District Judges

District Judge	Years in Office	Commission Date	Oath of Office	Date of Death	Nominating President
Hiram V. Willson	1855-1866	02/20/1885	03/16/1885	11/11/1866	Franklin Pierce (D)
Charles T. Sherman	1867-1872	03/02/1867	03/09/1867	01/01/1879	Andrew Johnson (D)
Martin Welker	1873-1889	Recess Appt* 11/25/1873 Nom. 12/2/1873 Conf. 12/8/1873	11/25/1873	03/15/1902	Ulysses S. Grant (R)
Augustus J. Ricks	1889-1906	07/01/1889	07/31/1889	12/22/1906	Benjamin Harrison (R)
Francis J. Wing	1901-1905	01/23/1901	01/23/1901	02/02/1918	William McKinley (R)
Robert W. Tayler	1905-1910	01/10/1905*	02/02/1905	11/25/1910	Theodore Roosevelt(R)
John M. Killits	1910-1928	06/24/1910	06/30/1910	09/13/1938	William Howard Taft (R)
William L. Day	1911-1914	05/09/1911*	05/09/1911	07/15/1936	William Howard Taft (R)
John H. Clarke	1914-1916	07/21/1914*	07/21/1914	03/22/1945	Woodrow Wilson (D)
David C. Westenhaver	1917-1928	03/14/1917*	03/14/1917	07/29/1928	Woodrow Wilson (D)
Paul Jones	1923-1965	03/02/1923*	03/10/1923	08/04/1965	Warren G. Harding (R)
George P. Hahn	1928-1937	12/17/1928*	12/27/1928	02/12/1937	Calvin Coolidge (R)
Samuel H. West	1928-1938	12/17/1928*	12/28/1928	10/05/1938	Calvin Coolidge (R)
Frank Le Blond Kloeb	1937-1976	08/20/1937*	08/21/1937	03/11/1976	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
Robert Nugen Wilkin	1939-1949	06/03/1939*	06/14/1939	02/23/1973	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
Emerich Burt Freed	1941-1955	10/07/1941*	10/15/1941	12/04/1955	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
Charles J. McNamee	1951-1964	03/09/1951*	03/19/1951	05/02/1964	Harry S. Truman (D)
James C. Connell	1954-1973	08/10/1954*	08/25/1954	10/30/1973	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Paul C. Weick	1956-1959	03/29/1956*	04/16/1956	05/22/1997	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Girard E. Kalbfleisch	1959-1990	09/21/1959*	10/04/1961	04/01/1990	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Frank J. Battisti	1961-1994	09/22/1961*	10/04/1961	10/19/1994	John F. Kennedy (D)
Ben C. Green	1961-1983	Recess Appt* 10/5/61 Perm Appt 7/2/62	11/09/1961	01/12/1983	John F. Kennedy (D)
Don J. Young	1965-1996	05/22/1965*	06/11/1965	05/10/1996	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
William K. Thomas	1966-1998	03/07/1966*	03/14/1966	03/20/2001	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
Thomas D. Lambros	1967-1995	08/18/1967*	08/28/1967		Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
Robert B. Krupansky	1970-1982	10/16/1970*	11/30/1970	11/08/2004	Richard M. Nixon (R)
Nicholas J. Walinski	1970-1992	10/21/1970*	11/06/1970	12/24/1992	Richard M. Nixon (R)
Leroy J. Contie, Jr.	1971-1982	12/06/1971*	12/17/1971	05/11/2001	Richard M. Nixon (R)
John M. Manos	1976-2006	03/29/1976*	04/09/1976	07/06/2006	Gerald Ford (R)
George W. White	1980-1999	05/23/1980*	06/06/1980	11/12/2011	James Earl Carter (D)
Ann Aldrich	1980-2010	05/24/1980*	05/27/1980	05/02/2010	James Earl Carter (D)
Alvin I. Krenzler	1981-1992	12/10/1981	01/08/1982	09/15/2010	Ronald W. Reagan (R)
John W. Potter	1982-2004	06/21/1982	07/09/1982		Ronald W. Reagan (R)
David D. Dowd, Jr.	1982-Present	09/23/1982	10/08/1982		Ronald W. Reagan (R)
Sam H. Bell	1982-1998	12/22/1982	01/01/1983	12/23/2010	Ronald W. Reagan (R)
Alice M. Batchelder	1985-1992	04/04/1985	04/15/1985		Ronald W. Reagan (R)
Richard B. McQuade	1986-1989	9/15/1986	11/27/1986		Ronald W. Reagan (R)
Paul R. Matia	1991-2005	11/18/1991	12/20/1991		George Bush (R)
Lesley Wells	1994-Present	02/11/1994	02/14/1994		William J. Clinton (D)
James G. Carr	1994-Present	05/09/1994	05/23/1994		William J. Clinton (D)
Solomon Oliver, Jr.	1994-Present	05/09/1994	05/13/1994		William J. Clinton (D)
David A. Katz	1994-Present	10/11/1994	10/21/1994		William J. Clinton (D)
Kate M. O'Malley	1994-2010	10/12/1994	10/22/1994		William J. Clinton (D)
Peter C. Economus	1995-2010	06/30/1995	07/03/1995		William J. Clinton (D)
Donald C. Nugent	1995-Present	06/30/1995	07/05/1995		William J. Clinton (D)
Patricia A. Gaughan	1996-Present	12/26/1995	01/17/1996		William J. Clinton (D)
James S. Gwin	1997-Present	11/07/1997	11/10/1997		William J. Clinton (D)
Dan Aaron Polster	1998-Present	08/03/1998	08/10/1998		William J. Clinton (D)
John R. Adams	2003-Present	02/12/2003	02/19/2003		George W. Bush (R)
Christopher A. Boyko	2005-Present	01/03/2005	01/04/2005		George W. Bush (R)
Jack Zouhary	2006-Present	03/18/2006	04/05/2006		George W. Bush (R)
Sara E. Lioi	2007-Present	03/14/2007	03/16/2007		George W. Bush (R)
Benita Y. Pearson	2010-Present	12/27/2010	12/29/2010		Barack Obama (D)
Jeffrey J. Helmick	2012-Present	06/07/2012	06/18/2012		Barack Obama (D)

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