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

September 24, 1789 1 Stat. 73	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089
Sewall, David 1789-1818	Mitchell, George J. 1979-1980	Brody, Morton A. 1991-2000
Parris, Albion K. 1818-1822	Cyr, Conrad K. 1981-1989	Singal, George Z. 2000-2013
Ware, Ashur 1822-1866	Hornby, David B. 1990-2010	Levy, Jon D. 2014-2024
Fox, Edward 1866-1881	Torresen, Nancy 2011-2025	Neumann, Stacey D. 2024-
Webb, Nathan 1882-1902
Hale, Clarence 1902-1922
Peters, John A.¹ 1921-1947
Clifford, John D., Jr. 1947-1956
Gignoux, Edward T. 1957-1983
Carter, Gene 1983-2003
Woodcock, John A., Jr. 2003-2017
Walker, Lance E. 2018-
1. The president signed a commission appointing John Peters to the court on November 14, 1921, but Judge Peters did not assume the duties of the office until January 2, 1922, the day after his predecessor, Clarence Hale, assumed senior status.

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