<Tr> <Td> Landis </Td> <Td> 1905--1922 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wilkerson </Td> <Td> 1922--1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Seat abolished on December 31, 1940 (Temporary judgeship expired) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="4"> Seat 3 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Established on September 14, 1922 by 42 Stat. 837 (temporary) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cliffe </Td> <Td> 1922--1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Seat made permanent on May 29, 1928 by 45 Stat. 974 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Woodward </Td> <Td> 1929--1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shaw </Td> <Td> 1944--1950 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Perry </Td> <Td> 1951--1971 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bauer </Td> <Td> 1971--1974 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kirkland, Sr . </Td> <Td> 1974--1979 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kocoras </Td> <Td> 1980--2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dow, Jr . </Td> <Td> 2007--present </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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