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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Missouri: Succession Charts

U.S. District Court for the District of Missouri

March 16, 1822
3 Stat. 653

Peck, James H.
1822-1836

Wells, Robert W.¹
1836-1857

1. The act of March 3, 1857, 11 Stat. 197, transferred this judgeship to the Western District of Missouri.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
March 3, 1857 11 Stat. 197	September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837	June 22, 1936 49 Stat. 1804	December 24, 1942 56 Stat. 1083	June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294
Treat, Samuel 1857-1887	Davis, Charles B. 1924-1943	Collet, John C. 1937-1947	Duncan, Richard M. 1943-1965	Webster, William H. 1970-1973
Thayer, Amos M. 1887-1894	Hulen, Rubey M. 1943-1956	Harper, Roy W. 1947	Collinson, William R. 1965-1980	Nangle, John F. 1973-1990
Priest, Henry S. 1894-1895	Weber, Randolph H. 1957-1961	Harper, Roy W. 1947-1948	Stevens, Joseph E., Jr. 1981-1995	Hamilton, Jean C. 1990-2013
Adams, Elmer B. 1895-1905	Regan, John K. 1962-1977	Harper, Roy W. 1948-1971	Laughrey, Nanette K. 1996-2011	White, Ronnie L. 2014-
Finkelnburg, Gustavus A. 1905-1907	Filippine, Edward L. 1977-1995	Wangelin, H. Kenneth¹ 1970-1983	Wimes, Brian C. 2012-
Dyer, David P. 1907-1919	Webber, E. Richard 1995-2009	Limbaugh, Stephen N. 1983-1996
Faris, Charles B. 1919-1935	Fleissig, Audrey G. 2010-2023	Sippel, Rodney W. 1997-2023
Moore, George 1935-1962
Meredith, James H. 1962-1979
Cahill, Clyde S., Jr. 1980-1992
Perry, Catherine D. 1994-2018
Pitlyk, Sarah E. 2019-

October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333	December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089	December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089²
Hungate, William L. 1979-1991	Gunn, George F., Jr. 1985-1996	Stohr, Donald J. 1992-2006	Shaw, Charles A. 1993-2009
Jackson, Carol E. 1992-2017	Autrey, Henry E. 2002-	Limbaugh, Stephen N., Jr. 2008-	Ross, John A. 2011-2023
Clark, Stephen R., Sr. 2019-		Schelp, Matthew T. 2020-
1. The president signed a commission appointing H. Kenneth Wangelin to the court on December 22, 1970, but Judge Wangelin did not assume the duties of the office until January 5, 1971, the day his predecessor, Roy Harper, assumed senior status. 2. The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, authorized a temporary judgeship for the court, extended most recently by the act of March 23, 2024, Pub. L. 118-47, which provided that the first vacancy in the district after May 20, 2025, not be filled.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri
March 3, 1857 11 Stat. 197¹	September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837	June 22, 1936 49 Stat. 1804	December 24, 1942 56 Stat. 1083	May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629
Wells, Robert W. 1857-1864	Reeves, Albert L. 1923-1954	Collet, John C. 1937-1947	Duncan, Richard M. 1943-1965	Gibson, Floyd R. 1961-1965	Wright, Scott O. 1979-1991	Sachs, Howard F. 1979-1992
Krekel, Arnold 1865-1888	Whittaker, Charles E. 1954-1956	Harper, Roy W. 1947	Collinson, William R. 1965-1980	Hunter, Elmo B. 1965-1980	Fenner, Gary A. 1996-2015	Smith, Ortrie D. 1995-2011
Philips, John F. 1888-1910	Smith, R. Jasper 1956-1962	Harper, Roy W. 1947-1948	Stevens, Joseph E., Jr. 1981-1995	Gibson, John R. 1981-1982	Ketchmark, Roseann A. 2015-	Phillips, Mary E. 2012-
Van Valkenburgh, Arba S. 1910-1925	Oliver, John W. 1962-1980	Harper, Roy W. 1948-1971	Laughrey, Nanette K. 1996-2011	Roberts, Ross T. 1982-1987
Otis, Merrill E. 1925-1944	Bartlett, D. Brook 1981-2000	Wangelin, H. Kenneth² 1970-1983	Wimes, Brian C. 2012-	Whipple, Dean 1987-2007
Ridge, Albert A. 1945-1961	Dorr, Richard E. 2002-2013	Limbaugh, Stephen N. 1983-1996		Kays, David G. 2008-
Becker, William H. 1961-1977	Harpool, M. Douglas 2014-	Sippel, Rodney W. 1997-2023
Clark, Russell G. 1977-1991
Gaitan, Fernando J., Jr. 1991-2014
Bough, Stephen R. 2014-
1. The act of March 3, 1857, 11 Stat. 197, transferred this judgeship from the District of Missouri. 2. The president signed a commission appointing H. Kenneth Wangelin to the court on December 22, 1970, but Judge Wangelin did not assume the duties of the office until January 5, 1971, the day his predecessor, Roy Harper, assumed senior status.

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