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The court is based at the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio . It is one of thirteen United States Courts Of Appeals .


CURRENT COMPOSITION OF THE COURT

As Of Susan Bieke Neilson's death on January 25 , 2006 , the judges on the court are:

  Index 49
  Title Chief Judge
  Name Danny Julian Boggs
  Duty Station Louisville, KY
  Born 1944
  Term 1986–present
  Chief Term 2003–present
  Senior Term
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 40
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Boyce F Martin, Jr
  Duty Station Louisville, KY
  Born 1935
  Term 1979–present
  Chief Term 1996–2003
  Senior Term
  Appointer Carter


  Index 53
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Alice M Batchelder
  Duty Station Medina, OH
  Born 1944
  Term 1991–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GHW Bush


  Index 54
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Martha Craig Daughtrey
  Duty Station Nashville, TN
  Born 1942
  Term 1993–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 55
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Karen Nelson Moore
  Duty Station Cleveland, OH
  Born 1948
  Term 1995–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 56
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name R Guy Cole, Jr
  Duty Station Columbus, OH
  Born 1951
  Term 1995–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 57
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Eric L Clay
  Duty Station Detroit, MI
  Born 1948
  Term 1997–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 58
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Ronald Lee Gilman
  Duty Station Memphis, TN
  Born 1942
  Term 1997–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer Clinton


  Index 59
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Julia Smith Gibbons
  Duty Station Memphis, TN
  Born 1950
  Term 2002–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 60
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name John M Rogers
  Duty Station Lexington, KY
  Born 1948
  Term 2002–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 61
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Jeffrey S Sutton
  Duty Station Columbus, OH
  Born 1960
  Term 2003–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 62
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Deborah L Cook
  Duty Station Akron, OH
  Born 1952
  Term 2003–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 63
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name David W McKeague
  Duty Station Lansing, MI
  Born 1946
  Term 2005–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index 64
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name Richard Allen Griffin
  Duty Station Traverse City, MI
  Born 1952
  Term 2005–present
  Chief Term
  Senior Term
  Appointer GW Bush


  Index
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name ''(vacant - seat 5)''
  Duty Station ''(n/a)''
  Born ''(n/a)''
  Term ''(n/a)''
  Chief Term ''(n/a)''
  Senior Term ''(n/a)''
  Appointer ''(n/a)''


  Index
  Title Circuit Judge
  Name ''(vacant - seat 10)''
  Duty Station ''(n/a)''
  Born ''(n/a)''
  Term ''(n/a)''
  Chief Term ''(n/a)''
  Senior Term ''(n/a)''
  Appointer ''(n/a)''


  Index 34
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Pierce Lively
  Duty Station ''(inactive)''<sup>(a)</sup>
  Born 1921
  Term 1972–1989
  Chief Term 1983–1988
  Senior Term 1989–present
  Appointer Nixon


  Index 35
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Albert Joseph Engel
  Duty Station ''(inactive)''<sup>(a)</sup>
  Born 1924
  Term 1973–1989
  Chief Term 1988–1989
  Senior Term 1989–present
  Appointer Nixon


  Index 36
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Damon J Keith
  Duty Station Detroit, MI
  Born 1922
  Term 1977–1995
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1995–present
  Appointer Carter


  Index 37
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Gilbert Stroud Merritt, Jr
  Duty Station Nashville, TN
  Born 1936
  Term 1977–2001
  Chief Term 1989–1996
  Senior Term 2001–present
  Appointer Carter


  Index 39
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy
  Duty Station Detroit, MI
  Born 1923
  Term 1979–1999
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1999–present
  Appointer Carter


  Index 44
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Harry Walker Wellford
  Duty Station ''(inactive)''<sup>(a)</sup>
  Born 1924
  Term 1982–1991
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1991–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 45
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Herbert Theodore Milburn
  Duty Station ''(inactive)''<sup>(a)</sup>
  Born 1931
  Term 1984–1996
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1996–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 46
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Ralph B Guy, Jr
  Duty Station Ann Arbor, MI
  Born 1929
  Term 1985–1994
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1994–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 47
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name David Aldrich Nelson
  Duty Station Cincinnati, OH
  Born 1932
  Term 1985–1999
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1999–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 48
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name James Leo Ryan
  Duty Station Detroit, MI
  Born 1932
  Term 1985–2000
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2000–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 50
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Alan Eugene Norris
  Duty Station Columbus, OH
  Born 1935
  Term 1986–2001
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2001–present
  Appointer Reagan


