This is a list of Article III

United States federal judge In the United States, federal judges are judges who serve on courts established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. They include the chief justice and the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit judges of the U.S. ...

s by longevity of service. The judges on the lists below were presidential appointees who have been confirmed by the Senate, and who served on the federal bench for over 40 years. It includes neither Article I judges (''e.g.,'' U.S. Tax Court, bankruptcy courts, administrative tribunals) nor Article IV judges (''e.g., ''territorial courts).

Total combined service

United States Supreme Court

No Justice has served actively on the United States Supreme Court for over 40 years, but six have eclipsed that timespan through senior service.

United States courts of appeals

Only one judge, Gerald Bard Tjoflat, has served more than 40 years actively on an intermediate appellate court constituted by the

Judiciary Act of 1869 The Judiciary Act of 1869 (41st Congress, Sess. 1, ch. 22, , enacted April 10, 1869), formally An Act to amend the Judicial System of the United States and sometimes called the Circuit Judges Act of 1869, provided that the Supreme Court of the Unite ...

or subsequent legislation, however many have eclipsed that timespan through senior service:

United States district courts

Judges who have sat on a United States District Court for more than 40 years.

Sources

* Federal Judicial Center

References