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

U.S. District Court for the District of Texas
December 29, 1845
9 Stat. 1
Watrous, John C.1
1846-1857
1. The act of February 21, 1857, 11 Stat. 164, transferred this judgeship to the Eastern District of Texas.

 

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
February 21, 1857
11 Stat. 1641 		February 10, 1954
68 Stat. 8 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		November 2, 2002
116 Stat. 17582
Watrous, John C.
1857-1870		 Cecil, Lamar J. R.
1954-1958		 Steger, William M.
1970-1987		 Parker, Robert M.
1979-1994		 Cobb, Howell
1985-2001		 Brown, Paul N.
1985-2001		 Hannah, John H., Jr.
1994-2003		 Crone, Marcia A.
2003-
Winch, Joel C.C.
1870-1871		 Fisher, Joseph J.
1959-1984		 Schell, Richard A.
1988-2015		 Heartfield, Thad
1995-2010		 Clark, Ron
2002-2018		 Davis, Leonard E.
2002-2015		 Schneider, Michael H., Sr.
2004-2016		  
Morrill, Amos
1872-1883		 Hall, Sam B., Jr.
1985-1994		 Jordan, Sean D.
2019-		 Gilstrap, J. Rodney
2011-		 Truncale, Michael J.
2019-		 Barker, J. Campbell
2019-		 Kernodle, Jeremy D.
2018-		  
Sabin, Chauncey B.
1884-1890		 Folsom, David
1995-2012		            
Bryant, David E.
1890-1910		 Schroeder, Robert W., III
2014-		            
Russell, Gordon J.
1910-1919		              
Estes, W. Lee
1920-1930		              
Bryant, Randolph
1931-1951		              
Sheehy, Joseph W.
1951-1967		              
Justice, William W.
1968-1998		              
Ward, T. John
1999-2011		              
Mazzant, Amos L., III
2014-		              
1. The act of February 21, 1857, 11 Stat. 164, transferred this judgeship from the District of Texas.
2. 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 30, 2025, not be filled.

 

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
February 21, 1857
11 Stat. 164 		February 26, 1917
39 Stat. 938 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		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
DuVal, Thomas H.
1857-1880		 Smith, William R., Sr.
1917-1924		 Spears, Adrian A.
1961-1979		 Guinn, Ernest A.
1966-1974		 Wood, John H., Jr.
1970-1979		 Garcia, Hipolito F.
1980-2002		 Smith, Walter S., Jr.
1984-2016		 Sparks, Sam
1991-2017
Turner, Ezekiel B.
1880-1888		 Boynton, Charles A.
1924-1947		 Hudspeth, Harry L.
1979-2001		 Sessions, William S.
1974-1987		 Bunton, Lucius D., III
1979-1992		 Junell, Robert A.
2003-2015		 Albright, Alan D
2018-		 Pulliam, Jason K.
2019-
Maxey, Thomas S.
1888-1916		 Thomason, Robert E.
1947-1963		 Moses, Alia
2002-		 Garza, Emilio M.
1988-1991		 Briones, David
1994-2009		 Counts, Walter D. III
2018-		    
West, DuVal
1916-1931		 Thornberry, W. Homer
1963-1965		   Garcia, Orlando L.
1994-		 Guaderrama, David C.
2012-2023		      
McMillan, Robert J.
1932-1941		 Roberts, Jack
1966-1980		            
Keeling, Walter A.
1942-1945		 Nowlin, James R.
1981-2003		            
Rice, Ben H., Jr.
1945-1964		 Yeakel, Earl L., III
2003-2023		            
Suttle, Dorwin W.
1964-1979		              
Shannon, C. Frederick, Jr.
1980-1984		              
Prado, Edward C.
1984-2003		              
Rodriguez, Xavier
2003-		              
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 21, 2000
114 Stat. 2762 		November 2, 2002
116 Stat. 1758 		November 2, 2002
116 Stat. 1758
Ferguson, W. Royal, Jr.
1994-2008		 Biery, Samuel F., Jr.
1994-		 Martinez, Philip R.
2002-2021		 Cardone, Kathleen
2003-		 Montalvo, Frank
2003-2022
Pitman, Robert L.
2014-		   Gonzalez, Ernest
2024-		   Schydlower, Leon
2024-

 

