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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Tennessee: Chief Judges
Eastern District of Tennessee
Number of chief judges: 12 Taylor, George Caldwell (1948-1949)
Darr, Leslie Rogers (1949-1961)
Taylor, Robert Love (1961-1969)
Wilson, Frank Wiley (1969-1982)
Hull, Thomas Gray (1984-1991)
Milburn, Herbert Theodore (1984)
Jarvis, James Howard II (1991-1998)
Edgar, Robert Allan (1998-2005)
Collier, Curtis Lynn (2005-2012)
Varlan, Thomas A. (2012-2019)
Reeves, Pamela Lynn (2019-2020)
McDonough, Travis Randall (2020-present)
Western District of Tennessee
Number of chief judges: 10 Boyd, Marion Speed (1961-1966)
Brown, Bailey (1966-1979)
McRae, Robert Malcolm, Jr. (1979-1986)
Horton, Odell (1987-1994)
Gibbons, Julia Smith (1994-2000)
Todd, James Dale (2001-2007)
McCalla, Jon Phipps (2008-2013)
Breen, J. Daniel (2013-2017)
Anderson, Stanley Thomas (2017-2023)
Lipman, Sheryl Halle (2023-present)
Middle District of Tennessee
Number of chief judges: 12 Davies, Elmer David (1954-1957)
Miller, William Ernest (1961-1970)
Gray, Frank, Jr. (1970-1977)
Morton, Leland Clure (1977-1984)
Wiseman, Thomas Anderton, Jr. (1984-1991)
Nixon, John Trice (1991-1998)
Echols, Robert L. (1998-2005)
Campbell, Todd J. (2005-2012)
Haynes, William Joseph, Jr. (2012-2014)
Sharp, Kevin Hunter (2014-2017)
Crenshaw, Waverly David, Jr. (2017-2024)
Campbell, William Lynn, Jr. (2024-present)