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
- William Henry Becker Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1961–1992
- William Henry Hastie Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1950–1976
- William Henry Hunt Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, 1904–1910
- William Henry Hunt Judge, Court of Claims, 1878–1881
- William Henry Moody Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1906–1910
- William Henry Munger Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, 1897–1915
- William Henry Sawtelle Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 1913–1931
- William Henry Seaman Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1893–1905
- William Henry Stafford Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 1975–2025
- William Hercules Hays Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky, 1879–1880
- William Hiram Brawley Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, 1894–1911
- William Hitz Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Supreme Court of the District of Columbia), 1917–1931
- William Holcombe Pryor Jr. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2005
- William Homer Thornberry Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 1963–1965
- William Homer Timbers Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1960–1971
- William Horsley Orrick III Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 2013
- William Horsley Orrick Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1974–2003
- William Howard Taft Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit, 1892–1900
- William Hubbs Rehnquist Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1971–1986
- William Hughes Mulligan Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1971–1981
- William Huntington Kirkpatrick Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1927–1970
- William Irwin Grubb Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1909–1935
- William J. Hibbler Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1999–2012
- William J. Martini Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2002
- William J. Rea Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1984–2005
- William J. Zloch Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1985
- William James Jameson Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, 1957–1990
- William James Lindberg Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 1951–1961
- William James Wallace Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1874–1882
- William Jay Riley Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2001–2023
- William Jerrol Crain Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 2025
- William John Castagna Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 1979–2020
- William John Keefe Judge, U.S. Customs Court, 1933–1947
- William Johnson Graham Presiding Judge, U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals), 1924–1937
- William Johnson Jr. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1804–1834
- William Joseph Bauer Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1971–1975
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1957–1997
- William Joseph Campbell Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1940–1988
- William Joseph Haynes Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1999–2017
- William Joseph Kayatta Jr. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2013
- William Joseph Lynch Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1966–1976
- William Joseph Martinez Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 2010
- William Joseph Nardini Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2019
- William Joseph Nealon Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1963–2018
- William Joshua Allen Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1888–1901
- William Josiah Tilson Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia–1927
- William Judson Holloway Jr. Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 1968–2014
- William Julius Barker Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1940–1968
- William K. Sessions III Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 1995
- William Keith Watkins Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 2005
- William Kernahan Thomas Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1966–2001
- William Kilty Chief Judge, Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, 1802–1806
- William Kneeland Townsend Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 1892–1902
- William LeBaron Putnam Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the First Circuit, 1892–1911
- William Lee Dwyer Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 1987–2002
- William Lee Estes Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 1920–1930
- William Lee Knous Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, 1950–1959
- William Leonard Hungate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1979–1992
- William Lewis Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, 1791–1792
- William Lindsay Osteen Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 2007
- William Lindsay Osteen Sr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1991–2007
- William Lloyd Standish Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1987–2015
- William Lochren Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, 1896–1908
- William Lockhart Garwood Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1981–2011
- William Louis Beatty Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1979–2001
- William Louis Day Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 1911–1914
- William Lynn Campbell Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2018
- William Lynn Parkinson Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, 1954–1957
- William M. Nickerson Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1990
- William M. Skretny Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1990
- William Marcellin Hoeveler Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1977–2017
- William Marsh Acker Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1982–2018
- William Martin Conley Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, 2010
- William Marvin Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1847–1863
- William Matthew Byrne Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1971–2006
- William Matthew Byrne Sr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1950–1966
- William Matthew Kidd Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1979–1983
- William Matthews Merrick Judge, Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, 1855–1863
- William McClung Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit, 1801–1802
- William McCrary Ray II Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2018
- William McKennan Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit, 1869–1891
- William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1966–1985
- William Merritt Steger Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 1970–2006
- William Mershon Lanning Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1904–1909
- William Morris Sparks Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1929–1950
- William Nelson Goodwin Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 1966–1975
- William Nelson Runyon Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1923–1931
- William Odis Bertelsman Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1979
- William Orville Douglas Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1939–1980
- William Osborne Mehrtens Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1965–1980
- William P. Dimitrouleas Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1998
- William P. James Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1923–1940
- William Paca Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1790–1799
- William Paterson Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1793–1806
- William Paul Johnson Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, 2001
- William Percival Gray Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 1966–1966
- William Perry Copple Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, 1966–2000
- William Peter Van Ness Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New York, 1812–1814
- William Purrington Cole Judge, U.S. Customs Court, 1942–1952
- William Q. Hayes Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, 2003