  Index 51
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
  Duty Station Lansing, MI
  Born 1936
  Term 1990–2001
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2001–present
  Appointer GHW Bush


  Index 52
  Title Senior Circuit Judge
  Name Eugene Edward Siler, Jr
  Duty Station London, KY
  Born 1936
  Term 1991–2001
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 2001–present
  Appointer GHW Bush


(a) ''These judges are still technically on the court, even though the court's own website doesn't list them as members.''


LIST OF FORMER JUDGES


  Index 1
  Name Howell Edmunds Jackson
  State TN
  Borndied 1832–1895
  Term 1891–1893
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer <sup>(a)</sup>
  Termination elevation to the Supreme Court


  Index 2
  Name William Howard Taft
  State
  Borndied 1857–1930
  Term 1892–1900
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer B Harrison
  Termination resignation


  Index 3
  Name Horace Harmon Lurton
  State TN
  Borndied 1844–1914
  Term 1893–1909
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Cleveland
  Termination elevation to the Supreme Court


  Index 4
  Name William R Day
  State OH
  Borndied 1849–1923
  Term 1899–1903
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer McKinley
  Termination elevation to the Supreme Court


  Index 5
  Name Henry Franklin Severens
  State MI
  Borndied 1835–1923
  Term 1900–1911
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer McKinley
  Termination resignation


  Index 6
  Name John Kelvey Richards
  State
  Borndied 1856–1909
  Term 1903–1909
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer T Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 7
  Name John Wesley Warrington
  State OH
  Borndied 1844–1921
  Term 1909–1919
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1919–1921
  Appointer Taft
  Termination death


  Index 8
  Name Loyal Edwin Knappen
  State MI
  Borndied 1854–1930
  Term 1910–1924
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1924–1930
  Appointer Taft
  Termination death


  Index 9
  Name Arthur Carter Denison
  State MI
  Borndied 1861–1942
  Term 1911–1931
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Taft
  Termination resignation


  Index 10
  Name Maurice H Donahue
  State OH
  Borndied 1864–1928
  Term 1919–1928
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Wilson
  Termination death


  Index 11
  Name Charles Harwood Moorman
  State KY
  Borndied 1876–1938
  Term 1925–1938
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination death


  Index 12
  Name Xenophon Hicks
  State TN
  Borndied 1872–1952
  Term 1928–1952
  Chief Term 1948–1952
  Senior Term 1952–1952
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination death


  Index 13
  Name Smith Hickenlooper
  State OH
  Borndied 1880–1933
  Term 1928–1933
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Coolidge
  Termination death


  Index
  Name Julian William Mack
  State
  Borndied 1866–1943
  Term 1929–1930
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer <sup>(b)</sup>
  Termination reassigned to the 2nd Circuit


  Index 14
  Name Charles Casper Simons
  State MI
  Borndied 1876–1964
  Term 1932–1959
  Chief Term 1952–1958
  Senior Term 1959–1964
  Appointer Hoover
  Termination death


  Index 15
  Name Florence Ellinwood Allen
  State OH
  Borndied 1884–1966
  Term 1934–1959
  Chief Term 1958–1959
  Senior Term 1959–1966
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 16
  Name Elwood Hamilton
  State KY
  Borndied 1883–1945
  Term 1938–1945
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 17
  Name Herschel Whitfield Arant
  State OH
  Borndied 1887–1941
  Term 1939–1941
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 18
  Name John Donelson Martin, Sr
  State TN
  Borndied 1883–1962
  Term 1940–1962
  Chief Term 1959–1959
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 19
  Name Thomas Francis McAllister
  State MI
  Borndied 1896–1976
  Term 1941–1963
  Chief Term 1959–1961
  Senior Term 1963–1976
  Appointer F Roosevelt
  Termination death


  Index 20
  Name Shackelford Miller, Jr
  State KY
  Borndied 1892–1965
  Term 1945–1965
  Chief Term 1961–1962
  Senior Term 1965–1965
  Appointer Truman
  Termination death


