List of United States federal judges who died in active service (1970–present)
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The following is a list of United States Article Three federal judges who died while in active service from 1970 to the present.[1] While Article Three of the United States Constitution provides that "Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour", thereby securing lifetime appointments, in practice a substantial majority of federal judges have resigned, retired, or otherwise left active service prior to their death.[2] Beginning in 1919, the retirement of judges from active duty was facilited by legislation creating senior status, in which a judge could retire from full-time service while continuing to receive full pay for engaging in a lighter amount of work.[3] Historically, judges have often sought to time their retirement from the bench so that their replacement can be named by a president of the same political party; the death of a judge in office therefore presents an uncommon situation where this timing is out of the judge's control.[2] In the modern era, fewer than 9% of judges die in office.[2]
In some cases, judges have been appointed to one court, and then reassigned by operation of law to another court when the original court is subdivided, merged, or otherwise reconfigured. In other cases, judges initially appointed to one court have later been elevated to a higher court. This list indicates only the placement of the judge at the time of their death. For judges nominated by different presidents to different judicial offices, the list indicates only the last president to successfully nominate them to a judicial office.
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| Judge | Appointing president | Court | Date of birth | Confirmation date | Date of death and age | Successor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus M. Machrowicz | Kennedy | E.D. Mich. | August 21, 1899 | September 7, 1961 | February 17, 1970 (aged 70) | Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy |
| David Henry Stahl | L.B. Johnson | 3d Cir. | May 29, 1920 | October 11, 1968 | February 21, 1970 (aged 49) | Max Rosenn |
| John J. Hickey | L.B. Johnson | 10th Cir. | August 22, 1911 | June 9, 1966 | September 22, 1970 (aged 59) | James E. Barrett |
| Theodore Levin | Truman | E.D. Mich. | February 18, 1897 | July 27, 1946 | December 31, 1970 (aged 73) | Ralph M. Freeman |
| Abraham Lincoln Freedman | L.B. Johnson | 3d Cir. | November 19, 1904 | November 19, 1904 | March 13, 1971 (aged 66) | Joseph F. Weis Jr. |
| Gerald Sanford Levin | Nixon | N.D. Cal. | January 1, 1906 | July 14, 1969 | June 5, 1971 (aged 65) | Charles Byron Renfrew |
| Joseph Patrick Lieb | Eisenhower | S.D. Fla. M.D. Fla. |
September 4, 1901 | March 2, 1956 | November 2, 1971 (aged 70) | William McRae |
| Ted Cabot | L.B. Johnson | S.D. Fla. | February 5, 1917 | August 11, 1966 | December 4, 1971 (aged 54) | Norman Charles Roettger Jr. |
| Edwin Monroe Stanley | Eisenhower | M.D.N.C. | March 9, 1909 | February 27, 1958 | December 23, 1971 (aged 62) | Hiram Hamilton Ward |
| Henry Luesing Brooks | Nixon | 6th Cir. | December 5, 1905 | December 11, 1969 | December 30, 1971 (aged 66) | Pierce Lively |
| Bernard J. Leddy | L.B. Johnson | D. Vt. | March 18, 1910 | August 25, 1966 | January 9, 1972 (aged 61) | Albert Wheeler Coffrin |
| Robert Shaw | Kennedy | D.N.J. | May 22, 1907 | April 12, 1962 | July 9, 1972 (aged 65) | Vincent P. Biunno |
