Chief Judges1
U. S. Court of Appeals

Chief Judge
Dates of Service
   
        Xenophon Hicks
June 25, 1948 - March 1, 1952
        Charles Casper Simons
March2, 1952 - September 17, 1958
        Florence Ellinwood Allen
September 18, 1958 - February 5, 1959
        John Donelson Martin, Sr.
February 9, 1959 - August 5, 1959
        Thomas Francis McAllister
August 6, 1959 - February 20, 1961
        Shackelford Miller, Jr.
February 21, 1961 - September 4, 1962
        Lester LeFevre Cecil
September 5, 1962 - November 20, 1963
        Paul Charles Weick
November 21, 1963 - August 25, 1969
        Harry Phillips
August 26, 1969 - Janurary 15, 1979
        George Clifton Edwards, Jr.
January 16, 1979 - September 30, 1983
        Pierce Lively
October 1, 1983 - March 31, 1988
        Albert Joseph Engel, Jr.
April 1, 1988 - September 30, 1989
        Gilbert Stroud Merritt, Jr.
October 1, 1989 - September 30, 1996
        Boyce Finklin Martin, Jr.
October 1, 1996 - September 30, 2003
        Danny J. Boggs
October 1, 2003 - September 30, 2010