoner, Stephen M.
1988-2002
Moody, James M.
1995-2008
Williams, John A.
1890-1900
Shell, Terry L.
1975-1978
Wright, Susan W.
1990-2013
Holmes, J. Leon
2004-2018
Baker, Kristine G.
2012-
Trieber, Jacob
1900-1927
Arnold, Richard S.
1978-1980
Moody, James M., Jr.
2014-
Rudofsky, Lee P.
2019-
 
Martineau, John E.
1928-1937
Howard, George, Jr.
1980-2007
     
Trimble, Thomas C., III
1937-1957
Miller, Brian S.
2008-
     
Henley, J. Smith
1958-1959
       
Young, Gordon E.
1959-1969
       
Eisele, G. Thomas
1970-1991
       
Wilson, Billy R.
1993-2008
       
Marshall, Denzil P., Jr.
2010-
       
1. The act of March 3, 1851, 9 Stat. 594, transferred this judgeship from the District of Arkansas.

 

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
March 3, 1851
9 Stat. 5941
March 3, 1871
16 Stat. 471
May 31, 1938
52 Stat. 584
May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Ringo, Daniel
1851-1861
Story, William
1871-1874
Lemley, Harry J.
1939-1958
Harris, Oren
1965-1976
Arnold, Morris S.
1985-1992
Hendren, Jimm L.
1992-2012
Caldwell, Henry C.2
1864-1871
Parker, Isaac C.
1875-1896
Henley, J. Smith
1959-1975
Roy, Elsijane T.
1977-1989
Barnes, Harry F.
1993-2008
Brooks, Timothy L.
2014-
  Rogers, John H.
1896-1911
Shell, Terry L.
1975-1978
Wright, Susan W.3
1990
Hickey, Susan O.
2011-
 
  Youmans, Frank A.
1911-1932
Arnold, Richard S.
1978-1980
     
  Ragon, Heartsill
1933-1940
Howard, George, Jr.3
1980-1990
     
  Miller, John E.
1941-1967
       
  Williams, Paul X.
1967-1981
       
  Waters, H. Franklin
1981-1997
       
  Dawson, Robert T.
1998-2009
       
  Holmes, Paul K., III
2011-2021
       
1. The act of March 3, 1851, 9 Stat. 594, transferred this judgeship from the District of Arkansas.
2. The act of March 3, 1871, 16 Stat. 471, assigned this judgeship exclusively to the Eastern District of Arkansas.
3. The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, assigned these judgeships exclusively to the Eastern District of Arkansas.

 

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