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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee: Judges
Number of judges: 26
McNairy, John (1802-1833)
Brown, Morgan Welles (1834-1853)
Humphreys, West Hughes (1853-1862)
Trigg, Connally Findlay (1862-1878)
Hammond, Eli Shelby (1878-1904)
McCall, John Ethridge (1905-1920)
Ross, John William (1921-1925)
Anderson, Harry Bennett (1925-1935)
Martin, John Donelson, Sr. (1935-1940)
Boyd, Marion Speed (1940-1988)
Brown, Bailey (1961-1979)
McRae, Robert Malcolm, Jr. (1966-2004)
Wellford, Harry Walker (1970-1982)
Horton, Odell (1980-2006)
Gibbons, Julia Smith (1983-2002)
Todd, James Dale (1985-present)
Turner, Jerome (1987-2000)
McCalla, Jon Phipps (1992-present)
Donald, Bernice Bouie (1995-2011)
Mays, Samuel H., Jr. (2002-present)
Breen, J. Daniel (2003-present)
Anderson, Stanley Thomas (2008-present)
Fowlkes, John Thomas, Jr. (2012-present)
Lipman, Sheryl Halle (2014-present)
Parker, Thomas Lee Robinson (2018-present)
Norris, Mark Saalfield, Sr. (2018-present)