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Vanderbilt University

61 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
James Clark McReynolds	B.S.	Associate Justice	1882
Emory Marvin Underwood	B.A.	Judge	1900
Elijah Allen Cox	B.A.	Judge	1909
Charles Hardy Carr	A.B.	Judge	1925
Robert Malcolm McRae Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1943
Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1952
Sam Clyde Pointer Jr.	A.B.	Judge	1955
Eugene Edward Siler Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1958
Alan Bond Johnson	B.A.	Judge	1961
Martha Craig Daughtrey	B.A.	Judge	1964
Martha Craig Daughtrey	J.D.	Justice	1968
Aleta Arthur Trauger	M.A.T.	Judge	1972
Julia Smith Gibbons	B.A.	Judge	1972
George Patrick Marlette		Judge	1975
Jane Branstetter Stranch	B.A.	Judge	1975
Todd J. Campbell	B.A.	Judge	1978
Waverly David Crenshaw Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1978
William Frederic Jung	B.A.	Judge	1980
John Bailie Scherling		Judge	1985
John Kenneth Bush	B.A.	Judge	1986
Marcia Morales Howard	B.S.	Judge	1987
David Jason Hale	B.A.	Judge	1989
Rupert Angelo Byrdsong		Judge	1994
Brian Stacy Miller	J.D.	Judge	1995
Edward Hulvey Meyers		Judge	1995
R. Austin Huffaker Jr.	B.E.	Judge	1996
Julius Ness Richardson	B.S.	Judge	1999
Stephen Alexander Vaden	B.A.	Judge	2004
A. C. Hunt		Justice	–
Alan E. Glenn		Judge	–
Albert Montgomery Clark		Justice	–
Andrew O. Holmes		Justice	–
Andy D. Benett		Judge	–
Arleigh M. Woods		Presiding Justice	–
Benjamin Miller		Justice	–
Charles J. Kahn		U.S. Magistrate Judge	–
Cornelia A. Clark		Justice	–
David A. Monaco		Judge	–
Edward H. Johnson		Judge	–
Eugene B. Strassburger III		Judge	–
Frank F. Drowota III		Justice	–
Frank M. Eldridge		Judge	–
George F. McCanless		Justice	–
Greg W. Abbott		Justice	–
James T. Campbell		Justice	–
Jeff L. Rose		Justice	–
Jeff S. Bivins		Judge	–
John Paul Bourcier		Justice	–
Jonathan Joseph Robertson		Judge	–
Laura Carter Higley		Justice	–
Leon Clarence McCord		Judge	–
Lori S. Rowe		Judge	–
Marlin T. Phelps		Justice	–
Richard H. Dinkins		Judge	–
Robert E. Cooper		Justice	–
Robert H. Montgomery Jr.		Judge	–
Robert W. Wedemeyer		Judge	–
Stephanie W. Ray		Judge	–
Tom Parker		Justice	–
William C. Koch Jr.		Justice	–
William J. Harbison		Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.