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The court is based at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri . It is one of thirteen United States Courts Of Appeals .


TRIVIA

The Eighth Circuit is the most Republican Court Of Appeals in the nation, with 9 of its 11 active judges (82%) appointed by Republican Presidents. ''See'' Partisan Mix Of The Circuit Courts . The opposite end of the political spectrum is represented by the United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit , which has the highest percentage of Democratic appointees at 67%. ''See'' ''Id.''

The Eighth Circuit is also one of only two Courts of Appeals in the nation to have a majority of its judges appointed by a single President. George W. Bush has appointed 6 of the Court's 11 alloted judges since assuming office in 2001 . ''See'' Eighth Circuit Appointments . All six appointees came in his first term. The United States Court Of Appeals For The Second Circuit , however, is a Majority-Clinton court, with 7 of its entire 13 active judges appointed during his two terms. ''See'' Second Circuit Appointments .


CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT

As Of Theodore McMillian's death on January 18 , 2006 , the judges on the court are:

  Index 45
  Title Chief Judge
  Name James B Loken
  Duty Station Minneapolis, MN
  Born 1940
  Term 1990–present
  Chief Term 2003–present
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GHW Bush


  Index 42
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Roger Leland Wollman
  Duty Station Sioux Falls, SD
  Born 1934
  Term 1985–present
  Chief Term 1999–2002
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 47
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Morris Sheppard Arnold
  Duty Station Little Rock, AR
  Born 1941
  Term 1992–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GHW Bush


  Index 48
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Diana E Murphy
  Duty Station Minneapolis, MN
  Born 1934
  Term 1994–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 50
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Kermit Edward Bye
  Duty Station Fargo, ND
  Born 1937
  Term 2000–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 51
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name William J Riley
  Duty Station Omaha, NE
  Born 1947
  Term 2001–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 52
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Michael Joseph Melloy
  Duty Station Cedar Rapids, IA
  Born 1948
  Term 2002–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 53
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Lavenski R Smith
  Duty Station Little Rock, AR
  Born 1958
  Term 2002–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 54
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Steven M Colloton
  Duty Station Des Moines, IA
  Born 1963
  Term 2003–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 55
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Raymond W Gruender
  Duty Station Saint Louis, MO
  Born 1963
  Term 2004–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 56
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name William Duane Benton
  Duty Station Kansas City, MO
  Born 1950
  Term 2004–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 30
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Donald Pomery Lay
  Duty Station Saint Paul, MN
  Born 1926
  Term 1966–1992
  Chief Term 1979–1992
  Senior Term 1992–present
  Appointer L Johnson


  Index 31
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Gerald William Heaney
  Duty Station Duluth, MN
  Born 1918
  Term 1966–1988
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1988–present
  Appointer L Johnson


  Index 32
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Myron H Bright
  Duty Station Fargo, ND
  Born 1919
  Term 1968–1985
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1985–present
  Appointer L Johnson


  Index 33
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Donald Roe Ross
  Duty Station Omaha, NE
  Born 1922
  Term 1970–1987
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1987–present
  Appointer Nixon


  Index 39
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name John R Gibson
  Duty Station Kansas City, MO
  Born 1925
  Term 1982–1994
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1994–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 40
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name George Gardner Fagg
  Duty Station Des Moines, IA
  Born 1934
  Term 1982–1999
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1999–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 41
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Pasco Middleton Bowman II
  Duty Station Kansas City, MO
  Born 1933
  Term 1983–2003
  Chief Term 1998–1999
  Senior Term 2003–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 43
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Frank J Magill
  Duty Station Fargo, ND
  Born 1927
  Term 1986–1997
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1997–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 44
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name C Arlen Beam
  Duty Station Lincoln, NE
  Born 1930
  Term 1987–2001
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2001–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 46
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name David Rasmussen Hansen
  Duty Station Cedar Rapids, IA
  Born 1938
  Term 1991–2003
  Chief Term 2002–2003
  Senior Term 2003–present
  Appointer GHW Bush



