She was the first woman to serve as a federal district judge in Texas.

He was a district judge in Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1867.

He retired from the army in 2004 and became a district judge.

She was also the first woman elected as a district judge in the state.

He served as district judge of the criminal court 1873-1876.

The district judge asked her: "Do you know how serious this is?"

After retiring in 1884, he later became a district judge.

But the number of district judges increased by only about 10 percent, to 575 from 516.

He then served as a district judge in various courts of the country from 1974 to 1985.

He was again elected district judge in 1860 and served until 1868.