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U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina: Judges
Number of judges: 20
Dick, Robert Paine (1872-1898)
Ewart, Hamilton Glover (1898-1900)
Boyd, James Edmund (1900-1935)
Webb, Edwin Yates (1919-1955)
Henderson, David Ezekiel (1948-1949)
Warlick, Wilson (1949-1978)
Craven, James Braxton, Jr. (1961-1966)
Jones, Woodrow Wilson (1967-2002)
McMillan, James Bryan (1968-1995)
Potter, Robert Daniel (1981-2009)
Sentelle, David Bryan (1985-1987)
Voorhees, Richard Lesley (1988-present)
Mullen, Graham Calder (1990-present)
Thornburg, Lacy Herman (1995-2009)
McKnight, H[arold] Brent (2003-2004)
Conrad, Robert James, Jr. (2005-2025)
Whitney, Frank DeArmon (2006-present)
Reidinger, Martin Karl (2007-present)
Cogburn, Max Oliver, Jr. (2011-present)
Bell, Kenneth Davis, Sr. (2019-present)