LIST OF FORMER JUDGES


  Index 1
  Name Henry Clay Caldwell
  State AR
  Borndied 1832–1915
  Term 1891–1903
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer <sup>(a)</sup>
  Termination retirement


  Index 2
  Name Walter Henry Sanborn
  State MN
  Borndied 1845–1928
  Term 1892–1928
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer B Harrison
  Termination death


  Index 3
  Name Amos Madden Thayer
  State MO
  Borndied 1841–1905
  Term 1894–1905
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Cleveland
  Termination death


  Index 4
  Name Willis Van Devanter
  State
  Borndied 1859–1941
  Term 1903–1910
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 5
  Name William Cather Hook
  State KS
  Borndied 1857–1921
  Term 1903–1921
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 6
  Name Elmer Bragg Adams
  State MO
  Borndied 1842–1916
  Term 1905<sup>(b)</sup>–1916
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index —
  Name John Emmett Carland
  State SD
  Borndied 1853–1922
  Term 1911–1922
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer <sup>(c)</sup>
  Termination death


  Index 7
  Name Walter Inglewood Smith
  State IA
  Borndied 1862–1922
  Term 1911–1922
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Taft
  Termination death


  Index 8
  Name Kimbrough Stone
  State MO
  Borndied 1875–1958
  Term 1916–1947
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1947–1958
  Appointer Wilson
  Termination death


  Index 9
  Name Robert E Lewis
  State CO
  Borndied 1857–1941
  Term 1921–1929
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Harding
  Termination reassignment to 10th Circuit


  Index 10
  Name William Squire Kenyon
  State IA
  Borndied 1869–1933
  Term 1922–1933
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Harding
  Termination death


  Index 11
  Name Wilbur Franklin Booth
  State MN
  Borndied 1861–1944
  Term 1925–1932
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1932–1944
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination death


  Index 12
  Name Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh
  State MO
  Borndied 1862–1944
  Term 1925–1933
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1933–1944
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination death


  Index 13
  Name John Hazelton Cotteral
  State OK
  Borndied 1864–1933
  Term 1928–1929
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination reassignment to 10th Circuit


  Index 14
  Name Archibald K Gardner
  State SD
  Borndied 1867–1962
  Term 1929–1960
  Chief Term 1948–1959
  Senior Term 1960–1962
  Appointer Hoover
  Termination death


  Index 15
  Name John Benjamin Sanborn
  State MN
  Borndied 1883–1964
  Term 1932–1958
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1959–1964
  Appointer Hoover
  Termination death


  Index 16
  Name Joseph William Woodrough
  State NE
  Borndied 1873–1977
  Term 1933–1961
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1961–1977
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 17
  Name Charles Breckenridge Faris
  State MO
  Borndied 1864–1938
  Term 1935–1935
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1935–1938
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 18
  Name Seth Thomas
  State IA
  Borndied 1873–1962
  Term 1935<sup>(b)</sup>–1954
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1954–1962
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 19
  Name Harvey M Johnsen
  State NE
  Borndied 1895–1975
  Term 1940–1965
  Chief Term 1959–1965
  Senior Term 1965–1975
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 20
  Name Walter Garrett Riddick
  State AR
  Borndied 1883–1953
  Term 1941–1953
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 21
  Name John Caskie Collet
  State MO
  Borndied 1898–1955
  Term 1947–1955
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 22
  Name Charles Joseph Vogel
  State ND
  Borndied 1898–1980
  Term 1954–1968
  Chief Term 1965–1968
  Senior Term 1968–1980
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 23
  Name Martin Donald Van Oosterhout
  State IA
  Borndied 1900–1979
  Term 1954–1971
  Chief Term 1968–1970
  Senior Term 1971–1979
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 24
  Name Charles Evans Whittaker
  State MO
  Borndied 1901–1973
  Term 1956–1957
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 25
  Name Marion Charles Matthes
  State MO
  Borndied 1906–1980
  Term 1958–1973
  Chief Term 1970–1973
  Senior Term 1973–1980
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 26
  Name Harry Blackmun
  State MN
  Borndied 1908–1999
  Term 1959–1970
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination elevation to Supreme Court