| Alexander J. Napoli | L.B. Johnson | N.D. Ill. | October 7, 1905 | September 21, 1966 | July 12, 1972 (aged 66) | Prentice Marshall |
| Edward Cochrane McLean | Kennedy | S.D.N.Y. | October 16, 1903 | August 24, 1962 | October 12, 1972 (aged 68) | Richard Owen |
| James Rosen | Nixon | 3d Cir. | October 23, 1909 | September 22, 1971 | November 18, 1972 (aged 63) | Leonard I. Garth |
| Richard A. Dier | Nixon | D. Neb. | February 27, 1914 | December 9, 1971 | December 7, 1972 (aged 58) | Albert Gerard Schatz |
| William McRae | Kennedy | S.D. Fla. M.D. Fla. |
September 25, 1909 | March 8, 1961 | January 27, 1973 (aged 63) | John A. Reed Jr. |
| George Rosling | Kennedy | E.D.N.Y. | December 22, 1900 | March 17, 1962 | April 16, 1973 (aged 72) | Thomas Collier Platt Jr. |
| W. Wallace Kent | Nixon | 6th Cir. | May 1, 1916 | December 18, 1970 | May 28, 1973 (aged 57) | Albert J. Engel Jr. |
| Orville Edwin Langley | L.B. Johnson | E.D. Okla. | October 28, 1908 | January 27, 1965 | September 12, 1973 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| John Joseph Kitchen | Nixon | D.N.J. | December 29, 1911 | October 16, 1970 | September 21, 1973 (aged 61) | [[]] |
| Sidney Lee Christie | L.B. Johnson | S.D.W.V. N.D.W.V. |
April 17, 1903 | May 1, 1964 | February 15, 1974 (aged 70) | [[]] |
| Philip Neville | L.B. Johnson | D. Minn. | November 5, 1909 | July 31, 1967 | February 13, 1974 (aged 64) | Donald Alsop |
| John Oliver Henderson | Eisenhower | W.D.N.Y. | November 13, 1909 | September 21, 1959 | February 19, 1974 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| Ernest Allen Guinn | L.B. Johnson | W.D. Tex. | September 29, 1905 | July 27, 1966 | June 9, 1974 (aged 68) | [[]] |
| Stephen John Roth | Kennedy | E.D. Mich. | April 21, 1908 | May 7, 1962 | July 11, 1974 (aged 66) | [[]] |
| George N. Beamer | Kennedy | N.D. Ind. | October 9, 1904 | April 12, 1962 | October 21, 1974 (aged 70) | Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. |
| Mac Swinford | F.D. Roosevelt | W.D. Ky. E.D. Ky. |
December 23, 1899 | August 21, 1937 | February 3, 1975 (aged 75) | [[]] |
| Herbert William Christenberry | Truman | E.D. La. | December 11, 1897 | December 20, 1947 | October 5, 1975 (aged 77) | [[]] |
| William Nelson Goodwin | L.B. Johnson | W.D. Wash. E.D. Wash. |
August 17, 1909 | April 21, 1966 | December 31, 1975 (aged 66) | [[]] |
| Richard Wellington McLaren | Nixon | N.D. Ill. | April 21, 1918 | January 26, 1972 | February 25, 1976 (aged 57) | [[]] |
| William Ernest Miller | Nixon | 6th Cir. | February 3, 1908 | July 8, 1970 | April 12, 1976 (aged 68) | [[]] |
| Orrin Grimmell Judd | L.B. Johnson | E.D.N.Y. | September 6, 1906 | July 17, 1968 | July 7, 1976 (aged 69) | [[]] |
| William Joseph Lynch | L.B. Johnson | N.D. Ill. | June 6, 1908 | March 7, 1966 | August 9, 1976 (aged 68) | [[]] |
| Michael Henry Sheridan | Kennedy | M.D. Penn. | July 8, 1912 | August 30, 1961 | August 23, 1976 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| James Braxton Craven Jr. | L.B. Johnson | 4th Cir. | April 3, 1918 | June 29, 1966 | May 3, 1977 (aged 59) | James Dickson Phillips Jr. |
| Clifton Rhodes Bratcher | Nixon | W.D. Ky. | December 23, 1917 | October 16, 1970 | July 25, 1977 (aged 59) | Thomas A. Ballantine Jr. |
| James Henry Gorbey | Nixon | E.D. Pa. | July 30, 1920 | December 21, 1970 | October 24, 1977 (aged 57) | [[]] |
| Roger Blake West | Nixon | E.D. La. | May 10, 1928 | June 22, 1971 | January 24, 1978 (aged 49) | [[]] |
