United States Court of Appeals For The Eighth Circuit - Succession of Seats

Succession of Seats

The court has had thirteen seats for active judges. Two of these seats were reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, leaving a eleven-seat court. The seats are numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into senior status remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the president.

Seat 1
Established on December 10, 1869 by the Circuit Judges Act as a circuit judgeship for the Eighth Circuit
Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891
Caldwell AR 1891–1903
Hook KS 1903–1921
Lewis CO 1921–1929
Reassigned on February 28, 1929 to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by 45 Stat. 1346
Seat 2
Established on June 16, 1891 by the Judiciary Act of 1891
W. Sanborn MN 1892–1928
Cotteral OK 1928–1929
Reassigned on February 28, 1929 to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by 45 Stat. 1346
Seat 3
Established on July 23, 1894 by 28 Stat. 115
Thayer MO 1894–1905
Adams MO 1905–1916
Stone MO 1916–1947
Collet MO 1947–1955
Whittaker MO 1956–1957
Matthes MO 1958–1973
Webster MO 1973–1978
McMillian MO 1978–2003
Benton MO 2004–present
Seat 4
Established on January 31, 1903 by 32 Stat. 791
Van Devanter WY 1903–1910
W. Smith IA 1911–1922
Kenyon IA 1922–1933
Faris MO 1935–1935
Thomas IA 1935–1954
Van Oosterhout IA 1954–1971
Stephenson IA 1971–1982
Fagg IA 1982–1999
Melloy IA 2002–present
Seat 5
Established on March 3, 1925 by 43 Stat. 1116
Booth MN 1925–1932
J. Sanborn MN 1932–1959
Blackmun MN 1959–1970
Ross NE 1970–1987
Beam NE 1987–2001
Riley NE 2001–present
Seat 6
Established on March 3, 1925 by 43 Stat. 1116
Van Valkenburgh MO 1925–1933
Woodrough NE 1933–1961
Mehaffy AR 1963–1974
Henley AR 1975–1982
Bowman MO 1983–2003
Gruender MO 2004–present
Seat 7
Established on February 28, 1929 by 45 Stat. 1346
Gardner SD 1929–1960
Ridge MO 1961–1965
F. Gibson MO 1965–1979
J. Gibson MO 1982–1994
Murphy MN 1994–present
Seat 8
Established on May 24, 1940 by 54 Stat. 219
Johnsen NE 1940–1965
Lay NE 1966–1992
M. Arnold AR 1992–2006
Shepherd AR 2006–present
Seat 9
Established on May 24, 1940 by 54 Stat. 219
Riddick AR 1941–1953
Vogel ND 1954–1968
Bright ND 1968–1985
Magill ND 1986–1997
Kelly ND 1998–1998
Bye ND 2000–present
Seat 10
Established on March 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75
Heaney MN 1966–1988
Loken MN 1990–present
Seat 11
Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
R. Arnold AR 1980–2001
L. Smith AR 2002–present
Seat 12
Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Wollman SD 1985–present
Seat 13
Established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089
Hansen IA 1991–2003
Colloton IA 2003–present

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