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The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois . It is one of thirteen United States Courts Of Appeals .


CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT

As Of 2006 , the judges on the court are:

  Index 43
  Title Chief Judge
  Name Joel Martin Flaum
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1936
  Term 1983–present
  Chief Term 2000–present
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination —


  Index 41
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Richard Posner
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1939
  Term 1981–present
  Chief Term 1993–2000
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination —


  Index 44
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Frank H Easterbrook
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1948
  Term 1985–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination —


  Index 45
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Kenneth Francis Ripple
  Duty Station South Bend, IN
  Born 1943
  Term 1985–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination —


  Index 46
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Daniel Anthony Manion
  Duty Station South Bend, IN
  Born 1942
  Term 1986–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination —


  Index 47
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Michael Stephen Kanne
  Duty Station Lafayette, IN
  Born 1938
  Term 1987–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination —


  Index 48
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Ilana Rovner
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1938
  Term 1992–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GHW Bush
  Termination —


  Index 49
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Diane Pamela Wood
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1950
  Term 1995–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton
  Termination —


  Index 50
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Terence T Evans
  Duty Station Milwaukee, WI
  Born 1940
  Term 1995–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton
  Termination —


  Index 51
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Ann Claire Williams
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1949
  Term 1999–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer Clinton
  Termination —


  Index 52
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Diane S Sykes
  Duty Station Milwaukee, WI
  Born 1957
  Term 2004–present
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term —
  Appointer GW Bush
  Termination —


  Index 31
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Thomas Edward Fairchild
  Duty Station Madison, WI
  Born 1912
  Term 1966–1981
  Chief Term 1975–1981
  Senior Term 1981–present
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination —


  Index 37
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name William Joseph Bauer
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1926
  Term 1974–1994
  Chief Term 1986–1993
  Senior Term 1994–present
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination —


  Index 38
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Harlington Wood, Jr
  Duty Station
  Born 1920
  Term 1976–1992
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1992–present
  Appointer Ford
  Termination —


  Index 39
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Richard Dickson Cudahy
  Duty Station Chicago, IL
  Born 1926
  Term 1979–1994
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1994–present
  Appointer Carter
  Termination —


  Index 42
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name John Louis Coffey
  Duty Station Milwaukee, WI
  Born 1922
  Term 1982–2004
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2004–present
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination —



LIST OF FORMER JUDGES


  Index 1
  Name Walter Q Gresham
  State IN
  Borndied 1832–1895
  Term 1891–1893
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer <sup>(a)</sup>
  Termination resignation


  Index 2
  Name William Allen Woods
  State IN
  Borndied 1837–1901
  Term 1892–1901
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer B Harrison
  Termination death


  Index 3
  Name James Graham Jenkins
  State WI
  Borndied 1834–1921
  Term 1893–1905
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Cleveland
  Termination retirement


  Index 4
  Name John William Showalter
  State IL
  Borndied 1844–1898
  Term 1895–1898
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Cleveland
  Termination death


  Index 5
  Name Peter Stenger Grosscup
  State IL
  Borndied 1852–1921
  Term 1899–1911
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer McKinley
  Termination resignation


  Index 6
  Name Francis Elisha Baker
  State IN
  Borndied 1860–1924
  Term 1902–1924
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 7
  Name William Henry Seaman
  State WI
  Borndied 1842–1915
  Term 1905–1915
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 8
  Name Christian Cecil Kohlsaat
  State IL
  Borndied 1844–1918
  Term 1905–1918
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index —
  Name Julian William Mack
  State IL
  Borndied 1866–1943
  Term 1911–1929
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer <sup>(b)</sup>
  Termination reassignment to the 6th Circuit


  Index 9
  Name Samuel Alschuler
  State IL
  Borndied 1859–1939
  Term 1915<sup>(c)</sup>–1936
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1936–1939
  Appointer Wilson
  Termination death


  Index 10
  Name Evan Alfred Evans
  State WI
  Borndied 1876–1948
  Term 1916–1948
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Wilson
  Termination death


  Index 11
  Name George True Page
  State IL
  Borndied 1859–1941
  Term 1919–1930
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1930–1941
  Appointer Wilson
  Termination death


  Index 12
  Name Albert Barnes Anderson
  State IN
  Borndied 1857–1938
  Term 1925–1929
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1929–1938
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination death


