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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Missouri: Chief Judges
Eastern District of Missouri
Number of chief judges: 11 Moore, George (1948-1959)
Harper, Roy Winfield (1959-1971)
Meredith, James Hargrove (1971-1979)
Wangelin, Harris Kenneth (1979-1983)
Nangle, John Francis (1983-1990)
Filippine, Edward Louis (1990-1995)
Hamilton, Jean Constance (1995-2002)
Jackson, Carol E. (2002-2009)
Perry, Catherine D. (2009-2015)
Sippel, Rodney W. (2016-2022)
Clark, Stephen Robert, Sr. (2022-present)
Western District of Missouri
Number of chief judges: 17 Reeves, Albert L. (1948-1954)
Duncan, Richard M. (1954-1959)
Ridge, Albert Alphonso (1959-1961)
Smith, Randle Jasper (1961-1962)
Gibson, Floyd Robert (1962-1965)
Becker, William Henry (1965-1977)
Oliver, John Watkins (1977-1980)
Clark, Russell Gentry (1980-1985)
Hunter, Elmo Bolton (1980)
Wright, Scott Olin (1985-1990)
Sachs, Howard Frederic (1990-1992)
Stevens, Joseph Edward, Jr. (1992-1995)
Bartlett, D. Brook (1995-2000)
Whipple, Dean (2000-2007)
Gaitan, Fernando J., Jr. (2007-2014)
Kays, David Gregory (2014-2019)
Phillips, Mary Elizabeth (2019-present)