United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
# Judge State Born-died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination
1 Howell Edmunds Jackson TN 1832-1895 1891-1893 - - elevation to Supreme Court
2 William Howard Taft OH 1857-1930 1892-1900 - - B. Harrison resignation
3 Horace Harmon Lurton TN 1844-1914 1893-1909 - - Cleveland elevation to Supreme Court
4 William R. Day OH 1849-1923 1899-1903 - - McKinley elevation to Supreme Court
5 Henry Franklin Severens MI 1835-1923 1900-1911 - - McKinley resignation
6 John K. Richards OH 1856-1909 1903-1909 - - T. Roosevelt death
7 John Wesley Warrington OH 1844-1921 1909-1919 - 1919-1921 Taft death
8 Loyal Edwin Knappen MI 1854-1930 1910-1924 - 1924-1930 Taft death
9 Arthur Carter Denison MI 1861-1942 1911-1931 - - Taft resignation
10 Maurice H. Donahue OH 1864-1928 1919-1928 - - Wilson death
11 Charles Harwood Moorman KY 1876-1938 1925-1938 - - Coolidge death
12 Xenophon Hicks TN 1872-1952 1928-1952 1948-1952 1952-1952 Coolidge death
13 Smith Hickenlooper OH 1880-1933 1928-1933 - - Coolidge death
- Julian Mack 1866-1943 1929-1930 - - reassignment to 2nd Cir
14 Charles Casper Simons MI 1876-1964 1932-1959 1952-1958 1959-1964 Hoover death
15 Florence Ellinwood Allen OH 1884-1966 1934-1959 1958-1959 1959-1966 F. Roosevelt death
16 Elwood Hamilton KY 1883-1945 1938-1945 - - F. Roosevelt death
17 Herschel Whitfield Arant OH 1887-1941 1939-1941 - - F. Roosevelt death
18 John Donelson Martin Sr TN 1883-1962 1940-1962 1959-1959 - F. Roosevelt death
19 Thomas Francis McAllister MI 1896-1976 1941-1963 1959-1961 1963-1976 F. Roosevelt death
List of former judges
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: