| March 3, 1845 5 Stat. 788 |
Congress organized Florida as one judicial district and authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court. The district court in Florida, 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. |
| February 23, 1847 9 Stat. 131 |
Florida divided into two judicial districts, the Northern and the Southern, with one judgeship authorized for each. The judge of the District of Florida was assigned to the Northern District. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
This statute repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the Florida district courts, established a U.S. circuit court in the districts, and assigned the districts to the Fifth Circuit. |
| September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837 |
One temporary judgeship authorized for the Southern District. This position was never made permanent. |
| January 17, 1929 45 Stat. 1081 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Southern District. |
| June 27, 1930 46 Stat. 820 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Southern District. |
| May 24, 1940 54 Stat. 219 |
One temporary judgeship authorized to serve the Northern and Southern Districts, with the provision that the judgeship would be assigned permanently to fill the first vacancy that occurred in a permanent judgeship in either district. In 1947, the temporary judgeship created by this act was accordingly assigned exclusively to the Northern District. |
| August 3, 1949 63 Stat. 493 |
One additional judgeship authorized to serve the Northern and the Southern Districts. |
| February 10, 1954 68 Stat. 8 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Southern District. |
| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
Two additional judgeships authorized for the Southern District. |
| July 30, 1962 76 Stat. 247 |
The act established the Middle District, transferred three judgeships from the Southern to the Middle District, and provided that the judgeship serving the Northern and Southern Districts would serve the Middle District as well. |
| March 18, 1966 80 Stat. 75 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District, one for the Middle District and two for the Southern District. The statewide judgeship authorized in 1949 was assigned exclusively to the Middle District. |
| June 2, 1970
84 Stat. 294 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Middle District and two additional for the Southern District. |
| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District, three for the Middle District and five for the Southern District. |
| October 14, 1980 94 Stat. 1994 |
Congress assigned the district courts of Florida to the newly established Eleventh Circuit. |
| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
Three additional judgeships authorized for the Southern District. |
| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Northern District, two for the Middle District and one for the Southern District. |
| November 29, 1999 113 Stat. 1501 |
Four additional judgeships authorized for the Middle District. |
| December 21, 2000 114 Stat. 2762 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Southern District. |
| November 2, 2002 116 Stat. 1758 |
One temporary judgeship authorized for the Southern District. (Judgeship extended by 127 Stat. 418, 128 Stat. 203, 128 Stat. 2352, 129 Stat. 2443, 131 Stat. 347, 132 Stat. 556, 133 Stat. 159, 133 Stat. 2454, 134 Stat. 1401, 136 Stat. 262, 136 Stat 4672, and 138 Stat. 542.) |