Article III Federal Judges
Complete biographical directory of all 4,055 Article III federal judges who have served on the federal bench
4055 federal judges
- James D. Whittemore Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2000
- James Dale Todd Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, 1985
- James Dandridge Halyburton Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1844–1861
- James David Cain Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 2019
- James DeAnda Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1979–1992
- James Dickson Phillips Jr. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1978–2017
- James Donald Maxwell II Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, 2025
- James Donald Peterson Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, 2014
- James Donato Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 2014
- James Douglas Elliott Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, 1911–1933
- James Duane Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New York, 1789–1794
- James Dunlop Judge, Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, 1846–1855
- James E. Gritzner Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 2002
- James E. Kinkeade Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2002
- James Earl Graves Jr. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2011
- James Earl Major Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1934–1937
- James Edmund Boyd Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 1901–1935
- James Edward Doyle Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1965–1987
- James Edward Shadid Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 2011–2025
- James Edward Simmons Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2023
- James Ellsworth Noland Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 1966–1992
- James Emanuel Boasberg Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2011
- James Emmett Barrett Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1971–2011
- James F. Holderman Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1985–2015
- James Fleming Gordon Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 1965–1990
- James Focht McClure Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1990–2010
- James Francis Byrnes Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1941–1942
- James Francis Smith Associate Judge, U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals), 1910–1928
- James Francis Thaddeus O'Connor Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1940–1949
- James Franklin Battin Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, 1969–1996
- James G. Carr Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1994
- James Graham Jenkins Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1888–1893
- James H. Payne Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2001–2025
- James Hargrove Meredith Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1962–1988
- James Harris Baldwin Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, 1935–1944
- James Harry Covington Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia), 1914–1918
- James Harry Michael Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1980–2005
- James Harvey Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1973–2019
- James Harvie Wilkinson III Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1984
- James Hawkins Peck Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Missouri, 1822–1836
- James Hay Judge, Court of Claims, 1916–1931
- James Hay Reed Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1891–1892
- James Helmick Beatty Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, 1892–1907
- James Henry Alesia Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1987–2003
- James Henry Gorbey Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1970–1977
- James Henry Howe Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873–1875
- James Herbert Wilkerson Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1922–1948
- James Houston Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1806–1819
- James Howard Jarvis II Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1984–2007
- James Hughes Judge, Court of Claims, 1860–1864
- James Hughes Hancock Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1973–2020
- James Hunter III Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1971–1989
- James I. Cohn Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2003
- James Iredell Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1790–1799
- James J. Brady Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2000–2017
- James Keith Singleton Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, 1990
- James Kelleher Bredar Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2010
- James Kenneth Logan Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1977–1998
- James Knoll Gardner Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2002–2017
- James L. Dennis Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1995
- James L. Foreman Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1972–1979
- James L. Graham Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1986
- James L. Robart Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2004
- James Lane Buckley Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1985–2023
- James Larry Edmondson Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1986
- James Latane Noel Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1962–1997
- James Lawrence King Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1970
- James Leo Ryan Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1985
- James Leon Holmes Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2004–2020
- James Levin Latchum Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, 1968–2004
- James Lindsay Almond Jr. Associate Judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1963–1982
- James Lopez Watson Judge, U.S. Customs Court, 1966–1980
- James Loren Martin Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1906–1915
- James Lowell Oakes Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1970–1971
- James M. Ideman Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1984–1998
- James M. Love Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Iowa, 1856–1882
- James Madison Morton Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, 1912–1932
- James Markham Marshall Judge, Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, 1801–1803
- James Marshall Carter Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1949–1967
- James Marshall Sprouse Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1979–1995
- James Martin Fitzgerald Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, 1974–2011
- James Martin Munley Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1998–2020
- James Maxwell Moody Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1995–2014
- James Maxwell Moody Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2014
- James McGirr Kelly Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1983–2005
- James McHall Jones Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1850–1851
- James McPherson Proctor Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia), 1931–1948
- James Michael Rosenbaum Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1985–2010
- James Milton Burns Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 1972–2001
- James Moore Wayne Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1835–1867
- James O. Browning Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, 2003
- James O. Ellison Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1979–2014
- James Parker Jones Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1996
- James Patrick Hanlon Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, 2018
- James Patrick Leamy Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1940–1949
- James Patrick McGranery Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1946–1952
- James Paul Churchill Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1974–2020
- James Paul Oetken Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2011
- James Perry Platt Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1902–1913
- James Plemon Coleman Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1965–1984