| Willis William Ritter | Truman | D. Utah | January 24, 1899 | July 7, 1950 | March 4, 1978 (aged 79) | Bruce Sterling Jenkins |
| Lawrence Gubow | L.B. Johnson | E.D. Mich. | January 10, 1919 | September 14, 1968 | March 26, 1978 (aged 59) | [[]] |
| Terry Shell | Ford | W.D. Ark. E.D. Ark. |
April 2, 1922 | September 16, 1975 | June 25, 1978 (aged 56) | Richard S. Arnold |
| Joseph Cornelius Waddy | L.B. Johnson | D.D.C. | May 26, 1911 | March 4, 1967 | August 1, 1978 (aged 67) | [[]] |
| Jack Edward Tanner | Carter | E.D. Wash. | January 28, 1919 | May 19, 1978 | November 8, 1978 (aged 59) | [[]] |
| Dick Yin Wong | Ford | D. Ha. | September 13, 1920 | April 25, 1975 | December 26, 1978 (aged 58) | [[]] |
| William C. Frey | Nixon | D. Ariz. | July 24, 1919 | December 1, 1970 | February 16, 1979 (aged 59) | [[]] |
| Allen E. Barrow | Kennedy | N.D. Ok. | January 22, 1914 | August 2, 1962 | February 26, 1979 (aged 65) | James O. Ellison |
| George H. Barlow | Nixon | D.N.J. | January 4, 1921 | December 18, 1969 | March 4, 1979 (aged 58) | Harold A. Ackerman |
| John H. Wood Jr. | Nixon | W.D. Tex. | March 31, 1916 | December 1, 1970 | May 29, 1979 (aged 63) | Lucius Desha Bunton III |
| Marshall Allen Neill | Nixon | E.D. Wash. | August 23, 1914 | August 9, 1972 | October 6, 1979 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Harold Leventhal | L.B. Johnson | D.C. Cir. | January 5, 1915 | April 7, 1965 | November 20, 1979 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| Murray Gurfein | Nixon | 2d Cir. | November 17, 1907 | August 27, 1974 | December 16, 1979 (aged 72) | [[]] |
| José Victor Toledo | Nixon | D.P.R. | August 14, 1931 | December 1, 1970 | February 3, 1980 (aged 48) | Hernan Gregorio Pesquera |
| Charles Stanley Blair | Nixon | D. Md. | December 20, 1927 | July 29, 1971 | April 20, 1980 (aged 52) | Norman Park Ramsey |
| Daniel John Snyder Jr. | Nixon | W.D. Pa. | May 2, 1916 | April 17, 1973 | May 11, 1980 (aged 64) | Glenn Everell Mencer |
| Morell Edward Sharp | Nixon | W.D. Wash. | September 12, 1920 | December 9, 1971 | October 19, 1980 (aged 60) | [[]] |
| Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. | Ford | N.D. Ind. | July 16, 1924 | May 7, 1976 | March 28, 1981 (aged 56) | [[]] |
| William W. Knox | Nixon | W.D. Pa. | June 18, 1911 | October 14, 1970 | August 30, 1981 (aged 70) | [[]] |
| Paul Hitch Roney | Nixon | 5th Cir. | September 5, 1921 | October 16, 1970 | October 1, 1981 (aged 60) | [[]] |
| Gerald Bard Tjoflat | Ford | 5th Cir. | December 6, 1929 | November 21, 1975 | October 1, 1981 (aged 51) | [[]] |
| Joseph W. Hatchett | Carter | 5th Cir. | 1932 | July 13, 1979 | October 1, 1981 (aged 48–49) | [[]] |
| Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. | L.B. Johnson | 5th Cir. | May 10, 1910 | July 22, 1966 | December 22, 1981 (aged 71) | Edward James Boyle Sr. |
| Jack Murphy Gordon | Nixon | E.D. La. | February 13, 1931 | June 22, 1971 | March 4, 1982 (aged 51) | [[]] |
| Robert Arthur Sprecher | Nixon | 7th Cir. | May 30, 1917 | April 23, 1971 | May 15, 1982 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| Hernan Gregorio Pesquera | Nixon | D.P.R. | May 25, 1924 | October 17, 1972 | September 8, 1982 (aged 58) | [[]] |
| Frank Wiley Wilson | Kennedy | E.D. Tenn. | June 21, 1917 | June 15, 1961 | September 29, 1982 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Richard Rives | Truman | 11th Cir. | 1895 | May 3, 1951 | October 27, 1982 (aged 86–87) | [[]] |
