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Judicial Succession Chart

February 16, 1925

43 Stat. 945*

June 22, 1936

49 Stat. 1804

May 19, 1961

75 Stat. 80

October 20, 1978

92 Stat. 1629

December 1, 1990

104. Stat. 5089

Kennamer, F. E.
1925 – 1940  
Murrah, Alfred P.
1937 – 1940
Daugherty, Fred
1961 – 1982  
Brett, Thomas R.
1979 – 1996  
Kern, Terence C.
1994 – 2010 
Savage, Royce H.
1940 – 1961
Broaddus, Bower
1940 – 1949
Russell, David L.
1981 – 1990**
Eagan, Claire V.
2001 – 2022
Dowdell, John E.
2012 – 2021
Barrow, Allen E.
1962 – 1979
Wallace, W. R.
1950 – 1960
 
Hill, Sara E.
2024 –
Russell, John D.
2024 –
Ellison, James O.
1979 – 1994
Bohanon, Luther
1961 – 1974
     
Holmes, Sven Erik
1994 – 2005
Cook, H. Dale
1974 – 1992
     
Frizzell, Gregory K.
2007 –
Burrage, Michael
1994 – 2001
     
 
Payne, James H.
2001 – 2017
     
 
Heil, John F. III
2020 –
     

*  The act of February 16, 2025, 43 Stat. 945, transferred this judgeship from the Eastern District of Oklahoma

** The act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5809, assigned this judgeship exclusively to the Western District of Oklahoma.