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U.S. District Court in Alabama
U.S. District Judges for Alabama, 1818-1901(may beincomplete!)
HarryToulmin 1818-19CharlesTait 1820-26JohnBruce 1875-1901
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
U.S. District Judges for the Middle District of Alabama,1859-2017(may be incomplete!)
WilliamGiles Jones 1859-61GeorgeWashington Lane 1861-63RichardBusteed 1863-74HenryD. Clayton 1914CharlesB. Kennamer 1931-55FrankM. Johnson, Jr. 1955-ThomasVirgil Pittman 1966-70RobertEdward Varner 1971-86TrumanMcGill Hobbs 1980-91JoelF. Dubina 1986-90WilliamHarold Albritton III 1991-WilliamKeith Watkins 2005-
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of Alabama,1859-2017(may be incomplete!)
WilliamGiles Jones 1859-61GeorgeWashington Lane 1861-63RichardBusteed 1863-74OscarR. Hundley 1907-09WilliamIrwin Grubb 1909-35CharlesB. Kennamer 1931-36DavidJackson Davis 1935-38ThomasAlexander Murphree 1938-45ClarenceH. Mullins 1943-53SeybournH. Lynne 1946-73HarlanHobart Grooms 1953-69ClarenceW. Allgood 1961-73FrankHampton McFadden 1969-82SamClyde Pointer, Jr. 1970-99J.Foy Guin, Jr. 1973JamesHughes Hancock 1973-96ElbertBertram Haltom, Jr. 1980-91U.W. Clemon 1980-WilliamM. Acker, Jr. 1982-96SharonLovelace Blackburn 1991-CharlesLynwood Smith, Jr. 1995-2013H.Dean Buttram, Jr. 1998-2002KaronO. Bowdre 2001-L.Scott Coogler 2003-MadelineHughes Haikala 2013-
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
U.S. District Judges for the Southern District of Alabama,1859-2017(may be incomplete!)
WilliamGiles Jones 1859-61GeorgeWashington Lane 1861-63RichardBusteed 1863-74HarryTheophilus Toulmin 1887-1916RobertTait Ervin 1917-35JohnMcDuffie 1935-50DanielH. Thomas 1951-71ThomasVirgil Pittman 1966-81WilliamBrevard Hand 1971-89EmmettRipley Cox 1981-88AlexT. Howard, Jr. 1986-96CharlesRandolph Butler, Jr. 1988-2005RichardW. Vollmer, Jr. 1990-2000WilliamH. Steele 2003-17KristiDuBose 2005-
Officeholding Events(may be incomplete!)
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