U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama is a United States district court, a federal trial court where most federal civil and criminal cases are first heard. It lies within the Eleventh 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Randolph Butler Jr. | Reagan (R) | 1988 |
| Callie V. Granade | Bush (R) | 2002 |
| William H. Steele | Bush (R) | 2003 |
| Kristi DuBose | Bush (R) | 2005 |
| Jeffrey Uhlman Beaverstock | Trump (R) | 2018 |
| Terry Fitzgerald Moorer | Trump (R) | 2018 |
| Judge | Appointed by | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Richard W. Vollmer Jr. | Bush (R) | 1990–2003 |
| Alex T. Howard Jr. | Reagan (R) | 1986–2011 |
| Emmett Ripley Cox | Reagan (R) | 1981–1988 |
| William Brevard Hand | Nixon (R) | 1971–2008 |
| Thomas Virgil Pittman | Johnson (D) | 1966–2012 |
| Daniel Holcombe Thomas | Truman (D) | 1951–2000 |
| John McDuffie | Roosevelt (D) | 1935–1950 |
| Robert Tait Ervin | Wilson (D) | 1917–1949 |
| Harry Theophilus Toulmin | Cleveland (D) | 1887–1916 |
| John Bruce | Grant (R) | 1875–1886 |
| Richard Busteed | Lincoln (R) | 1864–1874 |
| George Washington Lane | Lincoln (R) | 1861–1863 |
| William Giles Jones | Buchanan (D) | 1860–1861 |
| John Gayle | Taylor (N) | 1849–1859 |
| William Crawford | Adams (N) | 1826–1849 |
| Charles Tait | (reassignment) (N) | 1824–1826 |
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 1824.
Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.