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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit: Judges

Number of judges: 63
Caldwell, Henry Clay (1891-1903)
Sanborn, Walter Henry (1892-1928)
Thayer, Amos Madden (1894-1905)
Van Devanter, Willis (1903-1910)
Hook, William Cather (1903-1921)
Adams, Elmer Bragg (1905-1916)
Carland, John Emmett (1911-1922)
Stone, Kimbrough (1916-1958)
Lewis, Robert E. (1921-1929)
Gardner, Archibald K. (1929-1962)
Thomas, Seth (1935-1962)
Johnsen, Harvey M. (1940-1975)
Collet, John Caskie (1947-1955)
Vogel, Charles Joseph (1954-1980)
Mehaffy, Pat (1963-1981)
Gibson, Floyd Robert (1965-2001)
Lay, Donald Pomery (1966-2007)
Bright, Myron H. (1968-2016)
Ross, Donald Roe (1970-2013)
Henley, Jesse Smith (1975-1997)
McMillian, Theodore (1978-2006)
Gibson, John R. (1982-2014)
Fagg, George Gardner (1982-2015)
Wollman, Roger Leland (1985-present)
Magill, Frank J. (1986-2013)
Beam, C[larence] Arlen (1987-present)
Loken, James B. (1990-present)
Hansen, David Rasmussen (1991-present)
Arnold, Morris Sheppard (1992-present)
Murphy, Diana E. (1994-2018)
Bye, Kermit Edward (2000-2016)
Riley, William Jay (2001-2023)
Melloy, Michael Joseph (2002-present)
Smith, Lavenski R. (2002-present)
Colloton, Steven M. (2003-present)
Gruender, Raymond W. (2004-present)
Benton, William Duane (2004-present)
Shepherd, Bobby E. (2006-present)
Kelly, Jane Louise (2013-present)
Erickson, Ralph R. (2017-present)
Grasz, Leonard Steven (2018-present)
Stras, David Ryan (2018-present)
Kobes, Jonathan Allen (2018-present)

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