| March 3, 1891 26 Stat. 826 |
Congress established U.S. circuit courts of appeals for each of the nine judicial circuits and assigned the sitting judge of the U.S. Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit to sit also on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, effective June 16, 1891. The act also authorized an additional judgeship for the Seventh Circuit's new court. |
| February 8, 1895 28 Stat. 643 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| March 3, 1905 33 Stat. 992 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| May 31, 1938 52 Stat. 584 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| August 3, 1949 63 Stat. 493 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| March 18, 1966 80 Stat. 75 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629, 1632 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333 |
Two additional judgeships authorized for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. |
| Authorized Judgeships | |
| 1891 | 2 |
| 1895 | 3 |
| 1905 | 4 |
| 1938 | 5 |
| 1949 | 6 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1966 | 8 |
| 1978 | 9 |
| 1984 | 11 |