History of the Federal Judiciary


  U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Texas

   Judges of the Eastern District of Texas
Number of judges who have served on the court: 27
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Watrous, John Charles (1857-1870)
Winch, Joel C. C. (1870-1871)
Morrill, Amos (1872-1883)
Sabin, Chauncey Brewer (1884-1890)
Bryant, David Ezekiel (1890-1910)
Russell, Gordon James (1910-1919)
Estes, William Lee (1920-1930)
Bryant, Randolph (1931-1951)
Sheehy, Joseph Warren (1951-1967)
Cecil, Lamar John Ryan (1954-1958)
Fisher, Joseph Jefferson (1959-2000)
Justice, William Wayne (1968-2009)
Steger, William Merritt (1970-2006)
Parker, Robert Manley (1979-1994)
Cobb, Howell (1985-2005)
Hall, Sam Blakeley Jr. (1985-1994)
Brown, Paul Neeley (1985-2012)
Schell, Richard A. (1988-present)
Hannah, John H. Jr. (1994-2003)
Folsom, David (1995-2012)
Heartfield, Thad (1995-present)
Ward, T. John (1999-2011)
Davis, Leonard E. (2002-present)
Clark, Ron (2002-present)
Crone, Marcia A. (2003-present)
Schneider, Michael H. Sr. (2004-present)
Gilstrap, James Rodney (2011-present)

 

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