  Index 21
  Name Potter Stewart
  State OH
  Borndied 1915–1985
  Term 1954–1958
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination elevation to the Supreme Court


  Index 22
  Name Lester LeFevre Cecil
  State OH
  Borndied 1893–1983
  Term 1959–1965
  Chief Term 1962–1963
  Senior Term 1965–1982
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 23
  Name Paul Charles Weick
  State OH
  Borndied 1899–1997
  Term 1959–1981
  Chief Term 1963–1969
  Senior Term 1981–1997
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 24
  Name Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan
  State MI
  Borndied 1897–1975
  Term 1960–1969
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1969–1975
  Appointer Eisenhower
  Termination death


  Index 25
  Name Harry Phillips
  State TN
  Borndied 1909–1985
  Term 1963–1979
  Chief Term 1969–1979
  Senior Term 1979–1985
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 26
  Name George Clifton Edwards, Jr
  State MI
  Borndied 1914–1995
  Term 1963–1985
  Chief Term 1979–1983
  Senior Term 1985–1995
  Appointer Kennedy
  Termination death


  Index 27
  Name Anthony J Celebrezze
  State
  Borndied 1910–1998
  Term 1965–1980
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1980–1998
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination death


  Index 28
  Name John Weld Peck II
  State OH
  Borndied 1913–1993
  Term 1966–1978
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1978–1993
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination death


  Index 29
  Name Wade Hampton McCree, Jr
  State MI
  Borndied 1920–1987
  Term 1966–1977
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination resignation


  Index 30
  Name Bert T Combs
  State KY
  Borndied 1911–1991
  Term 1967–1970
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer L Johnson
  Termination resignation


  Index 31
  Name Henry Luesing Brooks
  State KY
  Borndied 1905–1971
  Term 1969–1971
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 32
  Name William Ernest Miller
  State TN
  Borndied 1908–1976
  Term 1970–1976
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 33
  Name W Wallace Kent
  State MI
  Borndied 1916–1973
  Term 1970–1973
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer Nixon
  Termination death


  Index 38
  Name Bailey Brown
  State TN
  Borndied 1917–2004
  Term 1979–1982
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1982–1997
  Appointer Carter
  Termination retirement


  Index 41
  Name Nathaniel Raphael Jones
  State
  Borndied 1926–present
  Term 1979–1995
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1995–2002
  Appointer Carter
  Termination retiremeent


  Index 42
  Name Leroy John Contie, Jr
  State OH
  Borndied 1920–2001
  Term 1982–1986
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1986–2001
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination death


  Index 43
  Name Robert B Krupansky
  State OH
  Borndied 1921–2004
  Term 1982–1991
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term 1991–2004
  Appointer Reagan
  Termination death


  Index 65
  Name Susan Bieke Neilson
  State MI
  Borndied 1956–2006
  Term 2005–2006
  Chief Term ''(none)''
  Senior Term ''(none)''
  Appointer GW Bush
  Termination death


(a) ''Jackson was appointed to as a Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit in 1886 by Grover Cleveland . The Judiciary Act Of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth 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 Seventh Circuit immediately prior to his assignment to the Sixth Circuit.''


CHIEF JUDGES

  Name Hicks
  Term 1948–1952


  Name Simons
  Term 1952–1958


  Name Allen
  Term 1958–1959


  Name Martin
  Term 1959–1959


  Name McAllister
  Term 1959–1961


  Name S Miller
  Term 1961–1962


  Name Cecil
  Term 1962–1963


  Name Weick
  Term 1963–1969


  Name Phillips
  Term 1969–1979


  Name Edwards
  Term 1979–1983


  Name Lively
  Term 1983–1988


  Name Engel
  Term 1988–1989


  Name Merritt
  Term 1989–1996


  Name Martin
  Term 1996–2003


  Name ''' Boggs '''
  Term 2003–present



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


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


  Name Jackson
  State TN
  Term 1891–1893


  Name Lurton
  State TN
  Term 1893–1909


  Name Knappen
  State MI
  Term 1910–1924


  Name Moorman
  State KY
  Term 1925–1938


  Name Hamilton
  State KY
  Term 1938–1945


  Name S Miller
  State KY
  Term 1945–1965


  Name Combs
  State KY
  Term 1967–1970


  Name Kent
  State MI
  Term 1970–1973


  Name Engel
  State MI
  Term 1973–1989


  Name Suhrheinrich
  State MI
  Term 1990–2001


  Name ''' McKeague '''
  State MI
  Term 2005–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 2


