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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Oklahoma: Chief Judges
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Number of chief judges: 8 Rice, Eugene (1949-1963)
Langley, Orville Edwin (1965-1973)
Daugherty, Frederick Alvin (1973-1975)
Morris, Joseph Wilson (1975-1978)
Seay, Frank Howell (1980-1996)
Burrage, Billy Michael (1996-2001)
Payne, James H. (2002-2017)
White, Ronald A. (2017-present)
Western District of Oklahoma
Number of chief judges: 12 Vaught, Edgar Sullins (1949-1956)
Chandler, Stephen Sanders, Jr. (1956-1969)
Bohanon, Luther Lee (1969-1972)
Daugherty, Frederick Alvin (1972-1982)
Eubanks, Luther Boyd (1982-1986)
Thompson, Ralph Gordon (1986-1993)
West, Lee Roy (1993-1994)
Russell, David Lynn (1994-2001)
Cauthron, Robin J. (2001-2008)
Miles-LaGrange, Vicki (2008-2015)
Heaton, Joe L. (2015-2019)
DeGiusti, Timothy D. (2019-present)
Northern District of Oklahoma
Number of chief judges: 11 Savage, Royce H. (1949-1961)
Barrow, Allen Edward (1962-1979)
Cook, Harold Dale (1979-1992)
Ellison, James O. (1992-1994)
Brett, Thomas Rutherford (1994-1996)
Kern, Terence C. (1996-2003)
Holmes, Sven Erik (2003-2005)
Eagan, Claire (2005-2012)
Frizzell, Gregory Kent (2012-2019)
Dowdell, John Edward (2019-2021)
Heil, John Frederick III (2021-present)