  Index 27
  Name Albert Alphonso Ridge
  State MO
  Borndied 1898–1967
  Term 1961–1965
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1965–1967
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 28
  Name Pat Mehaffy
  State AR
  Borndied 1904–1981
  Term 1963–1974
  Chief Term 1973–1974
  Senior Term 1974–1981
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 29
  Name Floyd Robert Gibson
  State MO
  Borndied 1910–2001
  Term 1965–1979
  Chief Term 1974–1979
  Senior Term 1979–2001
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination death


  Index 34
  Name Roy Laverne Stephenson
  State IA
  Borndied 1917–1982
  Term 1971–1982
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1982–1982
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 35
  Name William Hedgcock Webster
  State MO
  Borndied 1924–present
  Term 1973–1978
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination resignation


  Index 36
  Name Jesse Smith Henley
  State AR
  Borndied 1917–1997
  Term 1975–1982
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1982–1997
  Appointer Ford
  Termination death


  Index 37
  Name Theodore McMillian
  State MO
  Borndied 1919–2006
  Term 1978–2003
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2003–2006
  Appointer Carter
  Termination death


  Index 38
  Name Richard Sheppard Arnold
  State AR
  Borndied 1936–2004
  Term 1980–2001
  Chief Term 1992–1998
  Senior Term 2001–2004
  Appointer Carter
  Termination death


  Index 49
  Name John David Kelly
  State ND
  Borndied 1934–1998
  Term 1998–1998
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Clinton
  Termination death


(a) ''Caldwell was appointed as a Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit in 1890 by Benjamin Harrison . The Judiciary Act Of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.''

(b) ''Recess appointment, confirmed by the Senate at a later date.''

(c) ''Carland did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated United States Commerce Court in 1911 by William Howard Taft . Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the Chief Justice Of The United States to whichever circuit most needed help. Carland was assigned to the Eighth Circuit upon his commission.''


CHIEF JUDGES

  Name Gardner
  Term 1948–1959


  Name Johnsen
  Term 1959–1965


  Name Vogel
  Term 1965–1968


  Name Van Oosterhout
  Term 1968–1970


  Name Matthes
  Term 1970–1973


  Name Mehaffy
  Term 1973–1974


  Name Gibson
  Term 1974–1979


  Name Lay
  Term 1979–1992


  Name Arnold
  Term 1992–1998


  Name Bowman
  Term 1998–1999


  Name Wollman
  Term 1999–2002


  Name Hansen
  Term 2002–2003


  Name ''' Loken '''
  Term 2003–present



  { Align "center" cellspacing="5"
  Text Established on December 10 , 1869 by the Circuit Judges Act as a Circuit Judgeship for the Eighth Circuit


  Text Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by the Judiciary Act Of 1891


  Name Caldwell
  State AR
  Term 1891–1903


  Name Hook
  State KS
  Term 1903–1921


  Name Lewis
  State CO
  Term 1921–1929


  Text Reassigned on February 28 , 1929 to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by 45&nbspStat&nbsp1346


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 2


  Text Established on June 16 , 1891 by the Judiciary Act Of 1891


  Name W Sanborn
  State MN
  Term 1892–1928


  Name Cotteral
  State OK
  Term 1928–1929


  Text Reassigned on February 28 , 1929 to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by 45&nbspStat&nbsp1346


