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

U.S. District Court for the District of Mississippi
April 3, 1818
3 Stat. 413
Shields, William B.
1818-1823
Randolph, Peter
1823-1832
Ellis, Powhatan
1832-1836
Adams, George1
1836-1838
1. The act of June 18, 1838, 5 Stat. 247, transferred this judgeship to the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi.

 

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
June 18, 1838
5 Stat. 2471
March 1, 1929
45 Stat. 1422
March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
Adams, George
1838
Cox, Elijah A.
1929-1957
Keady, William C.
1968-1983
Davidson, Glen H.
1985-2007
Gholson, Samuel J.
1839-1861
Clayton, Claude F.
1958-1967
Biggers, Neal B., Jr.
1984-2000
Aycock, Sharion
2007-
Hill, Robert A.
1866-1891
Smith, Orma R.
1968-1978
Mills, Michael P.
2001-2021
 
Niles, Henry C.
1891-1918
Senter, Lyonel T., Jr.
1979-1998
   
Holmes, Edwin R. 2
1918-1929
Pepper, W. Allen, Jr.
1999-2012
   
  Brown, Debra M.
2013-
   
1. The act of June 18, 1838, 5 Stat. 247, transferred this judgeship from the District of Mississippi.
2. The act of March 1, 1929, 45 Stat. 1422, assigned this judgeship exclusively to the Southern District of Mississippi.

 

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
June 18, 1838
5 Stat. 2471
May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Adams, George
1838
Cox, William H.
1961-1982
Nixon, Walter L., Jr.
1968-1989
Wingate, Henry T.
1985-
Gex, Walter J., III
1986-2004
Bramlette, David C.
1991-2006
Gholson, Samuel J.
1839-1861
Barbour, William H., Jr.
1983-2006
Pickering, Charles W., Sr.
1990-2004
  Guirola, Louis, Jr.
2004-2018
Ozerden, H. Suleyman
2007-
Hill, Robert A.
1866-1891
Reeves, Carlton W.
2010-
Starrett, Keith
2004-2019
  McNeel, Taylor B.
2020-
 
Niles, Henry C.
1891-1918
  Johnson, Kristi H.
2020-
     
Holmes, Edwin R.
1918-1936
         
Mize, Sidney C.
1937-1965
         
Russell, Dan M., Jr.
1965-1983
         
Lee, Tom S.
1984-2006
         
Jordan, Daniel P., III
2006-
         
1. The act of June 18, 1838, 5 Stat. 247, transferred this judgeship from the District of Mississippi.

 

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