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Chief Judges of the Northern District of Illinois
The head of the District Court was called "senior judge" until 1948.

Judge Tenure
Solomon Hicks Bethea March 5, 1905, to August 3, 1909
Kenesaw Mountain Landis August 3,1909, to March 1, 1922
George Albert Carpenter March 1, 1922, to June 30, 1933
James Herbert Wilkerson July 1, 1933, to September 30, 1948
Charles Edgar Woodward January 1, 1941, to April 1942
John Peter Barnes April 1942, to September 15, 1957
Philip Leo Sullivan September 16, 1957, to March 7, 1959
William Joseph Campbell March 8, 1959, to March 19, 1970
Edwin Albert Robson March 20, 1970, to April 16, 1975
James Benton Parsons April 17, 1975, to August 13, 1981
Frank James McGarr August 14, 1981, to June 30, 1986
John Francis Grady July 1, 1986, to June 30, 1990
James Byron Moran July 1, 1990, to June 30, 1995
Marvin E. Aspen July 1, 1995, to June 30, 2002
Charles Petros Kocoras July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2006
James F. Holderman
July 1, 2006, to