| # | Judge | State | Born–died | Active service | Chief Judge | Senior status | Appointed by | Reason fortermination |
| 1 | Don Albert Pardee | LA | 1837–1919 | 1891–1919 | — | — | Garfield / Operation of law | death |
| 2 | Andrew Phelps McCormick | TX | 1832–1916 | 1892–1916 | — | — | B. Harrison | death |
| 3 | David Davie Shelby | AL | 1847–1914 | 1899–1914 | — | — | McKinley | death |
| 4 | Richard Wilde Walker Jr. | AL | 1857–1936 | 1914–1930 | — | 1930–1936 | Wilson | death |
| 5 | Robert Lynn Batts | TX | 1864–1935 | 1917–1919 | — | — | Wilson | resignation |
| 6 | Nathan Philemon Bryan | FL | 1872–1935 | 1920–1935 | — | — | Wilson | death |
| 7 | Alexander Campbell King | GA | 1856–1926 | 1920–1924 | — | — | Wilson | resignation |
| 8 | Rufus Edward Foster | LA | 1871–1942 | 1925–1942 | — | — | Coolidge | death |
| 9 | Samuel Hale Sibley | GA | 1873–1958 | 1931–1949 | — | 1949–1958 | Hoover | death |
| 10 | Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. | TX | 1879–1973 | 1931–1964 | 1948–1959 | 1964–1973 | Hoover | death |
| 11 | Edwin R. Holmes | MS | 1878–1961 | 1936–1954 | — | 1954–1961 | F. Roosevelt | death |
| 12 | Leon Clarence McCord | AL | 1878–1952 | 1938–1951 | — | 1951–1952 | F. Roosevelt | death |
| 13 | Curtis L. Waller | FL | 1887–1950 | 1943–1950 | — | — | F. Roosevelt | death |
| 14 | Elmo Pearce Lee | LA | 1882–1949 | 1943–1949 | — | — | F. Roosevelt | death |
| 15 | Wayne G. Borah | LA | 1891–1966 | 1949–1956 | — | 1956–1966 | Truman | death |
| 16 | Robert Lee Russell | GA | 1900–1955 | 1949–1955 | — | — | Truman | death |
| 17 | Louie Willard Strum | FL | 1890–1954 | 1950–1954 | — | — | Truman | death |
| 18 | Richard Rives | AL | 1895–1982 | 1951–1966 | 1959–1960 | 1966–1981 | Truman | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 19 | Elbert Tuttle | GA | 1897–1996 | 1954–1968 | 1960–1967 | 1968–1981 | Eisenhower | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 20 | Benjamin Franklin Cameron | MS | 1890–1964 | 1955–1964 | — | — | Eisenhower | death |
| 21 | Warren Leroy Jones | FL | 1895–1993 | 1955–1966 | — | 1966–1981 | Eisenhower | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 22 | John Robert Brown | TX | 1909–1993 | 1955–1984 | 1967–1979 | 1984–1993 | Eisenhower | death |
| 23 | John Minor Wisdom | LA | 1905–1999 | 1957–1977 | — | 1977–1999 | Eisenhower | death |
| 24 | Griffin Bell | GA | 1918–2009 | 1961–1976 | — | — | Kennedy | resignation |
| 25 | Walter Pettus Gewin | AL | 1908–1981 | 1961–1976 | — | 1976–1981 | Kennedy | death |
| 26 | Homer Thornberry | TX | 1909–1995 | 1965–1978 | — | 1978–1995 | L. Johnson | death |
| 27 | James P. Coleman | MS | 1914–1991 | 1965–1981 | 1979–1981 | 1981–1984 | L. Johnson | retirement |
| 28 | Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. | LA | 1910–1981 | 1966–1981 | — | — | L. Johnson | death |
| 29 | John Cooper Godbold | AL | 1920–2009 | 1966–1981 | 1981 | — | L. Johnson | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 30 | Irving Loeb Goldberg | TX | 1906–1995 | 1966–1980 | — | 1980–1995 | L. Johnson | death |
| 31 | David W. Dyer | FL | 1910–1998 | 1966–1976 | — | 1976–1981 | L. Johnson | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 32 | John Milton Bryan Simpson | FL | 1903–1987 | 1966–1975 | — | 1975–1981 | L. Johnson | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 33 | Claude Feemster Clayton | MS | 1909–1969 | 1967–1969 | — | — | L. Johnson | death |
| 34 | Lewis Render Morgan | GA | 1913–2001 | 1968–1978 | — | 1978–1981 | L. Johnson | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 35 | G. Harrold Carswell | FL | 1919–1992 | 1969–1970 | — | — | Nixon | resignation |
| 36 | Charles Clark | MS | 1925–2011 | 1969–1992 | 1981–1992 | — | Nixon | retirement |
| 37 | Joe McDonald Ingraham | TX | 1903–1990 | 1969–1973 | — | 1973–1990 | Nixon | death |
| 38 | Paul Hitch Roney | FL | 1921–2006 | 1970–1981 | — | — | Nixon | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 39 | Thomas Gibbs Gee | TX | 1925–1994 | 1973–1991 | — | — | Nixon | retirement |
| 40 | Gerald Bard Tjoflat | FL | 1929–present | 1975–1981 | — | — | Ford | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 41 | James Clinkscales Hill | GA | 1924–2017 | 1976–1981 | — | — | Ford | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 42 | Peter T. Fay | FL | 1929–2021 | 1976–1981 | — | — | Ford | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 43 | Alvin Benjamin Rubin | LA | 1920–1991 | 1977–1989 | — | 1989–1991 | Carter | death |
| 44 | Robert Smith Vance | AL | 1931–1989 | 1977–1981 | — | — | Carter | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 45 | Phyllis A. Kravitch | GA | 1920–2017 | 1979–1981 | — | — | Carter | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 46 | Frank Minis Johnson | AL | 1918–1999 | 1979–1981 | — | — | Carter | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 47 | R. Lanier Anderson III | GA | 1936–present | 1979–1981 | — | — | Carter | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
| 48 | Reynaldo Guerra Garza | TX | 1915–2004 | 1979–1982 | — | 1982–2004 | Carter | death |
| 49 | Joseph W. Hatchett | FL | 1932–2021 | 1979–1981 | — | — | Carter | reassignment to 11th Cir. |
