Chief Justices and Chief Judges of the Federal Courts
1,285 judges
Chief Judges
Benjamin HarrisonCalifornia Southern District Court · 1940–1960- George Luzerne Hart Jr.District of Columbia District Court · 1959–1984
Alexander Harvey IIMaryland District Court · 1966–2017- Robert Bryan HarwellSouth Carolina District Court · 2004–present
William Henry HastieThird Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1976
John Simpson HastingsSeventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1957–1977
Carl A. HatchNew Mexico District Court · 1949–1963
Joseph Woodrow HatchettEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1975–1999
Paul Gerhart HatfieldMontana District Court · 1977–2000
Terry J. Hatter Jr.California Central District Court · 1979–2005
A. Andrew HaukCalifornia Central District Court · 1966–2004- Falcon Black Hawkins Jr.South Carolina District Court · 1979–2005
William Joseph Haynes Jr.Tennessee Middle District Court · 1999–2017
Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr.Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1957–1989
Hayden Wilson Head Jr.Texas Southern District Court · 1981–2009
Thad HeartfieldTexas Eastern District Court · 1995–2022
Joe L. HeatonOklahoma Western District Court · 2001–present
Frederick Jacob Reagan HeebeLouisiana Eastern District Court · 1966–2014
John Frederick Heil IIICurrently servingOklahoma Eastern District Court · 2020–present
Robert Witherspoon HemphillSouth Carolina District Court · 1964–1983- Albert John HendersonEleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–1999
- John Oliver HendersonNew York Western District Court · 1959–1974
Thelton Eugene HendersonCalifornia Northern District Court · 1980–1998
Jimm Larry HendrenArkansas Western District Court · 1992–2012- Jesse Smith HenleyEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1958–1997
Robert Harlan HenryTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1994–2010
Marco Antonio HernandezOregon District Court · 2011–present
David R. HerndonIllinois Southern District Court · 1998–2019
John Gilpin Heyburn IIKentucky Western District Court · 1992–2015
Susan Owens HickeyArkansas Western District Court · 2011–present
S. Maurice Hicks Jr.Currently servingLouisiana Western District Court · 2003–present
Xenophon HicksSixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1923–1952
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1964–1993
Delmas Carl HillTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1950–1989
Irving HillCalifornia Central District Court · 1965–1998
Douglas Woodruff HillmanMichigan Western District Court · 1979–2002
Claude M. HiltonVirginia Eastern District Court · 1985–2005
Carroll Clark HincksSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1931–1964
Robert Lewis HinkleFlorida Northern District Court · 1996–present
Ricardo H. HinojosaTexas Southern District Court · 1983–present
Truman McGill HobbsAlabama Middle District Court · 1980–2015
Walter Hartman HodgeAlaska District Court · 1959–1975
William Terrell HodgesFlorida Middle District Court · 1971–2022
Walter Edward HoffmanVirginia Eastern District Court · 1954–1996
Michael Robert HoganOregon District Court · 1991–2012
Thomas Francis HoganDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1982–2008
Timothy Sylvester HoganOhio Southern District Court · 1966–1989
James Stuart HoldenVermont District Court · 1956–1996
James F. HoldermanIllinois Northern District Court · 1985–2015![H[ezekiah] Russel Holland](/images-webp/judges/hezekiah-russel-holland.webp)
H[ezekiah] Russel HollandAlaska District Court · 1984–2001- John Warthen HollandFlorida Southern District Court · 1936–1969
William Judson Holloway Jr.Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1968–2014![J[ames] Leon Holmes](/images-webp/judges/james-leon-holmes.webp)
J[ames] Leon HolmesArkansas Eastern District Court · 2004–2020
Jerome A. HolmesCurrently servingTenth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2006–present
Paul Kinloch Holmes IIIArkansas Western District Court · 2011–present
Sven Erik HolmesOklahoma Northern District Court · 1994–2005
John David HolschuhOhio Southern District Court · 1980–2011
Denise Page HoodMichigan Eastern District Court · 1994–present
Joseph Martin HoodKentucky Eastern District Court · 1990–2007
Frank Arthur HooperGeorgia Northern District Court · 1950–1985
Mark Raymond HornakCurrently servingPennsylvania Western District Court · 2011–present
David Brock HornbyMaine District Court · 1988–2010
Odell HortonTennessee Western District Court · 1980–2006- C[harles] Weston HouckSouth Carolina District Court · 1979–2017
Daniel L. HovlandNorth Dakota District Court · 2002–present- Alex T. Howard Jr.Alabama Southern District Court · 1986–2011
Jeffrey R. HowardFirst Circuit Court of Appeals · 2002–present
Marcia Morales HowardCurrently servingFlorida Middle District Court · 2007–present
Beryl Alaine HowellDistrict of Columbia District Court · 2010–present- William Barberie HowellUnited States Court of International Trade · 1926–1927
Harry Lee HudspethTexas Western District Court · 1979–2016
Marilyn L. HuffCalifornia Southern District Court · 1991–present
R. Austin Huffaker Jr.Currently servingAlabama Middle District Court · 2019–present
Procter Ralph Hug Jr.Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1977–2017
Thomas Gray HullTennessee Eastern District Court · 1983–2008
Roger L. HuntNevada District Court · 2000–2011- Edwin Ford Hunter Jr.Louisiana Western District Court · 1954–2002
Elmo Bolton HunterMissouri Western District Court · 1965–2003
Charles Sterling HutchesonVirginia Eastern District Court · 1944–1969
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1918–1973- Robert Alexander InchNew York Eastern District Court · 1924–1961
William Austin IngramCalifornia Northern District Court · 1976–2002
Dora L. IrizarryNew York Eastern District Court · 2004–present
Anthony W. IshiiCalifornia Eastern District Court · 1997–2012
Brian Anthony JacksonCurrently servingLouisiana Middle District Court · 2010–present
Carol E. JacksonMissouri Eastern District Court · 1992–2017
Dennis G. JacobsSecond Circuit Court of Appeals · 1992–present- Robert Gillespie JamesLouisiana Western District Court · 1998–present
William James JamesonMontana District Court · 1957–1990
Hala Yalda JarbouCurrently servingMichigan Western District Court · 2020–present
John Alfred JarveyIowa Southern District Court · 2007–2022
James Howard Jarvis IITennessee Eastern District Court · 1984–2007
Bruce Sterling JenkinsUtah District Court · 1978–2023- Harvey M. JohnsenEighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1938–1975
- Alan Bond JohnsonCurrently servingWyoming District Court · 1985–present
Frank Minis Johnson Jr.Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1956–2017
Norma Holloway JohnsonDistrict of Columbia District Court · 1980–2003
William Paul JohnsonCurrently servingNew Mexico District Court · 2001–present
Thomas E. JohnstonCurrently servingWest Virginia Southern District Court · 2006–present
Edward Huggins JohnstoneKentucky Western District Court · 1977–2013