U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin is a United States district court, a federal trial court where most federal civil and criminal cases are first heard. It lies within the Seventh Circuit, which reviews its decisions on appeal. This page lists every judge to serve on the court, current and former, with who appointed them and whom they succeeded.
| Judge | Appointed by | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Peter Stadtmueller | Reagan (R) | 1987 |
| Lynn S. Adelman | Clinton (D) | 1997 |
| William C. Griesbach | Bush (R) | 2002 |
| Pamela Pepper | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Brett Harry Ludwig | Trump (R) | 2020 |
| Byron Browning Conway | Biden (D) | 2024 |
| Judge | Appointed by | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Charles N. Clevert Jr. | Clinton (D) | 1996–2017 |
| Rudolph Thomas Randa | Bush (R) | 1992–2016 |
| Thomas John Curran | Reagan (R) | 1983–2012 |
| Terence Thomas Evans | Carter (D) | 1979–1995 |
| Robert Willis Warren | Nixon (R) | 1974–1998 |
| Myron L. Gordon | Johnson (D) | 1967–2009 |
| John W. Reynolds | Johnson (D) | 1965–2002 |
| Kenneth Philip Grubb | Eisenhower (R) | 1955–1965 |
| Robert Emmet Tehan | Truman (D) | 1949–1975 |
| Francis Ryan Duffy | Roosevelt (D) | 1939–1949 |
| Ferdinand August Geiger | Taft (R) | 1912–1939 |
| Joseph Very Quarles | Roosevelt (R) | 1905–1911 |
| William Henry Seaman | Cleveland (D) | 1893–1905 |
| James Graham Jenkins | Cleveland (D) | 1888–1893 |
| Charles E. Dyer | Grant (R) | 1875–1888 |
| James Henry Howe | Grant (R) | 1873–1875 |
| Andrew Galbraith Miller | (reassignment) (N) | 1870–1873 |
How a judge gets here. Each judge is nominated by a president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, then holds a numbered seat, for life, until they take senior status, or until they leave the bench. Open any judge to see who appointed them, how the Senate voted, and whom they succeeded, a chain that runs back to 1870.
Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.