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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky: Judges
Number of judges: 26
Evans, Walter (1901-1923)
Moorman, Charles Harwood (1924-1925)
Dawson, Charles I. (1925-1935)
Hamilton, Elwood (1935-1938)
Swinford, Mac (1937-1975)
Miller, Shackelford, Jr. (1939-1945)
Shelbourne, Roy Mahlon (1946-1974)
Brooks, Henry Luesing (1954-1969)
Gordon, James Fleming (1965-1990)
Bratcher, Clifton Rhodes (1970-1977)
Allen, Charles Mengel (1971-2000)
Siler, Eugene Edward, Jr. (1975-1991)
Johnstone, Edward Huggins (1977-2013)
Ballantine, Thomas Austin, Jr. (1977-1992)
Meredith, Ronald Edward (1985-1994)
Simpson, Charles Ralph III (1986-present)
Heyburn, John Gilpin II (1992-2015)
Coffman, Jennifer B. (1993-2013)
Russell, Thomas B. (1994-2023)
McKinley, Joseph H., Jr. (1995-present)
Stivers, Gregory N. (2014-present)
Hale, David Jason (2014-present)
Boom, Claria Horn (2018-present)
Jennings, Rebecca Grady (2018-present)
Walker, Justin Reed (2019-2020)
Beaton, Benjamin Joel (2020-present)