United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
# Judge State Born-died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination
1 John Charles Watrous TX 1801-1874 1857-1870 - - Operation of law resignation
2 Joel C. C. Winch TX 1835-1880 1870-1871 - - Grant not confirmed
3 Amos Morrill TX 1809-1884 1872-1883 - - Grant retirement
4 Chauncey Brewer Sabin TX 1824-1890 1884-1890 - - Arthur death
5 David Ezekiel Bryant TX 1849-1910 1890-1910 - - B. Harrison death
6 Gordon J. Russell TX 1859-1919 1910-1919 - - Taft death
7 William Lee Estes TX 1870-1930 1920-1930 - - Wilson death
8 Randolph Bryant TX 1893-1951 1931-1951 - - Hoover death
9 Joseph Warren Sheehy TX 1910-1967 1951-1967 1954-1967 - Truman death
10 Lamar John Ryan Cecil TX 1902-1958 1954-1958 - - Eisenhower death
11 Joseph Jefferson Fisher TX 1910-2000 1959-1984 1967-1980 1984-2000 Eisenhower death
12 William Wayne Justice TX 1920-2009 1968-1998 1980-1990 1998-2009 L. Johnson death
13 William Steger TX 1920-2006 1970-1987 - 1987-2006 Nixon death
14 Robert Manley Parker TX 1937-present 1979-1994 1990-1994 - Carter elevation to 5th Cir
15 Howell Cobb TX 1922-2005 1985-2001 - 2001-2005 Reagan death
16 Sam B . Hall Jr TX 1924-1994 1985-1994 - - Reagan death
17 Paul Neeley Brown TX 1926-2012 1985-2001 - 2001-2012 Reagan death
19 John H. Hannah Jr TX 1939-2003 1994-2003 2001-2003 - Clinton death
20 David Folsom TX 1947-present 1995-2012 2009-2012 - Clinton retirement
22 T. John Ward TX 1943-present 1999-2011 - - Clinton retirement
Former judges
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (in case citations, E.D. Tex.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was established on February 21, 1857, with the division of the state into an Eastern and Western District.