| William Matthew Kidd | Carter | S.D.W.V. | June 15, 1918 | December 21, 1979 | January 14, 1983 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| Charles Harold Haden II | Ford | S.D.W.V. N.D.W.V. |
April 16, 1937 | November 21, 1975 | January 14, 1983 (aged 45) | [[]] |
| Cale James Holder | Eisenhower | S.D. Ind. | April 5, 1912 | August 6, 1954 | August 23, 1983 (aged 71) | [[]] |
| Mary Anne Richey | Ford | D. Ariz. | October 24, 1917 | June 16, 1976 | November 25, 1983 (aged 66) | [[]] |
| Henry Frederick Werker | Nixon | S.D.N.Y. | April 16, 1920 | July 9, 1974 | May 10, 1984 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| J. Waldo Ackerman | Ford | C.D. Ill. | January 1, 1926 | July 2, 1976 | November 12, 1984 (aged 58) | Harold Baker |
| Albert Gerard Schatz | Nixon | D. Neb. | August 4, 1921 | May 11, 1973 | April 30, 1985 (aged 63) | [[]] |
| George Edward Cire | Carter | S.D. Tex. | September 29, 1922 | May 11, 1979 | May 5, 1985 (aged 62) | [[]] |
| Edward Allen Tamm | L.B. Johnson | D.C. Cir. | April 21, 1906 | March 11, 1965 | September 22, 1985 (aged 79) | [[]] |
| David Dortch Warriner | Nixon | E.D. Va. | February 25, 1929 | May 21, 1974 | March 17, 1986 (aged 57) | [[]] |
| Albert Tate Jr. | Carter | 5th Cir. | September 23, 1920 | October 5, 1979 | March 27, 1986 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Alfred Leopold Luongo | Kennedy | E.D. Pa. | August 17, 1920 | September 22, 1961 | July 19, 1986 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Ross Thompson Roberts | Reagan | W.D. Mo. | November 28, 1938 | August 20, 1982 | April 24, 1987 (aged 48) | [[]] |
| William Overton | Carter | E.D. Ark. | September 19, 1939 | May 11, 1979 | July 14, 1987 (aged 47) | [[]] |
| John Milton Bryan Simpson | L.B. Johnson | 11th Cir. | May 30, 1903 | November 3, 1966 | August 22, 1987 (aged 84) | [[]] |
| Robert Madden Hill | Reagan | 5th Cir. | January 13, 1928 | June 15, 1984 | October 19, 1987 (aged 59) | [[]] |
| Ross N. Sterling | Ford | S.D. Tex. | January 18, 1931 | May 7, 1976 | January 14, 1988 (aged 56) | [[]] |
| Edward Weinfeld | Truman | S.D.N.Y. | May 14, 1901 | August 5, 1950 | January 17, 1988 (aged 86) | [[]] |
| Lloyd Hudson Burke | Eisenhower | N.D. Cal. | April 1, 1916 | July 21, 1958 | March 15, 1988 (aged 71) | Seat abolished |
| J. Blaine Anderson | Ford | 9th Cir. | January 19, 1922 | July 2, 1976 | April 16, 1988 (aged 66) | Thomas G. Nelson |
| Richard J. Daronco | Reagan | S.D.N.Y. | August 1, 1931 | May 7, 1987 | May 21, 1988 (aged 56) | [[]] |
| Oscar Hirsh Davis | Kennedy | Fed. Cir. | February 27, 1914 | April 12, 1962 | June 19, 1988 (aged 74) | Raymond C. Clevenger |
| Philip Pratt | Nixon | E.D. Mich. | July 14, 1924 | December 1, 1970 | February 7, 1989 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| Robert Smith Vance | Carter | 11th Cir. | May 10, 1931 | December 15, 1977 | December 16, 1989 (aged 58) | Joel Fredrick Dubina |
| George C. Carr | Carter | M.D. Fla. | July 26, 1929 | December 16, 1977 | January 26, 1990 (aged 60) | [[]] |
| Jean Galloway Bissell | Reagan | Fed. Cir. | June 9, 1936 | June 11, 1984 | February 4, 1990 (aged 53) | Randall Ray Rader |
| David Lynn Russell | Reagan | N.D. Okla. E.D. Okla. |
July 7, 1942 | December 17, 1981 | December 1, 1990 (aged 48) | [[]] |
| Eugene P. Spellman | Carter | S.D. Fla. | September 16, 1930 | October 5, 1979 | May 4, 1991 (aged 60) | [[]] |
| George Arceneaux | Carter | E.D. La. | May 17, 1928 | September 26, 1979 | April 6, 1993 (aged 64) | Stanwood Duval |
