| May 11, 1858 11 Stat. 285 |
Congress organized Minnesota as one judicial district and authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court. The district court in Minnesota, 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. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits, repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and assigned the district to the Ninth Circuit. |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the District of Minnesota to the Eighth Circuit. |
| February 4, 1903 32 Stat. 795 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837 |
One temporary judgeship authorized. This judgeship never made permanent. |
| March 2, 1925 43 Stat. 1098 |
One temporary judgeship authorized. |
| May 28, 1930 46 Stat. 431 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| August 19, 1935 49 Stat. 659 |
Temporary judgeship authorized in 1925 made permanent. |
| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
One additional permanent and one temporary judgeship authorized. |
| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
One additional permanent judgeship authorized and the temporary judgeship authorized in 1978 made permanent. |