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

U.S. District Court for the District of Ohio
February 19, 1803
2 Stat. 201
Byrd, Charles W.
1803-1828
Creighton, William, Jr.
1828-1829
Campbell, John W.
1829-1833
Tappan, Benjamin
1833-1834
Leavitt, Humphrey H.1
1834-1855
1. The act of February 10, 1855, 10 Stat. 604, transferred this judgeship to the Southern District of Ohio.

 

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
February 10, 1855
10 Stat. 604 		December 19, 1900
31 Stat. 726 		February 24, 1910
36 Stat. 202 		September 14, 1922
42 Stat. 837 		May 1, 1941
55 Stat. 148 		February 10, 1954
68 Stat. 8 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
Willson, Hiram V.
1855-1866		 Wing, Francis J.
1901-1905		 Killits, John M.
1910-1928		 Jones, Paul J.
1923-1965		 Freed, Emerich B.
1941-1955		 Connell, James C.
1954-1971		 Battisti, Frank J.
1961-1994		 Green, Ben C.
1961-1976
Sherman, Charles T.
1867-1872		 Tayler, Robert W.
1905-1910		 Hahn, George P.
1928-1937		 Thomas, William K.
1966-1981		 Weick, Paul C.
1956-1959		 Contie, Leroy J., Jr.
1971-1982		 Economus, Peter C.
1995-2009		 Manos, John M.
1976-1991
Welker, Martin
1873-1889		 Day, William L.
1911-1914		 Kloeb, Frank L.
1937-1964		 Potter, John W.
1982-1992		 Kalbfleisch, Girard E.
1959-1970		 Dowd, David D., Jr.
1982-1996		 Pearson, Benita Y.
2010-		 Wells, Lesley B.
1994-2006
Ricks, Augustus J.1
1889-1906		 Clarke, John H.
1914-1916		 Young, Don J.
1965-1980		 O'Malley, Kathleen M3
1994-2010		 Walinski, Nicholas J., Jr.
1970-1985		 Polster, Dan A.
1998-2021		   Lioi, Sara E.
2007-
  Westenhaver, David C.
1917-1928		 Krenzler, Alvin I.
1981-1992		   McQuade, Richard B., Jr.
1986-1989		 Brennan, Bridget M.
2022-		    
  West, Samuel H.
1928-1938		 Katz, David A.
1994-2005		   Carr, James G.
1994-2010		      
  Wilkin, Robert N.
1939-1949		 Zouhary, Jack
2006-2019		   Helmick, Jeffrey J.
2012-		      
  McNamee, Charles J.2
1951-1964		 Knepp, James R. II
2020-		          
March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Lambros, Thomas D.
1967-1995		 Krupansky, Robert B.
1970-1982		 White, George W.
1980-1999		 Aldrich, Ann
1980-1995		 Batchelder, Alice M.
1985-1992		 Matia, Paul R.
1991-2004
Nugent, Donald C.
1995-2017		 Bell, Samuel H.
1982-1996		 Adams, John R.
2003-		 Gaughan, Patricia A.
1995-2023		 Oliver, Solomon, Jr.
1994-2021		 Boyko, Christopher A.
2005-2020
Barker, Pamela A.
2019-		 Gwin, James S.
1997-2021		     Ruiz, David A.
2022-		 Calabrese, J. Philip
2020-
  Fleming, Charles E.
2022-		        
1. The act of December 19, 1900, 31 Stat. 726, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the office of the existing district judge not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to Augustus Ricks was appointed.
2. The act of May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 80, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the district not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to Charles McNamee was appointed.
3. The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, as last amended by the act of December 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3177, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the first vacancy in the district occurring nineteen 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 Kathleen O'Malley was appointed.

 

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
February 10, 1855
10 Stat. 6041 		February 25, 1907
34 Stat. 928 		February 24, 1910
36 Stat. 202 		August 25, 1937
50 Stat. 805 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80
Leavitt, Humphrey H.
1855-1871		 Sater, John E.
1907-1908		 Hollister, Howard C.
1910-1919		 Druffel, John H.3
1937-1961		 Peck, John W., II
1961-1966
Swing, Philip B.
1871-1882		 Sater, John E.
1908-1924		 Peck, John W.
1919-1923		   Hogan, Timothy S.
1966-1979
White, William
1883		 Hough, Benson W.
1925-1935		 Hickenlooper, Smith
1923-1929		   Rice, Walter H.
1980-2004
Sage, George R.
1883-1898		 Underwood, Mell G.
1936-1965		 Nevin, Robert R.
1929-1952		   Barrett, Michael R.
2006-2019
Thompson, Albert C.2
1898-1910		 Kinneary, Joseph P.
1966-1986		 Cecil, Lester L.
1953-1959		   Newman, Michael J.
2020-
  Smith, George C.
1987-2002		 Weinman, Carl A.
1959-1973		    
  Frost, Gregory L.
2003-2016		 Duncan, Robert M.
1974-1985		    
  Morrison, Sarah D.
2019-		 Graham, James L.
1986-2004		    
    Watson, Michael H.
2004-		    
March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Porter, David S.
1966-1979		 Rubin, Carl B.
1971-1995		 Holschuh, John D.
1980-1996		 Weber, Herman J.
1985-2002		 Beckwith, Sandra S.
1992-2009
Spiegel, S. Arthur
1980-1995		 Sargus, Edmund A., Jr.
1996-		 Marbley, Algenon L.
1997-		 Rose, Thomas M.
2002-2017		 Black, Timothy S.
2010-2022
Dlott, Susan J.
1995-2018		     McFarland, Matthew W.
2019-

Hopkins, Jeffery P.
2022-
Cole, Douglas R.
2019-		        
1. The act of February 10, 1855, 10 Stat. 604, transferred this judgeship from the District of Ohio.
2. The act of February 25, 1907, 34 Stat. 928, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the office of the existing district judge not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to Albert Thompson was appointed.
3. The act of May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 80, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the district not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to John Druffel was appointed.

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