| Judge: |
Dates of Service: |
Of the thirty-nine judges who have been appointed, seventeen are still serving as district judges and one is a senior judge on the Court of Appeals. |
| Waller T. Burns |
1902 - 1917 |
| Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr. |
1918 - 1931 |
| Thomas M. Kennerly |
1931 - 1954 |
| James V. Allred |
1938 - 1942,
1949 - 1960 |
| Allen B. Hannay |
1942 - 1975 |
| Ben C. Connally |
1949 - 1975 |
| Joe McDonald Ingraham |
1954 - 1969 |
| Reynaldo G. Garza |
1961 - 1979 |
| James L. Noel, Jr. |
1961 - 1976 |
| John V. Singleton, Jr. |
1966 - 1988 |
| Woodrow B. Seals |
1966 - 1982 |
| Carl O. Bue, Jr. |
1970 - 1987 |
| Owen D. Cox |
1970 - 1981 |
| Robert O'Connor, Jr. |
1975 - 1984 |
| Ross N. Sterling |
1976 - 1988 |
| Finis E. Cowan |
1977 - 1979 |
| James De Anda |
1979 - 1992 |
| Norman W. Black |
1979 - 1996 |
| George E. Cire |
1979 - 1985 |
| George P. Kazen |
May 11, 1979 - |
| Gabriele K. McDonald |
1979 - 1988 |
| Hugh Gibson |
1979 - 1989 |
| Filemon B. Vela |
June 18, 1980 - April 13, 2004 |
| Hayden Head |
October 26, 1981 - |
| Ricardo H. Hinojosa |
May 5, 1983 - |
| Lynn N. Hughes |
December 17, 1985 - |
| David Hittner |
June 9, 1986 - |
| Kenneth M. Hoyt |
April 1, 1988 - |
| Sim T. Lake |
August 12, 1988 - |
| Melinda F. Harmon |
August 12, 1989 - |
| John D. Rainey |
May 14, 1990 - |
| Samuel B. Kent |
October 1, 1990 - |
| Ewing Werlein, Jr. |
April 13, 1992 - |
| Lee H. Rosenthal |
May 13, 1992 - |
| Janis Graham Jack |
March 11, 1994 - |
| Vanessa Gilmore |
June 9, 1994 - |
| Nancy F. Atlas |
June 13, 1995 - |
| Hilda G. Tagle |
March 15, 1998 - |
| Keith Ellison |
August 2, 1999 - |
| Randy Crane |
April 19, 2002 - |
| Andrew S. Hanen |
June 6, 2002 - |
| Micaela Alvarez |
December 13, 2004 - |
| Gray H. Miller |
April 25, 2006 - |
| Judge: |
Dates of Service: |
Eight judges have served the district as chief judge since the office was created in 1951:
|
| Chief Judge Thomas M. Kennerly |
October 31, 1951 to August 31, 1954 |
| Chief Judge Allen B. Hannay |
August 31, 1954 to February 14, 1962 |
| Chief Judge Ben C. Connally |
February 14, 1962 to December 28, 1974 |
| Chief Judge Reynaldo G. Garza |
December 28, 1974 to August 1, 1979 |
| Chief Judge John V. Singleton, Jr. |
August 1, 1979 to March 21, 1988 |
| Chief Judge James DeAnda |
March 21, 1988 to October 1, 1992 |
| Chief Judge Norman W. Black |
October 1, 1992 to December 6, 1996 |
| Chief Judge George P. Kazen |
December 6, 1996 to December 6, 2003 |
| Chief Judge Hayden Head |
December 6, 2003 to present |
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