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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of North Carolina: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 54
Stokes, John (1790)
Sitgreaves, John (1790-1802)
Potter, Henry (1802-1857)
Biggs, Asa (1858-1861)
Brooks, George Washington (1865-1882)
Dick, Robert Paine (1872-1898)
Seymour, Augustus Sherrill (1882-1897)
Purnell, Thomas Richard (1897-1908)
Ewart, Hamilton Glover (1898-1900)
Boyd, James Edmund (1900-1935)
Connor, Henry Groves (1909-1924)
Webb, Edwin Yates (1919-1955)
Meekins, Isaac Melson (1925-1946)
Hayes, Johnson Jay (1927-1970)
Gilliam, Donnell (1945-1960)
Henderson, David Ezekiel (1948-1949)
Warlick, Wilson (1949-1978)
Stanley, Edwin Monroe (1957-1971)
Butler, Algernon Lee (1959-1978)
Craven, James Braxton, Jr. (1961-1966)
Larkins, John Davis, Jr. (1961-1990)
Preyer, Lunsford Richardson (1961-1963)
Gordon, Eugene Andrew (1964-2002)
Jones, Woodrow Wilson (1967-2002)
McMillan, James Bryan (1968-1995)
Dupree, Franklin Taylor, Jr. (1970-1995)
Ward, Hiram Hamilton (1972-2002)
Britt, William Earl (1980-present)
Erwin, Richard Cannon (1980-2006)
Potter, Robert Daniel (1981-2009)
Fox, James Carroll (1982-2019)
Bullock, Frank William, Jr. (1982-2006)
Boyle, Terrence William (1984-present)
Sentelle, David Bryan (1985-1987)
Howard, Malcolm Jones (1988-2025)
Tilley, Norwood Carlton, Jr. (1988-present)
Voorhees, Richard Lesley (1988-present)
Mullen, Graham Calder (1990-present)
Osteen, William Lindsay, Sr. (1991-2007)
Beaty, James A., Jr. (1994-2018)
Thornburg, Lacy Herman (1995-2009)
Flanagan, Louise W. (2003-present)
McKnight, H[arold] Brent (2003-2004)
Dever, James C. III (2005-present)
Conrad, Robert James, Jr. (2005-2025)
Whitney, Frank DeArmon (2006-present)
Reidinger, Martin Karl (2007-present)
Osteen, William Lindsay, Jr. (2007-present)
Schroeder, Thomas D. (2008-present)
Eagles, Catherine Caldwell (2010-present)
Cogburn, Max Oliver, Jr. (2011-present)
Biggs, Loretta Copeland (2014-present)
Bell, Kenneth Davis, Sr. (2019-present)
Myers, Richard Ernest II (2019-present)