United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Judge Frank Howell Seay, appointed to the court by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, was the first Native American (Seminole) appointed to any U.S. district court.

{{As of|2020|05|27|df=US}}:

{{start U.S. judgeship Current}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=17|

title=Chief Judge|

name=Ronald A. White|

duty station=Muskogee|

born=1961|

term=2003–present|

chief term=2017–present|

senior term=—|

appointer=G.W. Bush|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 18

| title = District Judge

| name = John F. Heil IIIJointly appointed to the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.

| duty station = Muskogee

| born = 1968

| term = 2020–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = Trump

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=13|

title=Senior Judge|

name=Frank Howell Seay|

duty station=inactive|

born=1938|

term=1979–2003|

chief term=1980–1996|

senior term=2003–present|

appointer=Carter|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current|

index=16|

title=Senior Judge|

name=James H. Payne|

duty station=inactive|

born=1941|

term=2001–2017|

chief term=2002–2017|

senior term=2017–present|

appointer=G.W. Bush|

}}

{{end U.S. judgeship Current}}

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{{start U.S. judgeship Former}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=1|

name={{sortname|Ralph E.|Campbell}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1867–1921|

term=1907–1918Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1907, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1908, and received commission the same day.|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|T.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=2|

name={{sortname|Robert L.|Williams}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1868–1948|

term=1919–1937|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Wilson|List of federal judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson}}|

termination=elevation to 10th Cir.|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=3|

name={{sortname|Franklin Elmore|Kennamer}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1879–1960|

term=1924–1925|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Coolidge|List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge}}|

termination=reassignment to N.D. Okla.|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=4|

name={{sortname|Alfred P.|Murrah}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1904–1975|

term=1937–1940Jointly appointed to the Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=elevation to 10th Cir.|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=5|

name={{sortname|Eugene|Rice}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1891–1967|

term=1937–1963|

chief term=1949–1963|

senior term=1963–1967|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=6|

name={{sortname|Bower Slack|Broaddus}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1888–1949|

term=1940–1949|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=7|

name={{sortname|William Robert|Wallace}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1886–1960|

term=1950–1960|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Truman|List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=8|

name={{sortname|Luther L.|Bohanon}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1902–2003|

term=1961–1974|

chief term=—|

senior term=1974–2003|

appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=9|

name={{sortname|Frederick Alvin|Daugherty}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1914–2006|

term=1961–1982Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the Senate on February 7, 1962, and received commission on February 17, 1962.|

chief term=1973–1975|

senior term=1982–2006|

appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=10|

name={{sortname|Orville Edwin|Langley}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1908–1973|

term=1965–1973|

chief term=1965–1973|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=11|

name={{sortname|Joseph Wilson|Morris}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1922–2021|

term=1974–1978|

chief term=1975–1978|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=12|

name={{sortname|H. Dale|Cook}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1924–2008|

term=1974–1992|

chief term=—|

senior term=1992–2008|

appointer={{sortname||Ford|List of federal judges appointed by Gerald Ford}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=14|

name={{sortname|David Lynn|Russell}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1942–present|

term=1981–1990|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|

termination=seat abolished|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=15|

name={{sortname|Michael|Burrage}}|

state=OK|

borndied=1950–present|

term=1994–2001|

chief term=1996–2001|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Clinton|List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{end U.S. judgeship Former}}

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{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 1

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on November 16, 1907 by 34 Stat. 267

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Campbell

| term = 1908–1918

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Williams

| term = 1919–1937

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Rice

| term = 1937–1963

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Langley

| term = 1965–1973

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Morris

| term = 1974–1978

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Seay

| term = 1979–2003

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = White

| term = 2003–present

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

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{{U.S. judge succession inactive

| seat title = Seat 2

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat established on September 14, 1922 by 42 Stat. 837 (temporary)

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Kennamer

| term = 1924–1925

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat reassigned to Northern District and made permanent on February 16, 1925 by 43 Stat. 945

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

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{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 3

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on June 22, 1936 by 49 Stat. 1804 (concurrent with Northern and Western Districts)

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Murrah

| term = 1937–1940

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Broaddus

| term = 1940–1949

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Wallace

| term = 1950–1960

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Bohanon

| term = 1961–1974

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Cook

| term = 1974–1992

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Burrage

| term = 1994–2001

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Payne

| term = 2001–2017

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Heil III

| term = 2020–present

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

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{{U.S. judge succession inactive

| seat title = Seat 4

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80 (concurrent with Northern and Western Districts)

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Daugherty

| term = 1962–1982

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Russell

| term = 1981–1990

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat reassigned solely to Western District on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

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Oklahoma, Eastern District

Category:Oklahoma law

Category:Muskogee County, Oklahoma

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