United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
# Judge State Born-died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination
1 Samuel Treat MO 1815-1902 1857-1887 - - Pierce retirement
2 Amos Madden Thayer MO 1841-1905 1887-1894 - - Cleveland elevation to 8th Cir
3 Henry Samuel Priest MO 1853-1930 1894-1895 - - Cleveland resignation
4 Elmer Bragg Adams MO 1842-1916 1895-1905 - - Cleveland elevation to 8th Cir
5 Gustavus A. Finkelnburg MO 1837-1908 1905-1907 - - T. Roosevelt resignation
6 David Patterson Dyer MO 1838-1924 1907-1919 - 1919-1924 T. Roosevelt death
7 Charles Breckenridge Faris MO 1864-1938 1919-1935 - - Wilson elevation to 8th Cir
8 Charles B. Davis MO 1877-1943 1924-1943 - - Coolidge death
9 George Moore MO 1878-1962 1935-1962 1948-1959 1962 F. Roosevelt death
10 John Caskie Collet MO 1898-1955 1937-1947 - - F. Roosevelt elevation to 8th Cir
11 Richard M. Duncan MO 1889-1974 1943-1965 - 1965-1974 F. Roosevelt death
12 Rubey Mosley Hulen MO 1894-1956 1943-1956 - - F. Roosevelt death
13 Roy Winfield Harper MO 1905-1994 1947 1947-1948 1948-1971 1959-1971 1971-1994 Truman Truman Truman death
14 Randolph Henry Weber MO 1909-1961 1957-1961 - - Eisenhower death
15 James Hargrove Meredith MO 1914-1988 1962-1979 1971-1979 1979-1988 Kennedy death
16 John Keating Regan MO 1911-1987 1962-1977 - 1977-1987 Kennedy death
17 William Robert Collinson MO 1912-1995 1965-1980 - 1980-1995 L. Johnson death
18 William H. Webster MO 1924-present 1970-1973 - - Nixon elevation to 8th Cir
19 Harris Kenneth Wangelin MO 1913-1987 1970-1983 1979-1983 1983-1987 Nixon death
20 John Francis Nangle MO 1922-2008 1973-1990 1983-1990 1990-2008 Nixon death
Former judges
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (in case citations, E.D. Mo.) is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of the U.S. federal judicial system. Judges of this court preside over civil and criminal trials on federal matters that originate within the borders of its jurisdiction. It is organized into three divisions, with court held in St. Louis, Hannibal, and Cape Girardeau. The court was formed when the District of Missouri was divided into East and West in 1857, and its boundaries have changed little since that division. In its history it has heard a number of important cases that made it to the United States Supreme Court, covering issues related to freedom of speech, abortion, property rights, and campaign finance. There are currently nine active judges, five judges in senior status, and seven magistrate judges attached to the court. The current United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri is Jeffrey Jensen.