Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Justices of the United States
Warren Earl BurgerSupreme Court of the United States · 1956–1995
Salmon Portland ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1864–1873
Oliver EllsworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1796–1800
Melville Weston FullerSupreme Court of the United States · 1888–1910
Charles Evans HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910–1948
John JaySupreme Court of the United States · 1789–1795
John MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1801–1835
William Hubbs RehnquistSupreme Court of the United States · 1971–2005
John Glover Roberts Jr.Currently servingSupreme Court of the United States · 2003–present
John RutledgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1789–1795
Harlan Fiske StoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1925–1946
William Howard TaftSupreme Court of the United States · 1892–1930
Roger Brooke TaneySupreme Court of the United States · 1836–1864
Frederick Moore VinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937–1953
Morrison Remick WaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1874–1888
Earl WarrenSupreme Court of the United States · 1954–1974
Edward Douglass WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1894–1921Chief Judges
James Waldo AckermanIllinois Central District Court · 1976–1984
Ann L. AikenOregon District Court · 1998–present
Anthony A. AlaimoGeorgia Southern District Court · 1971–2009
William Harold Albritton IIIAlabama Middle District Court · 1991–2004
Ruggero John AldisertThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–2014
Bailey AldrichFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–2002
Charles Mengel AllenKentucky Western District Court · 1971–2000
Florence Ellinwood AllenSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1934–1966
Donald Douglas AlsopMinnesota District Court · 1974–1992
Cecilia M. AltonagaCurrently servingFlorida Southern District Court · 2003–present
Richard Henry AlveyDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1893–1905
Donetta W. AmbrosePennsylvania Western District Court · 1993–2010
Carol Bagley AmonNew York Eastern District Court · 1990–present
Aldon Junior AndersonUtah District Court · 1971–1996
Joseph Fletcher Anderson Jr.South Carolina District Court · 1986–present
Robert Palmer AndersonSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1954–1978![R[obert] Lanier Anderson III](/images-webp/judges/robert-lanier-anderson-iii.webp)
R[obert] Lanier Anderson IIIEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2009
Stanley Thomas AndersonCurrently servingTennessee Western District Court · 2008–present
Maurice Neil AndrewsGeorgia Northern District Court · 1949–1950
Richard Joseph ArcaraNew York Western District Court · 1988–2015
Glenn Leroy Archer Jr.Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1985–2011
Raúl Manuel Arias-MarxuachCurrently servingPuerto Rico District Court · 2019–present
M. Christina ArmijoCurrently servingNew Mexico District Court · 2001–present
Richard Sheppard ArnoldEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1978–2004
Winston Eugene ArnowFlorida Northern District Court · 1967–1994
Alfred Albert ArrajColorado District Court · 1957–1992
Marvin E. AspenIllinois Northern District Court · 1979–2002
Carl Clyde AtkinsFlorida Southern District Court · 1966–1999
William Hawley AtwellTexas Northern District Court · 1923–1961
Anthony Thomas AugelliNew Jersey District Court · 1961–1974
Sharion AycockMississippi Northern District Court · 2007–present
Lewis Thornton BabcockColorado District Court · 1983–2008
John Preston BaileyCurrently servingWest Virginia Northern District Court · 2007–present
Harold Albert BakerIllinois Central District Court · 1978–2022
Kristine Gerhard BakerCurrently servingArkansas Eastern District Court · 2012–present
R. Stan BakerCurrently servingGeorgia Southern District Court · 2018–present
William Eli BakerWest Virginia Northern District Court · 1921–1954
Thomas Austin Ballantine Jr.Kentucky Western District Court · 1977–1992
Paul J. BarbadoroNew Hampshire District Court · 1992–present
William Henry Barbour Jr.Mississippi Southern District Court · 1983–2021
Sarah Evans BarkerIndiana Southern District Court · 1984–2014
William Julius BarkerFlorida Southern District Court · 1940–1968
George Herbert BarlowNew Jersey District Court · 1969–1979
John Peter BarnesIllinois Northern District Court · 1931–1958
Mark Allen BarnettCurrently servingUnited States Court of International Trade · 2013–present
David Jeremiah BarronCurrently servingFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 2014–present
Allen Edward BarrowOklahoma Northern District Court · 1962–1979
Harvey Bartle IIIPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1991–2011
D. Brook BartlettMissouri Western District Court · 1981–2000
Cynthia Ann BashantCurrently servingCalifornia Southern District Court · 2000–present
Stanley Allen BastianCurrently servingWashington Eastern District Court · 2014–present
Joseph F. BataillonNebraska District Court · 1997–2014
Alice Moore BatchelderSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–present
Timothy C. Batten Sr.Georgia Northern District Court · 2006–2025
Richard Howard BatteySouth Dakota District Court · 1985–2017
James Franklin BattinMontana District Court · 1969–1996
Frank Joseph BattistiOhio Northern District Court · 1961–1994
William Joseph BauerSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1971–2025
David L. BazelonDistrict of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1993![C[larence] Arlen Beam](/images-webp/judges/clarence-arlen-beam.webp)
C[larence] Arlen BeamEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2025
George N. BeamerIndiana Northern District Court · 1962–1974
James A. Beaty Jr.North Carolina Middle District Court · 1994–2018
Jeffrey Uhlman BeaverstockCurrently servingAlabama Southern District Court · 2018–present
Louis Charles BechtlePennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1972–2001
Axel John BeckSouth Dakota District Court · 1958–1981
Edward Roy BeckerThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1970–2006
William Henry BeckerMissouri Western District Court · 1961–1992
Sandra Shank BeckwithOhio Southern District Court · 1992–2009
William Trulock BeeksWashington Western District Court · 1961–1988
Wendy BeetlestoneCurrently servingPennsylvania Eastern District Court · 2014–present
Ralph R. BeistlineAlaska District Court · 2002–present
Robert Holmes BellMichigan Western District Court · 1987–2023
Robert Clinton BelloniOregon District Court · 1967–1999
Mark W. BennettIowa Northern District Court · 1994–2019
Dee Vance BensonUtah District Court · 1991–2020
Paul BensonNorth Dakota District Court · 1971–2004
Helen Ginger BerriganLouisiana Eastern District Court · 1994–2024
William Odis BertelsmanKentucky Eastern District Court · 1979–2001
Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.Currently servingTexas Western District Court · 1994–present
Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.Mississippi Northern District Court · 1984–2023
John Biggs Jr.Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1937–1979
Richard Mansfield BilbyArizona District Court · 1979–1998
Franklin S. Billings Jr.Vermont District Court · 1975–2014