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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of West Virginia: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 31
Jackson, John Jay, Jr. (1864-1905)
Keller, Benjamin Franklin (1901-1921)
Dayton, Alston Gordon (1905-1920)
Baker, William Eli (1921-1954)
McClintic, George Warwick (1921-1942)
Watkins, Harry Evans (1937-1963)
Moore, Ben (1941-1958)
Boreman, Herbert Stephenson (1954-1959)
Field, John A., Jr. (1959-1971)
Paul, Charles Ferguson (1960-1965)
Christie, Sidney Lee (1964-1974)
Maxwell, Robert Earl (1965-2010)
Knapp, Dennis Raymond (1970-1998)
Hall, Kenneth Keller (1971-1976)
Haden, Charles Harold II (1975-2004)
Copenhaver, John Thomas, Jr. (1976-present)
Staker, Robert Jackson (1979-2005)
Kidd, William Matthew (1979-1998)
Hallanan, Elizabeth Virginia (1983-2004)
Stamp, Frederick Pfarr, Jr. (1990-present)
Faber, David A. (1991-present)
Keeley, Irene Patricia Murphy (1992-present)
Goodwin, Joseph Robert (1995-present)
Broadwater, W. Craig (1996-2006)
Chambers, Robert Charles (1997-present)
Johnston, Thomas E. (2006-present)
Bailey, John Preston (2007-present)
Berger, Irene Cornelia (2009-present)
Groh, Gina Marie (2012-present)
Kleeh, Thomas Shawn (2018-present)
Volk, Frank William (2019-present)