| George Hughes Revercomb | Reagan | D.D.C. | June 3, 1929 | December 17, 1985 | August 1, 1993 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| John P. Vukasin Jr. | Reagan | N.D. Cal. | May 25, 1928 | September 20, 1983 | September 20, 1993 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Sam B. Hall Jr. | Reagan | E.D. Tex. | January 11, 1924 | May 10, 1985 | April 10, 1994 (aged 70) | David Folsom |
| Ronald Edward Meredith | Reagan | W.D. Ky. | January 30, 1946 | April 4, 1985 | December 1, 1994 (aged 48) | [[]] |
| Veronica DiCarlo Wicker | Carter | E.D. La. | November 26, 1930 | September 26, 1979 | December 10, 1994 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| Harold Fong | Reagan | D. Ha. | April 28, 1938 | June 21, 1982 | April 20, 1995 (aged 56) | Alan Cooke Kay |
| Carl Bernard Rubin | Nixon | S.D. Ohio | March 27, 1920 | May 20, 1971 | August 2, 1995 (aged 75) | [[]] |
| William D. Hutchinson | Reagan | 3d Cir. | June 20, 1932 | August 6, 1987 | October 8, 1995 (aged 63) | [[]] |
| Okla Jones II | Clinton | E.D. La. | September 23, 1945 | October 11, 1994 | January 8, 1996 (aged 50) | [[]] |
| Elbert Tuttle | Eisenhower | 11th Cir. | July 17, 1897 | August 4, 1954 | June 23, 1996 (aged 98) | [[]] |
| T. F. Gilroy Daly | Carter | D. Conn. | February 25, 1931 | August 5, 1977 | July 11, 1996 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| J. Daniel Mahoney | Reagan | 2d Cir. | September 23, 1931 | April 7, 1986 | October 23, 1996 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Donald S. Russell | Nixon | 4th Cir. | February 22, 1906 | April 23, 1971 | February 22, 1998 (aged 92) | [[]] |
| John David Kelly | Clinton | 8th Cir. | October 9, 1934 | August 3, 1998 | October 21, 1998 (aged 64) | [[]] |
| Linda Hodge McLaughlin | G.H.W. Bush | C.D. Cal. | February 13, 1942 | August 17, 1992 | March 7, 1999 (aged 57) | [[]] |
| Walter J. Cummings Jr. | L.B. Johnson | 7th Cir. | September 29, 1916 | August 11, 1966 | April 24, 1999 (aged 82) | Ann Claire Williams |
| Giles Rich | Eisenhower | Fed. Cir. | May 30, 1904 | July 19, 1956 | June 9, 1999 (aged 95) | Richard Linn |
| Frank Minis Johnson | Carter | 5th Cir. | October 30, 1918 | June 21, 1979 | July 23, 1999 (aged 80) | Edward Earl Carnes |
| Robert S. Gawthrop III | Reagan | E.D. Pa. | December 2, 1942 | December 9, 1987 | August 1, 1999 (aged 56) | [[]] |
| Samuel James Ervin III | Carter | 4th Cir. | March 2, 1926 | May 23, 1980 | September 18, 1999 (aged 73) | [[]] |
| D. Brook Bartlett | Reagan | W.D. Mo. | February 22, 1937 | September 19, 1981 | January 21, 2000 (aged 62) | Richard Everett Dorr |
| Jerome Turner | Reagan | W.D. Tenn. | February 18, 1942 | December 9, 1987 | February 12, 2000 (aged 57) | [[]] |
| Morton A. Brody | G.H.W. Bush | D. Me. | June 12, 1933 | July 25, 1991 | March 25, 2000 (aged 66) | George Z. Singal |
| Francis Dominic Murnaghan Jr. | Carter | 4th Cir. | June 20, 1920 | July 13, 1979 | August 31, 2000 (aged 80) | [[]] |
| Albert Lee Stephens Jr. | Kennedy | S.D. Cal. | February 19, 1913 | September 18, 1961 | September 6, 2001 (aged 88) | [[]] |
| Hipolito Frank Garcia | Carter | W.D. Tex. | December 4, 1925 | September 30, 1980 | January 16, 2002 (aged 76) | [[]] |
| Carol Los Mansmann | Reagan | 3d Cir. | August 7, 1942 | April 4, 1985 | March 9, 2002 (aged 59) | [[]] |
| Allen G. Schwartz | Clinton | S.D.N.Y. | August 23, 1934 | November 22, 1993 | March 22, 2003 (aged 68) | [[]] |
| Edwin L. Nelson | G.H.W. Bush | N.D. Ala. | February 10, 1940 | January 24, 1990 | May 17, 2003 (aged 63) | [[]] |