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


  Name Taft
  State OH
  Term 1892–1900


  Name Severens
  State MI
  Term 1900–1911


  Name Denison
  State MI
  Term 1911–1931


  Name Simons
  State MI
  Term 1932–1959


  Name O'Sullivan
  State MI
  Term 1960–1969


  Name W Miller
  State TN
  Term 1970–1976


  Name Merritt
  State TN
  Term 1977–2001


  Name ''' Gibbons '''
  State TN
  Term 2002–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 3


  Text Established on January 25 , 1899 by 30&nbspStat&nbsp803


  Name Day
  State OH
  Term 1899–1903


  Name Richards
  State
  Term 1903–1909


  Name Warrington
  State OH
  Term 1909–1919


  Name Donahue
  State OH
  Term 1919–1928


  Name Hickenlooper
  State OH
  Term 1928–1933


  Name Allen
  State OH
  Term 1934–1959


  Name Weick
  State OH
  Term 1959–1981


  Name Krupansky
  State OH
  Term 1982–1991


  Name ''' Moore '''
  State OH
  Term 1995–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 4


  Text Established on May 8 , 1928 by 45&nbspStat&nbsp492


  Name Hicks
  State TN
  Term 1928–1952


  Name Stewart
  State OH
  Term 1954–1958


  Name Cecil
  State OH
  Term 1959–1965


  Name Celebrezze
  State
  Term 1965–1980


  Name Contie
  State OH
  Term 1982–1986


  Name Norris
  State OH
  Term 1986–2001


  Name ''' Cook '''
  State OH
  Term 2003–present




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


  Name Arant
  State OH
  Term 1939–1941


  Name McAllister
  State MI
  Term 1941–1963


  Name Edwards
  State MI
  Term 1963–1985


  Name Ryan
  State MI
  Term 1985–2000


  Name ''(vacant)''
  State
  Term 2000–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 6


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


  Name J Martin
  State TN
  Term 1940–1962


  Name Phillips
  State TN
  Term 1963–1979


  Name Brown
  State TN
  Term 1979–1982


  Name Wellford
  State TN
  Term 1982–1991


  Name Siler
  State KY
  Term 1991–2001


  Name ''' Rogers '''
  State KY
  Term 2002–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 7


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


  Name Peck
  State OH
  Term 1966–1978


  Name Jones
  State
  Term 1979–1995


  Name ''' Cole '''
  State OH
  Term 1995–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 8


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


  Name McCree
  State MI
  Term 1966–1977


  Name Keith
  State MI
  Term 1977–1995


  Name ''' Griffin '''
  State MI
  Term 2005–present




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  Text Established on June 18 , 1968 by 82&nbspStat&nbsp184


  Name Brooks
  State KY
  Term 1969–1971


  Name Lively
  State KY
  Term 1972–1989


  Name ''' Batchelder '''
  State OH
  Term 1991–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 10


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


  Name Kennedy
  State MI
  Term 1979–1999


  Name Neilson
  State MI
  Term 2005–2006


  Name ''(vacant)''
  State
  Term 2006-present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 11


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


  Name ''' B Martin '''
  State KY
  Term 1979–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 12


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


  Name Milburn
  State TN
  Term 1984–1996


  Name ''' Gilman '''
  State TN
  Term 1997–present




  { Align "center" cellspacing="5"
  Text Established on July 10 , 1984 by 98&nbspStat&nbsp333


  Name Guy
  State MI
  Term 1985–1994


  Name ''' Clay '''
  State MI
  Term 1997–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 14


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


  Name Nelson
  State OH
  Term 1985–1999


  Name ''' Sutton '''
  State OH
  Term 2003–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 15


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


  Name ''' Boggs '''
  State KY
  Term 1986–present


  Valign "top"
  Seat Title Seat 16


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


  Name ''' Daughtrey '''
  State TN
  Term 1993–present