United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, , on September 24, 1789. It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by , into the Eastern and Western Districts to be headquartered in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, respectively. Portions of these districts were subsequently subdivided into the Middle District on March 2, 1901, by . At the time of its initial subdivision, presiding judge Richard Peters Jr. was reassigned to only the Eastern District. == Current judges ==

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• William Lewis (1789–1791) • William Rawle (1791–1799) • Jared Ingersoll (1800–1801) • Alexander Dallas (1801–1814) • Charles Jared Ingersoll (1815–1829) • George M. Dallas (1829–1831) • Henry D. Gilpin (1831–1837) • John M. Read (1837–1841) • William M. Meredith (1841–1842) • Henry M. Watts (1842–1845) • Thomas M. Pettit (1845–1849) • John W. Ashmead (1849–1854) • James C. Van Dyke (1854–1857) • George M. Wharton (1857–1860) • George A. Coffey (1861–1864) • Charles Gilpin (1864–1868) • John P. O'Neil (1868–1869) • Aubrey H. Smith (1869–1873) • William McMichael (1873–1875) • John K. Valentine (1875–1888) • John R. Read (1888–1892) • Ellery P. Ingham (1892–1896) • James M. Beck (1896–1900) • James Buchanan Holland (1900–1904) • Joseph Whitaker Thompson (1904–1912) • John C. Smartley (1912–1913) • Francis F. Kane (1913–1919) • Charles D. McAvoy (1920–1921) • George W. Coles (1921–1929) • Calvin S. Boyer (1929–1930) • Howard B. Lewis (Acting) (1931) • Edward W. Wells (1931–1933) • Charles D. McAvoy (Second Time) (1933–1937) • Guy K. Bard (Acting) (1937) • James Cullen Ganey (1937–1940) • Edward A. Kallick (Acting) (1940) • Gerald A. Gleeson (1940–1953) • Joseph G. Hildenberger (Acting) (1953) • W. Wilson White (1953–1957) • G. Clinton Fogwell, Jr. (Acting) (1957) • Harold Kenneth Wood (1957–1959) • Joseph Leo McGlynn, Jr. (Acting) (1959) • Walter E. Alessandroni (1959–1961) • Joseph Simon Lord III (1961) • Drew J. T. O'Keefe (1961–1969) • Louis C. Bechtle (1969–1972) • Carl Joseph Melone (Acting) (1972) • Robert E. J. Curran (1972–1976) • Jonas Clayton Undercofler III (Acting) (1976) • David W. Marston (1976–1978) • Robert N. DeLuca (Acting) (1978) • Peter F. Vaira, Jr. (1978–1983) • Edward S. G. Dennis, Jr. (1983–1988) • Michael M. Baylson (1988–1993) • Michael J. Rotko (Acting) (1993) • Michael R. Stiles (1993–2001) • Michael L. Levy (Acting) (2001) • Pat Meehan (2001–2008) • Laurie Magid (Acting) (2008–2009) • Michael L. Levy (Acting, Second Time) (2009–2010) • Louis D. Lappen (Acting) (2016–2018) • William M. McSwain (2018–2021) • Jennifer Arbittier Williams (Acting) (2021–2022) • Jacqueline C. Romero (2022–2025) • David Metcalf (2025) == See also ==