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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Mississippi: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 36
Shields, William Bayard (1818-1823)
Randolph, Peter (1823-1832)
Ellis, Powhatan (1832-1836)
Adams, George (1836-1838)
Gholson, Samuel Jameson (1839-1861)
Hill, Robert Andrews (1866-1891)
Niles, Henry Clay (1891-1918)
Holmes, Edwin Ruthven (1918-1936)
Cox, Elijah Allen (1929-1974)
Mize, Sidney Carr (1937-1965)
Clayton, Claude Feemster (1958-1967)
Cox, William Harold (1961-1988)
Russell, Dan Monroe, Jr. (1965-2011)
Keady, William Colbert (1968-1989)
Nixon, Walter Louis, Jr. (1968-1989)
Smith, Orma Rinehart (1968-1982)
Senter, Lyonel Thomas, Jr. (1979-2011)
Barbour, William Henry, Jr. (1983-2021)
Biggers, Neal Brooks, Jr. (1984-2023)
Lee, Tom Stewart (1984-present)
Wingate, Henry Travillion (1985-present)
Davidson, Glen H. (1985-present)
Gex, Walter J. III (1986-2020)
Pickering, Charles Willis, Sr. (1990-2004)
Bramlette, David C. (1991-present)
Pepper, W. Allen, Jr. (1999-2012)
Mills, Michael P. (2001-present)
Guirola, Louis, Jr. (2004-present)
Starrett, Keith (2004-present)
Jordan, Daniel Porter III (2006-present)
Ozerden, Halil Suleyman (2007-present)
Aycock, Sharion (2007-present)
Reeves, Carlton Wayne (2010-present)
Brown, Debra Marie (2013-present)
Johnson, Kristi Haskins (2020-present)
McNeel, Taylor Brantley (2020-present)