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

U.S. District Court for the District of Missouri
March 16, 1822
3 Stat. 653
Peck, James H.
1822-1836
Wells, Robert W.1
1836-1857
1. The act of March 3, 1857, 11 Stat. 197, transferred this judgeship to the Western District of Missouri.

 

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
March 3, 1857
11 Stat. 197
September 14, 1922
42 Stat. 837
June 22, 1936
49 Stat. 1804
December 24, 1942
56 Stat. 1083
June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294
Treat, Samuel
1857-1887
Davis, Charles B.
1924-1943
Collet, John C.
1937-1947
Duncan, Richard M.
1943-1965
Webster, William H.
1970-1973
Thayer, Amos M.
1887-1894
Hulen, Rubey M.
1943-1956
Harper, Roy W.
1947
Collinson, William R.
1965-1980
Nangle, John F.
1973-1990
Priest, Henry S.
1894-1895
Weber, Randolph H.
1957-1961
Harper, Roy W.
1947-1948
Stevens, Joseph E., Jr.
1981-1995
Hamilton, Jean C.
1990-2013
Adams, Elmer B.
1895-1905
Regan, John K.
1962-1977
Harper, Roy W.
1948-1971
Laughrey, Nanette K.
1996-2011
White, Ronnie L.
2014-2024
Finkelnburg, Gustavus A.
1905-1907
Filippine, Edward L.
1977-1995
Wangelin, H. Kenneth1
1970-1983
Wimes, Brian C.
2012-
 
Dyer, David P.
1907-1919
Webber, E. Richard
1995-2009
Limbaugh, Stephen N.
1983-1996
   
Faris, Charles B.
1919-1935
Fleissig, Audrey G.
2010-2023
Sippel, Rodney W.
1997-2023
   
Moore, George
1935-1962
       
Meredith, James H.
1962-1979
       
Cahill, Clyde S., Jr.
1980-1992
       
Perry, Catherine D.
1994-2018
       
Pitlyk, Sarah E.
2019-
       
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 50892
Hungate, William L.
1979-1991
Gunn, George F., Jr.
1985-1996
Stohr, Donald J.
1992-2006
Shaw, Charles A.
1993-2009
Jackson, Carol E.
1992-2017
Autrey, Henry E.
2002-
Limbaugh, Stephen N., Jr.
2008-
Ross, John A.
2011-2023
Clark, Stephen R., Sr.
2019-
  Schelp, Matthew T.
2020-
 
1. The president signed a commission appointing H. Kenneth Wangelin to the court on December 22, 1970, but Judge Wangelin did not assume the duties of the office until January 5, 1971, the day his predecessor, Roy Harper, assumed senior status.
2. The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, 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 May 20, 2025, not be filled.

 

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
March 3, 1857
11 Stat. 1971
September 14, 1922
42 Stat. 837
June 22, 1936
49 Stat. 1804
December 24, 1942
56 Stat. 1083
May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
Wells, Robert W.
1857-1864
Reeves, Albert L.
1923-1954
Collet, John C.
1937-1947
Duncan, Richard M.
1943-1965
Gibson, Floyd R.
1961-1965
Wright, Scott O.
1979-1991
Sachs, Howard F.
1979-1992
Krekel, Arnold
1865-1888
Whittaker, Charles E.
1954-1956
Harper, Roy W.
1947
Collinson, William R.
1965-1980
Hunter, Elmo B.
1965-1980
Fenner, Gary A.
1996-2015
Smith, Ortrie D.
1995-2011
Philips, John F.
1888-1910
Smith, R. Jasper
1956-1962
Harper, Roy W.
1947-1948
Stevens, Joseph E., Jr.
1981-1995
Gibson, John R.
1981-1982

Ketchmark, Roseann A.
2015-

Phillips, Mary E.
2012-
Van Valkenburgh, Arba S.
1910-1925
Oliver, John W.
1962-1980
Harper, Roy W.
1948-1971
Laughrey, Nanette K.
1996-2011
Roberts, Ross T.
1982-1987
   
Otis, Merrill E.
1925-1944
Bartlett, D. Brook
1981-2000
Wangelin, H. Kenneth2
1970-1983
Wimes, Brian C.
2012-
Whipple, Dean
1987-2007
   
Ridge, Albert A.
1945-1961
Dorr, Richard E.
2002-2013
Limbaugh, Stephen N.
1983-1996
  Kays, David G.
2008-
   
Becker, William H.
1961-1977
Harpool, M. Douglas
2014-
Sippel, Rodney W.
1997-2023
       
Clark, Russell G.
1977-1991
           
Gaitan, Fernando J., Jr.
1991-2014
           
Bough, Stephen R.
2014-
           
1. The act of March 3, 1857, 11 Stat. 197, transferred this judgeship from the District of Missouri.
2. The president signed a commission appointing H. Kenneth Wangelin to the court on December 22, 1970, but Judge Wangelin did not assume the duties of the office until January 5, 1971, the day his predecessor, Roy Harper, assumed senior status.

 

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