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Federal Judicial Circuits: Sixth Circuit
| February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 90 |
Congress established the Sixth Circuit, including Kentucky, the District of Ohio (encompassing the territory northwest of the Ohio River and the Indiana Territory), and Tennessee (none of which had been included in a circuit) in the circuit. | Kentucky, District of Ohio, Tennessee |
| April 29, 1802 2 Stat. 157 |
After repeal of the 1801 act, Congress reestablished the Sixth Circuit, including Georgia and South Carolina (both of which had been in the Fifth Circuit) in the circuit and providing that Kentucky and Tennessee would not be included in a circuit. The District of Ohio was abolished by the repeal of the 1801 act. | Georgia, South Carolina |
| August 16, 1842 5 Stat. 507 |
Congress included North Carolina (which had been in the Fifth Circuit) in the Sixth Circuit. | Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress included Arkansas (which had been in the Ninth Circuit), Kentucky and Tennessee (both of which had been in the Eighth Circuit), Louisiana (which had been in the Fifth Circuit), and Texas (which had not been included in a circuit) in the Sixth Circuit, transferring Georgia and South Carolina to the Fifth Circuit and North Carolina to the Fourth Circuit. | Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress included Michigan and Ohio (both of which had been in the Seventh Circuit) in the Sixth Circuit, transferring Arkansas to the Eighth Circuit, and Louisiana and Texas to the Fifth Circuit. | Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee |