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

U.S. District Court for the District of Alabama

April 21, 1820
3 Stat. 564

Tait, Charles¹
1820-1824

1. The act of March 10, 1824, 4 Stat. 9, assigned this judgeship to the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
March 10, 1824 4 Stat. 9¹	February 25, 1907 34 Stat. 931	March 26, 1938 52 Stat. 120	December 24, 1942 56 Stat. 1092	May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80	June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629
Tait, Charles 1824-1826	Hundley, Oscar R. 1907-1908	Murphree, Thomas A. 1938-1945	Mullins, Clarence H. 1943-1953	Allgood, Clarence W. 1961-1973	Pointer, Sam C., Jr. 1970-1999	Haltom, Elbert B., Jr. 1980-1991	Propst, Robert B. 1980-1996
Crawford, William 1826-1849	Hundley, Oscar R. 1908-1909	Lynne, Seybourn H. 1946-1973	Grooms, Harlan H. 1953-1969	Guin, J. Foy, Jr. 1973-1989	Bowdre, Karon O. 2001-2020	Smith, C. Lynnwood, Jr. 1995-2013	Buttram, H. Dean, Jr. 1998-2002
Gayle, John 1849-1859	Hundley, Oscar R. 1909	Hancock, James H. 1973-1996	McFadden, Frank H. 1969-1982	Nelson, Edwin L. 1990-2003	Manasco, Anna M. 2020-	Burke, Liles C. 2018-	Coogler, L. Scott 2003-
Jones, William G. 1859-1861	Grubb, William I. 1909-1935	Johnson, Inge P. 1998-2012	Acker, William M., Jr.⁴ 1982-1996	Hopkins, Virginia E. 2004-2018
Lane, George W. 1861-1863	Davis, David J.³ 1935-1938	Haikala, Madeline H. 2013-		Maze, Corey L. 2019-
Busteed, Richard 1863-1874
Bruce, John 1875-1901
Jones, Thomas G. 1901-1914
Clayton, Henry D. 1914-1929
Kennamer, Charles B.² 1931-1936

October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089	November 2, 2002 116 Stat. 1758⁵
Clemon, U. W. 1980-2009	Blackburn, Sharon L. 1991-2015	Proctor, R. David 2003-
Kallon, Abdul K. 2010-2022	Axon, Annemarie C. 2018-
1. The act of March 10, 1824, 4 Stat. 9, assigned the judgeship authorized for the District of Alabama by the act of April 21, 1820, 3 Stat. 564, to the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. 2. The act of June 5, 1936, 49 Stat. 1476, assigned this judgeship to the Middle District of Alabama exclusively. 3. The act of March 26, 1938, 52 Stat. 120, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the office of the existing district judge would not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to David Davis was appointed. 4. The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, as amended by the act of November 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 635, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the first vacancy in the district occurring five years or more after the confirmation date of the judge appointed to fill the temporary judgeship not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to William Acker was appointed. 5. The act of November 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1758, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court, extended most recently by the act of March 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 542, which provided that the first vacancy in the district after September 17, 2025, not be filled.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
March 10, 1824 4 Stat. 9¹	August 2, 1886 24 Stat. 213	March 18, 1966 80 Stat. 75³	July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333
Tait, Charles 1824-1826	Toulmin, Harry T. 1887-1916	Pittman, T. Virgil 1966-1981	Howard, Alex T., Jr. 1986-1996
Crawford, William 1826-1849	Ervin, Robert T. 1917-1935	Cox, Emmett R. 1981-1988	Granade, Callie V. 2002-2016
Gayle, John 1849-1859	McDuffie, John 1935-1950	Butler, Charles R., Jr. 1988-2005	Beaverstock, Jeffrey U. 2018-
Jones, William G. 1859-1861	Thomas, Daniel H. 1951-1971	DuBose, Kristi 2005-
Lane, George W. 1861-1863	Hand, William B. 1971-1989
Busteed, Richard 1863-1874	Vollmer, Richard W., Jr. 1990-2000
Bruce, John² 1875-1886	Steele, William H. 2003-2017
	Moorer, Terry F. 2018-
1. The act of March 10, 1824, 4 Stat. 9, assigned the judgeship authorized for the District of Alabama by the act of April 21, 1820, 3 Stat. 564, to the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. 2. The act of August 2, 1886, 24 Stat. 213, assigned this judgeship to the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama exclusively. 3. The act of March 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 75, authorized one judgeship to serve the Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama.

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
February 6, 1839 5 Stat. 315¹	March 18, 1966 80 Stat. 75²	June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629
Crawford, William 1839-1849	Pittman, T. Virgil³ 1966-1970	Varner, Robert E. 1971-1986	Hobbs, Truman M. 1980-1991
Gayle, John 1849-1859		Dubina, Joel F. 1986-1990	DeMent, Ira 1992-2002
Jones, William G. 1859-1861		Albritton, W. Harold, III 1991-2004	Fuller, Mark E. 2002-2015
Lane, George W. 1861-1863		Watkins, William K. 2005-2019	Brasher, Andrew L. 2019-2020
Busteed, Richard 1863-1874		Huffaker, R. Austin, Jr. 2019-
Bruce, John 1875-1901
Jones, Thomas G. 1901-1914
Clayton, Henry D. 1914-1929
Kennamer, Charles B. 1931-1955
Johnson, Frank M., Jr. 1955-1979
Thompson, Myron H. 1980-2013
Marks, Emily C. 2018-
1. The act of February 6, 1839, 5 Stat. 315, authorized this judgeship to serve the Middle District of Alabama in addition to the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. 2. The act of March 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 75, authorized one judgeship to serve the Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. 3. The act of June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 294, assigned this judgeship to the Southern District of Alabama exclusively.

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