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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)
Hays, William Hercules (1879-1880)
Barr, John Watson (1880-1899)
Evans, Walter (1899-1923)
Cochran, Andrew McConnell January (1901-1934)
Moorman, Charles Harwood (1924-1925)
Dawson, Charles I. (1925-1935)
Ford, Hiram Church (1935-1969)
Hamilton, Elwood (1935-1938)
Swinford, Mac (1937-1975)
Miller, Shackelford, Jr. (1939-1945)
Shelbourne, Roy Mahlon (1946-1974)
Brooks, Henry Luesing (1954-1969)
Moynahan, Bernard Thomas, Jr. (1963-1999)
Gordon, James Fleming (1965-1990)
Bratcher, Clifton Rhodes (1970-1977)
Allen, Charles Mengel (1971-2000)
Hermansdorfer, H[oward] David (1972-1981)
Siler, Eugene Edward, Jr. (1975-1991)
Johnstone, Edward Huggins (1977-2013)
Ballantine, Thomas Austin, Jr. (1977-1992)
Reed, Scott Elgin (1979-1994)
Bertelsman, William Odis (1979-present)
Unthank, Green Wix (1980-2013)
Wilhoit, Henry Rupert, Jr. (1981-2022)
Meredith, Ronald Edward (1985-1994)
Simpson, Charles Ralph III (1986-present)
Forester, Karl Spillman (1988-2014)
Hood, Joseph Martin (1990-present)
Heyburn, John Gilpin II (1992-2015)
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)
Van Tatenhove, Gregory Frederick (2006-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)