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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas: Judges
Number of judges: 33
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)
Heartfield, Thad (1995-2022)
Folsom, David (1995-2012)
Ward, T. John (1999-2011)
Davis, Leonard E. (2002-2015)
Clark, Ron (2002-present)
Crone, Marcia A. (2003-present)
Schneider, Michael H., Sr. (2004-2016)
Gilstrap, James Rodney (2011-present)
Mazzant, Amos Louis III (2014-present)
Schroeder, Robert William III (2014-present)
Kernodle, Jeremy Daniel (2018-present)
Barker, J. Campbell (2019-present)
Truncale, Michael Joseph (2019-present)
Jordan, Sean D. (2019-present)