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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Kentucky: Judges of all Districts

Number of judges: 49
Innes, Harry (1789-1816)
Trimble, Robert (1817-1826)
Boyle, John (1826-1834)
Monroe, Thomas Bell (1834-1861)
Ballard, Bland (1861-1879)
Barr, John Watson (1880-1899)
Evans, Walter (1899-1923)
Dawson, Charles I. (1925-1935)
Ford, Hiram Church (1935-1969)
Hamilton, Elwood (1935-1938)
Swinford, Mac (1937-1975)
Brooks, Henry Luesing (1954-1969)
Gordon, James Fleming (1965-1990)
Allen, Charles Mengel (1971-2000)
Reed, Scott Elgin (1979-1994)
Bertelsman, William Odis (1979-present)
Unthank, Green Wix (1980-2013)
Hood, Joseph Martin (1990-present)
Coffman, Jennifer B. (1993-2013)
Russell, Thomas B. (1994-2023)
McKinley, Joseph H., Jr. (1995-present)
Caldwell, Karen K. (2001-present)
Reeves, Danny C. (2001-present)
Bunning, David L. (2002-present)
Thapar, Amul Roger (2008-2017)
Stivers, Gregory N. (2014-present)
Hale, David Jason (2014-present)
Boom, Claria Horn (2018-present)
Jennings, Rebecca Grady (2018-present)
Wier, Robert Earl (2018-present)
Walker, Justin Reed (2019-2020)
Beaton, Benjamin Joel (2020-present)

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