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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Iowa: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 33
Dyer, John James (1847-1855)
Love, James M. (1855-1891)
Shiras, Oliver Perry (1882-1903)
Woolson, John Simson (1891-1899)
McPherson, Smith (1900-1915)
Reed, Henry Thomas (1904-1924)
Wade, Martin Joseph (1915-1931)
Scott, George Cromwell (1922-1948)
Dewey, Charles Almon (1928-1958)
Graven, Henry Norman (1944-1970)
Switzer, Carroll O. (1949-1950)
Riley, William F. (1950-1956)
Hicklin, Edwin Richley (1957-1963)
Stephenson, Roy Laverne (1960-1971)
McManus, Edward Joseph (1962-2017)
Hanson, William Cook (1962-1995)
Stuart, William Corwin (1971-2010)
O'Brien, Donald Eugene (1978-2015)
Vietor, Harold Duane (1979-2016)
Hansen, David Rasmussen (1986-1991)
Wolle, Charles Robert (1987-2022)
Longstaff, Ronald Earl (1991-present)
Melloy, Michael Joseph (1992-2002)
Bennett, Mark W. (1994-2019)
Pratt, Robert W. (1997-present)
Gritzner, James E. (2002-present)
Reade, Linda R. (2002-present)
Jarvey, John Alfred (2007-2022)
Rose, Stephanie Marie (2012-present)
Strand, Leonard Terry (2016-present)
Ebinger, Rebecca Goodgame (2016-present)
Williams, Charles Joseph (2018-present)
Locher, Stephen Henley (2022-present)