  Index 13
  Name William Morris Sparks
  State IN
  Borndied 1872–1950
  Term 1929–1948
  Chief Term 1948–1948
  Senior Term 1948–1950
  Appointer Hoover
  Termination death


  Index 14
  Name Louis FitzHenry
  State IL
  Borndied 1870–1935
  Term 1933–1935
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 15
  Name James Earl Major
  State IL
  Borndied 1887–1972
  Term 1937–1956
  Chief Term 1948–1954
  Senior Term 1956–1972
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 16
  Name Walter Emanuel Treanor
  State IN
  Borndied 1883–1941
  Term 1937–1941
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 17
  Name Otto Kerner, Sr
  State IL
  Borndied 1884–1952
  Term 1938<sup>(c)</sup>–1952
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 18
  Name Sherman Minton
  State IN
  Borndied 1890–1965
  Term 1941–1949
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination elevation to the Supreme Court


  Index 19
  Name F Ryan Duffy
  State WI
  Borndied 1888–1979
  Term 1949–1966
  Chief Term 1954–1959
  Senior Term 1966–1979
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 20
  Name Philip J Finnegan
  State IL
  Borndied 1886–1959
  Term 1949–1959
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 21
  Name Walter C Lindley
  State IL
  Borndied 1880–1958
  Term 1949–1958
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 22
  Name Hardress Nathaniel Swaim
  State IN
  Borndied 1880–1957
  Term 1949<sup>(c)</sup>–1957
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 23
  Name Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg
  State IL
  Borndied 1889–1968
  Term 1953<sup>(c)</sup>–1968
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 24
  Name John Simpson Hastings
  State IN
  Borndied 1898–1977
  Term 1957–1969
  Chief Term 1959–1968
  Senior Term 1969–1977
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 25
  Name William Lynn Parkinson
  State IN
  Borndied 1902–1959
  Term 1957–1959
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 26
  Name Winfred George Knoch
  State IL
  Borndied 1895–1983
  Term 1958–1967
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1967–1938
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 27
  Name Latham Castle
  State IL
  Borndied 1900–1986
  Term 1959–1970
  Chief Term 1968–1970
  Senior Term 1970–1986
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 28
  Name Roger Joseph Kiley
  State IL
  Borndied 1900–1974
  Term 1961–1974
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1974–1974
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 29
  Name Luther Merritt Swygert
  State IN
  Borndied 1905–1988
  Term 1961–1981
  Chief Term 1970–1975
  Senior Term 1981–1988
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 30
  Name Walter J Cummings, Jr
  State IL
  Borndied 1916–1999
  Term 1966–1999
  Chief Term 1981–1986
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination death


  Index 32
  Name Otto Kerner, Jr
  State IL
  Borndied 1908–1976
  Term 1968–1974
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination resignation


  Index 33
  Name Wilbur Frank Pell, Jr
  State IN
  Borndied 1915–2000
  Term 1970–1984
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1984–2000
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 34
  Name John Paul Stevens
  State IL
  Borndied 1920–present
  Term 1970–1975
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination elevation to the Supreme Court


  Index 35
  Name Robert Arthur Sprecher
  State IL
  Borndied 1917–1982
  Term 1971–1982
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 36
  Name Philip Willis Tone
  State IL
  Borndied 1923–2001
  Term 1974–1980
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination resignation


  Index 40
  Name Jesse E Eschbach
  State IN
  Borndied 1920–2005
  Term 1981–1985
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1985–2005
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination death


(a) ''Gresham was appointed as a Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit in 1884 by Chester A. Arthur . The Judiciary Act Of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.''

(b) ''Mack 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. Mack was assigned to the 7th Circuit upon his commission.''

(c) ''Recess appointment, later confirmed by the Senate.''