| Jay Waldman | Reagan | E.D. Pa. | November 16, 1944 | October 17, 1988 | May 30, 2003 (aged 58) | [[]] |
| Wilkie D. Ferguson | Clinton | S.D. Fla. | May 11, 1938 | November 22, 1993 | June 9, 2003 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Fred I. Parker | Clinton | 2d Cir. | February 2, 1938 | October 11, 1994 | August 12, 2003 (aged 65) | [[]] |
| Ralph Wilson Nimmons Jr. | G.H.W. Bush | M.D. Fla. | September 14, 1938 | July 2, 1991 | November 24, 2003 (aged 65) | Virginia M. Hernandez Covington |
| John H. Hannah Jr. | Clinton | E.D. Tex. | June 30, 1939 | March 11, 1994 | December 4, 2003 (aged 64) | Michael H. Schneider Sr. |
| Judith Keep | Carter | S.D. Cal. | March 24, 1944 | June 30, 1980 | September 14, 2004 (aged 60) | [[]] |
| Harold Brent McKnight | G.W. Bush | W.D.N.C. | February 20, 1952 | August 1, 2003 | November 27, 2004 (aged 52) | [[]] |
| William Rehnquist | Reagan | Sup. Ct. | October 1, 1924 | September 25, 1986 | September 3, 2005 (aged 80) | [[]] |
| Susan Bieke Neilson | George W. Bush | 6th Cir. | August 27, 1956 | November 9, 2005 | January 25, 2006 (aged 49) | Helene White |
| W. Craig Broadwater | Clinton | N.D.W.V. | August 8, 1950 | July 26, 1996 | December 18, 2006 (aged 56) | Gina Marie Groh |
| Richard C. Casey | Clinton | S.D.N.Y. | January 19, 1933 | October 24, 1997 | March 22, 2007 (aged 74) | [[]] |
| George Howard Jr. | Carter | W.D. Ark. E.D. Ark. |
May 13, 1924 | September 30, 1980 | April 21, 2007 (aged 82) | [[]] |
| Phillip S. Figa | G.W. Bush | D. Col. | July 27, 1951 | October 6, 2003 | January 5, 2008 (aged 56) | R. Brooke Jackson |
| John Roll | G.H.W. Bush | D. Ariz. | February 8, 1947 | November 25, 1991 | January 8, 2011 (aged 63) | Jennifer Zipps |
| Pamela Ann Rymer | G.H.W. Bush | 9th Cir. | January 6, 1941 | May 22, 1989 | September 21, 2011 (aged 70) | Paul J. Watford |
| Antonin Scalia | Reagan | Sup. Ct. | March 11, 1936 | September 26, 1982 | February 13, 2016 (aged 79) | Neil Gorsuch |
| Beverly Reid O'Connell | Obama | S.D. Cal. | May 12, 1965 | October 8, 2017 | October 8, 2017 (aged 52) | Vacant |
| Stephen Reinhardt | Carter | 9th Cir. | March 27, 1931 | September 11, 1980 | March 29, 2018 (aged 87) | Kenneth K. Lee |
| Pamela L. Reeves | Obama | E.D. Tenn. | July 21, 1954 | March 7, 2014 | September 10, 2020 (aged 66) | Katherine A. Crytzer |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Clinton | Sup. Ct. | March 15, 1933 | August 10, 1993 | September 18, 2020 (aged 87) | Amy Coney Barrett |
| Juan R. Torruella | Reagan | 1st Cir. | June 7, 1933 | October 4, 1984 | October 26, 2020 (aged 87) | Gustavo Gelpí |
| Martin Leach-Cross Feldman | Reagan | E.D. La. | January 28, 1934 | October 5, 1983 | January 27, 2022 (aged 87) | Vacant |
See also[edit]
- List of United States federal judges killed in office
- List of United States Congress members who died in office
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ All information on dates of birth, death, appointment, and offices of Article III federal judges can be found in the database of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Deborah J. Barrow, Gary Zuk, and Gerard S. Gryski, The Federal Judiciary and Institutional Change (1996), p. 20.
- ↑ Block, Frederic (March 2007). "Senior Status: An Active Senior Judge Corrects Some Common Misunderstandings" (PDF). Cornell Law Review. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
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