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U.S. Circuit Court Judgeships and Judges, 1869-1911

U.S. Circuit Court Judgeships, 1869-1911
Authorizing Legislation	First Circuit	Second Circuit	Third Circuit	Fourth Circuit	Fifth Circuit	Sixth Circuit	Seventh Circuit	Eighth Circuit	Ninth Circuit
April 10, 1869 16 Stat. 44	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
March 3, 1887 24 Stat. 492		2
March 3, 1891 26 Stat. 826	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
July 23, 1894 28 Stat. 115								3
February 8, 1895 28 Stat. 643							3
February 18, 1895 28 Stat. 665									3
January 25, 1899 30 Stat. 803					3	3
February 23, 1899 30 Stat. 846			3
April 17, 1902 32 Stat. 106		4
January 31, 1903 32 Stat. 791								4
January 21, 1905 33 Stat. 611	3
March 3, 1905 33 Stat. 992							4

U.S. Circuit Court Judges, 1869-1911

Judges of the First Circuit

Number of judges: 6

Shepley, George Foster (1869-1878)

Lowell, John (1878-1884)

Colt, LeBaron Bradford (1884-1911)

Putnam, William LeBaron (1892-1911)

Lowell, Francis Cabot (1905-1911)

Schofield, William (1911)

Judges of the Second Circuit

Number of judges: 11

Woodruff, Lewis Bartholomew (1869-1875)

Johnson, Alexander Smith (1875-1878)

Blatchford, Samuel M. (1878-1882)

Wallace, William James (1882-1907)

Lacombe, Emile Henry (1887-1911)

Shipman, Nathaniel (1892-1902)

Townsend, William Kneeland (1902-1907)

Coxe, Alfred Conkling, Sr. (1902-1911)

Ward, Henry Galbraith (1907-1911)

Noyes, Walter Chadwick (1907-1911)

Knapp, Martin Augustine (1910-1911)

Judges of the Third Circuit

Number of judges: 7

McKennan, William (1869-1891)

Acheson, Marcus Wilson (1891-1906)

Dallas, George Mifflin (1892-1909)

Gray, George (1899-1911)

Buffington, Joseph (1906-1911)

Lanning, William Mershon (1909-1911)

Archbald, Robert Wodrow (1911)

Judges of the Fourth Circuit

Number of judges: 4

Bond, Hugh Lennox (1870-1893)

Goff, Nathan (1892-1911)

Simonton, Charles Henry (1893-1904)

Pritchard, Jeter Connelly (1904-1911)

Judges of the Fifth Circuit

Number of judges: 4

Woods, William Burnham (1869-1880)

Pardee, Don Albert (1881-1911)

McCormick, Andrew Phelps (1892-1911)

Shelby, David Davie (1899-1911)

Judges of the Sixth Circuit

Number of judges: 11

Emmons, Halmor Hull (1870-1877)

Baxter, John (1877-1886)

Jackson, Howell Edmunds (1886-1893)

Taft, William Howard (1892-1900)

Lurton, Horace Harmon (1893-1909)

Day, William Rufus (1899-1903)

Severens, Henry Franklin (1900-1911)

Richards, John Kelvey (1903-1909)

Warrington, John Wesley (1909-1911)

Knappen, Loyal Edwin (1910-1911)

Denison, Arthur Carter (1911)

Judges of the Seventh Circuit

Number of judges: 10

Drummond, Thomas (1869-1884)

Gresham, Walter Quintin (1884-1893)

Woods, William Allen (1892-1901)

Jenkins, James Graham (1893-1905)

Showalter, John William (1895-1898)

Grosscup, Peter Stenger (1899-1911)

Baker, Francis Elisha (1902-1911)

Seaman, William Henry (1905-1911)

Kohlsaat, Christian Cecil (1905-1911)

Mack, Julian William (1911)

Judges of the Eighth Circuit

Number of judges: 11

Dillon, John Forrest (1869-1879)

McCrary, George Washington (1879-1884)

Brewer, David Josiah (1884-1890)

Caldwell, Henry Clay (1890-1903)

Sanborn, Walter Henry (1892-1911)

Thayer, Amos Madden (1894-1905)

Van Devanter, Willis (1903-1910)

Hook, William Cather (1903-1911)

Adams, Elmer Bragg (1905-1911)

Carland, John Emmett (1911)

Smith, Walter Inglewood (1911)

Judges of the Ninth Circuit

Number of judges: 6

Sawyer, Lorenzo (1870-1891)

McKenna, Joseph (1892-1897)

Gilbert, William Ball (1892-1911)

Ross, Erskine Mayo (1895-1911)

Morrow, William W. (1897-1911)

Hunt, William Henry (1911)