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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Pennsylvania: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 207
Hopkinson, Francis (1789-1791)
Lewis, William (1791-1792)
Peters, Richard (1792-1828)
Walker, Jonathan Hoge (1818-1824)
Wilkins, William (1824-1831)
Hopkinson, Joseph (1828-1842)
Irwin, Thomas (1831-1859)
Randall, Archibald (1842-1846)
Kane, John Kintzing (1846-1858)
Cadwalader, John (1858-1879)
McCandless, Wilson (1859-1876)
Ketcham, Winthrop Welles (1876-1879)
Butler, William (1879-1899)
Acheson, Marcus Wilson (1880-1891)
Reed, James Hay (1891-1892)
Buffington, Joseph (1892-1906)
McPherson, John Bayard (1899-1912)
Archbald, Robert Wodrow (1901-1911)
Holland, James Buchanan (1904-1914)
Ewing, Nathaniel (1906-1908)
Young, James Scott (1908-1914)
Orr, Charles Prentiss (1909-1922)
Witmer, Charles B. (1911-1925)
Thompson, Joseph Whitaker (1912-1931)
Dickinson, Oliver Booth (1914-1939)
Thomson, W. H. Seward (1914-1932)
Gibson, Robert Murray (1922-1949)
Schoonmaker, Frederic Palen (1922-1945)
McKeehan, Charles Louis (1923-1925)
Johnson, Albert Williams (1925-1945)
Kirkpatrick, William Huntington (1927-1970)
McVicar, Nelson (1928-1960)
Watson, Albert Leisenring (1929-1960)
Welsh, George Austin (1932-1970)
Maris, Albert Branson (1936-1938)
Kalodner, Harry Ellis (1938-1946)
Bard, Guy Kurtz (1939-1952)
Ganey, James Cullen (1940-1961)
Gourley, Wallace Samuel (1945-1976)
Murphy, John William (1946-1962)
Follmer, Frederick Voris (1946-1971)
McGranery, James Patrick (1946-1952)
Clary, Thomas James (1949-1977)
Grim, Allan Kuhn (1949-1965)
Burns, Owen McIntosh (1949-1952)
Marsh, Rabe Ferguson, Jr. (1950-1993)
Stewart, William Alvah (1951-1953)
Willson, Joseph Putnam (1953-1998)
Lord, John Whitaker, Jr. (1954-1972)
Miller, John Lester (1954-1978)
Van Dusen, Francis Lund (1955-1967)
McIlvaine, John Wilson (1955-1963)
Sorg, Herbert Peter (1955-1979)
Kraft, C[harles] William, Jr. (1955-2002)
Egan, Thomas C. (1957-1961)
Wood, Harold Kenneth (1959-1972)
Dumbauld, Edward (1961-1997)
Sheridan, Michael Henry (1961-1976)
Lord, Joseph Simon III (1961-1991)
Freedman, Abraham L (1961-1964)
Luongo, Alfred Leopold (1961-1986)
Rosenberg, Louis (1961-1999)
Body, Ralph C. (1962-1973)
Nealon, William Joseph, Jr. (1962-2018)
Higginbotham, Aloyisus Leon, Jr. (1964-1977)
Davis, John Morgan (1964-1984)
Weber, Gerald Joseph (1964-1989)
Fullam, John Patrick (1966-2018)
Weiner, Charles R. (1967-2005)
Masterson, Thomas Ambrose (1967-1973)
Troutman, E[manuel] Mac (1967-2004)
Hannum, John Berne (1969-2007)
Herman, Robert Dixon (1969-1990)
Weis, Joseph Francis, Jr. (1970-1973)
Becker, Edward Roy (1970-1982)
Muir, Malcolm (1970-2011)
Knox, William W. (1970-1981)
Ditter, John William, Jr. (1970-2019)
Huyett, Daniel Henry III (1970-1998)
VanArtsdalen, Donald West (1970-2019)
Teitelbaum, Hubert Irving (1970-1995)
McCune, Barron Patterson (1970-2008)
Gorbey, James Henry (1970-1977)
Broderick, Raymond Joseph (1971-2000)
Newcomer, Clarence Charles (1971-2005)
Scalera, Ralph Francis (1971-1976)
Green, Clifford Scott (1971-2007)
Bechtle, Louis Charles (1972-2001)
Snyder, Daniel John, Jr. (1973-1980)
Fogel, Herbert Allan (1973-1978)
McGlynn, Joseph Leo, Jr. (1974-1999)
Cahn, Edward Norman (1974-1998)
Cohill, Maurice Blanchard, Jr. (1976-2022)
Simmons, Paul Allen (1978-2014)
Diamond, Gustave (1978-2021)
Ziegler, Donald Emil (1978-2003)
Pollak, Louis Heilprin (1978-2012)
Shapiro, Norma Levy (1978-2016)
Conaboy, Richard Paul (1979-2018)
Rambo, Sylvia H. (1979-2024)
Bloch, Alan Neil (1979-2024)
Giles, James Tyrone (1979-2008)
Caldwell, William W. (1982-2019)
