Chief Judges of the Northern District of Texas
- William H. Atwell: 1948 - 1954
- T. Whitfield Davidson: 1954 - 1959
- Joe B. Dooley: 1959 - 1959
- Joe Ewing Estes: 1959 - 1972
- Leo Brewster: 1972 - 1973
- William M. Taylor, Jr.:1973 - 1977
- Halbert O. Woodward: 1977 - 1986
- Robert W. Porter: 1986 - 1989
- H. Barefoot Sanders, Jr.: 1989 - 1995
- Jerry Buchmeyer: 1995 - 2001
- A. Joe Fish: 2002 - 2007
- Sidney A. Fitzwater: 2007 - 2014
- Jorge A. Solis: 2014 - 2016
- Barbara M. G. Lynn: 2016 - 2022
- David C. Godbey: 2022 - present
Judges Succession of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (1879 to present)
| Act of Feb. 24, 1879 20 Stat. 318 |
Act of Feb. 9, 1898 30 Stat. 240 |
Act of Feb. 26, 1919 40 Stat. 1183 |
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| McCormick, Andrew P. 1879-1892 |
Meek, Edward R. 1898-1935 |
Wilson, James C. 1919-1947 |
| Rector, John B. 1892-1898 (2) |
Davidson, T. Whitfield 1936-1965 |
Dooley, Joe B. 1947-1966 |
| Taylor, William M., Jr. 1966-1979 |
Woodward, Halbert O. 1968-1986 |
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| Buchmeyer, Jerry 1979-2003 |
Cummings, Sam R. 1987-2015 |
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| Boyle, Jane 2004-present |
Hendrix, James Wesley 2019-present |
| Act of Sept. 14, 1922 42 Stat. 8371 |
Act of May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
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| Atwell, William H. 1923-1954 |
Hughes, Sarah T. 1961-1975 |
Brewster, Leo 1961-1973 |
| Estes, Joe Ewing 1955-1972 |
Higginbotham, Patrick E. 1975-1982 |
Porter, Robert W. 1974-1990 |
| Mahon, Eldon B. 1972-1989 |
Fish, A. Joe 1983-2007 |
Solis, Jorge A. 1991-2016 |
| McBryde, John H. 1990-2018 |
O'Connor, Reed 2007-present |
Scholer, Karen Gren 2018-present |
| Pittman, Mark T. 2019-present |
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| Act of June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294 |
Act of Oct. 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
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| Hill, Robert M. 1970-1984 |
Belew, David O., Jr. 1979-1990 |
Sanders, H. Barefoot, Jr. 1979-1996 |
| Fitzwater, Sidney A. 1986-2018 |
Means, Terry R. 1991-2013 |
Lynn, Barbara M. G. 2000-2023 |
| Starr, Brantley 2019-present |
Brown, Ada 2019-present |
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| Act of Oct. 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
Act of July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
Act of Dec. 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
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| Robinson, Mary Lou 1979-2018 |
Maloney, Robert B. 1985-2000 |
Kendall, Joe 1992- 2002 |
Lindsay, Sam A. 1998-present |
| Matthew J. Kacsmaryk 2019-present |
Godbey, David C. 2002-present |
Kinkeade, Ed 2002-present |
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(1) The Act of August 19, 1935, 49 Stat. 659, made this temporary judgeship a permanent one.
(2) When Rector died on April 9, 1898, no successor was appointed, in accordance with the act of Feb. 9, 1898, 30 Stat. 240, which provided, "That no vacancy in the office of the existing district judge of said northern judicial district of Texas shall be filled by appointment, and in case of such vacancy there shall be thereafter one district judge only for said district."