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
February 24, 1879
20 Stat. 318 		February 9, 1898
30 Stat. 240 		February 26, 1919
40 Stat. 1183 		September 14, 1922
42 Stat. 837 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
McCormick, Andrew P.
1879-1892		 Meek, Edward R.
1898-1935		 Wilson, James C.
1919-1947		 Atwell, William H.
1923-1954		 Hughes, Sarah T.
1961-1975		 Brewster, Leo
1961-1973		 Hill, Robert M.
1970-1984		 Belew, David O., Jr.
1979-1990
Rector, John B.1
1892-1898		 Davidson, T. Whitfield
1936-1965		 Dooley, Joseph B.
1947-1966		 Estes, Joe E.
1955-1972		 Higginbotham, Patrick E.
1975-1982		 Porter, Robert W.
1974-1990		 Fitzwater, Sidney A.
1986-2018		 Means, Terry R.
1991-2013
  Taylor, William M., Jr.
1966-1979		 Woodward, Halbert O.
1968-1986		 Mahon, Eldon B.
1972-1989		 Fish, A. Joe
1983-2007		 Solis, Jorge A.
1991-2016		 Starr, Brantley D.
2019-		 Brown, Ada E.
2019-
  Buchmeyer, Jerry
1979-2003		 Cummings, Samuel R.
1987-2014		 McBryde, John H.
1990-2018		 O'Connor, Reed C.
2007-		 Scholer, Karen G.
2018-		    
  Boyle, Jane J.
2004-		 Hendrix, James W.
2019-		 Pittman, Mark T.
2019-		        
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Sanders, H. Barefoot, Jr.
1979-1996		 Robinson, Mary L.
1979-2016		 Maloney, Robert B.
1985-2000		 Kendall, Joe
1992-2002		 Lindsay, Sam A.
1998-
Lynn, Barbara M.
1999-2023		 Kacsmaryk, Matthew J.
2019-		 Godbey, David C.
2002-		 Kindeade, James E.
2002-		  
1. The act of February 9, 1898, 30 Stat. 240, 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 John Rector was appointed.

 

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
March 11, 1902
32 Stat. 64 		May 31, 1938
52 Stat. 584 		August 3, 1949
63 Stat. 493 		August 3, 1949
63 Stat. 493 		May 19, 1961
75 Stat. 80 		March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75 		March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75 		June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294
Burns, Waller T.
1902-1917		 Allred, James V.
1939-1942		 Connally, Ben C.
1949-1974		 Allred, James V.
1949-1959		 Noel, James L., Jr.
1961-1976		 Singleton, John V., Jr.
1966-1988		 Seals, Woodrow B.
1966-1982		 Cox, Owen D.
1970-1981
Hutcheson, Joseph C., Jr.
1918-1931		 Hannay, Allen B.
1942-1975		 O'Conor, Robert J., Jr.
1975-1984		 Garza, Reynaldo G.
1961-1979		 Cowan, Finis E.
1977-1979		 Harmon, Melinda
1989-2018		 Hinojosa, Ricardo H.
1983-		 Head, Hayden W., Jr.
1981-2009
Kennerly, Thomas M.
1931-1954		 Sterling, Ross N.
1976-1988		 Hughes, Lynn N.
1985-2023		 Vela, Filemon B.
1980-2000		 Gibson, Hugh
1979-1989		 Brown, Jeffrey V.
2019-		   Ramos, Nelva G.
2011-
Ingraham, Joe M.
1954-1969		 Lake, Simeon T., III
1988-2019		   Hanen, Andrew S.
2002-		 Kent, Samuel B.
1990-2009		      
Bue, Carl O., Jr.
1970-1987		 Tipton, Drew B.
2020-		     Garcia Marmolejo, Marina
2011-		      
Hoyt, Kenneth M.
1988-2013		              
Bennett, Alfred H.
2015-		              
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
Cire, George E.
1979-1985		 DeAnda, James
1979-1992		 Black, Norman W.
1979-1996		 McDonald, Gabrielle A. K.
1979-1988		 Kazen, George P.
1979-2009		 Werlein, Ewing, Jr.
1992-2006		 Rosenthal, Lee H.
1992-		 Jack, Janis G.
1994-2011
Hittner, David
1986-2004		 Atlas, Nancy F.
1995-2014		 Ellison, Keith P.
1999-		 Rainey, John D.
1990-2010		 Saldaña, Diana
2011-		 Miller, Gray H.
2006-2018		   Morales, David S.
2019-
Alvarez, Micaela
2004-2023		 Hanks, George C., Jr.
2015-		   Costa, Gregg J.
2012-2014		   Eskridge, Charles R. III
2019-		    
      Rodriguez, Fernando, Jr.
2018-		        
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089 		December 21, 2000
114 Stat. 2762
Gilmore, Vanessa D.
1994-2022		 Tagle, Hilda G.
1998-2012		 Crane, Randy
2002-
Kazen, John A.
2024-		 Olvera, Jose R., Jr.
2015-		  

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