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The first time was the soon-repealed Judiciary Act of 1801, and the second was a single circuit judgeship in the frontier state of California which only lasted from 1855 to 1863. Though the law did not abolish circuit riding by the justices of the Supreme Court, it significantly reduced the burden by requiring each justice to attend circuit ...
Judges appointed after 1869 pursuant to the Circuit Judges Act of 1869; those in office on June 16, 1891 were transferred to the newly created United States courts of appeals by operation of law, that is, without action on the part of the President. One judge appointed to the California circuit, established in 1855 and abolished on March 3, 1863.
Established on December 6, 1869 by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the Second Circuit Reassigned on June 16, 1891 to the newly formed U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Wallace: NY: 1891–1907 Ward: NY: 1907–1921 Mayer: NY: 1921–1924 L. Hand: NY: 1924–1951 Medina: NY ...
Established on December 10, 1869 by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the Fifth Circuit Reassigned on June 16, 1891 to the newly formed United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Pardee: LA: 1891–1919 A. King: GA: 1920–1924 Foster: LA: 1925–1942 Lee: LA: 1943–1949 Borah ...
Established on December 10, 1869, by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the Ninth Circuit Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Sawyer: CA: 1891 McKenna: CA: 1892–1897 Morrow: CA: 1897–1923 Rudkin: WA: 1923–1931 Garrecht: WA: 1933–1948 Pope: MT ...
Established on December 10, 1869, by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the Seventh Circuit Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Gresham: IN: 1891–1893 Jenkins: WI: 1893–1905 Seaman: WI: 1905–1915 E. Evans: WI: 1916–1948 Duffy: WI: 1949–1966 ...
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Established on December 10, 1869 by the Judiciary Act of 1869 as a circuit judgeship for the First Circuit Reassigned on June 16, 1891 to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Colt: RI: 1891–1913 Bingham: NH: 1913–1939 Magruder: MA: 1939–1959 Aldrich: MA: 1959–1972 Campbell: MA ...