CHIEF JUDGES

  Name Sparks
  Term 1948 &ndash 1948


  Name Major
  Term 1948 &ndash 1954


  Name Duffy
  Term 1954 &ndash 1959


  Name Hastings
  Term 1959 &ndash 1968


  Name Castle
  Term 1968 &ndash 1970


  Name Swygert
  Term 1970 &ndash 1975


  Name Fairchild
  Term 1975 &ndash 1981


  Name Cummings
  Term 1981 &ndash 1986


  Name Bauer
  Term 1986 &ndash 1993


  Name Posner
  Term 1993 &ndash 2000


  Name ''' Flaum '''
  Term 2000 &ndash present



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


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


  Name Gresham
  State IN
  Term 1891 &ndash 1893


  Name Jenkins
  State WI
  Term 1893 &ndash 1905


  Name Seaman
  State WI
  Term 1905 &ndash 1915


  Name E Evans
  State WI
  Term 1916 &ndash 1948


  Name Duffy
  State WI
  Term 1949 &ndash 1966


  Name Fairchild
  State WI
  Term 1966 &ndash 1981


  Name Coffey
  State WI
  Term 1982 &ndash 2004


  Name ''' Sykes '''
  State WI
  Term 2004 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 2


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


  Name Woods
  State IN
  Term 1892 &ndash 1901


  Name Baker
  State IN
  Term 1902 &ndash 1924


  Name Anderson
  State IN
  Term 1925 &ndash 1929


  Name Sparks
  State IN
  Term 1929 &ndash 1948


  Name Finnegan
  State IL
  Term 1949 &ndash 1959


  Name Castle
  State IL
  Term 1959 &ndash 1970


  Name Sprecher
  State IL
  Term 1971 &ndash 1982


  Name ''' Flaum '''
  State IL
  Term 1983 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 3


  Text Established on February 8 , 1895 by 28&nbspStat&nbsp643


  Name Showalter
  State IL
  Term 1895 &ndash 1898


  Name Grosscup
  State IL
  Term 1899 &ndash 1911


  Name Alschuler
  State IL
  Term 1915 &ndash 1936


  Name Treanor
  State IN
  Term 1937 &ndash 1941


  Name Minton
  State IN
  Term 1941 &ndash 1949


  Name Lindley
  State IL
  Term 1949 &ndash 1958


  Name Knoch
  State IL
  Term 1958 &ndash 1967


  Name Kerner, Jr
  State IL
  Term 1968 &ndash 1974


  Name Bauer
  State IL
  Term 1974 &ndash 1994


  Name ''' D Wood '''
  State IL
  Term 1995 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 4


  Text Established on March 3 , 1905 by 33&nbspStat&nbsp992


  Name Kohlsaat
  State IL
  Term 1905 &ndash 1918


  Name Page
  State IL
  Term 1919 &ndash 1930


  Name FitzHenry
  State IL
  Term 1933 &ndash 1935


  Name Major
  State IL
  Term 1937 &ndash 1956


  Name Hastings
  State IN
  Term 1957 &ndash 1969


  Name Pell
  State IN
  Term 1970 &ndash 1984


  Name ''' Manion '''
  State IN
  Term 1986 &ndash present




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  Text Established on May 31 , 1938 by 52&nbspStat&nbsp584


  Name Kerner, Sr
  State IL
  Term 1938 &ndash 1952


  Name Schnackenberg
  State IL
  Term 1953 &ndash 1968


  Name Stevens
  State IL
  Term 1970 &ndash 1975


  Name H Wood
  State IL
  Term 1976 &ndash 1992


  Name ''' Rovner '''
  State IL
  Term 1992 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 6


  Text Established on August 3 , 1949 by 63&nbspStat&nbsp493


  Name Swaim
  State IN
  Term 1949 &ndash 1957


  Name Parkinson
  State IN
  Term 1957 &ndash 1959


  Name Kiley
  State IL
  Term 1961 &ndash 1974


  Name Tone
  State IL
  Term 1974 &ndash 1980


  Name ''' Posner '''
  State IL
  Term 1981 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 7


  Text Established on May 19 , 1961 by 75&nbspStat&nbsp80


  Name Swygert
  State IN
  Term 1961 &ndash 1981


  Name Eschbach
  State IN
  Term 1981 &ndash 1985


  Name ''' Kanne '''
  State IN
  Term 1987 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 8


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


  Name Cummings
  State IL
  Term 1966 &ndash 1999


  Name ''' Williams '''
  State IL
  Term 1999 &ndash present




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  Text Established on October 20 , 1978 by 92&nbspStat&nbsp1629, 1632


  Name Cudahy
  State DC
  Term 1979 &ndash 1994


  Name ''' T Evans '''
  State WI
  Term 1995 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 10


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


  Name ''' Easterbrook '''
  State IL
  Term 1985 &ndash present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 11


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


  Name ''' Ripple '''
  State DC
  Term 1985 &ndash present