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U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota: Succession Chart

February 22, 1889 25 Stat. 676	June 25, 1921 42 Stat. 66	February 10, 1954 68 Stat. 8
Thomas, Alfred D. 1890-1896	Miller, Andrew 1922-1941	Register, George S. 1955-1971
Amidon, Charles F.¹ 1896-1928	Vogel, Charles J. 1941-1954	Van Sickle, Bruce M. 1971-1985
	Davies, Ronald N. 1955-1971	Conmy, Patrick A. 1985-2000
	Benson, Paul 1971-1985	Hovland, Daniel L. 2002-
	Webb, Rodney S. 1987-2001	Traynor, Daniel M. 2020-
	Erickson, Ralph R. 2003-2017
	Welte, Peter D. 2019-
1. The act of June 25, 1921, 42 Stat. 66, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court and provided that the next vacancy in the district not be filled. In accordance with the statute, no successor to Charles Amidon was appointed.

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