Mansmann, Carol Los (1982-1985)
Mencer, Glenn Everell (1982-2007)
O'Neill, Thomas Newman, Jr. (1983-2018)
Katz, Marvin (1983-2010)
Kelly, James McGirr (1983-2005)
Scirica, Anthony Joseph (1984-1987)
Ludwig, Edmund V. (1985-2016)
Kosik, Edwin Michael (1986-2019)
Kelly, Robert F. (1987-present)
Standish, William Lloyd (1987-2015)
Gawthrop, Robert S. III (1987-1999)
Van Antwerpen, Franklin Stuart (1987-2004)
Reed, Lowell A., Jr. (1988-2020)
DuBois, Jan Ely (1988-present)
Hutton, Herbert J. (1988-2007)
Waldman, Jay Carl (1988-2003)
Smith, D[avid] Brooks (1988-2002)
Buckwalter, Ronald Lawrence (1990-present)
Lee, Donald John (1990-2011)
McClure, James Focht, Jr. (1990-2010)
Lewis, Timothy K. (1991-1992)
Bartle, Harvey III (1991-present)
Dalzell, Stewart R. (1991-2016)
Yohn, William Hendricks, Jr. (1991-present)
Padova, John R. (1992-present)
Joyner, J. Curtis (1992-2021)
Robreno, Eduardo C. (1992-2023)
Brody, Anita Blumstein (1992-present)
Ambrose, Donetta W. (1993-present)
Lancaster, Gary L. (1993-2013)
Rendell, Marjorie O. (1994-1997)
Vanaskie, Thomas Ignatius (1994-2010)
Cindrich, Robert J. (1994-2004)
McLaughlin, Sean J. (1994-2013)
Kauffman, Bruce William (1997-2009)
Caputo, A. Richard (1997-2020)
Kane, Yvette (1998-present)
Munley, James Martin (1998-2020)
McLaughlin, Mary A. (2000-2020)
Tucker, Petrese B. (2000-present)
Schiller, Berle M. (2000-2025)
Surrick, R[ichard] Barclay (2000-present)
Davis, Legrome D. (2002-present)
Rufe, Cynthia M. (2002-present)
Baylson, Michael M. (2002-present)
Conner, Christopher C. (2002-2025)
Jones, John E. III (2002-2021)
Conti, Joy Flowers (2002-present)
Savage, Timothy J. (2002-present)
Cercone, David S. (2002-present)
McVerry, Terrence F. (2002-2021)
Schwab, Arthur J. (2002-present)
Gardner, James Knoll (2002-2017)
Gibson, Kim R. (2003-2025)
Hardiman, Thomas Michael (2003-2007)
Pratter, Gene E.K. (2004-2024)
Stengel, Lawrence F. (2004-2018)
Diamond, Paul Steven (2004-present)
Sánchez, Juan Ramon (2004-present)
Golden, Thomas M. (2006-2010)
Fischer, Nora Barry (2007-present)
Slomsky, Joel Harvey (2008-present)
Jones, C. Darnell II (2008-present)
Goldberg, Mitchell S. (2008-2025)
Mariani, Robert David (2011-present)
Bissoon, Cathy (2011-present)
Hornak, Mark Raymond (2011-present)
Brann, Matthew William (2012-present)
Mannion, Malachy Edward (2012-present)
Quiñones Alejandro, Nitza Ileana (2013-present)
Restrepo, Luis Felipe (2013-2016)
Schmehl, Jeffrey L. (2013-present)
McHugh, Gerald Austin, Jr. (2014-present)
Smith, Edward George (2014-2023)
Beetlestone, Wendy (2014-present)
Kearney, Mark A. (2014-present)
Pappert, Gerald John (2014-present)
Leeson, Joseph F., Jr. (2014-present)
Baxter, Susan Paradise (2018-present)
Horan, Marilyn Jean (2018-present)
Phipps, Peter Joseph (2018-2019)
Kenney, Chad Francis, Sr. (2018-present)
Wolson, Joshua David (2019-present)
Ranjan, J. Nicholas (2019-present)
Stickman, William Shaw IV (2019-present)
Younge, John Milton (2019-present)
Haines, Stephanie Lou (2019-present)
Wilson, Jennifer Philpott (2019-present)
Marston, Karen Spencer (2019-present)
Gallagher, John Michael (2019-present)
Colville, Robert John (2019-present)
Hardy, William Scott (2020-present)
Wiegand, Christy Criswell (2020-present)
Perez, Mia Roberts (2022-present)
Hodge, Kelley Brisbon (2022-present)
Murphy, John Frank (2022-present)
Scott, Kai Niambi (2023-present)
Munley, Julia Kathleen (2023-present)
Mehalchick, Karoline (2024-present)
Saporito, Joseph Francis, Jr. (2024-present)
Costello, Mary Kathleen (2024-present)
Henry, Catherine (2024-present)
Weilheimer, Gail Allison (2025-present)
Neary, Keli Marie (2025-present)