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 3


  Text Established on July 23 , 1894 by 28&nbspStat&nbsp115


  Name Thayer
  State MO
  Term 1894–1905


  Name Adams
  State MO
  Term 1905–1916


  Name Stone
  State MO
  Term 1916–1947


  Name Collet
  State MO
  Term 1947–1955


  Name Whittaker
  State MO
  Term 1956–1957


  Name Matthes
  State MO
  Term 1958–1973


  Name Webster
  State MO
  Term 1973–1978


  Name McMillian
  State MO
  Term 1978–2003


  Name ''' Benton '''
  State MO
  Term 2004–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 4


  Text Established on January 31 , 1903 by 32&nbspStat&nbsp791


  Name Van Devanter
  State
  Term 1903–1910


  Name W Smith
  State IA
  Term 1911–1922


  Name Kenyon
  State IA
  Term 1922–1933


  Name Faris
  State MO
  Term 1935–1935


  Name Thomas
  State IA
  Term 1935–1954


  Name Van Oosterhout
  State IA
  Term 1954–1971


  Name Stephenson
  State IA
  Term 1971–1982


  Name Fagg
  State IA
  Term 1982–1999


  Name ''' Melloy '''
  State IA
  Term 2002–present




  { Align "center" cellspacing="5"
  Text Established on March 3 , 1925 by 43&nbspStat&nbsp1116


  Name Booth
  State MN
  Term 1925–1932


  Name J Sanborn
  State MN
  Term 1932–1958


  Name Blackmun
  State MN
  Term 1959–1970


  Name Ross
  State NE
  Term 1970–1987


  Name Beam
  State NE
  Term 1987–2001


  Name ''' Riley '''
  State NE
  Term 2001–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 6


  Text Established on March 3 , 1925 by 43&nbspStat&nbsp1116


  Name Van Valkenburgh
  State MO
  Term 1925–1933


  Name Woodrough
  State NE
  Term 1933–1961


  Name Mehaffy
  State AR
  Term 1963–1974


  Name Henley
  State AR
  Term 1975–1982


  Name Bowman
  State MO
  Term 1983–2003


  Name ''' Gruender '''
  State MO
  Term 2004–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 7


  Text Established on February 28 , 1929 by 45&nbspStat&nbsp1346


  Name Gardner
  State SD
  Term 1929–1960


  Name Ridge
  State MO
  Term 1961–1965


  Name F Gibson
  State MO
  Term 1965–1979


  Name J Gibson
  State MO
  Term 1982–1994


  Name ''' Murphy '''
  State MN
  Term 1994–present




  { Align "center" cellspacing="5"
  Text Established on May 24 , 1940 by 54&nbspStat&nbsp219


  Name Johnsen
  State NE
  Term 1940–1965


  Name Lay
  State NE
  Term 1966–1992


  Name ''' M Arnold '''
  State AR
  Term 1992–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 9


  Text Established on May 24 , 1940 by 54&nbspStat&nbsp219


  Name Riddick
  State AR
  Term 1941–1953


  Name Vogel
  State ND
  Term 1954–1968


  Name Bright
  State ND
  Term 1968–1985


  Name Magill
  State ND
  Term 1986–1997


  Name Kelly
  State ND
  Term 1998–1998


  Name ''' Bye '''
  State ND
  Term 2000–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 10


  Text Established on March 18 , 1966 by 80&nbspStat&nbsp75


  Name Heaney
  State MN
  Term 1966–1988


  Name ''' Loken '''
  State MN
  Term 1990–present




  { Align "center" cellspacing="5"
  Text Established on October 20 , 1978 by 92&nbspStat&nbsp1629


  Name R Arnold
  State AR
  Term 1980–2001


  Name ''' L Smith '''
  State AR
  Term 2002–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 12


  Text Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333


  Name ''' Wollman '''
  State SD
  Term 1985–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 13


  Text Established on December 1 , 1990 by 104&nbspStat&nbsp5089


  Name Hansen
  State IA
  Term 1991–2003


  Name ''' Colloton '''
  State IA
  Term 2003–present