| April 3, 1818 3 Stat. 413 |
Congress organized Mississippi as one judicial district and authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court. The district court in Mississippi, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| March 3, 1837 5 Stat. 176 |
Congress repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the district court for Mississippi, assigned the District of Mississippi to the Ninth Circuit, and created a U.S. circuit court for the District of Mississippi. |
| June 18, 1838 5 Stat. 247 |
Mississippi divided into two judicial districts, the Northern and the Southern, with one judgeship authorized to serve both districts. |
| February 16, 1839 5 Stat. 317 |
Congress granted circuit court jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Southern District of Mississippi to the Fifth Circuit. |
| February 6, 1889 25 Stat. 655 |
Congress created the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, with all the powers and jurisdictions of other circuit courts, and repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District. |
| March 1, 1929 45 Stat. 1422 |
Congress authorized an additional judgeship for the Northern District and assigned the sitting judge exclusively to the Southern District. |
| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Southern District. |
| March 18, 1966 80 Stat. 75 |
One additional judgeship authorized for each district. |
| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District and two for the Southern District. |
| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
One additional judgeship authorized in the Southern District. |