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U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware: Succession Chart

September 24, 1789
1 Stat. 73
July 24, 1946
60 Stat. 654
February 10, 1954
68 Stat. 8
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
Bedford, Gunning, Jr.
1789-1812
Rodney, Richard S.
1946-1957
Wright, Caleb M.
1955-1973
Farnan, Joseph J., Jr.
1985-2010
Fisher, John
1812-1823
Layton, Caleb R., III
1957-1968
Schwartz, Murray M.
1974-1989
Andrews, Richard G.
2011-2023
Hall, Willard
1823-1871
Latchum, James L.
1968-1983
McKelvie, Roderick R.
1992-2002
Hall, Jennifer L.
2024-
Bradford, Edward G.
1871-1884
Longobardi, Joseph J.
1984-1997
Jordan, Kent A.
2002-2006
 
Wales, Leonard E.
1884-1897
Sleet, Gregory M.
1998-2017
Stark, Leonard P.
2010-2022
 
Bradford, Edward G., II
1897-1918
Noreika, Maryellen
2018-
Williams, Gregory B.
2022-
 
Morris, Hugh M.
1919-1930
     
Nields, John P.
1930-1941
     
Leahy, Paul C.
1942-1957
     
Steel, Edwin D., Jr.
1958-1969
     
Stapleton, Walter K.
1970-1985
     
Roth, Jane R.
1985-1991
     
Robinson, Sue L.
1991-2017
     
Connolly, Colm F.
2018-
     

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