United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
# Judge State Born-died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination
1 Jonathan Hoge Walker PA 1754-1824 1818-1824 - - Monroe death
2 William Wilkins PA 1779-1865 1824-1831 - - Monroe resignation
3 Thomas Irwin PA 1785-1870 1831-1859 - - Jackson resignation
4 Wilson McCandless PA 1810-1882 1859-1876 - - Buchanan retirement
5 Winthrop Welles Ketcham PA 1820-1879 1876-1879 - - Grant death
6 Marcus Wilson Acheson PA 1828-1906 1880-1891 - - Hayes elevation to 3d Cir
7 James Hay Reed PA 1853-1927 1891-1892 - - B. Harrison resignation
8 Joseph Buffington PA 1855-1947 1892-1906 - - B. Harrison elevation to 3d Cir
9 Nathaniel Ewing PA 1848-1914 1906-1908 - - T. Roosevelt resignation
10 James Scott Young PA 1848-1914 1908-1914 - - T. Roosevelt death
11 Charles Prentiss Orr PA 1858-1922 1909-1922 - - Taft death
12 W. H. Seward Thomson PA 1856-1932 1914-1928 - 1928-1932 Wilson death
13 Robert Murray Gibson PA 1869-1949 1922-1949 1948-1949 1949-1949 Harding death
14 Frederic Palen Schoonmaker PA 1870-1945 1922-1945 - - Harding death
15 Nelson McVicar PA 1871-1960 1928-1951 1949-1951 1951-1960 Coolidge death
16 Wallace Samuel Gourley PA 1904-1976 1945-1969 1951-1969 1969-1976 Truman death
17 Frederick Voris Follmer PA 1885-1971 1946-1955 - - Truman seat abolished
18 Owen McIntosh Burns PA 1892-1952 1949-1952 - - Truman death
19 Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr PA 1905-1993 1950-1977 1969-1975 1977-1993 Truman death
20 William Alvah Stewart PA 1903-1953 1951-1953 - - Truman death
Former judges
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, W.D. Pa.) sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law. Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).